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Painted my new/old front bumper. Can't wait to have one on that's not all twisted up!

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Replaced some horribly burnt out bad wiring. Im about to start choppin up the harness in the interior so I can further diagnose where this "leak" is occurring so I can stop the battery from being drained.

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r3skyline,

Are you sure there isn't a blown diode in the alternator?

I had it happen and it drained the battery every night.

Steven

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You know, I probably should get the alternator tested, but the thing is, the previous owners did some hack jobs and had custom tachs installed and the wiring seems to be a mess down there:dohh:

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ghost rider lmao:haha:

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Today I filled the fog light holes in mine and finished up with epoxy primer. Hopefully I'll get it sanded and painted tomorrow.


plainred65 your bumper turned out beautifully!

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rewired all the guages that the PO installed, damm talk about a hack there was about 50ft of coiled up wire for 3 guages!

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I have the next five days off from work and the National Street Rod Show is Fri/Sat and Sun. They are allowing cars and trucks up to 1982 now!!! the cutoff year used to be 1948. This years show should be huge!

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Having all new exhaust installed tomorrow morning.

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Well getting there, too many things going on to get anything done...anyways tank area is done, setting up for rear sway bar install, I`ve looked at many threads, pics and webs devoted to sway bars....so it looks as if this install will be good to go, here`s a few pics with it tied into place.... final adjustment of end links will happen after I reinstall bed at ride height, I will also be changing rear springs to the Heavy Duty 4 inch drop springs from CPP. By the way anybody running CPP 4inch drop Heavy Duty rear springs..?

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Took my 65 back to the muffler shop and had a pair of All Star exhaust manifolds put on. What a difference from the "rams horns"... Moose is the man. Great job again. Thank you...

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Nice

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is there a way to test that? I have that problem in my Elky and it has been driving me crazy:banghead: the hours I have trying to figure it out. The po hacked my harness up with a/m guages.

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Honestly, I took mine apart on a hunch and found it.

There should be an alternator/starter shop you can take it to. You could also go buy a new one, try it and see if it works. If not, take it back. If so, problem solved!

Steven

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Rich,

What gas tank is that?

Steven

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Beautiful engine compartment, and I love those exhaust manifolds.

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got the bugs out, panels and hood are done just need a paint booth

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Wow the truck is really lookin good, the shifter looks a long ways away though, do you have long arms. :)

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was installing headers than the bolt snapped flush with the block ashamed to admit but i used bailing wire and rtv to keep it from leaking for now then i rubbed her headlights so they wernt blemished

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Sand blasted the back half today. Got black slag everywhere...wife is not impressed!
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Painted the front bumper which will go back on tomorrow. The bumper guards still need to be painted, but that's okay since they can't be added until after the bumper is back on the truck anyway. They end up very close to the Buick grille bar and if they were mounted to the bumper first, it's very likely the grille would get clobbered in the process.

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started welding passenger door bottoms on.

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`49 to 52 chevy pass, you can get them at
http://www.tanksinc.com/index.cfm/pa...rod/prd249.htm

or
http://www.bobdrake.com/ItemForm.aspx?Item=C4952-9200

slight differances in the filler neck design and tbe size, frame mods needed for both tanks.

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Thanks!

Steven

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I picked up the steel plate and tubing for making custom exhaust brackets today. $10.

Steven

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Mounted the front bumper with the help of my squeeze, then sanded/painted the bumper guards which will go back on tomorrow:

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/873/2guards.jpg

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Painted one vent. Glad I already have the seals, they crumpled in my hands coming out.

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Looks great, Mark! How about a pic of the back side and the mounting hardware? (If it's not too late) Thanks.
Dean

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First post on this forum. Just bought a 62. Went to having title issues so right now I am just sitting in it making vroom vrooom noises hoping to get them resolved soon!

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Here you go. I included some close ups of the weld nuts.

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Welcome! HAHA! I also sit in my old cars/trucks and make Vroom vroom noises when they dont run or cant drive them, I also turn the steering wheel and air shift gears,like im driving! Glad im not the only one that does it:lol:

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Thanks Mark. Mine have two square holes and the remains of spring loaded captive nuts in one hole on each guard. I bought them used and they look old and original, but who knows for sure. Maybe the 60-62 used weld nuts and the later ones used removable nuts? The guards are at chrome along with my bumpers so this should dress up the front of my 65 pretty nice.

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Picked up all new poly bushings for the rear suspension(autozone) and ordered a coil spring retainer kit from eckler's.

cleaned out all the parts stored in the cab and put them in labelled boxes.

Finished removing the door post and cowl bubble from the salvage yard panel.

Also, sat on the bare cab floor and acted like I was holding a steering wheel and made several vroom sounds before my son stopped me from looking like an idiot. :)

Steven

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Had some custom stainless exhaust installed in my 64 GMC.
Hooker headers, 2-1/2" S/S exhaust with "H" pipe, Flowmaster 70 series mufflers with tailpipes exiting in front of the rear tires.
Looks and sounds fantastic, a nice throaty rumble without being too loud.

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Welcome to the forum. Hope the paperwork works out soon. Posts some pics when you can, everybody here loves photos.

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Paint scheme is awesome, got more photos somewhere?
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Paint scheme is awesome, got more photos somewhere?
was referring to your truck!

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Picked up the flatbed surround C channels my buddy fabbed up (didn't pay a dime for them).

They look great!

12 guage 5"x1.5". Four 8 foot pieces. Need to pie cut at the corners, bend and weld the surround together. I am so stoked!

Also, did some more wire wheeling on the frame. With a little luck, The frame, rear axle housing and trailing arms will be painted this weekend.

Steven

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Got one trailing arm, track arm. both motor mount saddles and the clutch arm painted last night. installed bushings in trailing arm today.

Photos to follow...

Steven

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Unfortunately, my water heater burst so I spent most of the day cleaning up the mess and installing a new one.

But, I did get all of the suspension parts updated except the coils and installed the bushings.

Here are a couple of pics:

http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC_0014.jpg

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http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/o...d/DSC_0013.jpg

I really like the hammered look.

Next up, painting the springs, rear frame half and rear end.

Steven