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As of 4pm today she will be sold! back to the original owner! :( going to miss her! but hopefully something better awaits!

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A local guy that restores these old trucks stopped by for a while. We went over to the shop and looked at my '67 cab on a swb '69 frame and talked about how I can fix some rust issues.

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Yesterday I took the truck for a little cruise. I quickly found out that it has become a fair weather pansy! After about 20 miles in 95* weather things got a little heated. 215 on the motor, and 210 on the trans. This simply will not fly!

I came home a little irritated, removed the grille, and installed two plate style tranny coolers.

Today, I ordered a high volume water pump, a 6 blade 19'' fan, super duty fan clutch, and a build it yourself aluminum fan shroud. I added to the order, a selection of high flow thermostats.

This truck will be able to cruise in 118* with the air on full blast! If this won't fix it, I am building a new motor, that is not .060 over!

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Added power steering to my 70 C10. A previous owner had installed a 350 out of a van and it still had the power steering pump, so I just had to get the correct hoses and a gearbox. Picked up the gearbox over the weekend when I went to pick up a pair of CST doors that I found on Craigslist. Surprisingly easy conversion! Now I just have to figure out how to get my steering wheel to sit straight when the wheels are centered....

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Took my truck on a cruise for the 1st time since new years. Didn't realize how much I missed cruising the old truck till I took off from a stop sign and lit up the tires in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gear and didn't straighten out until I was doing 60 MPH. :devil:

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Hated the wood grain steering wheel that came with the truck, and don't have the extra 450 for a billet steering wheel so I figured I'd give this a try and painted it the same color as the truck... Not to sure on how I feel about this
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I like it painted
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X2, bug what color is that?

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I have the day off some I'm going in! Air conditioning-You will be mine!:chevy:

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Last night I worked on fabbing up my 3" exhaust (with an X pipe). Man I wish I had a lift. All that trial fitting, crawling under and out over and over. That 3" takes up alot of room but I got it all tacked together and pulled out to finish up the welds...and then ran out of wire! Grrrrrrr...:dohh::cuss::m6:.

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It's called cobalt blue met. It's a newer Chevy color, paint code wa855 if I remember correctly
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I put the right door back on my 70 stepper all by my self with the help from a cheery picker.( necessity is the mother of invention)

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Put the steering wheel back in
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I really like it! Good choice
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Wasn't sure on the picture of painted steering wheel, but installed it really fits in and isn't to much at all, good choice painting it.

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I stopped by paint shop and he was painting my bumpers, I will be painting back side tomorrow and then bolting them on. Spent time glass beading my mag wheels and hope to have them mounted tomorrow. Painted inner fenders and bumper brackets today. I am still waiting for a shipment from LMC which will deliver the fuel sending unit and then I can start truck saturday morning. I grounded the bed , cab and radiator support andf fixed water leak on block. I think i will have it ready for car show on 22nd.

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Got a parts truck for my '69 over the weekend, so I spent the other night taking the front end of that apart. Did a little spot welding to cover up the side marker lights on the right bedside. BTW 74baggedbug, love that color. Never was much a blue fan till lately, but that's a beautiful shade of it.

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The old battlewagon has been sitting a lot lately. Gotta get it ready for firewood, had to charge the battery to fire it up. Brakes have been on & off mushy (pedal going down too far, have to pump to get good pedal -- just part of the time). So I recruited my wife's help and we bled the fronts. Didn't notice any air in the lines (bleeders were both plugged though). Took it for a short drive and it's about the same.

Siggghhhhh...... didn't really want to pull the rear axles to bleed the back brakes.

The MC is just a few years old so I *think* it should be okay.

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Well it wasn't today, but last Saturday I replaced a left rear wheel seal and the right rear wheel cylinder. Then on Tuesday the muffler blew apart. So it looks like this weekend's project will be exhaust work...

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Nothing.

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Good job! :D

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Test fitted my driver floor patch again after reforming the flange to the firewall. Sanded/ground/blasted the offending junk underneath the floor patch. Cleaned up the garage to park the wifes car inside incase there is some hail tonight. Hopefully no tornadoes in our city!!

PS looks nice bug!

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I finished up with the new U joints the other day and have been driving it pretty regularly, actually daily LOL. I'm really pleased with the swap to the 4 speed and have probably ran the old truck a little harder than I should. I stopped to fill up last night at a gas station that was still 3.689 a gal before it jumped to 3.999 and checked my mileage. First fill up since transmission swap and new clutch, it went from 11.6 to 13.3. I'm hoping to get it in the 14-15 mpg range if I can keep my foot out of it! I know not much of an update, but the mileage gain really made me happy!

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Thank you.

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Ok Yesterday I got the back of the cab and front painted and ready for glass

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