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Painted the hubcaps and steering wheel. Polished some chrome. I'm gonna take the hubcaps and badges to a friend that pinstripes to put orange on 'em. BTW, the truck is orange.

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What kind of paint did you use on the steering wheel that it won't stain or wear off, just wondering what holds up, have never painted a wheel.

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I haven't been posting on this thread yet, but decided I should start.

I got my park lamp and turn single lenses in today, along with a new turn signal switch and glove box. I also got a new license plate light. Got them all installed, although still having issues with my turn signal cable and wiring, so I am not quite ready to have the truck on the road yet.

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Cleaning my build area, moving my projects around and prioritizing.....
I have a 62, 3-63's and a 66....:banghead:
What am I trying to do to myself???:confused:
I am a glutton for punishment..
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I drive my 66 every day to work it like 40 miles kind of down hill one way and 40 miles back up I live 6500 feet in the moutions WRIGHTWOOD CA. And my truck take like 25 bucks there and back is that normal I think gas is at $3,65 a gallon
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O yeah I have a 250 motor and a speed trans 3 one the tree and 3:73 rear end and like 31 inch tires
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$25 every day?

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That's about 11.86 mpg if your numbers are accurate, I get a little better with my 283 that doesn't run right, but I'm about about 500 feet above sea level with little elevation change in most of my drives. I think you need a tune up to say the least, 15 mpg would be more reasonable, but I don't know that much about the straight sixes, so hopefully someone else chimes in who does.

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I had an old '65 at one time with a straight six. I was able to get about 13 mpg with it on relatively flat ground. Back then, I had no clue how to tune motors up. I was only 17.

With my current '62, I was getting 8 mpg when I got it, with a 350 running on 2 barrel carb meant for the original 283. I changed the carb to a 4 barrel and my mileage increased to 14 mpg. When the transmission took a dump, I replaced it with a th350 and now get around 18 mpg for some reason, and I imagine I would see another increase if I bumped it up to a 700R4.

So, these trucks can get decent mileage. I would imagine the 6 cylinder could probably do pretty much as good, or even better.

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i didn't work on the truck today , but i did score a NOS left side rocker panel for $50 bucks.

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I tried to back my truck out to drive it and got stuck. It's been nice weather here and the roads are clear but my driveway is ice covered and the truck is in a hole about a foot deep of snow. I'm going to drag it out with the 4x4 tomorrow and probably put the heater in it. :lol:

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Put some ground wires between the cab & engine & frame, it made the lights brighter so it was needed...Vernski:lol:

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I used Bulldog adhesion promoter then the same white acrylic urethane that I used on the rest of the truck.

Here's a thread that helped me.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=561641

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Made my first video clip with the dash camera yesterday, and discovered there was a hideous rattle in the camera itself which was so loud it blocked out the engine noise! Of course my truck has all sorts of harmonic vibrations which are probably what set off the rattles at just the right rpm.

Several hours and modifications later I believe all the rattles have been eliminated. Hopefully later today I can try again and capture someone worth posting.

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Swaped front tires to put smaller ones on, mine are too wide to get her on the carhualer. She will be going to the exhaust shop Friday to get duals!
Also wired the license plate light and hooked up a temp. radio so I'll have some tunes!
Readjusted the hood some more.
Doing a little tightening up so I can drive her next weekend!
Can't wait my wife's grandmother gets the first ride! She has been asking for months now!!
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Your mpg--11.7--sounds pretty much normal to me. As a wholesale dealer, I've owned bunches of these models over the years, and the 6 cyl.'s with 3-speed stick shifts I've experienced mostly ran around 12-14, or less; and that was 55 mph driving on FLAT terrain here in SC, not the uphill-then-downhill-runs you make. Around town, they were considerably worse on gas.
I've heard of guys getting 15-18 mpg; but I've never personally experienced one doing anywhere near that--regardless of engine/tranny combos, or type of driving terrain.

**I've never tried even my own V-8/700R4 (overdrive) combo on highway runs as described above. All my runs have been mostly around town, 75-year-old-man-type driving; and we'll not even mention mpg's this combo delivers on such runs.:lol:

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...took it out of hibernation,changed oil, cleaned up the inside,and some of the outside, getting for the southern Oregon rod & custom show this weekend !!!!.

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Those are going to look great with your front suspension and open engine compartment.

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are those control arms the same as the c10 arms?

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Hey all, just joined and this is my first post in the forum. This week (sorry not today but didn't know where to post this) I acquired my grandpa's '64 GMC from my uncle. Pulled out the 250 and 3 speed with overdrive that my uncle had put in it in 1987 because he wants it for his 55 GMC. My plan is to paint it black and put a 455 Olds and turbo 400 in it this summer!

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Welcome from Nampa Idaho64GMC!

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Thank ya sir, glad to have found a forum dedicated to these great pickups

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Welcome to the forum. Make sure to take lots of pictures right away. It's always disappointing after years of upgrades and improvements to discover there aren't any "before" pictures!

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Did a check-up in storage, make sure nothing was stolen out of it. lol

We're selling it - still in project mode. Almost there though - rough interior, etc.
If anyone is interested, let me know :)

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Hung the Queens City AC unit, found the problem with the dash lights. It was the dimmer switch. Bypassed it and they work. Worked on a door today. Found some rust behind the door handle while I was stripping it. Cut it out and worked on skimming it.
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Posted my first YouTube video. It's not very good but at least now I know how to get started.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLNQc...ature=youtu.be

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Welcome aboard Idaho...

I spent the afternoon getting my front end back on the ground... 3" drop coils and Bell 2 1/2" drop spindles, McHaughy's (sp?) 6 lug rotors...

Rolling chassis again!

rg

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PRETTY COOL...:chevy:

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Night time dash pic...

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Lets try this...

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Repaired small rust spots in a steel bed floor I will be installing to replace the wood bed.
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took a buddy out for a birthday ride... On the way back decided to have some fun and dog it out just a bit... Until I went over a canal bridge at 40 mph... Not smart. Nocked out a good size piece of the dougnut between the manifold and the exhaust pipe, not to mention the original 50 year old exhaust came loose and is swaying back and forth... Guess I know what I'll be doing next!!! ohh and welcome Idaho!!!!
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[QUOTE=markeb01;5865661]Posted my first YouTube video. It's not very good but at least now I know how to get started.Hey Mark,

Mark, I Felt like I was in the passenger seat right there with you. You have a steady camera setup. ALSO you drive too safe, you have blew that little white rag off the street with the nerve to pass ya. :)

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I picked up my hubcaps and fender badges from the pistriper.

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LJackson looks real nice they will look even better on the truck...Vernski:metal:

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Worked on a door and started on a battery mount under the bed.
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Swapped jets and metering rods (richer) in the carb today which didn’t resolve the running out of gas problem at full throttle in 3rd gear. I disconnected the mechanical fuel pressure isolator from the pressure regulator to see if that has any effect. Took it out for a run tonight and it's performing perfectly. Not sure how an isolator can cause so much trouble, but I guess that will be next thing I get to figure out.

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Picked up the bed-wood my friend Harry cut out for my truck and stacked it in my basement till I can get back too it.
rg

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The interesting thing about your on going story on your truck is that you don't just disconnect the culprit of any problem you are having and go on...
you figure out what is going wrong and make it right... Nice :metal:
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