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Back is much better, thanks for asking. How ever I have not had any time or extra $$ to make any progress. I get a little discouraged when I go into the garage, because when I left it, it was a mess and still is. It may take a good day to get it cleaned. I'm sure I will find some motivation soon, the gas tank is a little low and a trip to the local gas station my give me that motivation.

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how's the weather out there?

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it's been really nice that last two days. I may even go into the garage and clean it up a bit so I can get back to work on Lemon Drop.

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Ok, I spent the better part of my Saturday night reading this entire build thread, nice truck by the way, so the least you could is go out tomorrow and do just one thing to your truck. Even if it isn't significant, just one thing...:metal:

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I'd hate to disappoint you, so yesterday I did two things. I went for a drive to the gas station and put 10 gallons in the tank which was almost $45.00. It was a nice drive, but the engine is running rough and stalled when I stopprd or turned slowly. The second thing I did was crack the rear window. I guess I had the seat moved to far back, so it was pushing against the window. I think that and the movement of the drive to the gas station cracked the window from the right side to the center. OOOPPPPS.

If you count cleaning the garage as doing something, well I did that too. Now it is already for getting messy again. I also put my Chevy II 153 CI 4 cylinder engine on an engine stand.

I think that make 4 things I did. Now I just need som $$$$$ so I can continue that work on Lemon Drop. Oh a little extra free time would be great too.

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Wow, you did plenty! I am glad to see you were able to spend some time in the garage. I really enjoyed your build thread. I started with a cab and I am slowly moving forward. I work full time and I am a full time college student so I know how precious family time is as well as garage time. And if I could just win the lotto I could actually afford my project! lol Anyway, thanks for sharing your project.

Oh, and sorry to hear about the back glass... bummer.

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any updates?

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I'm afraid not. I've been spending a lot of time working on the honey do list and studying for a promotion at work. It very hard trying to study after many many years out of school and I easily get distracted by other things

I have been putting away a little money every month and may be able to buy some tires and a bed wood kit soon.

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OK, I got something done that didn't take alot of time, just a chunk of money. I bought tyres. Nitto NT555 all around. 245-35-20 in the front and 275-35-20 in the rear. I opted not to go with the Toyo Proxes S/T II's, 255-40-20 for the front and 295-40-20 in the rear because I didn't think there would be enough room for the truck to bottom out with no air in the bags and because I wanted a lower profile tire all around.

I have not yet put the center caps on, but it should be easy has they just pop in. The first pic, is max height. Second is ride height and the third is low height, about 2 inched from bottoming out.

Fourth Pic is max height and Fifth pic is low height.

Well I tried to add some pictures and received this error

"Your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing"

Once I get it fixed I will add the pictures. In the meantime you will just have to let your imagination get the best of you. I will say Lemon Drop looks good with new shoes.

With the help of my Daughter, I also made a video of the air bag travel.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qoji...ature=youtu.be




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Looks good! (wheels in the vid ;))

The error was the pictures being too large...you'll either need to upload them somewhere else and link them here or re-size them...

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Thanks VA72C10

As stated before the first pic, is max height. Second is ride height and the third is low height, about 2 inched from bottoming out.

Fourth Pic is max height and Fifth pic is low height.

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Nice!

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Truck looks great, do you have any pics of completely aired out
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I couldn't air it out, cause the rear tyre would hit the lip of the rear fender. I may remove the 1inch spacer on the rear and go with a thinner, 1/4 inch (I think) instead. I'll try to do that this week end.

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where you at the car show in santa rosa fathers day ?

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Oh man, I missed it because I was out of town.

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sweet wheels man!

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She looks good.....

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Looks great! did you get the engine running better now? looks like you replaced the back glass too.

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looks sweet, what tail lights and where from?

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That looks awesome. Your truck is just beautiful. Glad to see you back on the horse.

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No still running bad and no window still broken.

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55-59 chevy truck tail lights LED version. I put together the tail light wire flex line from a few pieces of other things.

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they look great, definitely going this route

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Did you have a chance to change your 1" spacer for the 1/4" spacer. I would like to see how that worked out for you, and how your wheel currently sits in the wheel well. Your running 20x10's in the rear right? I just recently switched my truck to a stepside and I'm trying to figure out my rear wheel situation.

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I have not switch the spacers yet. but here are some pictures of the rear end with a 1" spacers. May be a week or two till I have a chance to switch the spacer.

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Thanks for the pics, looks like you have a good 1"-1.5" from the tire to the bedside. Will be interesting to see where you are at after you change the spacer.
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Just found your build posts Sure is a great color!!! for some reason it just looks like something I might Like LOL LOL!!!

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Whos the luck fella that got to ride b!t@h? LOL

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Thats my short haired wife next to me and the "Other wife" riding shotgun!!! :)

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It was a nice day outside today. So I pulled the truck, removed the rear tyres and changed the spacer. It worked out great, I have about an inch between the tyre and the inner bed side, but I may have to get longer wheel studs to give the lug nuts some more grip. I cant remember if it tried the fit without any spacer. So I may give that try.

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Hey, its been a while glad to see a little more work done, do you think you will be able to air out the rear with the 1/4 spacer now?

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I made sure i could do that before I pushed it back into the garage.

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Hey Jugernot, its been a while, any updates?

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Yes and No.......

Progress on the house nothing on Lemon Drop

Sometimes you have to take a break and check the Boss happy. My wife has wanted to front yard landscaped since we moved in 5 years ago. We found a great contractor to take on the job and it turned out great. We still have some plants to choose to finish the effect. To make things worst my daily driver (which was paid for) blew up, so I had to buy a new car.

Sorry tried to post pics of the yard but couldn't

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I saw the yard last week and it looked great! Can't say as I have seen the truck in a while!
Trust me I know all about house time vs build time ;)

Kevin
LFD Inc.
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im freaking jealous of that truck lol.

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Nice Truck....

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Hey Jugernot, its been a while, any updates?

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Yes, but its not a good one. I went into the garage the other day and noticed that the piece of cardboard I kept under the truck was soaking wet. Upon closer inspection it turned out to be transmission fluid. So I started the truck, pulled it out of the garage and noticed that there was no transmission pressure on the gauge. I crawled under the truck and saw that the front and rear seals of the transmission were leaking.

I have future plans of pulling the trans to take it to the shop for repair. Other than that no updates.