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yea matt your ride is really cool!
i tried to explain how cool the patina look is to the wife, but she just don't get it... too bad for her! :gmc2:

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I know the feeling takin me almost 4 years to get mine where it is today with the wife but she loves it she can't quit talking about it i wish i had pic's of when i first got it do you still have the 305? have you checked out 6066gmc website? he has alot of cool info he lives north of me about 80 miles whe i get enough money i am doing the holley 500 swap

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while cleaning out the cab ,took the bench seat out of course, thought i might find some things of interest.. not really anything cool,...just lots of junk but two things i didn't throw out
(1) a BIG knife under drivers side!, and (2) this pictured part.
i think has something to do with tire jack, or mounting of it, ..or???
guys?

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I think that is the piece that holds the spare tire to the bracket?

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That piece holds the crossbar of the rear mounted spare tire carrier, up to the frame. Which in turn holds the spare tire up to the bottom of the frame.

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I just read this, and I thought this was the coolest thing said in it:

"...i just want to get her running and road worthy , then go pick up pops from the old folks home and go for a ride...".

That's great - these weren't even people you knew and you thought of that.

That's really nice.

Any old guy who hung onto an old truck he had driven , even after the years he was able to drive it...that'd be a gesture he'd appreciate.

Obviously had sentimental value to him the whole time.
I will subscribe to this...hopefully if you ever do that (shouldn't be too hard, since the truck's still in 1 piece) you can post up pics here.

I took a car back and showed the guy who had owned it (40+ years, and all I had done was get it roadworthy and polished it up...not even restored yet.
Cars are more than cars when you have them that long. WOuld just bring back memories I bet, for him!

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