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ya, you guys been going threw some nasty stuff. I'm soooo glad our fire season is finally over, seems to have been a bad yr everywhere...:(
have'nt had much free time lately. with winter fast approaching, the push is on at work to get some big projects cleaned up before the snow fly's (actually the other day we got a couple inches, but it did'nt hang around....:metal:) as well as getting my place set for the winter
got the motor done, LQ4
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and most of the susp. just have to twist up some coils and make shocks. the coil buckets and shock mounts are already on the axle ready to go. lots of dicking around on this frame, stretched a couple times, cross members added and deleted, re-did the engine mounts, deleted the 2wd stuff and added bed cross members
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body is almost ready for paint, just finishing scribing in door lines. color is modern, graphite mica (??)
rim inners will most likely be black
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It's looking great (even if it's too new). They pulled that lymphnode. The same week I was evacuated fo 6 days due to the Atlas fire. While evacuated I was diagnosed as stage 2 nonhodgkins lymphoma. I just finished 4 days of Chemo. More chemo to come this week.and more after that. I can't work until at least April. Rant over truck is looking great...keep up the good work...

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jeez, that sounds pretty harsh Dale, any idea what the long term diagnosis is?
here your not having the best news and here i just lucked out....won 2 grand on a scratch and lose ticket the other day:metal:
have'nt got a lot done on the 1500, was trying to get more done,but i'm excited about a purchase i made.
some frame/susp work (pop can gas straps...)
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wheels and tires sorted out, fr axle was done, snapped off a shock mount bracket...
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some int work done
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seeing how i have a couple extra bucks, i went and got all stupid on fleabay.
been wanting one of these for yrs, but the prices has been scaring me away...
paid too much, most expensive kit i've ever bought ......so far......
Ta-Dah!
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and it's not even new, but it is very complete, big block, cab lights, western style mirrors, un-used glass....i'm liking it :D :D :D should be here next week hopefully
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and i still got this longbed.....;)
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wife suggested i do a replica of my '68 910 custom cab
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but it was only a 2wd, so....no. Maybe a longbox 4x4 like this....
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or this looks better i think...
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or a dually!
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whoops, not a gmc, did'nt notice that....:lol:
like this i mean, but on some swamps
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was also thinking about a stepside 4x4 like this...
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or this....
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dang! did it again, did'nt notice that's a suburban...:thumbs:
see spend some money on a kit and your brain goes all stupid....
liking tHis stepside
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so far a 4x4 dually is sounding best to me though...

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The prognosis is good. I'm only stage 2 this time. I have already done six chemo treatments of at least six hours each. The last one of this series is this Tuesday. Then I start the second series thanksgiving week. It's helping already my jaw is no longer square. The swelling is gone. Woohoo. The interior and chasssis is looking great. I like the new purchase looking forward to see what you do with it. I would suggest you don't bring any of those attention distracting accessories home(like in the pics). It tends to make wives angry for some reason...lol

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well that sounds promising Dale :metal:
chemo is a real killer on the body. wife's second sister is on the tail end of some bad stuff. they did a bunch of chemo last yr, really dragged her down, they ended up removing one of her breasts :( wife has 4 sisters, 3 of them including my wife have had to go threw this crap
a little more on the crewcab
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I did this same thing 10 years ago. The trucks coming out great.

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ya, that really bites having to do it again.....:waah:
almost chucked the '99 into the trash....had the chassis all ready, body painted.....
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went to attach the body... and dropped the chassis....snapped off the fr axle, springs, driveshaft, steering, lines, links, shocks, rad support.....:sumo:
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after looking at it for a few days, finally got the gumption to try put it back together...
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LQ4
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this has been a hard luck truck, broken up twice now...:lol:
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It came out really sharp! I'm glad you decided not to chuck it. :metal::metal:

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thanks Dale! it did give me some grief...
here's one i'm really looking forward to do.....this was in my mailbox today when i got home..:metal:
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or.....
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or this
liking this!
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I like that one! Any of the ways you showed it would be cool. You know I'll be watching.

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yup, their classic!
bummer, need to order some junk...got 2 non-matching halfs of a t-case, 1 diff, and those 2 non matching swamps.
till it gets here, i'll try get the body done. going to add the dually fenders today. started with the tailgate. nothing big, just making it a gmc
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Man!! That's looking great...

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wow! last post was exactly a month ago...
lot been happening. big one was my computer screwing up and dying. it really, reaLLY, REALLY ticked me off last month...i'll just say it died an ignoble death....lost EVERYTHING on it, but i did get some diodes and scale wires out of it for my models..:lol: then i had a heck of a time trying to get back on to my sites (no passwords and not knowing what in hell i'm doing with this new HP computer does'nt help either...where's my hammer...)
and my tires and junk for my '69 dually took FOREVER to get here (christmas rush i guess)
and then last friday my pocket pal, Squiggy the skinny pig, up and died on me...:waah::waah::waah:
oh yeah, and after listening to the wife harass, harangue, bug, pester, beg, and just get on my nerves about not having a "bedroom" for 26 yrs (don't a mattress on a steel roller frame count??..) i broke down and got her one...
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good move, paid off quite well..:lol:
besides "breaking in" the new bedroom (heh-heh) when we were moving the old dresser, found a bag of camera sd cards under it, been under there for 10 yrs or so. couple days ago i figured out how to download on this new 'puter and ran them sd cards threw. came across a bunch of awesome vid-e-o! there's about 2 hrs of video in short fliks of my son being born to around 5-ish. first steps, learning to ride a bike, a quad, playing with the puppy's...we've never seen them before, their scratchy and shaky, no sound either, like my parents 8mm flicks from the '60's but in color. wife remembers video'ing them, some were obviously done by me, prob our first digi cam, early 2000's or so. pretty neat not only seeing our son, but our dogs as puppies, our vehicles, our house, where we went, amazing how much actually changes in 10 yrs...:lol:
and it paid off good for my hobby. wifey went all out this winter. the only hobby shop around since the other one closed is like almost a 100 mile round trip, and she found her way there (never, ever being there before..) and got me a few trucks, a butt-load of model glue, and some (yay!) styrene.
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ya, i've done these, and she knows it, but it was the only chevy trucks they had. she felt bad so she somehow (again never showed her..:metal:) got to my parts caster's site and ordered me a 100 bucks of swampers, t-case's, axles, enough junk to go for awhile, they just did'nt make it here in time. and i dont mind the trucks she got me, belive it or not i don't have a short fleet sq in the collection, thinking about something totally diff for the wrecker, AND i was able to trade the snow plow fom the sq body kit for a int for the '60 crew i was building, and lost my int parts for....(dumb-ass.....) really looking forward to going on that one agin...

got the motor mostly done, traded for a race 502 bb then used the kit stock bb parts, valve covers, carb, etc to make it look stock, so there is no shortage of wheeties in this one...:lol:
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whacked off the whole back half
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i actually got the chassis and the body painted last night
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Wow!! That's coming out great. I like the head ache rack and bed rails. I'm glad you had a great Christmas. What a nice wife you have....

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well, all that model junk was prob a couple hundred.....a little bit less than the 18 hundred and change for her bedroom :lol: but i ain't complaining..lol
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Stunning!!! I love it. Great color combo and lots of detail....awesome

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thanks Dale!
jumped back on the '60 crew again, but my parts are still not here....
so now i also got the snowplow truck going as well, and still waiting for parts for it too
that wrecker the wife got me-just toying around, got a '60's and a '80's wrecker but no '70's... or '50's....hmmmm
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no drip rails on the revell truck and the rear winda trim was so lite it came off after i glued the back of the cab on and sanded it...
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some .025 rod flattened out
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whacked a bunch of stuff off the frame and made a under hood brace
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typical revell cheapness, no cab floor, just like the green '77 dually....heyyy.... it's all coming back now.....
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start of a floor
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tailgate looks weird on the inside. mudded up the pieces i put in, when dry i'll sand it. if it looks ok i will leave it. if it looks like crap i will put a aluminum checkerplate guard over it
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can't belive i don't have a round-eye short fleet in the stable.....
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was orig. going to do this crewy red, but did the gmc dually red instead. always had a soft spot for flames (my '68 gm, our quads, my riding helmet, my welding helmet, my hard hat, my parts washer, my quad trailer, my tool box, my dirt bike, my boat trailer, and of course my flamed shorts...:metal:)
only color i can think that would go nice with these flames is jet-black...with a blown six'er
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running out of stuff to do. the parts wife ordered for me (shipped dec 3) have still not arrived. have never ever had a order take more than a couple weeks, 3 at most. last tracking update was dec 9, saying in transit...hmmmm....not looking that great...especially as how i got the int parts for the '60 crew last mon, and they were mailed on dec 29, from the same place...new york
they look much better than the '65 revell parts i was trying to shove in there :lol:
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tunnel and floor needed some pieces so they don't look goofy....
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back to the "awesome" revell truck, added some ribs to the baby smooth bottom of the box.....revell....50 million sinkholes all over it...:dohh:
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was not crazy 'bout my baby smooth cab floor either....a old piece of el camino floor scabbed in.....
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added fuel caps and did'nt like the tailgate so it gets a checkerplate guard
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yeah...revell has got to have the lousiest squares around...
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started some door work
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having a hard time getting the box to un-warp, going to try one more thing, if it don't look great, i'll glue a canopy on it to hold it square
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Man, it sure takes a long time to get your deliveries. But what you have done is looking great. I like the canopy too.

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thanks Dale, but i'm really starting to get frustrated with my caster. Has been 53 days now, and all tracking stopped on dec 8. i think it's pretty obvious it has been "misplaced" or lost, but my caster does not seem to give a s**t. I have sent him a few emails asking him to start a lost package procedure with USPS, as there is nothing i can do, i did not send it. So far he has not replied to any of my emails nor started a lost claim....hmmmm.....helluva way to treat one of your oldest and best customers, i have prob bought more from him than any other individual.
last email i sent was last friday, wife says if he won't answer by this friday (tomorrow) , go to paypal and get my money back....been trying to avoid that, he does have alot of what i use..... bummer
keepin on running out of things to do, already got 2 trucks on the go, dont really want to start a third...
some int work
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whipped up a visor and aluminumized my tailgate protector
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engine is mostly done. nuthin' fancy, just your standard small block chevy
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don't know if anyone has heard, but Hobbico, the company that owns Revell, filed for chapter 11, bankruptcy. everyone is waiting to see how this will play out with Revell, apparentley Hobbico has to Mar to figure out whatever they are going to do. hope it does not mean the end of Revell.
But just in case, i scored another sub off fleabay for the incredible price (for up here anyways..) of 26 clams. this one will have the seats and winda's in it though. just hope my frikkin caster gets his stuff together....stock builds are boring....
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That sucks about your parts and the caster. The interior looks great and so does the engine. The visors nice too. This Burb will be cool

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well i'm glad i waited one more day.....got a courier delivery today. would have looked dumb getting my money back and parts showing up the next day. only got part of the order, but enough to get going again. some kind of communication or reply would have been nice...
weather was pretty lousy today, spent a few hrs on the front. should be able to get the rear tomorrow
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Well it's about time you vot them. It's looking great.

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just about got this one knocked off Dale...just needed them parts
fr and rear mostly done
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a little bit of paint...
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just finished spraying it. not real happy with revell. after i got the paint laid, a body seam ghosted threw on the box...don't think i got enough blue left to start dicking with it....really stretched it just to get 3 coats on...
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what the hay, wanted to get an idea of what it will look like...
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Itlooks good, the shell looks good on it. I like the blue.

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yup, it is a nice shade of blue Dale, looks better in person, another hard to photo color...
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