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It's really time consuming but not real bad. I'm stuck where I'm at now due to needing help and everyone is at work. lol

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Lucky for me 6 out of 7 67-72 trucks I had were the metal floor and the one wood floor was in good shape, lucky.

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Step or fleet? I used their Fleetside dimensions, and they were right on.

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I have a fleet. I'm sure I used the right ones but my bed is all messed up so who knows. :lol: I put it back on yesterday and two of the holes didn't even come close to lining up even though it's straight and square on the frame. I just drilled out new holes and said to hell with it. :metal:

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Here's how mine turned out:

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WOW... You folks do allot on your trucks..

I just drive mine

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Turtleman - out of necessity! I can't wait to join you driving mine!
Roof body work is getting there and in primer again.

Windshield is IN!

I still need to find a big back window - mine was wrong...

liv'n the dream
rg & Ray~Ray

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20 bucks @ the pick n pull the other day.

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Was at the muffler shop when they opened this morning. Had the headers hooked up to the existing exhaust pipes and flowmasters, cut the old tailpipes off and ran new ones since they hit the axle after I did the bags and lowered it and I didn't like the outlets anyway. The boys did a pretty good job for me.

That said, I've been running this pretty stout 355 through the old manifolds and man did the headers wake it up! The old girl will break the tires loose at will pretty much any speed now and sounds awesome! It's a lot throatier and the header ring just makes her sound great!

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Looking Great!!!:metal:
Do you have a build thread?

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I didn't like how one of the boards looked and fit so I got another one. I got it cut and stained so far and will have it cleared in a bit. It fits alot better and I can live with it. Hopefully my son will be able to come over so I can tighten the rest of the bolts down and get it on the road.

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Hey Don -

I don't have a build thread and sometimes I wonder if I should have started one - but thanks for asking.

Bob / robber grin

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nice truck T Smith, you are sure right on the difference from manifolds to headers, sounds so much better plus the HP diff.

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Thanks man, means a lot!

It's a work in progress!

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Today was transmission hump mods for the new TKO that's going in - impressed myself with this one

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I made mine into a bench today so my wife and I could watch our stallion during turn-out this evening.

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[QUOTE=endlessearth;6270480]Today I used my truck to teach my 12-year old son how to drive standard and introduced him to the hobby.

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why did you wait so long i was driving at 7 alone at 9 and drove half the way from Los Angeles to Sioux falls SD. with my dad at 12 (1969) in a 63 c20(with 4 speed) which i still have to this day:metal:

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Drove to watch Snake & Mongoose
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[quote=jtrichard;6280239]I had to wait until he was tall enough to fully depress the clutch and still see over the windshield.

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Tried out the CLR and scratchpad technique I heard about here on this forum...
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Hey, RG, I'd bet your back glass was too thick!?? I bo't one from an on-line vendor, and it was made from safety glass--that kind that busts into bigger shards when crashed, quite dangerous as they cut easily. I quickly realized it should've been made of much thinner tempered glass--the kind that breaks into tiny little chunks when crashed. These do not cut.
Sam

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[quote=endlessearth;6280394]thats true i was about 6'1" at 12 i started out in a m38a1 jeep so windshield was not very high and now its all i can do to get in it at 6'4" i almost have to put my knees around my ears when i push the pedals

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Hey Sam - my truck's window was shattered before I got it. The guys I got it off of gave me another window for it, but I think it was for 67-72 because the bottom corners were "square" and not rounded. I never even caught it until we went to put it in the 62.

I specialize in doing things that way... "2 forward - 3 back Truck Shop".
bob

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Spent some time hanging out on the nice, new, solid, rust-free floor. :cool:
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While I was there, I cut/shaped/welded/smoothed out the fuel tank mounts. The tank won't be returning to the cab.
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Cut the bottom off the driver's fender to start rust repair. Discover the last time someone "fixed" the rust they welded the bracing inside the fender to the cab. The original fender lower mount is long gone. Going to take some interesting work to fix. Then I manged to slice my palm open badly on the cut off fender and had to stop for the evening.

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Put speedo adapter in, now it reads correctly! Then dropped it off at the paint shop.....I can hardly wait!

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Looks great!
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I replaced my tired tail lights with LED's from LMC. Unbelievable difference! They work great!
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I made it RUN!!!

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Awesome!

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Yep! I know you'll agree that it's good to have another L6 back in the game!

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Finally got the bed done and bumper on. Lots of time but I saved some money and I get to say I did it. It was fun for a while having my 2 yo grand daughter hand me tools and nuts and bolts while I was under the truck. Then she got tired and the fun ended. :lol:

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racecougar - I'm a fan - your work looks great!

Don - Bed turned out nice - DONE - you gotta like that / can you come up and help me figure mine out? I'll see if my grandaughter can help us too.

Yesterday I did FINALLY score a big back glass in nearby Greensburg PA. Guy has a 64-66 BBW cab setting out in his parking lot on the rockers that needs rockers and corners but no For Sale sign or anything - so I left a note asking what the story was. He called me back and it was for sale. He said he would sell me just the glass so I pick it up Saturday. You just never know till you ask.

LMC did have the BBW at a reasonable price and reasonable cost to ship so that was my next alternative - but I really wonder how you could ship a window that size and not break it.

Come on Friday -
rg

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Thank you, sir! :)

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Putting together a 62 frame this week. :metal:
Pulled the torsion front end and replaced with a coil unit.
Drop springs and spindles, disk brakes etc.. etc..
The rear is a different story. ;)
Shock location and angle absolutely sucks.
Need to make a change but not exactly sure what. :uhmk:
The 60-62 chassis' are a different critter all together.



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Looking good Don it's lots work but well worth it..Vernski:truck:

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Finished installing the apitong tongue-in-groove wood on my flatbed '65. While the wood was off, replaced the fuel tank sender, now properly grounded too, in the rear fuel tank. Topped off the project with a new Autometer Prestige series fuel gauge. All is good. Drove it to the Salvation Army yesterday to donate some furniture. The guys working there went nuts checking out the rig.:mm:

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Just some maintenance today on the DD'65- had to replace a leaking rear intake gasket. While I was there, switched out to a truck TBI intake and a different distributor. Some cleaning and some rattle can rebuild as well.

Nothing too exciting, just all in a days work.

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I'm tuned in to see what you come up with. If there was a bolt on aftermarket solution available, I would have replaced the stock arrangment long ago.