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Nice truck. Good to meet another local truck guy. Hope to see you at Braums this week.
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Good to meet everyone, too - I plan on heading to Fuddrucker's tomorrow - that is the car show, right?

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Thanks Mark! I spent all weekend on it and got the first cut finished but I still have 1 more step to do tonight. Here's the other side. Good god I forgot how much work this is... I'm not sure how much body shops charge for this but it can't be cheap... This sucks! Haha! But it does look nice!
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Dang those trucks look good when parked in a row!:metal:

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Yes I believe that is the last or next to last cruise in at Fuddruckers 71 and HW 169 Tulsa for the season after time change its over till next spring.

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Replaced the exterior pitted door handles with fresh chromed repops. Replaced the cracked front signal light lens with repops as well. It's the little things some times.

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They all make a huge difference

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A liitle at a time sure does add up later.

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Neither was today, but both were recent work on the truck:
Went from this battered seat with a cheap cover:

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To this nice tweed & vinyl seat I bought off craigslist(from someone who hangs out here no less):

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I also installed this tool box in the bed. It has wingnut screws through the bottom going into nut inserts in the bed so I can remove it easily.
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tonight after work
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So legit.

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Cleaned the leaves out of the inside heater box. Works much better now.


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Wow thats horrible. !
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I need to do that

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If the heater looks like that, it might be worthwhile to pull the cowl vent panel and the vent outlets in the cab and clear out the plenum with a weed blower. Those leaves love to hold moisture and start things rusting.

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That new seat sure makes a nice improvement and looks a lot more comfortable.

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How do copy pics you wanna keep? Is that possible cause I really like these scallops

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With most browsers just put your mouse cursor over the image and click the right mouse button. A box will come up and one of the options will be "save image as" or something similar. Click that and you can save it wherever you want on your computer.

Here are a few more shots of the seat before I cleaned it.

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No pics, but I scored a front sway bar and brackets from an '87 C10, and another voltmeter (the first one I tried replaceing my ammeter with is not working) and an entire front serpentine setup with alternator, PS pump, compressor, all brackets, and hardware for $60. Most components are probably going to need replacing, but at least I have cores, right? The serpentine setup is from a '92 5.7L. Hope it all fits.

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Man, what a deal. Remember: It's easy to forget to verify that your water pump will now turn backwards; keep this in mind when installing the serp. system, as you'll need to get the reverse spinning pump. Sorry to sound as if I'm talking to a newbie, but I've seen it happen to even highly-experienced mechanics.

Again, you scored big time, and I'd bet the components will happily surprise you as well!
Sam

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Finished up my cover for air management. Working on axle cover now.

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Put me motor back in

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Looks like a pirate chest, cool.

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ttttt

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I went and registered truck with Vintage plate sorry can't show the plates
the gal at the auto licence place said not for hauling could get ticketed ..WHAT.?
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Dragged this to buddy's house. Applied GM engine decals and test fitted the new Porterbuilt mount and bar.

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I just got power steering installed on my '66 with a 250 6 cylinder, but I used a used pump, so this weekend I hope to replace that pump with a new one. Hopefully, that will correct the issue of not having power steering at idle.

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Thanks man! I dig it too. Something different. Finished up the axle cover too.

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I am a noob, so thanks for the heads up. From what I understand, a reverse pump will have a smooth pulley. But if I am reusing pulleys, how do I know that the pump I buy will be reverse pump? I guess when I get to that point, the parts computer at the store will tell me hopefully. Months away, though.

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Finished assembling the bed after Line-X'ing the inside panels and the wood boards separate. Still need to drill out the tubs and carriage bolt them down
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Nice truck Softpatch...cant go wrong with a glenwood green 63.

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I built myself a 60 by 80 shop this summer and tomorrow I go pick up my first projects . I bought a 62 step side today and I pick up my 62 fleet side from my fatherinlaw tomorrow and bring them home for a double build with my dad and fatherinlaw both of them r named Wayne and r 73 years old and r ready to work one will b totally stock as original as we can get and the other tricked to max I'm ready to get greasy

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Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you guys have a lot of fun work in the near future. Post up some pictures of the trucks and the shop when you get a chance. Good luck!

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Arranged the bed for transport to the painter for tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!! Last part to be done guys!!!!!

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Not so much what I did today, but over the summer. With colder weather moving in, I am pretty much done working on my truck for the year. I have managed to get quite a lot accomplished though and am pretty psyched to think that by next summer I should be driving it. I have all new brakes plumbed and added a new booster and master cylinder. I installed a new intake and carb and fired up the 350 for the first time. I was like a little kid at Christmas when I heard it come to life for the first time. (Really loud though with only the exhaust manifolds)! I have all the wiring fixed and all the lights and gauges work. I installed a new aluminum radiator, as well as new u-joints and a carrier bearing.

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If I owned it, with that under-hood being such a BEAUTY and it not drivable yet, I'd get a friend to come lock down my hood and hide my keys--to keep me from being tempted to drive it ANYHOW! Nice work, rcg66.
Sam

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I would drive it.

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It must have jumped in the bed when I wasn't looking. Can I keep it?

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Did the headlight relay upgrade today. Found some real nice relays along with a metal bar designed to hold up to 4 relays at Junkyard Barbie. Used threaded rivets to install a good portion of the items, pretty nice tool.

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Put my gauge panel together when I got it back from the powder coater

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This is what I did FOR my truck today.

I scored an unbelievable deal on some old school aluminum slots. I can't wait to see them after I polish them. Here's a sample area.

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