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You poor thing, snowed here yesterday! Kidding, it was 31C yesterday, that is 88F BTW

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It was 98 F ( ~37 C). 88 here is considered balmy. That would've been great to work in. ;-)

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Got the Serpentine brackets, pulleys, and water-pump sandblasted and painted...

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Intended on just roughing up the paint on the new (to me) gas tank. The paint started just peeling off in places, so I figured I would go ahead and strip it down to start over.

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Anyone know a rattle can brand/color that would match the GMC silver interior? It does not look like a plain silver. The silver in the pictures is something someone added at some point. There is overspray all over the gaskets, and the glass, so i know that is not factory.


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got a line on a cab so I don't have to practically build a new one. But, I have to buy the entire truck.

It's a SWB 65 with a 455 in it.

Gonnahave to figure outwhat the heck to do with the rest of that truck, the long bed on mine and a bunch of other parts.

Oh well, it could be worse, I could be short of parts.

:)

Steven

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Busy with the little stuff, applied White Face Gauges and painted the Gauge Pod...

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Finished the vinyl floor mat installation and took the truck for a ride.

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Brought my 85 Camaro 7/8" rear sway bar (actually .850) and all the brackets etc. to my work, steam cleaned everything, threw it all into the bead blast cabinet then painted everything. I chucked the metric U bolts & the metric end link bolts, ain't going to be no metric junk on my truck! I picked up some Stainless U bolts off the shelves at work and I plan on buying some 3/8-16 x 7" grade 8 bolts for the end link bushings. All in all a good day.

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tools shopping for putting the engine back together. Hopefully some point this week. (crossing my fingers)

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Removed the grille from my 66 removed the clear and started polishing. Went ahead and painted the header panel while I had access. Lots of labor left polishing that grille.

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Hating you, looks awesome. Hope to get there soon.

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Started tracing on paper for the homebuilt c-notch...
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Working on upgrading the truck to a wiper system w/washer. Got an OEM switch and knob. Did the polishing on it since its stainless and got it installed. The motor and wiper system will be next.

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Looks good, your truck has come a long way...

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got old 6 pulled out and was ready to put ne v8 in when i realized some one hacked up the crosmember so realized it is time to put my sectioned cross member in

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Tired of the noise levels in the cab before the last tear down, I applied Second Skin Damplifier Pro to the interior of the cab (posted earlier), and sprayed 3M acoustic coating underneath over the weekend...

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Getting there piece by piece. When I converted to factory guages, I upgraded the knobs to the custom knobs. Problem is the repop stuff is garbage and all the knobs looked different even though they came from the same supplier. I have managed to piece together a complete set of OEM custom knobs and only have the choke cable to install.

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How'd she run with the new mat? :D

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markeb01--how well did it fit? need pics of course-----

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Had some white walls shaved and finally got my powdercoated wheels on. New lug nuts tomorrow.

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Those shaved whites look great on your truck!! I love mine and think thats all ill ever buy as long as my trucks my daily driver! How do you like how the shaved whites turned out so far? did you use tires with white lettering or pinner whites?how wide did yours turn out?

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Thanx! yep, I'm pretty happy. I went with BF Goodrich T/A radial white letters. When I picked them up, first thing he said was "one came out better than the other". He was right but oh well, they look good for the 20 bux I paid to have it done. I think they have a machine that does it. The lines on the back tire aren't as uniform and he went a little too deep and hit black again but I can touch it up. I think he rushed. Not sure. They are pretty wide whites now. I would say close to 3".

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Anyone know of someplace near North Alabama to have whites shaved?

Also, I picked up the tools to make and bend new brake lines.

Steven

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Oh man what an improvement, and the gas mileage is much better too! :lol: Here it is out on its shakedown run this evening. You can see how much happier the truck is with the new upgrade!

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Actually it is a lot quieter. Before I had only a rubber mat on the bare floor. Now it has partial jute padding and the entire floor is covered in 1/8” plastic. It does make a significant difference in sound deadening.

I’ve posted pics in my build thread. I was a bit worried about the fit when I first started working on it because it is so unmanageable. I’m very happy with how it looks now, especially since earlier today I flattened out some of the remaining puckers with a heat gun and magnets. It just looks so rich in the truck compared to the old rubber mat. And the deep black color makes the upholstery look blacker. We took it out on a date and of course got crap all over the floor. So I pulled it in the garage and blew it out with an air hose and it looks like new again!

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Just check around with the car club/rat rod guys or call the largest used tire shop in your area. They will know of someone, if they don't do it. I found my place, by word of mouth. Good luck!