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Thanks for the pix-fix Vic! The wheels are super trick. This thing is going to look awesome when it's all together.

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Where did you get those rims? I love them and want something like that for my truck!

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Actually, they were on the truck when I bought it. Made by Enkei Wheel and are no longer in production as far as I know. Tried to locate some center caps like the ones that were originally on a couple of the rims, but no luck. (Which is why I built my own.) The company is still in business but not making a wheel that looks anything like it. Swap meet and a whole lot of luck would probably be needed to score them nowadays.

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Headed of to Texas to finish wiring Jay's truck. Hopefully will only take a few days. Had some extra time before my flight leaves, so I modified a spreader to use on the bed floor when I return. Later!

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OOOOO I am closer... when I get ready to wire my truck you are welcome to come to Winfield... LOL

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Safe travels!!!

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You're gonna cry when you drop a motor on that bodyworked painted floor.
Or throw some wheels in it.
Or slide some home improvement products in it.
Or throw a bunch of leaves and brush in there.

;):devil:

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Brilliant idea! It's a major pain to do bodywork on these old beds. That's a killer idea.

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If he is anything like me this truck will never see anything in the bed... That is what I have a "real" truck for... Mine is just going to be my little Hot Rod...

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You need to know the whole story, Dan. See, Vic already built one truck to "have a truck". This isn't his hot rod! That is a badass '57 Ford he keeps upstairs! The last "have a truck" got out of hand and won best of show at the Truck nats and a bunch of other awards, and while gorgeous, was utterly useless as a truck. So, he sold it at Mecum, and bought this one to, and I quote,

With the temps in the mid 20's today, I picked up a '67 SWB fixer-upper. No weatherstrip in the doors and no heater core made for a frosty ride home, but we made it. Features a 350 SBC and TH400 with what feels like 4.10 gears in the 12 bolt. Don't know much about it yet as I have to make room in the workshop for it. I do know it's a leaker ...couldn't get cardboard under it fast enough to keep it from spotting up the driveway, but a little degreaser will fix that up. I'll start a new build thread for it, but most of what I plan is just clean up and mechanical stuff to make it reliable. If I start to stray from the plan, hopefully someone will kick my a$$ and remind me it's just a driver!

Unquote.

A chorus of Derisive laughter immediately followed, which brings us up to date. You know, bodyworking the bed floor. Heee Heee Heee....

Keep it up, Vic. You are an inspiration to all of us to do it right. Like Holmes on Homes, only with a ponytail.

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Got it... Then the heck with finishing the bed... Just do a bed liner and call it good... Heck even do a color match bed liner... LOL

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Isn't that how we all start? Just keeping it simple. LOL
Great Quote reference.

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LOL... Nope... I started with I am going off the charts but keeping it old school... LOL...

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LOL! If there is one thing I know about Vic, he only has one speed, kickin' ass and takin' names!

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WooHoo! Made it back to KC Friday night ...tired but successful, which is saying quite a bit if you consider all the obstacles we faced with wiring Jay's truck. He bought an "EZ Wiring Kit" from a speed shop in NM about 5-6 years ago and it was the basis for our efforts. I say basis, as we were forced to replace the headlight switch, the dimmer switch AND the ignition switch. The HL switch wouldn't retain the shaft, the dimmer fell apart in our hands and the ignition switch was crimped so poorly the two halves spun freely (there is only one clock position where the terminals line up properly). Added to that, the electric fan wire coming out of the fuse block was cut and the ends buried in separate wire bundles. We also repaired a shorted out (brand new) dome light and an electric wiper motor that didn't park correctly. But in the end, we kicked its @$$! When we left TX for KC, every single circuit was working. Jay still has a lot of cosmetic work to do; re-tying wire bundles, removing wires for unused circuits and looming what's left. He stayed Friday night and Saturday with us and headed back today. We made the rounds of HF and Classic Parts before he left. Said he really needed to get away as he'd does nothing but spend money with me around. We also made him a sheetmetal panel to clean up his license bracket install.

I held off one more day resuming work on CRLS. Today is our 46th anniversary, so I went to Lowe's this morning and bought Kathy a much needed replacement for our BBQ grill, brought it home and assembled it. That wouldn't have worked on our 4th, but time reorders your priorities. ;)

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Welcome back and Happy Anniversary!

Anything that has to do with cooking won't work for my wife as a present, anything to do with eating at a fancy (read expensive) restaurant will.. LOL!

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looking good

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Congrats on the anniversary! You and Kathy are a great couple.

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Vic I have been installing an "EZ" wire kit also. I would spend the extra $$ next time I do this for a painless kit for sure.

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Very true, Mike. By the time Jay got thru buying replacement parts, he could have paid for the Painless kit. 20/20 hindsight!

Spent some time slinging mud on the hood today. Also laid a skim coat on the wheel wells. For those who graciously rode my butt about overdoing the business end of the bed ...thanks for your intervention. I promise to only do just enough to provide a base for the spray in bed liner. ;)

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Looking good Vic, I did the same on my bed, just enough to spray in Raptor liner. It turned out great. I'm really happy with the results. Still I wishi I would have made the filler tool. Would have made it so much easier. As it was, I spent a ton of time on my bed floor.

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Just another service we provide...

That hood is gonna look cool.

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That hood is going to be the cherry on top, no one will have one like it.
The only thing I would be worried about is thermal transfer from the engine cracking out the filler, it's probably going to require a thermal barrier to keep that from happening, or am I over thinking this?

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Nope, I'm with you on that, Brian. I've drilled a couple of small vent holes on the underside to allow the air pressure in the dead space to equalize. I was also thinking of spraying Lizard Skin on the flat areas where the underside of the seam will be exposed to engine heat. In the past, I've glued numerous fiberglass scoops to both metal and FG hoods. The only time I ever had one crack was many years ago when I thought I could rivet the scoop on and bondo the seam. ACKKK! I feel fairly confident that the adhesive will do its job and not allow the scoop edges to separate from the base. But it doesn't hurt to take extra precautions anyway.

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Thanks, Mike, I've seen several posts where members caution that spray in bedliner will hide only so much. The base needs to be fairly decent before you spray the pookie. So it will get at least a little bit of love.

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Hood is looking killer.

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How's the first pass on the hood? We happy? It'll be cool for sure. I may have missed it but have you chosen a body color yet?.

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It's taking shape, John. Feathering out that much area requires a lot of passes. The hood was a donor to start with and I seem to keep finding spots I missed with the hammer and dolly. But it shouldn't be long until I lay a coat of Slick Sand on. Right now I'm leaning toward a two tone scheme. Color will be late model Challenger Mango Tango on the bottom and satin black on the top separated by a cream pinstripe. My wife isn't a big fan of two tone hotrods, so the plan could change, but the copper/orange color is set in stone.

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I suspended work on the hood last week and concentrated on a few other tasks that needed some tending. Blocking the hood by hand was wearing me out, so I shelled out for a new orbital inline sander. Opted to go with a made in the USA piece, so it was a bit more expensive, but the quality is great. It arrived this morning and I immediately put it in service. I'd forgotten how quickly these things rip the plastic off and how much better they level flat or low crown areas. Hopefully this will speed up the progress on other parts of the truck as well. Weather is cool again this week, so I'm working with the doors closed. However, doors open or closed, there's dust everywhere. Drives certain neat freaks nuts ...now take a deep breath and put on the blinders.

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Nice work. Who makes that pretty looking piece of equipment?

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Wow! congrats on the air sander! I've always wanted one but never had the extra pennies for one. Very nice!

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I have a Squirrel cage blower you can borrow to kick the dust out the door if you'd like. Where'd you get the sander?

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Thanks, guys. It's a Hutchins Model 3800 and it gets after it ...so much so my old 2 stage Sears compressor is struggling to keep up. :lol: Had to stop off and put another trap in the line I use for air tools. Sander was moving so much air it was condensing moisture at the business end.

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My wife would say there's already one too many squirrels around here. ;)

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Online at Autobody Toolmart

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That is an awesome tool for working filler, I put it on with a 12" drywall knife, sand with a 8" bondo hog then hit it with the Hutchins then go to the hand sanding.

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Nice score on the inline! I waited way too long to get one. That piece you got is about double the $ than the one I got but after about half a roll I found these screws on the floor where I was working. I know nothing shiny like those fell out of my bed! The sander came with an exploded view drawing but it's pretty small scale (bout useless). I took it half way apart, never found any missing screws and decided I had better just back out from there as it was still working and I only had a small amount of work yet to do. Took me at least three tries to get it back together right as there's some timing involved with a valve and a couple little rack and pinion drives (dual pistons). It finished the job and one day I'll take it all the way down to figger it out. The screws I found on the floor are probably from something else because that's how stuff like that usually goes for me :lol:

Can't wait to see that hood in epoxy Vic!

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Now there's a man that doesn't dilly dally around!!
Yeah, I don't know why I waited either, John. It was past time to upgrade. Next step is Slick Sand. Picked it up at the paint store Monday so I just need a warm afternoon.

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I received a very humbling call this morning from the fella down in TX that bought my silver truck. We'd talked a few days ago about how the truck acts when turning at low speeds, both forward and reverse. The tires seemed to scrub more than they should and the turning radius seemed much tighter than it should be. He asked what, if anything I'd done to address the problem so I listed off all the parts I'd swapped out, the multiple trips to the alignment shop and how nothing seemed to make it better. After all that, I just lived with it. Well, long story short, he called to tell me his alignment shop found the problem. Yours truly put the crosslink in backwards. They took it loose, rotated it longitudinally 180 degrees and put it back in. Realigned the front end and voila! ...problem solved. He says it handles like a new truck with no scrub and a much better turn radius.

I wouldn't have believed you could do this, but it's obviously possible, as the pictures below show. The top one is incorrect and the bottom is how it should be. Ya learn something every day!

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Hunh! Thanks for throwin' that up, now I gotta go check mine! Is this the dealer guy, or a for-real owner?