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Gregski 06-13-2022 09:30 PM

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nothing to see here HOA

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:31 PM

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folks do not adjust your television sets, she is on her side

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:32 PM

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these turned out not to bad at all

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:35 PM

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Fun Level: 0

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:36 PM

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mandatory stare and compare

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:37 PM

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and if you thunk this was staged and they were not that gross at all

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:38 PM

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Nobody: "Hey how long did that take?"

Me: "One Modelo!"

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:40 PM

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two Modelos, and one wire wheel later...

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:41 PM

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these too made it to the oven... eventually

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:45 PM

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upper control arms with all their powder coated thingies

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:49 PM

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then I had to do something different so I decided to start wire wheeling the door hinges

I am 71% convinced, GM didn't discover other colors than lime green until 1987

Gregski 06-13-2022 09:50 PM

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Stonehinge

pjmoreland 06-14-2022 01:16 AM

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And now your backyard is covered with squiggly little pieces of wire!

Gregski 06-14-2022 01:19 AM

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And now your backyard is covered with squiggly little pieces of wire!

lol, actually they are all in my denim jacket, I look like a porcupine

pjmoreland 06-14-2022 01:21 AM

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lol, actually they are all in my denim jacket, I look like a porcupine

Try it while wearing shorts sometime. Not smart. Don't ask me how I know

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:33 PM

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Try it while wearing shorts sometime. Not smart. Don't ask me how I know

I'll let you own that one, I will stick to flip flops for MIG welding

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:34 PM

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place holder for finished cups

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:35 PM

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two clean lower control arms, this time with steer stops, thanks be to a cool dude on this forum who hooked a brotha up (for free)

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:37 PM

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and into the horizontal Oven-A-Tor (TM)

clamped down to 71 fig newtons

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:38 PM

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lower control arms powderized

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:44 PM

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always love doing stuff out of order instead of the stuff that I should be focusing on


the three amigos: original, wire wheeled, and media blasted

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:47 PM

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didn't wanna bake the bearing seals of my new six lug disculators so threw down some sexy gloss aluminum on 'em

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:48 PM

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KRYLON RTA9213 Gloss Aluminum

Gregski 06-14-2022 10:56 PM

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I tell you what these $23 Cauliflowers came painted or maybe even powder coated, you can't beat that

zicc1835 06-15-2022 07:47 AM

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its all about the detail....fun stuff

Gregski 06-15-2022 09:35 PM

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I don't know about you guys, but sometimes just getting brand new parts puts you in a good MOOG

Gregski 06-15-2022 09:38 PM

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hecho Estados Unitos - Bonus!

Gregski 06-16-2022 09:51 AM

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Man I just can't tell if these eBay special dust shields are coated with something or just raw, so I think I need to powder coat them, I highly doubt they be chrome

Gregski 06-16-2022 10:19 PM

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yup more cleaning, more painting in this case

Gregski 06-16-2022 10:21 PM

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not sure if I'm gonna run these now that there is no engine, but I was thinking maybe they add some triangulation to the frame rails

Gregski 06-16-2022 10:44 PM

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what the H, this is the only piece that has failed me so far, and I cleaned it with the same Wax n Grease remover before powderizing it like it's twin and all the other pieces I done did already, and I tried powder coating it twice already too and it still failed, again

Gregski 06-16-2022 11:06 PM

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me trying to contact Clint Eastwood tech support, you can't make this stuff up folks:

yuccales 06-16-2022 11:17 PM

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sometimes just getting brand new parts puts you in a good MOOG

Seeing parts made in USA puts me in a good Moog. Unlike my recent front brake job. :o

Gregski 06-16-2022 11:23 PM

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Seeing parts made in USA puts me in a good Moog. Unlike my recent front brake job. :o

ha ha, yup, NAPA now rebrands the cheapest parts, their service techs words not mine, from the last time we opened some brand new boxes at his counter to take a look

Gregski 06-17-2022 09:27 PM

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well shoot maybe a third time is the charm, so I took this one down to bare metal

Gregski 06-17-2022 09:30 PM

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and then I powder coated it again, and although this time it took, ie the powder stuck, it dried all dull ie matt instead of glossy

and I powder coated a door hinge at the same time and that dried nice and glossy like all the other parts, so I have no idea what is up with this saucer and honestly as long as it's black and protected from rusting I really don't care

Gregski 06-17-2022 11:14 PM

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so big day tomorrow all this stuff gets bolted on

Electruck EV Conversion Update 2 Front End Rebuild / Disc Brake Upgrade

Gregski 06-18-2022 10:41 AM

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so for those of you who know me, or have followed any of my other two truck builds, Rusty '74 and or Busty '54 you know that I like making lists, sometimes I even make a list telling me to make other lists, ha ha

so, here is a list of things I hope to learn (pronounced: "play with") whilst embarking on this project, simply put because converting a 50 year old truck to electric ain't difficult enuff
1. Media Blast (as in air compressor and media cabinet) - ✔

2. Powder Coat (using a electric kitchen stove/oven) and an Eastwood kit - ✔

3. Paint a car (ok Plasti Dip, but you get the idea) even if it's rattle can

4. MIG Weld aluminum (just bought a special spool gun for my Lincoln 140c)

5. Sow my own seat upholstery (huge ambition, and highly unlikely)

got to check off another item off da list

72 tigger 06-18-2022 01:25 PM

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Always a good feeling to check a box

Gregski 06-18-2022 08:16 PM

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happy to report the final assembly has commenced and with the help of two great new friends and forum members without whom there is no way I could have done what we did today, we got the trans mounted, the cab mounted, and the crossmember installed (we could not mount the control arms as I am still waiting on the rubber seals

Fun Level: 11.2


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