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Black with some stripes.

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two tone, top black and lower orange

just my two cents NC

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Decision is made: it's going to be black, maybe with some painted art on it.

Today I was going through beautiful but very cold Holland to get some parts for my Harley. On my way back home I went to the armyplace where I served 4 years back in the day.That's close by where I bought the parts.
Too bad the security wouldn't let me in...
We had a very nice conversation about how things are changed the last 30 years. I worked there (Soesterberg, NL) from 1988 to Sept. 1992. Had to search for the right way to get there :lol:
At some point the conversation only was about my truck, he loved it!!
The armyplace was still in use, some things Istill remember from the old days, the gate is the same and they even use the old filling station for fuel!
Then I went to the palace where our former Queen used to live, nice place!!
This was the road I drove forth and back the four years I worked there, brought back good memories!!!
It was a nice, good day!!

Some pics, the last two are of the palace, shame you don't see it that good, sorry...

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Kees, out driving the truck, can't get better than that...Jim

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A great day with the truck! Looked like a fun time.

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Sweet, keep driving your truck and making some killer memories!!!!!

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Thanks guys!!
It's used almost every day! Loving it!!

So, now on to the toolbox I bought.
It is now black, I made a floor in it, tweaked it here and there, and now it's in the truck!

The pics:

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Sorry I tried to turn the pics but it won't move.....
You have to turn you head instead :lol:

Now as the floor is in, I painted it black.
This afternoon I bolted the box in with the help of my wife:metal:

I also got a Apache Truck Club sticker out of the US of A, from Valenté Jacobia.
I don't know if he is active here on the board, but he has some great stuff!!
I made a sign to go on the toolbox to brake the large black backside.....
Asked permission to use the 4-eyed front of Task Force Era, so here it is:

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Yeah Kees, that looks really good!

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Nicely done!

:uhmk:

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Very nice.
Kim

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Nice job Buddy!!!! looks killer

Love the So-Cal Speed shop sticker!!!! in the NEther-World!

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1484513430

Maybe you can get me one of those Apache Truck Club stickers ? Im gonna have an Apache Hood on mine!

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Thank you guys!!

Yes sir, all is handpainted / striped, except for the Apache Club sticker ;)

Thanks PTC! You have to love my So Cal Speedshop sticker! You got me this!!
I can try and get you a Apache Club sticker, but it would be half a sticker 'cos you got half a hood :lol::lol:

Okay, serious now...;)
I went to my buddy Frank yesterday, he has a car ramp that I can use, so I don't have to lay on the ground all the time.
I have made my speedometer to work, pulled out out the electronic device out of the 700R4 and put in a mechanical one.
Put in new gears that I calculated, and guess what??? It's spot on with a GPS hub!!!
Only got a slight deviation around the 50 mph range, but 30 and 60 mph are on the spot!
Frank has a few nice cars in his shop, a '48 Pontiac for sale and a Ford F47 where they put in a 6,2 diesel motor :metal:
The Ford is ready for registration, the Pontiac just got one.

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Kees, your buddy Frank has some cool rides and a great looking shop. Was it built as a garage with all the windows? Must be very difficult to heat.
Nice work dialing in the speedo...

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Hi Doug, it is originally a green house.
He has some heaters in there, I didn't use them when I was there, the temp was 3 degrees C ( or 37 F).

Frank buys and sells Classic American Cars, mostly '40-'50's cars, he helped me get my truck to Holland.
So he gets your junk out of USA :lol::lol:

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Nice job on the box!!!

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Thanks Lower!!!

Nothing done on the truck but making plans.
One important plan is to rework the steering column. I have a tight spot when I turn to the right, not heavely, but enough to not like it.
Also thought about making a tonneaucover out of aluminium....

A good friend of mine has his own business in welding, stainless steel, aluminium and ordinairy steel.
He also got a chopped '48 Plymouth Coupe.
He wanted his car pinstriped, so we made a deal: I stripe his car and he helps me with re-welding the left header and making the tonneaucover.
Great deal if I may say so :uhmk:
But....I also have to help him in the future with his two other projects, he's got two '29 model A Ford Tudors, one stock with France papers and one chopped, uncomplete in parts.... I hate Hot Rods :lol::lol:
But that is for the future.
I started striping on the front, that is already been done, the trunk and fenderskirts I do at home.
So, we are not doing nothing ;)

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I've made some pics of the striping, in case of interest ;)
I know it isn't truck related, but this is what I love to do...

Pic #1 is the car, 1948 Plymouth, chopped...

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very nice art.
Kim

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Looking good there buddy...Jim

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Nice lines!!

:uhmk:

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Looks really good Kees! You are very talented.

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Very nice Kees Do you do it all free hand or do you draw it out first?

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That is tits man! ;)

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Thanks a lot guys!!!

Small pieces I do freehand, but this kind of stuf I draw out first.
Sometimes when I'm painting I add stuff along the way, sometimes I get rid of things.
And the plus side is that I see it on the car (or whatever) before painting it.
I want it to be look good, I'm just an amateur you know ;)

Here's a pic of the drawing on the car, the way I do it:

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No updates, but I decided to go on airride.
Main reason was the sloppy rear coilovers.
I did calculate some things and the outcome was that a complete airride was about $250 over only adjustable coilovers in the back.
The airride would be on all corners and all are switched independent.
There is no bolt on kit for Jags, so I have to make it myself. I emailed a few people around the world, they all been a great help, but I have to find out myself how to get it in. Well, that's Hot Roddin', aint it :metal:
I ordered two Double Neede gages, four universal On-Off-On momentary switches, four 3 position 5 way solenoids, a pressure relief valve and an electric pressure on-off switch for the compressor.
When this is inhouse, I'll get the rest such as compressor, airtank, airlines and air bags. All these I will buy in Holland, things I already ordered come from overseas.
Hope to have it all ready and working before our trip to the UK.

In the meantime I finished the '48 Plymouth. Only thing left to do is probably the fenderskirts. They are at the painter, when they are ready, I don't know.
I have some pics of the trunk, I post them this evening.

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As promissed ,the pics of the Plymouth, for those who are interested.

He's named his car "The Red Devil" so I put a Coop styled devil on there as well, as a present. ;)
Boy, did he like it!! :metal::metal:

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Kees, you are the man, great brush work and the "devel" is super, nice work...Jim

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Incredible art work Kees! and that toolbox turned our great as well. Did you TIG the bottom in? I hear aluminum is a biatch to weld

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Fantastic job, Love the devil.

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Thanks guys!!

The bottom of the toolbox exists out of two plates, TIG welded. The Floor itself is revited in (is this English ??:lol: )
My buddy with the '48 Plymouth welded it, my TIG machine only has DC current, for TIG you need AC current.

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We're on it again!!
This time it's sorting out the airride.
Front axle shouldn't be a problem, drill the springcone out, make a new lower bagmount and your ready to go...so they say :lol:
We'll see if that's true.

I started today with dismanteling the Jag suspension, took the springs out and made a few templates for the rear bags.
They have to go on the outside of the frame, so I've got to re-route the entire exhaust, bummer.....
Question:
If I dump the exhaust gasses in front of the rear axle, would it be much louder then?
I now have a double system with H-pipe and mufflers at the very back, it is a nice rumbling sound, not hard, but a deep tone.

Pic#1- I managed it to get it up high with no trouble :metal:
Pic#2- The Jag IRS with full suspension on...
Pic#3- The Jag IRS suspension without the coilovers, not much room for bags though..
Pic#4- How I undo the front LCA of the springplate, I find this easier then a bolt through the middle of the spring as Jag says.(pics is on it's side ;))

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also not available for Land/Range Rover? seeing they used a lot of parts from Jag, maybe an easier conversion

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Correct, but they don't have IRS like this.
I think I already figured it out....