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We plan on being there in the morning👍👍

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Awesome, see ya there! :metal: :mm:

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Yesterday was a day full of good times, friendship, and driving around in my rust bucket.

The car show started at 9, and the weather looked to be good at the beginning. Got to meet jhrusk and his wife, and admire his absolutely beautiful 66. It's truly a work of art, and gave me some more motivation to keep enjoying my truck and fixing/upgrading stuff along the way. Huge thanks to them for letting me hang out under their tent when the rain showed up :lol:
There was a break in the rain for just enough time to give out some awards. Jay's truck got the Orilley's pick, and Frankentruck got a top 40 award. That's the first award Frankentruck has ever gotten, so I thought that was pretty cool.
It started to rain again after the awards ceremony, so most of the cars left. I then went to meet some friends to carve some pumpkins, and of course I had to do something c10 related. Not bad for an amature carver like myself.
After that, I spent the rest of the evening with more friends around a bonfire, and to finish it off, we had to do the usual Cookout run at 12:30.

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We had a great time as well. Hate the rain showed up but still had a great time. Good to meet you and will be in touch. Frankentruck is a very cool cruiser.

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what is the tyre size you have on those rallies ... ?

besides that, the truck is coming along nicely =)

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Thanks! I'm running 255/70 r15s all around on 15x8s. I love the look the wider tires give up front, and even though I still have manual steering, it's only hard to steer in parking lots. Out on the road has no issues

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The weather was perfect today for a little photo shoot with Frankentruck, so I went up to the local sports complex known as Sunset Fields by all of us college students.

Here is some raw pics from my Galaxy S8

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And here's some pics from my phone that I edited a little bit on my laptop

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Nice pics

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Thanks!

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C10 Club Georgia meet in December. I'm going to be driving up from Milledgeville that morning, so if there's anyone who wants to join me, let me know

"Our next meet will be 12/8/18 at 10 AM in Cleveland, GA. We’re asking those who attend to bring an unwrapped toy valued at $20 or less.

Should be a great time! And thanks to Chaz Sosebee for offering up his beautiful new shop house to hold the event." - GAc10boy

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Oops...

Got a headlight relay harness yesterday from Summit racing, and it showed up today. I did not realize that the grille had to come off so I could get to the ground wire screws. Oh well, it's only 8 bolts. It started to rain though, so that was unfortunate. I'll finish up the install tomorrow. Good thing I don't need to go anywhere tonight :lol:

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I didn't want to leave all my parts outside overnight, so they got to take a nap inside. Once I got a break in the rain this morning, I started putting the grille back on. Once I finished bolting it in, the rain picked up again, so I had to stop. My new seat belts showed up while I was waiting on the rain to pass, and I must say that the quality looks real good. I have not opened up everything since I won't be able to do the install until Thanksgiving break. Got too much school work to do, and school must come first.

The rain lightened up a little bit so I didn't have to walk to class and get soaked. After class I finished up installing everything, and I am very happy with the limited results I have seen. I have not driven the truck yet because I still need to get a screw to mount the relays, but just by looking at the brightness today, I am happy. I'll do the night test tomorrow and see how it turned out :metal:

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Finally went and got a screw so I could mount the relays instead of just letting them hang. Because the harness required the relays to be close to the battery without any modifications of the harness, I wanted then to stay out of sight for a more stock appearance. Under this panel, I don't know what it is called, was the perfect place to hide it while still keeping the relays easily accessible.
The lights are definitely much brighter now, but I think they need to be aimed better than what they are at.

When I switched from the 2 barrel to the 4 barrel, I had to lose the old air filter housing. Made me sad, but I wanted to drive the truck. In my quest to make under the hood still appear somewhat stock ish, I want to go back to the original housing. Any ideas on how to make it work?

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Maybe you could take the top housing of your old air cleaner and put it on the base of the new air cleaner? Or cut the the bottom opening of the new air cleaner out and do the same on the old. Weld in the new opening to the old? Or find an original four barrel air cleaner off of Craig’s list or swap meet. Just ideas. Looking good. Keep up the work.

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I thought about your first idea when I was getting it running again, but I never found a base that was big enough. I think my best option would be to cut the bottom out and weld in a quadrajet opening, but I don't have access to a welder. I will look for something at a swap meet for sure, thanks man

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Yesterday I drove up to Athens to meet my family for the UGA vs Auburn game. The drive back to Milledgeville was the true test of the new relay harness. I can actually see now. It's hard to tell in the picture, but the brights seem to be almost as good as the newer Civic that my mom drives. I currently see no need to upgrade the headlights any more considering they are so good right now, just need to get them aimed properly and I'll be good to go

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Really looks bright.

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Drive home earlier this evening for Thanksgiving break. Frankentruck continuously surprises me with how well she handles highway speeds. 2600 to 3000 rpm for several hours without skipping a beat

The speedometer is way off. It reads slow by I think around 15 or so mph. Also the light inside my tach went out so that really sucks

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After getting back home Tuesday night for Thanksgiving break, I remembered that I had bought an Igloo Little Kool Rest car cooler from Robbie (GAc10boy). Picked it up on Wednesday, but didn't take any pictures of it until today. I absolutely love it, and it works really well. Kept some Thanksgiving leftovers nice and cold on my trip down to Milledgeville today, is a really great cup holder, and even functions as a nice armrest.

My family and I had Thanksgiving dinner around lunch time on Thursday, so I was planning to start installing my new seat belts after the feast. That didn't happen though because the Thanksgiving nap lasted most of the afternoon and I didn't feel like going outside to work on it :lol:

Woke up Friday morning and spent some time greasing the control arm bushings which I had neglected to do for far too long. Also checked the rest of the fluids and filled where needed. After lunch I started on the new seat belts.

Since I had no idea what I was doing, I started on the passenger side so that I wouldn't have to deal with the gas tank at first. I was able to reach up inside the B pillar with the anchor plate taped to a wrench. It was easy to get the passenger side bolted up, so I started on the driver's side. Got the hole drilled, but it started to sprinkle and get dark. The gas tank stumped me because I could not get my hand up the B pillar at all due to the filler neck being in the way. Threw in the towel for the night and cleaned up.

All day Saturday was spent with my family watching the Dawgs beat up on some ugly Yellow Jackets :haha::clap:

After church this morning, I knew that I had to figure out how to get the seat belt on without moving the gas tank. Needed to drive the truck down to Milledgeville so I can go to the meet on the 8th. After trying to double up with a second wrench taped on, it still was not long enough to reach. I then tried the big screw driver, but did not have the right angle at first. Once I had the right angle, I was able to get it bolted up. It was definitely a project for 2 people, so I was very thankful that I had my dad to help me out.

I got the belts from SeatbeltPlanet.com. They are super nice, and worked great. I will buy from them again if I ever need to put seat belts in another truck. I went off the measurements that I found on the FAQ here, so huge thanks for everyone one here.

I am slightly sad that I had to remove the 68 Cadillac lap belts, but adding the shoulder belt makes me feel much safer, and it is much easier to adjust the belts now. The Cadillac belts were very hard to adjust since they were original GM stuff

That's all for now :ho:

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Looks good

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Thanks!

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Digging the cooler

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I have not even had it a week, and I know that I'm never going to drive the truck without it again. It happens to be the same height as the arm rest on the door, so it is super comfortable. The cup holders are the best part about it though, because now I don't have to drive with a cup between my legs that could spill with the wrong movements lol

I love it so much that I want to find a brown one that goes with the interior more, then I'll stick this one in my Dakota

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A bunch of my friends and I are going to my buddy's lake house on Saturday to watch the SEC championship game. We needed some pallets for a bonfire, so I volunteered Frankentruck to put in a little bit of work. Nothing too major, but Frankentruck had no problem with a full load :metal:

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I just read your entire thread! Great job!

Nice to see another GA guy on the board also. I have been to the Milledgeville car show a few years ago...I hope to make it back again, lots of nice cars and trucks.

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Thanks! I went to that show the past two years. It's really easy to go considering it's only about 5 minutes from my house down here :lol: You should bring the truck up for next year's show.

I really like your long stepper. I think those are pretty neat, and kinda want a long step bed of my own

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"Look's like we got ourselves a convoy" - CW McCall

Convoy North on 441 to the meet:

Meet at the Walmart in Madison between 7:30 and 8 AM
There is a Chick-Fil-A near there, so if we want to meet there for some chicken biscuits, that's good with me.
Address for the Walmart: 1681 Eatonton Rd, Madison, GA 30650
I am planning to be there at 7:30, so just look for Frankentruck in the parking lot

Google Maps says it's a little under 2 hours to get to the location, so leave Madison at 8 AM sharp to arrive just a couple of minutes before 10 AM
Address for meet: 41 Asa Dorsey Rd, Cleveland, GA 30528

Speeds will be somewhere between 60 and 70 mph depending on the road.

If you want to join the convoy, please PM me or reply here so I know how many trucks I am expecting.

If your truck isn't ready, or still being built, but you still want to come and hang out at the meet, you are more than welcome!

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I hope my truck is ready for the next one! Enjoy and have fun.

(I thought it was going to be a youtube video of Convoy)

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I didn't even think to put a video in, that would've been a nice touch

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I'm still planning on going up

Following from Chaz Sosebee:

RAIN OR SHINE!

What: Winter Meet
When: 12-8-18 10:00AM
Where: 41 Asa Dorsey Road Cleveland Ga 30528

Hey guys! Just an update that we are still having the meet this Saturday RAIN OR SHINE! The big reason for still hosting is the Toys For Tots fundraiser. This meet will help support giving children the Christmas they deserve. I know the weather is showing rain but we can still come together as a club and help support a great cause. We ask that you bring an unopened, unwrapped toy of $20 or less. Club Tennessee had a HUGE turnout at theirs last Saturday so let’s if Club Georgia can do the same! Also, don’t forget to bring along any parts you’d like to sell/trade. Tag people you want to see there!

Looking forward to seeing everyone

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The winter meet was great even though we had a lot of rain. Here's a video from Robbie Purser about some of the trucks that showed up.

https://youtu.be/ANlpUnxwC38

Frankentruck made it from Milledgeville to Cleveland then back to Milledgeville with no issues at all :metal:

All the rain made her look nice and shiny :lol:

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Something that happened a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't post about was modifying the stock air cleaner base to work with the Quadrajet. I hated how the chrome air cleaner looked, but at the time, I had to run it until I could figure something out.

I don't have a welder, but I was able to go up to Jay's (Jhrusk) shop and we modified the base the same way he did his air cleaner. Big thanks to Jay for welding it up and letting me sandblast the lid to make it look nice and stock again.

To start, we cut a piece of steel and formed it into a ring around the throat of the carb. Once that was done, we cut out the center of the base and tacked the ring to the base. Test fit on the engine proved that we needed a taller ring to clear the top of the HEI dizzy. The ring ended up being 3 inches tall to make it fit with a factory, 68 4 barrel intake manifold. Once Jay welded it all up, the sandblaster went to town stripping all the rust off the lid. Because it rained that whole weekend, I had to wait till that Monday before I could paint it. I just rattle canned it in my backyard, but it turned out pretty good.

I think the stock lid improved the look of under the hood a lot.

Thanks again Jay! :metal:

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Got one more final exam for this semester tomorrow, then I'll be headed home for Christmas break.

To get in the Christmas spirit, I've created a tradition for myself of decorating Frankentruck. I've done it for 3 years now, and I think it's great :lol:

Merry Christmas everyone!

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Merry Christmas
Those lights looks great.
:metal:

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Thanks!

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Very cool. Lights are a cool touch. Be safe driving.

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Thanks, will do :metal:

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Good luck on your exam...my son finished last Friday at UGA but had to turn in a paper today...Exam week is not fun week!

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Thanks! It went well, and I think I kept my A in all my classes :metal: