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Looks good Jeff :metal:

Did you use the relay kit from LMC? I had my wifey get me one for Christmas and I just spent all day today installing it and trouble shooting because the lights were dimm unless I hit the high beams... After while, I figured out that they had the high beam wire and ground wire in the connector swapped on the outer two lamps which was powering up the ground... I should have just bought new lamp pigtails and wired it myself... I figured this would be the easy way out, but was wrong...

Sorry for the rant, just wondering if you had the same kit and troubles.

Great work, keep the pics coming ;)


Tony
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Looks cool man!! Great raw material to start with. What ever happened to that old Suburban that you put the big block in??

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Tony, the kit I got was from Classic Industries and looked like it was for a 'tuner' or something....yellow braided covering, etc:lol:. I checked out the harness and found I didnt understand the way it was set up. It appeared as though it used switches that ground, like a horn circuit, for eg. I cut off their connector and grounded 85 or 86 to the body(cant ever remember the damn #) used the other wires to plug into the the original plug. It came with the headlite plugs wired correctly and everything worked. So my original headlite switch sends power to ground thru the relay which in turn sends juice from the battery to the headlites(30 to 87).


Thanks mosesburb....still have the 'burb. I drove it around this summer a bit and it wouldnt start. I think I fried the ign module as I had a bad alternator and was only running on 11v for awhile before I figured it out. Due to frustration I havent touched it since that day. Needs a new harness badly!!

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Who needs peal and seal when you have tunes.:lol:

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Couple new/old pieces today. '72 anti-sway bar and a set of original heater controls......need to pick up some bushings for the bar and get it on there.

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Looking good!!!
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I just saw one of those heater controls sell on ebay for about 30.:uhmk: I need to do the head light thing. What's the keyed switch fuse panel?

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Thanks dude!!!!!:metal:

I was cleaning up the wiring as I started finding wires that do nothing, wires hooked to the fuse block and going nowhere.....you know how it is. There was a section of wire with about 3 crimps, tape, and six different wires going every which way and it was all hooked to the ignition switch. I wanted to clean it up and add some stuff so I made the ignition switch turn on a relay which then powers the fuse panel fed from the battery. I relocated the switched stuff to the fuse panel so it doesn't draw power thru the switch anymore; plus I can add if I need to do so later.

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Oh yeah.........here is my new shifter. I'll be installing this when I get to the tranny once over.

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OK, a weeks progress and I'm just about done with everything I want to do to this thing. Mounted the tool box up on 4'' stands so it has clearance underneath and is flush with the bed sides.

Today I took on the sway bar install. Cleaned it up and painted it gold. Why? Cuz I had 1/2 a can of gold hammertone:cool:.....picked up some new bushings and grade 8 bolts.

Got going on this and ran into a PO's project. 1/4'' plate hoops on the front frame. This made drilling a real PITA. Yet once again, I managed to win out over the truck.

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Looks good.
I like the gold sway bar!
I bet it drives much better.

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Still plugging away!!! Pulled the tailgate and I am going for the fauxtina attempt to match the truck. Using all Rustoleum products.....fun anyway. Also started cleaning out the drip rail around the roof. I will add new seam sealer and then paint the roof.

What color do you think it should be?? I was leaning toward white but thought maybe silver, or metalflake white??

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So you had a fun time drilling did u.:lol: Damn I should have painted mine gold. I did know it made it handle better.;) Nice looking tailgate. What the hell were the hoops for?

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PRO...... Your truck is looking great! Those Rally wheels really set it off.

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Drilling sucked. Everything was fine except for the front bolts thru those hoops. I have no idea what they were for.....:smoke: The gold paint keeps you from driving like an idiot and scraping it on stuff:lol:



Thanks CVA59.....this one is coming together well.



Nobody has a color opinion??:uhmk:

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I say a 1964 white.
Keep it looking stock.

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Man, I'm really on the fence on the color. Silver keeps popping in my mind. my .02 ;)

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This was my first thought; I'm leaning toward white.


Silver was my second idea. I like it a lot but the sun out here kills silver paint. It lead me to the middle of the road with a metallic white or flake clear over white......it's all for fun and practice!!:lol:

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Nice driver!

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NO LIMIT ENGINEERING in San Bernardino California offer a kit for a little over $400. ( nolimit.net ) is their website and there's an interesting article about it.

Here's a link: http://www.classictrucks.com/tech/04...ows/index.html

It's in their technical section as, Project Old School-Building Out the Doors.

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Finished my fauxtina on the tailgate; turned out pretty good for 20 bucks in rattle cans. In the light I will decide if I'm going to add some gloss clear on some places that would not have been cooked by the sun.

Also got the gutter around the roof cleaned out and put some rust converter in there. I will start prepping it tomorrow for the new seam sealer and the paint.:smoke:

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It looks perfect. Maybe needs a few dents.;) I used a light mist of white on some mine. Then rubbed it down with steel wool till the primer showed.

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Tailgate paint job is awesum!

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I lived there for about 4 years and still visit my dad there every year, rust here rust there, even a 5 year old truck has rust

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It was primer black to start, then primer gray. I sprayed the Satin Lagoon and it came out like some neon blue:crazy:........I dusted it with white, black, grey, and a little primer red for some rust look. Dents were already in it, Dave.

Thanx man; still debating on the roof color.

I hear ya!! Living in the desert really spoils a car person. I'm shocked when I see a snowbird driving around and the car is falling apart.

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Another fun day of truck work.....painted the rear bumper and covered the last of the black paint. Installed my tailgate and did some roof prep work. It's self etched and ready for new seam sealer.

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I didn't take pics of much of this, but it's been progressing. I sealed the seam, and then shot a bunch of primer/sealer over the roof. I wet sanded it with 320 and finally got my HVLP out and shot some Duplicolor Paint Shop white. I used the detail gun and should have used the regular paint gun. It worked well but the coverage was like a spray can; not wide enough. I finally got the gun adjusted correctly and was doing good and just stopped as I had it covered. I'm going to back up and re-sand with 1500g and then spray with the bigger gun to get a completely wet coat. I didnt mess anything up or put any ugly runs in it so I am happy as I have never painted before. Here's a shot of the truck; you can see it was starting to get dark so I was out of time anyway.

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Painted all day today as it was nice outside. Wetsanded my white base coat and then shot a bunch more white on top; used the regular gun today, not the touch up gun. The Duplicolor system allows you to basically keep painting until done----so thats what I did. Did about 3 more coats of white, followed by 2 coats of metallic clear followed by the whole can of clear.:metal: It looks good for the driveway, with a couple custom bugs and some dust. :lol: Pics:

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Your truck is looking good.
You should show it off at the Saturday night car show at the Kmart on Power/US 60.
There are a couple 60-66 trucks there.

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I didn't know that was still going on!!:thumbs: It mite have to wait a week or so as I am planning to do a trans service and install my B&M shifter. No telling what I mite get into.

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Paint job turned out nice.:metal: Whats up with your other truck?

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Well, after being under the influence of paint fumes for 1/2 the day, I got in the 'burb and fired it up!! I thought it had issues, but it was out of gas:crazy:. I was happy!!:lol: I then worked on the '64 short and did not get it fired up. It's been sitting a year so the battery did not want to take a good charge; it also back fired so loud I thought I was deaf!!:lol: A neighbor I dont even know came over to see if I was ok!!:lol:

I will be updating on those 2 trucks soon, if all continues going well.

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:lol::lol: Good way to make new friends.:smoke:

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Wow lookin really good man! Everything makes it look/perform better!

LOL @ the random neighbor

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:lol:, both my dogs were hiding inside, too!!!

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DANG I SHOULD OF BOUGHT THAT TRUCK :lol::lol: LOOKS GREAT KAT!!!

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Thanks Dino; I'm gonna hafta check out your 'burb sometime.......

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PMD.....went out to that cruise last nite. It looks pretty big from the last time I was there, but it is winter, too!!:lol: Do you know people out there??

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OK, this weekend I installed the B&M Megashifter and did a trans service. The shifter part wasn't too much fun; I think it was mostly me:lol:. I did the service without too much mess and got it all ready to roll. Found out why it leaked, too. The PO cranked the bolts down so tite it pinched the gasket. The shifter is a little highwater, but I liked it all the way up when sitting in the truck. I will eventually make some kind of extension for the shifter base.

I also wanted to straighten my steering wheel as it was upside down aimed forward. Once I pulled it I realized it was pretty beat. I pulled out an old wheel I had which fit perfectly but was about 2'' larger in diameter. I got it in a box of parts when I bought my 'burb. I figured it would make the lack of power steering a little easier to deal with when driving.The projects are getting done quickly!!

Next one is on the bench; 3rd brake lite from a '96 Tahoe.....20 bucks.

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Yeah, there are a few 60-66 guys but yeah, its really growing.
I am scrambling to get my truck to a point of being able to rumble on in and park too.