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remember Alan, your talking to a Marine here... use pictures!!:haha:

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[quote=Alan's Classic;3003988]I know, I know and I appreciate it. You may have to though. I sprayed it down with parts cleaner last night and stunk up the entire house. And of course I heard about it.;)

Hey now my comprehension skills are just fine, but pictures do help.:lol::lol:

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trucks looking good!

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I didn't think he needed pix, cause he can walk next door. :lol::lol: It is cold outside so pix might be a better idea.

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:lol::lol:

Not funny,:lol:

Just found this thread, works looks great so far. Curious to see what you do with the body

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You have to overlook those "flyboys". They've spent too much time with their head in the clouds and the lack of oxygen to the brain makes them that way.:lol::lol:

I disassembled the bed here a while back and junked the bedsides. They were shot beyond feasible repair. I kept the tailgate for the inner parts, but it'll be scrapped as well eventually. Believe it or not the steel bed floor is in good shape, so I'll reuse it and the wheel humps.

I'm sure you saw the new bedsides and other parts I bought off of craislist. I owe that deal to my neighbor Alan.:metal: He sent me the link for the ad.

The replacement cab is in 10 times better shape than my original one so that'll help with the bodywork part of the build.

Once I figure out what I'm doing everthing will be ok.:lol:

I was in 2/2 as well.

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:lol:I think it was excessive G forces, pushing the blood outa their brain, but who really knows what causes them to act that way. Maybe it's because their "bullets" are bigger then us grunts:lol:

I like the detail you're putting into the frame, power train, suspension so far, amazing what we buy to start with as our 'projects'

I know what you're talkin' about with fumes, I've bin "TOLD" several times by the lovely lady I cohabit with:lol:

What years were you at Lejuene?

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Yeah, my lovely better half asked me this weekend "how much money did I have tied up in my "project" now?":lol:

Hindsight is always 20/20 they say. I was just telling msgross the other night that you never buy a truck from a guy that owns a junkyard.:lol::lol:

I'm learning as I go thanks to this board. I'm basically doing this truck as a tribute to my grandfather. He had a '72 2wd olive green one.


I was there from '92-'96. It was my primary duty station, but of course being a grunt (0311) I travelled all over....Japan, Korea, California, Alaska, Cuba, Australia. I kick myself in the butt for getting out because my 20 years would've been up in 3 years.

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you marines are loads of fun...

Here another of my favorite marines..

"well gollllie, that a nice truck sarge!"

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Sorry it took so long to get back to ya, but I was trying to hook up my electric water pump...

Never, ever admit to her how much ya have invested:lol:

Nice tribute to your Grandfather, mine is being built for my Father. My '62 Chevy was stolen from in front of my house on Mother's Day, we found it later in a train station, a total write off...I went off to boot camp, then ITR, came back home on leave after about 6 months and there sitting in our driveway was my '62 all painted and restored. Of course it had the factory tires and hubcaps, which I quickly switched out for Crager S/S's and wide tires, but he did have all the rest of the car right

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Hey now there ain't nothing wrong with ole Gomer. He's a classic like these old trucks.:lol:

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That's a pretty cool "bitter-sweet" story about your '62. I can only imagine your reaction when you got home and saw it in the driveway.:metal:

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I was able to get the 350 painted this weekend finally. My wife and daughter went shopping Saturday so I was able to "stink" up the house with paint fumes.:lol: Of course when my wife got home she asked if I had been painting or not. Oh well, at least it's painted now.:metal:

It turned out pretty good for a rattle can job. I didn't paint the valve covers because I'm replacing them.

Primer

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/IMG_0018.jpg


Duplicolor's Chevy Orange

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...IMG_0020-1.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...IMG_0019-1.jpg

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I don't see any runs, or sags, so I'd say it was a success. Gotta luv a SBC in chevy orange:metal: Time to hang it between the frame rails?

That'll teach the women folk to go out shopping:lol:

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Yeah, I took my time painting it to avoid sags or runs. I ended up spraying the primer and orange in 3 light coats each until I got even solid coverage with both. I waited about 20-30 minutes between coatings. I admit I wanted to spray it in one coat, but I had to remind myself to take my time. It turned out really good if I do say so myself.

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Been there, done that. I get antsy with paint, and I remind myself to slow down or I will screw it up:lol:

OK, it does look really good, so you don't have to say so yourself

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I used the POR and I am not sure if it as orth it or not..............yours looks good and a lot cheaper and easier.

I guess time will tell on the POR

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Thanks for the compliment. I just hope it doesn't "run" off when I fire it up for the first time.:lol:

A lot of members have used the POR engine paint with good results so I'm sure yours will be fine as well.

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Mmm, yummy :metal:

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You ready to paint my truck? :mm: Nice job:metal: Gotta love progress.

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Thanks.........I think.:lol:

If you're brave enough to let me.:lol:

Yeah, progress is progress.:metal:

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Looks like you are making pretty good progress.My project is on hold till things pick up.Keep up the good work.BTY Semper Fi was at Lejune from 90 to 96

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The name of your truck made me think of good 'ole Patches O'houlihan!

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Thanks. Mine may as well be on hold. I don't get to work on it like I want to sometimes, but I work on it when I can and when money allows.

Who were you stationed with at Lejeune? I started with 2/2 when I got to the fleet, but was transferred to 1/2 about a year and half later and that's who I served with until I got out.

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Good ole Patches. "If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball."

I wonder sometimes if I should've dodged this project.:lol::lol: Nahhhh.:metal:

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I was there from 92 thru 96.I did a med float with 2/2 in 92 I was stationed with 1/10 most of the time before that I was at New River

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Motor looks great!

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Any updates Shannon ??...Have you gotton around to installing the brake & fuel lines?....if not....GOOD LUCK!

I had and still having an ongoing nightmare with Inline Tube....I did learn quite a bit in the process though....especially about the routing of brake lines w/the later front axle (w/discs)...so if you need any info. just let me know....

Dan

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It's been a year since this truck was touched!!!!

Dan,

I need that info for the new front axle...

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Dan,

Unfortunately, no new updates at this time to write about.:waah: The brake lines are still sitting in the box they came in from Inline Tube. How sad is that? I may hit you up for advice though when I get around to running my lines on the front. I've been in a funk lately or something. I hurt my back a few weeks ago and I'm slowly getting over that. I did spend a little time in the basement last night, the first time in a good while though, but all I did was straighten up a little. Hopefully, once my back gets to feeling better I can get back to work. I know excuses, excuses.:lol:

Your build is coming right along though.:metal: Keep up the good work.


Mike,

I've been waiting for you to chime in and give me a poke or two about my lack of progress.:lol: I've got to get some motivation somehow and get back to working on it again. I did order some more chassis paint from PMI yesterday. So now I can finish my driveshafts, tie rod/ends, drag link and touch up the frame from when I removed the spare tire crossmember. Hopefully, when that arrives I can get back in the groove, if it's not to cold to paint.:waah:

Your build and Dan's build does give me hope for mine though.:metal: Keep up the good work.

Stay tuned.

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Let's see...where to start.

The past 2-3 months have been hectic at work with the economy and lack of sales coming in to keep production going. My GM and CFO from corporate came down a month ago to inform us that we may be laying off employees if things don't get better. I actually had to give them a tentative list of employees in case we were to start layoffs.:( So I've been bummed about the guys here at work loosing their jobs and also about the risk of me loosing mine. So needless to say I haven't been spending a lot of money on the truck.

On a lighter note, I'm still working on the truck when I can. It's hard though to go downstairs and work on it when it's 30-40 degrees and no heat.

I've gotten bitten by a few of the old cliche's....like "hind sight is always 20/20" and "bigger isn't always better" and here's why. Me and a few other board members had some aluminum fuel tanks custom built for our trucks. Well with me and my way of thinking, bigger has to be better so I add a few inchs to the final measurements and sent them to the fab shop. I received what I ordered, but I couldn't believe the difference that 4" makes.:lol:

Anyway, here is the tank when I first received it. It's 12" at the rear and 13" at the front.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/IMG_0096.jpg

Here it is mocked up in the frame rails. Keep in mind that my truck has a 4" lift.
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...IMG_0010-1.jpg

Well, the more I looked at it the more I didn't like it. So I go over to Alan's shop and set into cutting on it.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSC08816.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/DSC08822.jpg

I ended up cutting 4" out of it.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...IMG_0030-1.jpg

And here's the finished product. 8" at the rear and 9" at the front.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/IMG_0031.jpg

Here it is mocked up in the frame rails.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...1/IMG_0040.jpg

So contrary to what you might believe or have been told by your significant other an extra 4" inches isn't always a good thing.;)

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I've also been tinkering around trying to get the crate motor assembled. Last week Alan helped me install the intake and carb. It's minor progress, but it at least it's progress.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...IMG_0022-1.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...IMG_0023-1.jpg

I bought a Lokar dipstick, basically because my local GM dealer's parts guy doesn't seem to care about selling parts. That's a whole different story itself. Anyway, I had planned on running ram horn exhaust manifolds, but I don't think my dipstick will work with those manifolds. The mounting bracket on the dipstick mounts to a header bolt, but given the thickness on the ram horns I may have to make a bracket for it to work.

Is anyone else using a Lokar dipstick and ram horns?

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...IMG_0024-2.jpg

So long story short I'm still here slowly plugging away.

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hope the job situation works out... you can always reenlist!

Funny how that tank resembles mine... now!:lol:

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Build looks great, I may have missed it but I thought you were going with a 72 front end but you bought some 68 front end parts. Also, did you use the original frame, or did you get one that wasn't cut?

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Mike,

We're all laying low right now at work. The good thing is I guess that everyone's '09 budget's finally got approved apparently, because within the past 2 weeks we've been going wide open. Corporate even approved overtime if we needed it to complete jobs in a timely manner. So hopefully we can keep our heads above water.

Yeah, the tank is almost a spitting image to yours huh.:lol: Go figure. That's why you don't mess with a good thing.:waah:


Jtrux,

I'm still going with a 71-72 front end. I bought a bunch of new repro parts a guy had and it was an all of nothing deal. The deal included new 67-68 fenders and (2) 67-68 take-off grilles. That's why you saw the 67-68 parts in my thread.

The "original" frame was a hack job, so I looked around till I finally found an original, unmolested swb frame. After tearing this thing apart I made it one of my goals to start with a solid foundation and go from there. Once again "hind sight is always 20/20.

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This is an original Transfer Case "numbers matching" truck!:lol:

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Don't forget the transmission, it's original as well. This is the true definiton of a ground up restoration.:lol::lol:

On a side note the cab we discussed last year here locally is still available. I talked to the guy yesterday and he asked if you still needed a cab or not because the other guy never picked it up. I told him you were set with a cab.

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This is a MIDDLE OUT RESTORATION not a ground up!

that cab is available.:lol:..what a joke... He said that the guy was coming over that evening to pick it up... I'm in Orlando right now if he wants to bring it down! LOL

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Tank looks really nice. Too bad I don't have any aluminum to weld up you'd be hired.

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Thanks Alan. I've always enjoyed welding. I must admit though I'm a little rusty after sitting behind a desk for the past 5 years. Don't let that weld fool you though I had to "practice" a little on some scrap pieces before I felt comfortable welding the tank back up.:lol: