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Thanks! Here's one a friend just picked up. Still has the big V6. Interesting that this truck (1965?) is a drop axle leaf sprung front end. Years ago it was a Seattle Pottery Supply delivery truck. Has a two speed rear and a lift gate. This makes three trucks of this series that I know of within a mile radius of each other.

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cool find for your friend ..what are his plans and will he join us with a build too...awesome work on the fenders and bumper

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Not sure he wants to even start on it. He's got a few other projects that are cooler and aren't quite so far off.
And thanks!

I finally got around to getting it running. Exhaust was partly done, made a blockoff plate for the clutch linkage hole in the firewall, new single (brake only) master cylinder and some of the brake lines, cooling system, fuel, shifter and trans cooler. Took it for a short drive but shouldn't have. Throttle was sticky and with the angle I had the linkage set up at the first quarter inch of pedal travel was 3/4 throttle, the brakes weren't bled, the vacuum line wasn't run to the transmission-so first gear only, the battery was suspended from the frame with nylon rope, no seat; sitting on a box, and the turbo mufflers didn't really muffle much. Was fun though! I fixed most of the issues and added an additional muffler off of an '08 Dodge Ram P/U. Much quieter. I've ran it for a couple hours so far and it hasn't risen above 160°- big enough radiator for two engines.

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Then I scrubbed it with scotchbrite pads and water, washed it and blew 10 years worth of dust and dirt out of the cab, cleaned the glass and wiped the bare metal pieces down with Penetrol.

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Looks good! :metal:

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Wow! looks great, please share more pics when you can.

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:metal:

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looks awesome ..got to hate that strange feeling of not quite stopping when you though it would .

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Now that is a cool big beast.

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Leaky wheel cylinders! Interesting one piece brake drum and hub. Had a heck of a time getting it off so I built a quick puller. As soon as I got one side done the other side started to leak. So 4 new cylinders. Shoes still had plenty of life left so I just cleaned them up and put it back together.

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New seat! Before and after. Had a bus/coach upholstery specialist, Gene Willingham, rebuild and cover the original bench in grained vinyl with light gray saddle stitching. It came out better than I had even hoped. Got some wiring and light circuits sorted out too.

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Lights

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Exhaust hanger. The leafs are so stiff I broke the two rubber hangers I had on it at first so I tripled up each side. Seems to be OK now.

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So why 2 new mufflers into an old single muffler, won't it choke it off and lose some performance, why not just 2 new even into 1 tailpipe.

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In a word, cost. I wanted it really quiet, but I had the turbo mufflers and thought with 2 1/4" tubing and tail pipes it would be close to being quiet. It was not. I asked around to see if anyone I knew had a big OEM muffler I could add on to what I had. My neighbor was putting Flowmasters on a Dodge truck so this one was free. This setup doesn't hurt performance at all. Even if it did I've got torque to burn.

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Well it looks stealthy anyway, how does it sound, quite quiet or not to bad. I just added a Magnaflow 2 in and 2 out single muffler to my 77 Jeep Cherokee Chief with a 360 Amc with dual 2 1/2" exh and sounds not to bad, thought it would be a bit louder but no miles on it yet at all. Just had no room for 2 mufflers at the back.
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Hope to see the truck out driving around in future soon. Got a 1941 Ford coe in the works myself also . Got to make the GMC roadworthy first.

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It sounds great! Slightly louder than a late model V8 at idle due to no cat's and the engine pulling air in is what you hear from in the cab. I like it. The last loud truck I had just got tiresome to listen to for long periods. Age I guess.

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Ya I know what you mean, just turned 54 a few weeks ago and still like my V8 S10, really fast, fairly loud but the Cherokee Chief is just a cool old 4x4 cruiser, still moves with the 360 but is kind of relaxing.

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So just a few days after posting hope see the rig out on the road.There it is at Pacific Raceways in the pits. To cool.

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Wish I'd have gotten to meet you! My brother said you're a friend of his. I brought my son and his friend out to watch Sanders' funny car, Mark, Billy Goat and Eric Peterson run and had a blast.
Longest trip so far! 12 mile round trip with no tickets, nothing fell off and nobody had to get out and push. I had my son drive it in to the pits and he thought it was cool getting the thumbs up and seeing people pointing and taking pictures of the truck. Now to fix all the rattles. This thing is loud inside.

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Ya ,I had a hunch by the last name and your skill's that it was you or your bro.I showed a few friends the rig that nite. I am pretty close to driving my 1960 swb soon also.You made me jealous. I'll keep an eye out for ya. I also don't post whole alot on the build but off and on this site about my truck build. Take care .

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The last wheel cylinder finally gave up the ghost. I pulled the axle, the drum, replaced the bad part, cleaned the shoes, repacked the wheel bearings and put it all back together in an hour and a half. Now that I'm good at it there's no more to replace.
Drove it out to Pacific Raceways again last weekend. The truck seems to be popular with drunken race fans. So far I've put over 200 miles on the truck and I've taken care of one rattle at a time. New window channel and fuzzies made a huge difference and I took off the mirror extenders that only seemed to be useful for collecting leaves and branches on the driveway. I sanded more of the mill scale off the hot rolled steel on the bumpers. I cursed myself the whole time for not having the patience when I built it to wait and get cold rolled plate. Next time. Then I D.A.'d it and reapplied Penetrol.
Next up is making some headway on the unfinished rear fenders and running boards.

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Impressive! I wish I had the room for such a vehicle, the virtual build in my head is similar to yours. You've really done an outstanding job all across the board on this truck, sit back, drive and enjoy!

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Man I love this thing. I keep contemplating selling my C60 but then I see stuff like this and it makes we want to keep it and build it.

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Nice B model. ..

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Thanks!
I'm having fun driving it, not so much filling it up. I'm hoping to put a USGear overdrive in it that I've had sitting in the shop forever. It came off a th400 but has a 27 spline female input and I didn't get the coupler that made it work. I pulled it apart and I'll either have the shaft resplined or I'll mount it completely separate from the transmission and connect it with two yokes and a u-joint. I also bought another truck. '70 C50. I couldn't pass on it but I don't think I can use anything on it so I'm probably selling it as is. It runs and drives. 350, 4 speed, two speed rear. I drove it over an hour home and everything works, I just don't need another project/liability.

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Driving that awesome machine...:metal:

Nice 70...;)

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a Model B just popped up online a few hours from me for pretty cheap. Need to get rid of some stuff quick so I can go snag it!!

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This is what I've been dreaming of finding. I believe its a model L.