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Hey 65Gregg heres a closeup of the fabric. i am trying to get out to another upholstery shop and check his material for other colors in vintage fabric... let you know what i find.

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Great to see your thread so active Clem.

Just this minute got my formal email confirmation of the new job. Starting 26th May.

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Too many Irons in the fire this year Brother!!! Will have to miss Tahlequah...:waah:
Last year was loads of fun...:mm:

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That material is so cool looking Clem!
I wish that it were in shades of grey!

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That is gorgeous, thanks for the closeup.

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last weekend while at the roundup i was staying with a buddy who loves his 66. another "ol'blue". he wants this truck to be dealership fresh and we took on the challenge. its already a sweet fully optioned truck that will need only minor mechanicals and the full cosmetic treatment.
this weekend we got the bed and clip off and started planning the changes necessary to build exactly what he wants. so, heres the beginning...

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Very Nice!!! :mm:

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Looks like you're up to your neck in blue trucks.

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thanks buddy... and your progress has stepped up to a new level. looking good...

those baby blues are just so photogenic...

ok, so, today i visited my favorite junk yard and made the mother of all salvage runs. there was this old military bus, army i think, like a large school bus, that was packed full of truck parts. i struck a deal with the owner and started hauling it off. could only make 2 trips today as it was pretty far from home but here is a tease of the score... i think there is around 40 grills and probably 2 or 3 more trips of assorted parts.

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holy sniky, very nice spot. did you ever get to that fabric store? i would pay big for some 66 fabric hint hint!!!

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Martin is going to be drooling crazy over those grilles...:haha:

Awesome Score...:metal:

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HOLY MOLY!!! Where there any 64-66 c60 grilles with the bowtie and script?

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X2!!! :mm:

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What a score!
I look and look and look for stuff and to find out all I need to do is look in buses or army rigs??
You have sooooo much stuff,,,drool,,,, if you swung a dead cat you'd be hittin' somethin'

Any bumper guards??? hmmmm

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Man Clem, you hit the lottery

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I want one . I don't know about drooling Don crying might be a better discription

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LOL-img here.

Question is, how to fit a couple into your baggage.

I am sure this was not as easy as Clem makes it out to be.

A lot of hard work goes into getting to he point where he is now with his yard.

Well do e Clem!!!

Thanks to guys like you, armchair mechanics around the world can possibly progress past certain dead end spots in builds.

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That makes me want to come out to your place with fat pockets.

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Dude!
You are simply outa-control!!!

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yeah, i went to the upholstery shop and the guy had hundreds of bolts of fabric but really nothing that looked right. that place in Oregon or Washington State my be your only hope and from what i hear, get your check book warmed up.

thanks don, you think martin needs a grill?

yeah there was one big truck grill. it was twin headlight 60 or 61. will check out its condition soon.

didn't see any bumper guards in this lot but i got yours saved back... and don't you go messin' with my cat.

not really the lottery but it was a decent score ... most of the stuff will need some massaging.

Martin if you get the freight, you got the grill...

thanks Rian, sometimes you just fall into this stuff and it doesn't smell to good... this time... not too bad.

you're welcome anytime even with empty pockets...:metal:

you're right but don't tell my wife... she thinks i know what i'm doing.:lol:

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Thanks clem I would love a 60-61 twin headlight grill . I think we can bring one home on the plane if it's in a ski bag . Rian plans to bring his mouldings home in one . We are going to look really strange in shorts and ski bags on the way home . I don't think there is snow that time of year .

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:metal::bann:

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Looks like a few of your 4 headlight grilles are missing the headlight rings, I just happen to have a set that I am fixing to throw away because I will never build a 4 headlight truck.

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sure do... bring 'em over saturday.
did we get caps for cotton? if so, that doubles the reason for a beer...

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I havent had a chance to call or go by and talk to the guy on the hub caps again. I will squeeze it in soon, I promise :-)

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This is less than an hour from you, say's 6 cylinder auto. Price is right if you like fords..... Which I know you do :-)

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sunday afternoon my girl and i took a trip out into the wilderness. we were in search of a utility bed truck that was in decent shape. many miles later we happened upon the place only to learn that decent means different things to different folks. plus it wasn't a true utility bed, just a step-side half ton with some boxes bolted to the sides. kind of homemade and not well done. we looked around the property and found some cool old cars as well as a couple of trucks but really nothing i wanted to drag home... especially since they had submerged to the axles with trees growing all around.
live and learn... at least he was a nice guy.

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well, I hope it was at least a nice drive ! LOL

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Cool Pics :mm:

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Clem I hope you kept the destinations of some of these great places so me and Rian can take a look when we are over

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Isn't it funny.......

How we get excited about wrecks, up to their axles in mud and roots.

Nice at,ops heroic type pics Clem.

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it was a fun drive and a little bit scary. with all the rain, there was a bunch of missing road and washouts to avoid but fortunately no banjo music. so that was good.

the guy had 2 really nice trucks but not for sale. one a jacked up K-10 and the other a big window 65. he was selling just the dregs.

we're planning on visiting a very fine wrecking yard... full of trucks. either early saturday or sunday. should be interesting...

it is fun to lift the hood on a old truck, check out the interior, the bed... see whats left and try to figure out what kind of life it had. most around here were hard working trucks and pretty beat up. but theres a few diamonds out there.

gonna dedicate this weekend to taking pics of the projects. will post up soon.
and thanks guys. i do appreciate it.

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Just noticed spell checker turned atmospheric in to something including heroic

I think that has to be good, looking at the forensic story a truck tells.

May give you a ring later on.

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heres an invite to this years gathering. featuring 2 of my favorite trucks from last year. this year the feast will be a cajun shrimp boil and please feel free to bring friends and family. Saturday, October 17th, Fayetteville, AR.
Mark your calendar and we hope to see you here... Clem

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:metal::metal::metal:

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Looks like a big time!

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Looking forward to "helping" but more importantly, learning from your boss Clem.

Feeling privileged, even before landing there.

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Really looking forward to this. Even though it must be the furthest I have traveled to a show 4500 miles in fact I am sure it'll be worth it though . Best of all will be getting to meet the guys who's build threads we've been following for the inspiration for our builds,and to top it all off what way to celebrate my 50th birthday

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Good to speak to you last night Clem...... I will discuss what we discussed with Martin as well.

Even better, was speaking to Kim while you sorted the boys out...... She will be wearing a hat when we boil the shrimp, and I will be the guy in the "Straight Jacket"

Really good to chat to the two of you.



This is going to be stupidly Awesome !!!

I will call you later mate, to discuss New Orleans and the Blues. As well as the French Quarter. ;)

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Praying I can make it this year. I still need to call you Clem. I've been taking care of family and trying to keep up with the rest.