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Nice meeting you Kim57, I also meet Kabwe. Again Cal sorry to hear about your troubles. I guess I'll see your truck in person one day.:truck:

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So Cal fill us in on the update pics for your truck.
You know the ones you were going to show us after the show.......;)

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I will take some pics and post them.

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Hey Cal,

Sorry to hear about your troubles making it down. I think your truck would have been among the top ones there, and it would have to great to meet you. The only one I met was Tri5nerd (nice guy). I also saw to forum members I met at the So Cal forum get together (also nice guys). We were all looking for you, then Tri5nerd told me what happened to you. Sorry to hear that buddy.

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Yeah, it was a major bummer! I was looking for to meeting everyone. Well like I said last year....I will be there next year.

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Okay, here the latest up date to my truck I was planning on showing to everyone who was at Brothers. I bought No Limit's tilt hood kit and had it all chromed. I realy like the way the hood fits and shuts The only part I don't care for is it has a hood support rod to keep it from going all the way foward. Here's a few pics.

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nice addition to the truck. :metal:

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Nice touch Cal. :metal:
I've been hoping they would put one out for the 58-59 trucks.
Brothers use to list it for 55-59 but an e-mail confirmed it was only for the more popular 55-57 p-ups.

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Looks great! now im ever sadder not being able to see it this year. Did your paint man not cut and polish the inside of the hood ?

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WOW, that is really cool.
Kim

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Hey man I brought one about 3 months ago and its still in a box in the garage.lol I hope one day I get to it.

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Man, everytime I look at this truck all I can say is DAM thats nice.

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Thanks 55Chevy! My paint guy did not cut and polish under the hood, but still don't look to bad.Diffently pre-fit it, this kit take some test fitting and slight modifcation. Also thanks again for the kind words!! Thanks Kim! I sure wish I could have made it to Brothers and you could have seen it in person. Yep it's for 55-57 only witch is a bummer for all the four lighters. You would think thay would start working on a kit for the 58-59 truck since there are almost just as many of them. Thanks for the compliment GRIMSS!

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Cal, nice ride. I made an electric tilt hood kit for my 63c10. I was a pain. Your truck is very very nice. That is something to be proud of.

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I gave it some thought to using actuators for the tilt but it does seem like it would take some engineering to get it all to work right. By the way welcome!!

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I don't remember if I told you this but I used to live in Colton, CA and got my '57 from a guy who lived in Riverside back in 1990.

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Hey Cali, Nice looking hood hinge you got there. Shame you couldn't make it to the show.

Bernie

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Hey Bernie,

It was a bummer missing the Brothers show for sure. Good Guy's has a show in the fall at Pleasanton fair grounds I'm going to try and make. This time I’ll make sure my tow vehicle is tuned and ready to tow. Thanks for the compliments on the hood.

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Still going to the Dam Diner show?

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Your truck is amazing ! I can't believe I just went through 49 pages. I didn't get much work done for the last hour. Thanks for sharing your truck with us.

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Thanks man! I'm glade you took the time to check it out......I hope it was worth the hour you spent!

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Yep, show starts at 8 am to 2 pm.

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So someone made the cover of Classic Trucks and did not feel the need to share with your fat fender family huh. Congrats man the truck is just great.

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I didn't know it was published yet, thanks for letting me know! They took the pictures last March.

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Yeah its out, I knew who's truck it was on first glance.lol I said Oh he did not want to share.lol

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Time go go out and clean the shelves of the magazine!

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I went to the store to buy up a few copies, but it was not on the shevels. What month's issue is it in? I found a Sept, 2008 issue but it had a 47 Chevy on the front. Damn I won't one:metal:

P.S., It's not that I did want to share, it's just I wanted to make sure it was going to make it first. But know that it's out I can share a few of the photos the photographer Rick Amado gave me.

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Was it a silver and purple '47? I went on Classic Trucks website and that was the main feature that was on there. It must be the old one.

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Well lets all say congrats to Cal for making the cover. I get them mailed and it says October 2008, you would think they would mail you a copy when you make the cover. The cover and a feature is a big deal to me. I guess they mail them in advance to subscribers.

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SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks for posting that. I'm subsriber but the new issues hasn't got to me yet. At least I have somthing to look at for now.

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See you had me feeling bad I was gonna offer mine if were not a subscriber. After all its your truck on the cover and your welcome man. I thought you would like to see the cover

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:canada: :metal: :c2::cong: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Did you get a plug in for the great web site and all your friends here??

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That is just too cool.........................well deserved!!!

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Cal, If anyone deserves it, it's you... I see a few more on this forum that deserves to be on magazine covers also but I won't name names.
:five:

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congrats :wave::gmc::cf:

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Congrats Cal. The truck looks great, I can't wait until its on the news stand so I can pick one up.
Kim

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Thanks everyone! When I was in my teens I would earn a few bucks mowing the neighbor’s lawn then head down to the store a buy a Hot Rod magazine and would dream someday of owning, building and having a car in a magazine. Well know I can say my dream came true. Thanks again to all of you who gave me encouragement when I was building my truck and believe me, there were times when I would be so burned out and didn't feel like getting out in my garage and work on the truck, but posting on this thread and someone would responded “hey nice job” or “looking good”, that’s the stuff that kept me going. So too all of you that are in the middle of your builds or still in the planning stage I hope my build can be an encouragement and as Joe Dirt said “Keep on Keeping on”!!

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Congrats Cal, your truck IS front cover material, & to be on the cover of the best mag available is killer!