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traded the hood hinges off of my truck that i will no longer be able to use for a passanger side 68 fender that has already had the marker hole welded up its pretty strait and not rusty but does need a little work. also, does anyone know what color that gold is, its the original colore for the fender? thanks.
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Just replaced the front shocks. Must've been the original shocks that I took off. Unbelievable! This thing must've drove like a brick. The old shocks didn't move a bit when I compressed them after I took them off and the rubber was completely shot. The PO of this poor truck never did a damn thing to maintain her.

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Picked up: Boss 338's (2- 20 x 8.5 Gray) Part No 33887-2850; $181.25 ea......(2- 20 x 10 Gray) Part No. 3387-2050; $195.00 ea.
Nexan 2- 245/40R20 $155.96 ea... 2- 275/45R20 Rodian HP $137.79 ea

Mount and balance $50.00;
20 Acorn Lugs @ $.80 ea $16.00;

$112.89 in Government Graft (sales tax)
$7.00 to the State of Ca for "recycling".
Huh? I didn't leave anything there.

Total: $1,534.69.

Pics tomorrow.

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my frame had new ball joints shocks and brakes i had to replace the ball joits because i sand blasted the frame ,and there was no e brake on it

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Worked on getting my ignition timing so the engine will start, run, and idle with on problem. This has been an ongoing problem with this engine.
91 TPI that was switch to a carb. Runs great @12deg btdc, but hard to start. At 4 deg, it ran good, but did not seem strong.
Already tried the SBC Timing Link in the Engine section. Think I need an MSD 6AL box for a hotter spark.

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^Id triple check things before I start buying expensive new parts..

Attempted to fix speedo, installed new cable but still doesnt work. :(

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I cant really drive mine but..
Shovelled about 2ft of snow off of it and pulled the QJet so I could replace the primary pulloff and setup the secondary tension.
I rebuilt the carb and couldnt figure out why the hell it was so hard to start - apparently the pulloff has a small spring on it to keep the primary butterfly closed at startup, When it got cold it took two people to start it.... should run llike a champ now.
I love these carbs but I think every single one Ive seen or had is different.

Thank you Quadrajetparts.com !

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did some more work, pulled the windshield out, still no rust :metal: and cut out the original dash and took some pics while i was at it.:metal::devil:
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out with the old and making room for the new
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I finally got the right torque converter, and man, what a difference that baby made.

That, and I got my tranny built to handle the power the motor is pushing.
I'm not sure how much that is, but it's a 355, and I have a TH350 and 3.08 differential, and I can smoke the tires on the highway at 67mph... it was freaking AWESOME too!

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Man i wish i had your cab, that window area looks great! I'm afraid to pull my windshield for fear of whats underneath.. Actually more of a i have more important things to deal with right now issue.... LOL!

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haha yah im glad their is still no rust, this is the 3rd time i have had the winshield out since i have owned it

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Today i pulled the remainder of the carpet out of the cab to assess floor rust. Besides the rust, i found a bunch of pot seeds under there. I bet theyre older than I am.

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Mocked up the new wheels.

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Drove my 71 shortie to get some BEER! even got a thumbs up from a CHP! all is good! love these great trucks! cheers, Pat

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I have done nothing to mine but you guys are getting me motivated agian..

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Took a test drive in the 70 with its newly installed T5 Astro Van Tranny. Took two saturdays and too much time laying on the cold Ohio concrete but will be worth it.

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I have been customizing my Dash and Center Console for the past few days. today was my day to mock up my console and get a feel of how I want it to look.

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Let's see...I pulled the bed off the truck, cleaned the frame, removed the old 12 bolt rearend and installed my 9'' Ford w/Detroit locker. I sprayed more oven cleaner inside the cab to touch up a few places where the paint was stubborn. Pressure washed the whole truck. I have pictures but don't know how to post them.
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Waxed it, sold the bugly canopy on CL, changed the oil, atf, and coolant. Replaced the thermostat and temp sender. Reinstalled the seat and mocked up the seat belt mounts.

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did some cutting of uneeded under dash wireing and some wire wheeling, then i sprayed some rust converter around where the windshield rubber goes, behind the dash/inside fire wall, and above the inside of windshield, and started wire wheeling the paint and bondo off of my replacement fender so i can fix/redo it.
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pulled a bad spark plug out, replaced wire to HEI and put in 12v wire, cleaned the engine mostly, replaced neg bat cable, learned what kick panels are and looked at mine on the driver side, no rust so thats good, where are other bad but common areas for rust? my truck is running pretty smooth with no leaks as of yet, still need to check compression and timing, and changed out oil and filter. Woot there was an engine in there!!!
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Did some driving in the snow. and some sliding lol

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Met with the Custom Upholsterer, to pick out Leather Material/Color,
to wrap my new steering wheel, and recover the Visor/Dash Pad,
and Interior Door Panels.:metal:

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Jacked all four corners up to get ready to do some under-the-truck stuff that I probably shoud have done when I was frame-off.
Ground down the front rotors to accept the Boss 338 20's (....it was really easy).

Tomorrow, back under for brake lines, trans linkage, etc. And then inside the cab.

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been working on a center console, have about 20 hrs. in it with about 20 to go and that might not include paint.

Craig

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finished wire wheeling the paint off of the front fender
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Ran out of gas in the driveway starting it for the first time in a month. I would drive it more but I need to replace a brake line that has a hole in it. I just cant seem to find the motivation between the snow, 10 degrees, and a gravel driveway...

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I really REALLY like your wheels. I may get rid of my blingy 20s for a set of those.
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Thanks. And *I Love* Austin!!!!!

Spent the day under the truck adjusting the ECE adjustable pan hard bar, bolting down the bed, scoping out some bad brake shoes, and painting the rear drums.

No pics. Looks the same as it did yesterday.

That bed was a b*^ch. Sometimes two guys is waaaaay better than one. But today was a solo day.

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Sanded on my custom radiator/core support cover.
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Finalized thing with the Upholsterer, and my Dash Pad, Door Panels, Visors, and Steering Wheel Wrap, should be done by next Thursday.
Also received my Shift Indicator w/ Aluminum Housing via Fed Ex Today.
It's gonna be a great day, Scooter!

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That is sweet! Did you make it or buy it? I want one!

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Thank you 67Slider, I made it. alot of hard work in one thats for sure lol.

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Jeffs70,
Any closer pics of that? Very nice!

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Thank you Pont,
I will take some closer ones tomorrow.

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I pulled the manual steering box and put it on the bench to compare it to a power gear box that I'm going to use. I still need to clean this power box up so I can paint it before the install. Lucky for me a buddy had this as a spare even with the correct rag joint.
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I ordered an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake for my current motor build project. Now to choose a cam. Hrmmmmmm....

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i bought a nce set of hub caps some nice cst emblems for it and i am neogtiating on buying some trim for the bed

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pulled both front fenders, realigned driver dorr as best as possible, and rehung and aligned drivers fender. also installed my other block off plate i made.
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