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Two healthy gal friends with a sack o corn fer each out back and them tires'll hook up just dandy. Ask me how I know!

I'd post ya up a picture but I'd get grumped at by the mods again and they'd have a deal of a time for three days goin once more thru all my threads lookin for beer tap boobies or machine gun boobies and the like....again..... I think I'll give em a break.

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Well, now that you have our attention....

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haha....i think you mean the photo of the two in the back of the ford truck....that pic got me in trouble with the mods too.

maybe a couple hunks of railroad tie in the bed...haha

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Well, if someone ever builds a truck wif boobies on it and posts a pic here....theys liable ta get banned!

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You mean like this:
Attachment 1251726

???????

Or is that just too much this early in the morning?
Sorry, could not resist.
True fact though..... :metal:

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haha....

did find a pic of a very odd tire wall issue. Anyone ever seen this happen? I don't know that I'd want to change this one personally.

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That reminds me a someone with there eyes wide and there mouth dropped waaay oped after seeing a corvette do 200 mph! LOL! HAHA! :chevy:

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I can see that....I've heard a lot of horror stories of taking off bad tires on big trucks.

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Been a few weeks of being very busy, but back on the stepside tonight. Got new cab mounts enroute (just ordered some for the fleetside too). Will work on getting the front crossmember out after work this week and the new one in. Also need to mock up and drill the mounts for the front sway bar. Then frame trimming for the headers and we'll drop in the engine to see where else we need more clearance.

Did get some time to mount the captain fab clutch and brake cylinder bracket, will get pics tonight. Just a little frame work left on the stepside and it'll be ready for paint.

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That there looks a bit like Ol John Lee's faded blue tailgate on the left!

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Good to see an update. Just put a sumo wrestler in the bed..them tires outta hook up then. LOL! :chevy:

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No its a replacement OEm tailgate off a 58 donar truck that I primered up. I have Ol John Lee's bed sitting on its frame to the extreme left...just can't see in the pics. I didn't get the tailgate from you. This tailgate will go on that bed though as I got a rust free one from Perro out of CA a few months back.

Glad to have both trucks on concrete and under shade. Some of my projects will be done double now....like cab mounts this week.

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Theres two complete front ends in the back of the fleetside and a hood right now. Was real fun getting it down the hill with no brakes of steering column, but I got it there incident free minus the two boot skid marks half way down the hill!!

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Thats right....tailgate was gone, believe ya got the hood! Fading memory cells and all compound my confusion.....

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Yeah, I've got the hood. It'll end up on one of the two trucks as the hood that came with the fleetside has a lot of cancer.

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Just saying hi. Nice to see all the progress. One step at a time is just fine.

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Thanks Mark....been slammed with other projects on the property lately, but I'm back on it tonight. I've cleaned up 90% of my other projects that were holding me up so I'm ready to concentrate on the stepside and do some work on the fleetside when I get extra down time.

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I can picture pretty well the truck sledding scene hahaha.

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Haha....thanks Austin. Would have been the same with two people. I placed a 10" pole across the front on the carport as insurance to keep it from going up and through. Got it done either way.

Went out last night, set up the compressor and hoses, was going to work on the fleetside to get the new cab mounts in and grind down a few rivots and bam.....rain and lightening storm started. So I scrambled to get everything up and then it quit. Company showed up, so no progress last night. Will go out again.

Spoke with my buddy about coming out and wiring the carport and tool shed so I can have electricity away from the house and leaving my tools out in the rain when working. So maybe here in 2 weeks I'll have electricity at the trucks and not 100ft away.

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Been a few days, but back on the stepside. Last of the panels prepped for reinstall. Got a nice donar set of closing panels as I can see mine are shot. I prepped and cleaned these and hit them with some rubberized undercoating. These panels seem prone to rust as we all know, so I think undercoating will be an upgrade from the factory painted version.

Couple of pic of before and after and removing the staples and seals. New seals and staples will go in tonight.

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Last of closing panel prep & paint pics.

I like to take a stiff brush t them 1st to knock off any loose dirt and debris. Then pop the back of the staples open. Sometimes they are very badly rusted and they will break, but a flat tip screwdriver and a pair of needle nose pliers have always gotten the job done. Once the staples and seals are removed its prep and paint time. I'll cover the reinstall and new staples tonight.

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Interested to see how you do the staples. I was planning on glueing mine back on.

Bret

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I use floral wire. Its used in flower arrangements and other art activities available at most hobby shops. I get mine locally from a place called Michaels. Sold in a number of different sizes. Its 18 gauge aluminum with a black plastic coating over it, so no more rusty staples. Its very tough to bend by hand, so small pair of needle nose pliers work great and some side dikes to trim the ends. I cut to length and bend the ends over and have never had one come undone. I'll post the info tonight or tomorrow on the wire and attach some pics as its my project for tonight.

Link: http://www.michaels.com/M10123236.ht...=wire&start=96

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Interesting...nice work. :chevy:

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Looks like you have been busy. I have my stuff being picked up this week and headed back down this weekend. I would love for my boys to get to see your trucks and parts sometime soon. They both love old chevys, but William likes square bodies better.