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Well it will be nice to finish one.....lol.

I am not going to portland for the swap meet this year first time in like 20 years. I am already over trucked and am heading to pick up my 58 in phoenix and over to del mar for goodguy's. But sooner or later dude our paths are going to have to cross....

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I've been trying to get up to the Portland Meet for the last 5 yrs. Something always gets in the way. Work, no money, go the wrong weekend(totally stupid on my part),broken foot, etc.
Yes, One day I will get to be in the presents of your Coolness.....lol

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LMAO....Dude your too much....
Well I am going to good guy's in seattle and maybe even spokane this year...I need to turn more miles and drive the fleet more often....But it would be killer to put some kind of truck meet together this year and have a bunch of us go to one

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Hmmmmm
FWIW I am hoping to be hauling my 66 Stepside with the 64 Tow Truck down through that area during the Seattle and/or Spokane Goodguys shows. Now wouldnt that be a hoot? Just leave the two married up and pull into a car show??
Then get to meet and hang out with all you guys !?!?!?! :mm:

More to follow as our timeline clarifies itself... :metal:

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|I have always been a fan of the steel top rad hose look. So i was thinking that I would clean it up and bath in the sinster green....this kind of thing...

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You know if I can I would make the trip......1st Round is on me...lol

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Then I got this really expensive idea.....and said to myself lets go with that....So stainless it is. I didn't make it but the guy that did knocked it out of the park....

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Rad test fit.....I just wanted to see how it was going to look...the rubber hoses aren't right I just used those for a test fit.

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That piece turned out beautifully!

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Thanks...

The guy did a great job he nailed it with excatly what I wanted...I tend to run those tubes on the top for my builds I love the look of them. My 58 was the first on that I ran a top and a bottom in stainless and I think I will for this one as well. Once i have done the break in and turned some miles I plan on running the shrink tube rad hose for a cleaner no clamp look. I just want to make sure everything is good first.

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I have used these radiators a bunch of times and dig them.....I like the shroud and electric fans espically when your going to be jamming a AC setup upfront of everything....You need to keep the temps down or you run into AC temp issues....Thats just my 2 cents for what it's worth...which would be about 2 cents...lol

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Don't know how I missed this til now...:dohh:

…but, I'm in for the ride...:metal:

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The Valve Covers are too SWEET!:metal:

What radiator are you using?
...and that Stainless pipe is Top-Notch!;)

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Thanks and welcome on board.....
I hope to knock the rest of this off as quickly as I can so If things go well every spare moment will be on that truck...

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The stainless tube is super sweet!

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Yea I dig it.....I like it so much i need a bottom one now

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Build is looking great!
I just had the upper rad pipe repopped, but not in stainless. That looks killer!

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thanks.....

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I saw your tube and now I got questions.That doesn't sound right. hmmmmm Hand raised high like in grade school,
1. On the stainless tube, what is the thickness? And what is the diameter?
also, on the ends, is that a larger slice of tubing slipped over or what is it? I get what it is, like the bump for the hose to slip over just don't know how you made it.
Toss a totally rad stainless tube out there with no measurement gottz me buggin'

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lol...only you bomp dude only you....
I didn't make it but had it made and I matched the thickness to the top upper pipe...off the top of my head I think it was 1 1/2 tubing and elbows. I will have to measure it later....and yea we decided to cut a tiny ring of pipe and tig it back onto the pipe and grind it to shape....it's a piece of fricken art dude the guy nailed it out of the park as far as i am concerned.

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We have been busting it lately and have made some progress.....

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So in keeping with the green theme I had to hack things up and make them green....The pictures don't do it justice it's way cooler in person....And yes we had to cheat to test it all out...but there is a ton of wire in that thing.

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How about cost, and will he make more? Looks killer!!!

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Ya I made a jig....so I can have them repoped and plan on making a bunch of'em...But right now I have to find a differnt guy to tig'em and I haven't made the bottom one just yet. Once I make them both and am happy with them both and have the jigs I am all over it.

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Diggin the cluster lights.
I can tig.

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Let me know when you go into production....I'd like an upper one made.

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Upper for me also!!!:mm:

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So your going to be in Del Mar? I'm headed down there as well so we will finally get to meet! Truck is looking really good bro.

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Dude, push that thing out into the Blazin sun already.
My phone desk top page is screaming to get a full shot.
So far all it has is the motor (which is totally killer by the way)lol
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps22f2fbc3.jpg

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I'm with Bomp, man get that thing in the sun!!!!! Looks really cool and I'm looking forward to the end. Great job.

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Thanks man....man
Yea I will be rolling down on friday from phoenix with Dino and crew...I should be there all day friday and a part of sat before I head back to phoenix...Just look for my 58

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Bomp....
Dude I don't know what to say....I made the screen saver and thats so sweet....Thats a big compliment comin from a guy with mad skills like yours dude....The front end isn't all on just yet It's supposed to get painted monday and then put onat my shop but you know how paint jail is....lol ..If i can get the 49 moved I will pull out the truck and take a few pictures for you dude.

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Thanks man...

It's been alot of work in a short period of time but it's going together now. The A/c is always a pain in the butt and I have to shorten up some of the tubes as they enter the engine bay...and thats kind of where i am right now.

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Man it's been raining here for days so no rolling outside for pictures......sorry guy's i tried. But good news is..

Had the rear tubs reworked and they fit better now....had them touched up..bolted them down and drilled out all the edge holes and have the bolts dropped through.....

-Have the fenders painted.....
-Rad hold down bracket is painted......
-Ac system is started and i have to do some reasearch.....on how i am going -to change it ....Is anyone a vintage ac expert ?
-Took apart the seat and cleaned up the frame and have started repairs
-Working on the fuel door for the bed....made more changes to it because I didn't like it the way it was
-Installed back window
- Power windows are installed into the doors but not painted yet
-Vent windows are being swapped for new glass

So Like the rest of you I name every thing i build....and with no exception to the rule this truck has a name and i realized I have spit that out yet. So if you give me a few days to finish up some cool little things I will show you what we call it in the shop. So I been busting it on this and the 49 and as usual nothing goes easy when you want it too. I am calling in some re-enforcements to help me get caught up and see if I can make the car show. I know you all want so new pictures so over the next few days I will post some of the progress, maybe even later tonight .

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Don't hurry on my account. I can wait for pics, I don't want to mess up your truck time mojo.
side note:Guys at work totally dig your motor shot on my phone desk top.

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your truck is looking great. love the sinister green color and the detail on the engine is fantastic. nice build...

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Well i got a text message the otherday from some friends.....it was just a simple picture....thats my 58 on the top....I got to admitt it sure made me smile

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Dude not only do you build a mean looking truck and have some serious fabrication skills....Your my motivation lately..thanks brother...

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bomp a picture...just for you buddy...

This is a 49 chevy delivery I am building....it's not finished and has a long way to go but the guy I am building it for has been awesome he is a great guy who has really let me do my thing to it. I call it the Rum Runner and it's kind of done as if it was redone in the late 50's or early 60's....The intake is ceramic coated the exhausted is coated as well....all the fins are powder coated black. Twin carbs and dual exhaust I just really dig the way it looks right now....

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So on a differnt note......I got side tracked with a bowl creation...here is the before and after pictures. Yea I know it's a special bowl for a special purpose and like always time will tell how good of a idea that was.....lol