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That was quick. Glad you're feeling better.

Hopefully you don't put cushions on that bench or it will be do comfortable you never get the truck done.:lol: looks good, though.

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George, when you finish your truck, I bet you'll sit on that swing and stare at it. When I got my truck back together, I used to just sit in the shop and look at it sometimes.

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no cushions don't want to get to comfortable. I did that very same thing. I sat in the swing yesterday and was looking at the truck.
thanks guys I am taking a break on the truck. I almost got burnt out, I said almost. I need to save some more money so I can hopefully get in my last order, I said hopefully.

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I take breaks all the time. Haven't touched the truck all week. Sometimes other things take priority.

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You can see the finish line George, if that doesn't motivate you nothing will. Where are you at mechanically, are your brakes and steering done? What do you have left to do on the engine and drivetrain?

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yea I understand about priorities. But just like Bryan said I can see the finish line.

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Got some parts coming in I hope to start on the truck again.
Tomorrow I want to install the small line that goes to the rad to chrome tank.
and maybe do some wiring on the tail light and back up lights.

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Got some parts in today. But I didn't get to the over flow hose to the radiator. maybe tomorrow.

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Are you targeting any particular completion date at this point? I know last year you had a certain event or something in mind. I should come up with one for Mustard. Everything fell apart as soon as the horse season was missed, and that was last year. Deep into a kitchen project, now...

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I'm shooting for August 1st, that is my birthday. But don't hold me to it.

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Today, I installed the lines to the after market chrome over flow tank. One line went to the radiator and the other line went in a hole in the fender well. That way it want make a mess in the engine compartment. I also did a little on the hood latch. I still need to make it center the hole a little better. It got so hot even under the canopy, that I gave up and went in for the AC. I will pull the latch off tomorrow and adjust it.

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Glad to hear you're back at it!

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hey Matt, so am I. I tried to adjust the hood latch but no go. I have to shift the right fender about 1/16 of a inch. It is 1/16 from being right in the front. By shifting the fender that 1/16 of a inch well that will almost set the latch dead center. I got time to kill until my wiring harness arrives. Then I will start the wiring. I have put it off long enough. It is something I am not looking forward to. But it will not be as bad as I think. I hope. I been buying wire looms and straps and all the tools I need to do the job. All I need now is motivation. After I wire the truck I can start the engine, want that be something. Two years in the making.

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George have you measured your front clip to see if it's square, if not it can throw off your alignment for your hood latch, you may have to loosen everything up and move your radiator support ever so slightly then once your front clip is square then it should be no problem to get the hood latch to line up.

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My pass side fender does need to go forward that 1/16 of a inch. but to answer your question I have not measured to see if it is square. I will do that after I shift the fender. But thanks for re-minding me to do that. See you can teach a old dog some new tricks. I got a few days before I get my wiring harness so I will work of that. Thanks a lot Bryan

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Well, today I adjusted the hood. All I have to do was loosen the bolts and push down on the back of the hinge and that brought it where it suppose to be. I had to shim the cowl on the drivers side front bolt. I put two 3/8 washers under the cowl lip and now that is perfect, I didn't like the shims that came out of the hole. I shifted the pass side fender that 1/16 of a inch and I am happy with that. I loosen the bolts in the radiator core support and centered the bolts in the core mount. I put two washers in the hole so that the core support will not shift any more. The bolts in the door frame for the cowl, will I had to use a rat tail file on the hole and push down on the back and boy what a difference.
It seems that everything I touched today turned out great. I did notice that the head light bulb on the pass side needs to turn about 1/4 turn so it will look straight. But that is another day. only about 5 minutes of work. I figured I better start on the truck again if I want to meet my deadline. I want to drive the truck on my birthday which is Aug. 1st. I measured the front and it is so close to being square, that I don't think I could get it any better. Now the hood closes real nice and the latch is center.

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Great George it sounds like you are making progress.
You are so close man the end is in sight, onward and forward!

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today I cleaned up some parts and cleaned up the shop some. it always seams to get dirty without even trying.

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Glad to hear about your hood, George. Can't wait to get to that point with mine, but that's a long ways off.

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I remember when I said the same thing. You will be there before you know it. Just keep stabbing and :waah: I did notice that you done a little more of the body work. george

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Today I adjusted the left head light. It was a little off. I now think that I will make the gasket for the door handle. Got what I need to do it. I just couldn't pay what they are wanting for a simple gasket. Has anyone seen a distributor cover? It is made out of steel and is chromed. I saw one in a corvette in a auction and I like the way it looks.
Just a thought anyway. It might be home made.

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I had to take a break from the truck. My pump went out in my fish pond. so I have been working on it. My wife thinks I have too many thing going on. I am about to agree with her. still debating on if I need to keep the pond and spend a lot of time working on it. I might even let it grow natural. it would save a lot of money. 200.00 for another pump.

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HAPPY FATHERS DAY GUYS. had dinner with two of my kids today. Was really nice.

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Nothing again today. It was raining and it's hard to get motivated.

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LOL George trust me I know about the whole lack of motivation thing but don't even worry about it you will get it done soon enough.
Just think about it, you are so close now just a few more steps and you will cross the finish line!

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Yea I am. I just have so many thing going on that it just seams that I don't have time for the truck. I went to the insurance office today to look over my insurance policy on the truck. I thought I better have a look see. Well I am glad I did. It wasn't covered for anything. Now I have to take it down to the insurance office and they have to take pictures of the truck. But, they want take the pictures until I get the wind shield in and the bumpers on the truck. So, here I set with my truck un- insured. Not like I haven't been doing it anyway. So this month I want to get those parts installed. Then I will trailer it down and take the pictures. They didn't say it had to run.

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Hey, you could ride in the truck on the trailer and pretend you're driving. :metal::lol:

BTW, happy belated Fathers Day to you, too .

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George how is the rebuild going on the edelbrock carb?

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hey that is a good idea. I might try that. better yet I better not. Jonny law would love that. Me riding on a trailer.

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I did not get that carb. I was to late and it was already sold. still looking for another one.

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Today, I located my speedometer cable. I cleaned it up and painted I and mounted it back on the truck. Then I started to build some flat shims, that goes behind the hinges.
Up till now every thing was mounting great. Except the right side door(pass side). There is a 1/2 inch gap that can not be adjusted out. So, it finally caught up with me on the (not welding braces inside of the cab). Everyone warned me, but then it was too late.
No having experience in doing this kind of a job, well I have to deal with it now. The only way I see out of this is divide the space between the hinge side and the latch side. So I will be putting a 1/8 inch think plate behind the hinge so that it will shift the door towards the latch side. If this makes since. I can't see any other way to solve this except for taking the rockers off and doing a lot of cutting and welding and grinding. That is not going to happen.
Any other way please tell me. I will post before and after pictures tomorrow maybe.

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George measure both doors and make sure they are the same dimensions from front to back because it's possible you got a hold of a door that has been lengthened or shortened in the past, if they are the same then measure the gap between the A-pillar and B-pillar at the top and bottom on both sides, you just need to do a little bit of trouble shooting to figure out where the problem actually is so you know what your options are.

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Yea I measured them a while back and the opening on the right side is 1/4 wider than the left side. I did not measure the doors I guess I will do that tomorrow or Monday thanks for suggesting that. The doors did come off two different donor trucks.

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George 1/4" is nothing I think you can adjust that out by rotating the cab slightly to compensate.
No one will be able to tell the difference.

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I measured the door today. one is 39 3/8 drivers side and the pass side is 39 3/8. But the openings are a lot different. Left side is 38 3/4 and the right side is 39 3/8 that's 1 3/8 difference from one side to another. That's the same side I replaced the pillows on. I guess I didn't weld the pillows in the right place. or measurements. so now I guess I will try with the spacers on the hinges. See if that works.

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Wow George that's a pretty big difference between the two sides, it's no wonder you are having serious gap issues. What I can't figure out is how two identical rockers fit on both sides without modifications on one side or the other if you have that much of a difference in length. I'm completely baffled did you have to section one of the rockers and lengthen or shorten it?

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No I didn't have a problem with that. I talked to your buddy Vic VIA PM and he said the same thing about putting a plate in behind the hinge. He said to start with a body shim and see how much I really needed. Then build the plates. It sounds like he has had this problem before. So I will start with a few body shims and go from there.

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I'm not sure where you were measuring, George, but my door openings are at least as far off as yours. I had my doors back on it and got the latch and everything working really well, but I'm not too picky about my gaps being perfect with Mustard. I'm sure you'll get it figured out. I imagine there are lots of trucks with spacers under the striker plate and/or hinges. I didn't even think about it, I just put them back in...