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ibrown50

08-13-2015 02:43 AM

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Wishing you a speedy recovery from the surgery :metal:. You don't want to miss too much summer riding :lol:

Grizz1963

08-13-2015 03:38 AM

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Speedy recovery, and if I can give you advice, look after it as recommended by your team.

I suffer from my feet today, because when I was 17 I knew a lot better than the doctors and removed my plaster casts from my feet after a week......

Good luck with the next one too.

Johnny_Lamebridge

08-13-2015 04:10 PM

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Thanks guys. I'm back at work this afternoon for a rush job. Aparently, cnc programming is the other thing you can do with one hand. ;)

mooseknuckles

08-13-2015 09:28 PM

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cool build ya got goin on here. nice work.

CRGRS 66

08-20-2015 12:49 PM

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Hey Johnny! What is the story on your Diferential? Waiting for the hand to heal?

Johnny_Lamebridge

08-20-2015 11:23 PM

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Thanks Mooseknuckles!

Hi Craig, I pulled the cover and found some old damage. I'm not going to worry about it too much for now... just keep driving and save up for a posi unit. My hand is getting better. Stitches come out on monday, but I'm starting to do some light work with it.

65sub

08-22-2015 09:03 PM

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Hey John. I'm glad your hand is healing. Are you planning to buy a new posi or are you looking for a used one ? I recently bought a trailer made from the back half of a '65 pickup. According to the PO it's supposed to have a posi in it. If you're interested I can check it on Monday.

Johnny_Lamebridge

08-25-2015 10:36 AM

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Hi Dale. Yes, my hand is better... thanks for asking. I got the stitches out yesterday.

That's pretty funny... a posi unit in a trailer! I certainly would be interested in it if you're looking to sell it. But no rush... I have lots of time.

dwlambert1701

08-25-2015 10:55 AM

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So, when I got my BBW panel back from media blast I was kinda disappointed that there so many pinholes due to rust. The truck I cut the panel came off had a leaky roof, so the inside of the panel had a lot of rust, while the outside looked pretty good. It's that primo Canadian sheet metal, lol.

I'm definitely not a body man. The last sheet metal work I did was 8 years ago, and that was welding extensions on the tank on my Softail. In fact, the last time I did body work on a car was probably twenty years ago, and I oxy-acetylene brazed all the patches in. Since then I've played around with welders, and I'm happy that we have a couple Mig welders in our shop, 110 and 220 volt, and I have my own Tig welder. What a difference! I actually enjoyed welding up all those holes using the little Mig.

I used a little piece of aluminum as a backer for filling the holes. The radius on the edge of the aluminum piece fit perfectly into the bend in the sheet metal.

I'm right there with ya brother. When you ain't welded in so long it takes a minute to get your skills back. Looks good though
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Johnny_Lamebridge

08-26-2015 12:27 AM

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Thanks dwlambert1701.

About the welding... I need a few hundred hours of practice, but there never seem to be time for that.

You're in Concord NC. It must be pretty cool living near all the race shops and all the related businesses. A couple years ago I spent a day touring Hendrick's, Joe Gibbs, JRM, and the Dale Earnhardt museum. Good times!

dwlambert1701

08-26-2015 09:14 AM

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Yeah I use to be all in to Nascar. I can't seem to pay much attention to it anymore. But I do have some friends that work in the shops that help me out from time to time.
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65sub

08-30-2015 02:27 PM

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Hi John. As long as my trailer ends up mobile you can have the posi for free. If you want to swap your non posi fro my posi that would be fine. I think the axles might be a different spline too.

lower50's

08-31-2015 12:38 AM

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It was really nice to meet up with you and your wife at the Northern showdown truck show John.
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Johnny_Lamebridge

09-01-2015 07:45 AM

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It was really nice to meet up with you and your wife at the Northern showdown truck show John.
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Same here. Really good speaking to you and your GF. I'm looking forward to seeing your GMC.

Johnny_Lamebridge

09-01-2015 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by 65sub (Post 7292587)

Hi John. As long as my trailer ends up mobile you can have the posi for free. If you want to swap your non posi fro my posi that would be fine. I think the axles might be a different spline too.

Dale, you're like Marlon Brando in the Godfather... making me an offer I can't refuse!

I'm definitely interested. We'll have to come up with a plan to swap them. I'll PM you soon to figure something out. Thanks. :c2:

ps, a happy coincidence. My truck has a '65 rear axle, same as your trailer.

Johnny_Lamebridge

09-02-2015 06:46 PM

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No time for updates lately. I took off for a mid-week getaway with my wife to Gananoque (pronounced Gananokway) Ontario to celebrate our 29th anniversary. Last night was a nice dinner, then the Theatre. We took 2-1/2 hour boat cruise thru the Thousand Islands today, then she hit the spa. While she's doing "spa" things, it frees me up to do things like this. Dinner's at 7 tonight so I better hurry. :lol:

Just a couple updates... I installed my CPP sway bars. I was pretty disappointed with the vague instructions. The rear instructions include a diagram that looks nothing like a C10 frame.

The other thing I did, was make a couple brackets to lower my license plate. I made them out of 1" x 1/8" SS flat bar. I ended up welding some flathead mounting screws into them to allow me to centre the brackets on the licence plate, then mount it all to the bumper as an assembly. Pretty simple.

Johnny_Lamebridge

09-02-2015 06:51 PM

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Here's what it looks like before and after...

mooseknuckles

09-02-2015 08:32 PM

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she's a beauty!..:metal:

Greg63

09-02-2015 08:50 PM

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Congratulations on your 29th - my wife and I just celebrated our 28th in late August.
Greg.

Johnny_Lamebridge

09-02-2015 10:44 PM

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Thanks mooseknuckles!

Thanks Greg63... and congrats to you too. We must be doing something right. It's that old saying..."Happy wife, happy life".

Greg63

09-02-2015 10:53 PM

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Thanks mooseknuckles!

Thanks Greg63... and congrats to you too. We must be doing something right. It's that old saying..."Happy wife, happy life".

;)

4mulaSvaliant

09-03-2015 02:49 PM

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Nice looking truck man! I like all your solutions. Always nice to see a custom solution pulled off well! Ill be watching. :)

CRGRS 66

09-03-2015 03:44 PM

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Nice job on the licence plate bracket! Congrats, that woman deserves some kind of reward!

Johnny_Lamebridge

09-03-2015 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by 4mulaSvaliant (Post 7297431)

Nice looking truck man! I like all your solutions. Always nice to see a custom solution pulled off well! Ill be watching. :)

Thanks, but my truck looks better in the pics than it does up close. It has a real amateur paint job that really needs to be re-done. Lots of dents and dings, but pretty solid.

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Nice job on the licence plate bracket! Congrats, that woman deserves some kind of reward!

Thanks for the congrats. Reward? Just don't tell her that! :lol:

lower50's

09-08-2015 04:25 PM

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Stop being modest John your truck looks great up close, dents and dings and character.

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