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Thanks, the hoses kinda held it, we just tipped the rad back as far as we could and pulled the bolts out then slid the core support out. Bungees just for safety's sake. We have a four core going in, this ones been leaking for years.
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That's our assumption. Just happened at 8 last night. Don't know what's gonna happen. Just dropped them off at 9 yesterday morning.
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Good to see ya, Lite! Been wondering if you were alive. Going to goodguys?
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Ugh, probably not. Been busy with other things.
Too tired to post pictures, but when I catch my energy I'll post up something.
No paint yet. Speaking of energy, I gtg and expel some energy now, before the 100 degree weather hits.
It's been nasty humid up here these last few days.

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Just got a call from Boppa, just picked up a beautiful set of rallies with new tires for a great deal! Got a call from the plater, apparently the back of the building burned the worst and our stuff was up front. So there's hope.
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Ok it's Sunday! I got the hood and fenders shaved, fixed the rust in the fenders and core support, and got everything in epoxy primer. Note: that epoxy is nasty, sticky crap. I prefer the etch, but the G2 doesn't, so here we are. Gonna start slingin' mud and bangin' some dents tomorrow. Boppa came out and helped with all this mess, and got the fuel pickup and fuel sender fixed up.

Fender rust-other one was the same way.
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Fixed!
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Bumper cut in Fender- fixed!
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All gray-Core support is fixed, too!
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More Gray- Good to go!
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Great progress
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Well, it's been a fun week. We've got a lot done, but today we're off, cause it's gonna be 105 ambient, and that ain't good for anyone. But, we got a lot done!

First, we finished the gas tank hoses and routing. Well, we had to test it. Only one way to do that! Took 5 gallons at wide open on the nozzle. A note, I coulda walked up there buck naked through the neighborhood and gotten less attention. Wife said, "Is that illegal?" I said, "Probably. I'll be back in a bit."
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Boppa sez: It's good! The passenger door is taped shut because it has no latch, it being burned up at the platers.
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Got it home, pulled under the shade tree and pulled it down!
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Driving Low-style into position.
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Called the neighbors over for the big boost!
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To continue:

Notice extreme downward angle. This happens when your dumb ass doesn't remember to take the choke wire, and more importantly, the oil pressure line off before pulling the cab. We thought it was just a bit more weight on the front. Bad for the cluster, line and fitting. Oh well!
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Old cab on the trailer!
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The Crew- Neighbor Jay, Boppa, Neighbor Donnie, The Kid, Kid's friend Dex.
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Ready to clean and paint.
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End of the day. Note that lump on the floor. More on that in a bit.
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That's the most awesome pic, right there! I've saved that one to the hard drive.

You surviving the heat? Tell Boppa I feel his pain. His "stoked" is my "dog tired" look!

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Yeah, the bad heat broke on Sun. afternoon. Now, it's just summer, not bad at all. If you're watching the baseball All-star game, I'm about 20 min. from the stadium to the NE. Last night was beautiful.

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Ok, so the other day I had a reply all done and it didn't take. So, here's another one. Trying this again-

Here's the guts of the lump on the floor- a 700r4! As a non-transmission guy, this was a bit nerve-wracking. We got it done, though, with a kit from Bowtie Overdrives.
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Here it is installed, with the frame painted. The driveshaft even fit!
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Annnnd, ta-daa! Cab is on, shifter linkage is welded up and rebuilt, crossmember is bolted in, cab mounts have all the bolts, etc.
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Looks good, don't it?
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Well, here we are today. It's Tuesday Morning. The interesting thing is, I have been messing with this truck for a good bit and still did'nt know how big a pile it was until we took it apart! We've been spending a lot of time fixing small but important stuff as it moves to its new place. Found some more rust in the cab, too, but I think some POR and some seam sealer will see us through, as the source has been welded shut previously. I'm trying to find a line between finishing a lot of stuff now and just getting it to stop go and turn. It's all interlayered at this point. One sees why a lot of projects stall at this point. This one shall not. It's gotta run, though, 'cause I need the garage to do the bodywork and prime. We'll get there. Here's up to the minute shots-

Finished up some stuff last night- brakes finished, painted some stuff with leftover POR, Trans finished, cab rust scrubbed and por'ed. New steering shaft damper. Kinda feels like progress.
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Don't look like much, but this was a couple three hours. Later model gas pedal in a 68 cab. It was totally bodged into the other cab, but it worked ok. Now it's in on the factory fasteners, with much better geometry. Some Caplugs for the empty holes, and we're on our way.
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Here's the interesting one. The shiny new pin at the center of the shot is replacing a bolt that was in there cockeyed and had no nut. 3/8 holes in the forks and 7/16 in the rod. Cut out the crap and bored it all to the same size and put a proper pin in it. This whole system is we think from a 73-76 truck, and even that ain't right. I'm kinda fixing the worst of it, as we don't have the bucks at the moment to replace it all with new proper stuff. It's worked for this long, we'l just touch it up good and keep rollin'!
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We're gonna keep trying for progress this week.

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Great progress looking nice !
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looks good

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Thanks guys! Ha ha, Dazed and Confused, that's what started all this mess long ago. Love that movie.
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Great progress! Looking good!

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Had a busy late night- lets see. Cleaned up the shop and emptied coolers from the fourth. Got the bad hood taken next door. Scraped the last of the old insulation off the firewall inner. Por'ed last night, seam sealed the last funky spot tonight in and out. Got the fenders out of the shed and skim coated them and got them in prime. Feels like progress, and it better be, since the 21st is now the hard date for paint! Oy vey!
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I am hoping paint the cab this weekend ?? weather says 90 to 95 here in Vermont so I will play it by ear . today I put the whole cab in 2k high build primer , an it's going to be Black so I have been real fussy with my lines an gaps ECT !! it can drive you crazy .

wow it's been a long time coming :metal: doing the final sand wet an with 400 grit. anyone have any sercerts on wet sand . I want this thing as straight as can be ..

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Looks good!
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Got on it last night- 80 blocked the first round of G2. Re shot, 150 tonight, hopefully that finishes out. Boppa snagged a replacement hood last night. Might get a 68 and cut 'em up if I feel ballsy later on. Onward!
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just finished the inside of the cab , 95 degrees outside today :devil: temp in shop was 90 pheww paint dried fast today .

tomorrow block whole truck out an clean shop get ready for Saturday morning before it gets hot .. good luck with yours . I have a 5yr old bassett hound that we call boppa he's are house comedian ,,, lol

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Got fenders 150 blocked and reprimed. Got floors done in Al's HNR. Got the BTO linkage adaptor for the TV cable and the cable installed. Got new hood home and stripped down.
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Well, I was supposed to be off to go on a float trip, but it fell through. I had put in for the time off work, so I took Friday off anyway. Got a lot done, including the big buy for the main paint job! Saturday was a big day, got a lot of yellow on, like the core support, door and hood hinges, etc. Boppa, Uncle Matt and Neighbor Jay came over and GOT IT ON! All the cab stuff is switched over and it runs and drives. The core support was also installed with the battery box. I worked from 9 in the am until 1130 that night. The bed was also reinstalled for test fit. Lots of stories, but here's a few pics.

This is our new old hood to replace the original hood that got killed between blasting and handling. Tried this and it worked pretty well, just have the blaster do the underbraces and deal with the rest the old fashioned way, 80 grit on a DA pad and a drill. Worked out great.
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Yellowy goodness!
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Neighbor Jay helping Uncle Matt feed stuff thru the firewall.
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Uncle Matt and Boppa at the end of the day.
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Me and Boppa at the end of the day. Yes, I was tired. But look behind me, I DROVE it into the garage. In fact, I drove it over to Neighbor Donnie's and stashed it tonight!
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Got the hood 150 blocked and primed 2x today and the fenders completed today. Hopefully getting cut in tomorrow. Cab and bed fit aint great, cab is about 1/2 in. lower, we'll have to space it up or sumpthin'. All eyes on next Friday, we'll be at paint, then we can kinda relax a bit.:metal:

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Looks Good . I started earile on saturday around 7am an had it ready an all taped up by 12.
I should of waited till the next morning as the temp was 87 an rising !
but wanting to get it done as this ol truck has taken a ton of my time I kept going .
every thing went good until the clear kote , it was literally drying almost as fast as it was hitting the surface , an left a haze in the clear that can't be buffed out.

it was about 4:00 when I finished an the temp outside was 95 an I felt like a french fry .. didn't know it at the time but the guy that sold me the clear activator sold me fast temp instead of slow ..:devil:

I would show pic's but still pissed about it . my paint was ppg 9300 blk an the clear was Euro star Xtrem klear coat high solids 6101 , activator 6102 fast should of been a 6104 slow... what will you use on the old yellow truck for paint an clear ?? :bsf:

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Great progress !
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You're a freak! You've done a heck of a lot in a short time and it looks AWESOME! A little late here, but subscribed!

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Ok it's been a helluva interesting week or so. Boppa and I got all the cut ins on the front clip done, got the clip hung and got ready to go. Friday I got off at 1100, and got ready to go. We got the truck loaded with all the parts, and got up to Uncle Matt's shop around 4 and got unloaded and ready for Sat. Sat. Am we got there about 8 and got to DA'ing the body down. We even had Tony the Painter come in and help us a bunch! (Thanks Tony! Bad Azz Firebird you have too!) We did the cab and bed first and then did all the extra yellow parts after. We sent Boppa and the kid home about 1115, Matt and I finished up about 1:45. We were back by 9 Sunday, re-shot the hood, prepped and shot the bedliner and loaded and cleaned the shop and were back at the house by 8 Sunday night. Took till 1115 to clean the shop and return the trailer, but it's in! Ran out of bedliner stuff, but it was well over 100 in the booth and it was gelling in the gun, lost about half of it. What a mess! Got some spots to fix and a good bit of sanding to do, but it looks pretty good, even to the pros. Like I said, I'm a so-so painter but a REAL GOOD polisher, so as loong as I can get it on in decent shape, I'm cool! Today was the interesting part. Boppa has a good heart, but crappy internal plumbing. He had a quintuple bypass in '99, and has been getting Stents and balloonings about every 12-18 months since. He's been having a rough couple months, and knew he was due for another rodding out. He went in the hospital this morning, because he wanted to see the truck get to paint. He made it through pretty good, had 3 95% blockages and one 60% blockage. They got all but one open and the one they had to leave goes to a minor artery, so not bad. He has so many stents, his heart looks like it's in a cage. He's literally bulletproof! He's cooling his heels in the hospital tonight, and will be home in the AM and rollin' low the rest of the week. Good thing, 'cause it's gone over to RIDICULOUSLY hot. 111 on the truck therm at about 5 today. Oy. Vey. Well, here's some pics-

It Looks like a truck again!
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Arriving at the shop
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Yours Truly and the Kid sandin' awaay!
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Tony the Painter sanding the bed. A very gracious and generous man. I can't thank him enough for allowing us in his house, and for his time and help.
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Headed for the booth!
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Wipin' it down-
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Turnin' it yellow!
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Unwrap it- It's Christmas!
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The crew-
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Big Yellow!:metal:
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Looks awesome!
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Boppa and The Kid prepping the air cleaner lid
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Finished product-
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Out in the sun
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48 hours, boys. (name the Video!)
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Safe in the barn this morning :metal::smoke:
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Thanks!

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Awesome !
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Nice work! :metal: Sweet hangar

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Thanks, lite! Not a hangar, my brother is the shop manager for a bodyshop north of town and was nice enough to get us in for the weekend. Thanks for the props!
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wow looks good

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Thanks!
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very nice progress!

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Thanks! Actually going to draw up a punch list to go forward. Been taking a couple days off to rest, it's gone turbo hot here.
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I really like that air cleaner