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Hi do you get your cowl vent seal from here or from the usa

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USA its from Steele. So far works great

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Trip one went great zero problems there and back. 1200mi. My son and I had a great time at the AD National show over 40 trucks showed up, so many nice people. Friday before the show we did a cruse 20 min north to a car museum then went go carting. I finally shook this guys hand after all these years punching a key board. Great to finally meet you Rob.
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One day I'm going to make that show, maybe next year...Jim

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Hey Lowers,
I like the visor on your truck. Do you know who the manufacture is? I'm trying to find one for sale.
John

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You better!!! lol your missing a great show.
It's an original Fulton, came with my truck.
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Thank you Lowers,
Here is my 6500 (large front clip) 4x4 with an Onan six cylinder. I think these truck look a lot better with a visor.

That's nice upside down pictures. No wonder I never get that much work done. Loading the fire wood in an upside down trailer.

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congrats on the journey. Rob is a nice guy. I never met him personally. I'v been talking to shannonpanel on here for 10 yrs. We call about once a month or two and hes only about 3.5hrs away. Still haven't met him! The nats is getting bigger every year.

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Ya no kidding throw wood in and it falls right back out humm maybe put a net over/under the trailer to catch the wood lol. Ya I agree with the visor.

There are lots of shows on my list.

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Well our big fall trip is done. We where 2 weeks early this year due to my holiday schedule. So we decided to go tour the East coast of Canada. Heather and I with our 2 dogs had 2 weeks and traveled 4 provinces and 4 states. We spent time in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Passed through Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New York state. We had a great time, spent 10 nights either a few feet from the ocean or easy view of the ocean. Got home with 5120km or 3200mi, no problems at all with truck or trailer.
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Sounds like a great trip!

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Glad all went well...Jim

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Well shoot I reckon I won’t be seeing ya in Charlotte this year. I’m headed down Saturday. Oh well. Looks like you had a great trip. Very kool pics.

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Hey Lowers,
Did you install your mirrors at the stock hight on your cowl? And where did you buy them? Your pictures from last year's trip look awesome!

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Ya sorry I could not get the time of year off to get to the show so we went east. We are planning on N.C. and S.C.
Yes stock location and got them from LMC

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Goodguys was cancelled last year. It turned into the fall auto fair. It was ok. Maybe next go around.

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So I'm ordering the rubber seals from Steele, I did not like the LMC stuff original cross section I used. They show 3 door seal options, what are your opinion's?
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the last AD I worked on for door seals was a 54. the owner had lmc rubber installed himself and the stuff was so stiff the door wouldn't latch. he ended up removing that and we installed some softseal brand. it was like night and day. I wish I could remember the profile but sorry, my brain doesn't go back to that file, haha. I am pretty sure they only had one option on their ordering page. if there is an option for softness go with the softest one you can get. adjust the door to close properly without any seals and then add the seal. it should be soft enough to conform to the profile needed and allow the door to close without slamming it. there are some nice peel and stick options but not sure how long lasting the sticky would be if it sits out in the sun. might ask the brand of the 2 sided tape they use and maybe they could send a sample?

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Thankyou That is the same problem I have had with the LMC seals have to slam my doors. I looked up Soffseal they are sold out of course. I'll go with the Steele peel and stick see how that works.

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I had the same problem with the Precision brand weatherstrip. This was before the Soffseal peel and stick was available, so I used this: https://www.metrommp.com/index.cfm?f...ET&Model=TRUCK

It's a pain to glue on but my doors shut really good. They wouldn't shut at all with the Precision brand.

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SO truck update: I ordered Soft seal door seals. Truck has been put away since end of October, always a sad day. I didn't drive it much this year due to covid trying to avoid people from coming up and talking about my truck. But I finished off the year with a 22,300 mi on the truck since I built it. It has turned out to be very reliable, just jump in and go. I did have to buy a new cone air filter this year and I blew a 20A fuse for my stereo when I was rocking out. I think that is it.
I used my old '52 to pick up my new '52 from the sandblasters.
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Good to see it out in the wild....Drive em'

Marc

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It's awesome to see you're still enjoying it and using it! Sorry to hear you didn't drive it much this summer. I drove my car everyday I could. Until the rioting/protesting BS. Then I drove the orange truck. I couldn't take the chance of road blockers in the car.

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That looks like lake Erie, Bob

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Oh yes still having lots of fun with it.
You are correct sir. Near Dunnville

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What the heck is this thing I want one Santa!

Lots of crazy ideas for a COE. Nowhere to put one but they are pretty cool.

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His name is Rob he built it on a modified 03 chevy truck chassis. Very nice guy puts a ton of miles on that thing. Here is his build. Ya I want one as well!
https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=596551&page=2

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Bought a rear sliding window for my '52. A little something different for the coming year.
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That’s kool.

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Well it should be lol
I didn't know they made this until recently.

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That is pretty neat. I didn't realize they made them for those small window trucks either.

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Ha I forgot how small the window was, when I took it out of the box I thought they sent the wrong one till I held it up to the truck.

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I picked up a future upgrade to the power level in my truck. It is a 7.3L power stroke with trans and everything I need to make it run. When I build the motor up I will double the power I have now, to 350whp 700wtq. I forget how big the 7.3 is that is in there sometimes.
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That is really cool. Starting yo see this a bit now. Look forward to following your bed. Steve

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the trip pictures are super motivating!

and so is more power :devil:

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Whats the difference between that motor and whats currently in there?

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Thanks
There is never enough power
The motor I currently have is a N/A 7.3L idi (indirect injection) mechanical diesel that I added a turbo to and gives me decent power over the stock N/A setup. I can't really push it much more but basically equals the stock output of the direct injection electronically controlled turbo Powerstroke.

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Well I finally pulled my truck out of it's slumber. Had a couple spark plugs go bad on me in the end of last season so I changed them all ;). Today I installed my new mirrors, so far I like the look but man it is stressful drilling holes in the doors. My new build will be getting the stock style mirrors I took off.
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Upgrading to the powerstroke, uh oh, here goes the money train. :lol: Just start out in the beginning with a hydra and a T4 turbo set up. IDI's are alright, but you're going to love that PSD as you already said double the power. I really, really wanted to put a 7.3 PSD in my 40 ford but I just couldn't remove the 354 Hemi and justify it.

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oh my gawd this pic of all the slammed identical looking trucks reminded me of when Easy Riders bike show came to town and these two Harley dudes were outside talking about their "Factory Custom" baggers, and then I swear to you on my '54 one of them got on the wrong bike, it was so embarrassing, I loved it.

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...9&d=1569513481