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you can still buy new hinges at the chevy dealer and they should last 43 years!:lol:

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pushed out of the garage and then pushed it back into the garage. All for a garage sale.

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At least it wasn't to sell the blazer. ;)

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Put my last coat of POR-20 silver high heat exhaust paint on and got my exhaust installed for the last time.

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That looks REAL good Bennett, good job with that!

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Well i spent the late afternoon on this past friday finally getting back to my 69, well i decided to remove the fuel tank but it still had fuel in it, so being thrifty (tight) i couldnt see losing 4.00 gas, so i put it in my 02 tahoe, guess what i was doing today (mon)..pulling tahoe tank to clean out all the bad gas and replace the fuel filter...no more saving old gas for me...

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In the proccess of shaving the firewall and getting ready for paint

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I bought a pair of hood hinges for my '69 from LMC, bent the passenger side the first time I closed the hood.

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Worked on the windows.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=469266

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Installed the thrermostat relay for my new dual 12" eletric fan unit that i just bought. It gonna be sweet when I get it done. :sumo:

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mocked up my 14" rotors and twin piston calipers on my Dana 60.....
can you say WOAH?!?!?!


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whats the name of those mufflers the square box looks cool nice tuck inside of the rail
por15 did nice job too

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Thanks, they are Spintech Super Pro Streets. 2.5" inlet/Outlet. Supposed to be their most aggressive street muffler. I got them from Maryland Speed for $150.00 for the pair. The POR Exhaust paint really turned out well, really love the way it looks.

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I recently bought another truck, a '72 GMC. Once again, I have a GMC dressed in Chevy clothes so it looks like a '68. It's an LS 5.3 with a 4L60E. It has SpinTech mufflers running off a 3-inch exhaust...it's loud as hell!:metal::metal:

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Over the last few days i traded an old tailgate for a chrome bumper with brackets, installed it. bled the brakes and Finally drove it for the first time

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Today I finished what has been a long, arduous week of fixing, tuning, fixing again, tuning again and so on and so forth, ad infinitum.

In all I have done: (in no particular order)

Rear brake cylinders, shoes & hardware
Front brake calipers, rotors, wheel bearings pads and lines
Install new HEI distributor, plugs and wires
rebuilt an old '66 holley 4bbl, only to discover that the body was tweaked, causing the secondaries to flood the motor.
Rebuilt a Holley 650 double pumper and installed it. MPG?! Whats that?
Adjusted the shift linkage so that the indicator points at P (still doesn't show right for the rest of the gears - WTF?)
Re-wired the running lights, turn signals and brake lights. (PO did a 'custom' wiring job on this truck, which meant that every time you hit the brakes, the turn signals quit working)
Set initial timing to 8* BTDC, adjusted to near 12* BTDC based on vacuum gauge and engine idle quality.
Tuned Carb (vacuum gauge method)
Adjusted Idle
Bleed Brakes (took FOREVER to get all the air out)
Install new throttle cable (will go Lokar next time, as the Spectre unit was less than stellar)
Oil/Filter change
Cooling system flush/fill
Repaired starter solenoid (worn/corroded contacts, will be replacing with a gear reduction starter soon enough)
New belts for Alternator & P.S.
Repaired door lock mechanism on Drivers door
Cleaned and lubed door lock mechanism on Passenger door



On the agenda for tomorrow:
Test Drive. If nothing egregious rears its head during the TD, will be doing a full detail clean, including wash/wax, then installing some chrome pieces that have been patiently waiting to go in the engine bay. At this point, I expect the exhaust to fall off. Its about the only part of this truck that i haven't touched in the last week..


Time for a beer!

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not much to the actual truck, but i cleaned up the garage and moved some of the parts for it around and put them away

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Sold mine today. It's headed for Germany.

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I just took it to the shop..... just alittle front in work...

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Got cab and front clip painted last night..Know just need to find good pass bedside and get bed painted..

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Finished shaving the gas filler hole in the cab, and finshed priming the cab. Turned out really good!

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What color is that? Can't quite tell if it is hugger or not.

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Bennett--G4L

It started out hugger with a brazen orange candy.. Kind of a late night beer drinkin mix a few months ago (and some scrap sheet metal) when i was trying to figure out what color i wanted..Looks awsome in the sun..:barn:

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I like it, can't wait to see pictures of it with the sun shining on it
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Got the passenger window, locks, handles, inner and outer "wipers" and all the door hardware in. Got the weatherstripping in on the passenger's side. Tomorrow, all the same stuff for the driver's side. Hopefully.
The pic on the right is inside the passenger's door (sideways...sorry) showing the lock tumbler and the outside door handle plunger placement. The tumbler goes in AFTER the main mechanism
in order to more easily clear the rear channel

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Replaced squeaky fan belt, bent the inner fender up to clear the power steering gear box, tightened down the valve cover and fired her up.

Found out why my battery was slowy dieing, the plug on the back of the alternator was loose and just 'looked' like it was plugged in when it wasn't.

I will fire her up and take her for a cruise.

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Just got my new rims and tires put on today. They are 265/75/16 Michelin LTX MS wheels on 16x8 Ion Alloys 171 series wheels. The whole set cost more than the truck did.:lol:

Before

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After

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Got the driver's door done today. Except for one part...the inside door handle do-hickey had a broken spring. I had two additional driver door donors.
One had no guts in it. I had to use the impact wrench on the other one to get the other door handle mech. out. When I pulled it, I found THAT spring was broken, too.
I dug around in the mess of boxes. Found one driver's door mechanism. The spring was broken, too. Damn!

The door lines up pretty well. In case you're wondering, the cowl is just sitting up there for storage so I don't step on it. Looks crooked, huh? Hahahaha!

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Decided to put my factory stock bench seat back in and take out the '97 Chevy 60/40? Factory is good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anybody want to buy a 60/40 seat?

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Installed new radio and tach conversion kit.http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1308507203

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Well it wasnt exactly today but what we did was load it with brush and haul it to the dump. Good thing we can just air up for the additional load.

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I rebuilt the 1406 and polished the wheels out next up is a wax job...

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Got the inside of the drivers door painted! When this dries I will hang it, then I can paint the outside of the cab!!! Got the hei put in yesterday, and had to butcher an after market passenger side fender last night, to make it "sorta fit".(got the fender from certifit) The fender stuck past the door a good 1/2", had to cut the upper mount off, chop out enough to make it flush, and also trim some of the bracing on the back. Fits good now, and only cost $75, and a few hours work.:metal:

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Just finished painting the cab and got the grill, Firebird markers (thanks member Gregful for the bezels) and Cargo light converted to a 3rd brake.......:chevy:

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did a little media blasting before shaving the stake holes on the driver side of the bed (pass is already done) and modified the floor edge repair panel. almost ready to have a solid driver side, floor,rocker and everything in between !!

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Fixed broken turn signal inside steering column, fixed horn, found where my oil leak has been coming from, it was a good weekend!

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Installed new fuel line. No more rubber hose or plastic filter for me.

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Welded up the upper cab roof seam and am now grinding it down..

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Now that I have a truck again, I can post here.

I got a dust shield installed on the trans for the torque converter, and I installed a switch on the carb for the electric kickdown for the TH400.