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Picked it up at Dwayne's House of Hot~rods and DROVE it home...

took my wife and son on their first run in it... # honey take me for a spin

made some adjustments and DROVE it to N@P@, where the fellows have been waiting for several years to see all their parts back in one place.

Then DROVE to the Sonic Car Cruise...

visited with some Road Mutt CC alumni and DROVE it to my buddy Keith's (he's building a 63 GMC shortwide)...

then you guessed it, DROVE it to my buddy's down on Mopar Alley and visited some more...

Then just for fun, DROVE it home...

four years since it all began and other than dragging two or three times (PA) it was a great evening of DRIVING.

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took my wife and son on their first run in it... # honey take me for a spin

Haha, I get the reference. Glad to hear you're driving it again.

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I think everyone of mine that I did (the first time) snapped off too. I had one that took a soaking or too before it would punch thru.

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Installed a Precision windshield gasket, bled the brakes after installing the new dual master cylinder, and... drove it! Good to be back in the saddle again. It's running great.

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I know, but I am going to say it any ways, you guys have it easy, finding the repair parts, for your trucks, but us guys who have panels, it is a different story, sure from the back of the front doors, it all looks the same, but from the back of the doors, it is a whole different story, I have looked for repair parts, and it seems like no one makes them, so what is a guy going to do to fix rusted panels, I need a repair panel for the passenger side rear, just above the light housing, to the lower end, and does any one know if a long wheel base side, will work to replace the one above the wheel, if any one knows, please let me know http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...817=1465945817

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Had to cut the spring then the bolt sticking up but I was finally able to air chisel that darn thing out. The bolt was bone dry even filling the spring retainer with PB Blaster. Not a drop found its way in.

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I ordered a new set of tires for my GMC today. :gmc2:

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New tires came in for my GMC today! And here's a picture of the new set of rims. :gmc2:

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Strange....They look like OFF-ROADIAN tires to me.

Sorry couldn't control myself.

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lol!

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Soooo... an update on the wretched electrical gremlins (etc.) in my 62 C10.

I had a constant generator light on the dash with the key off.

Called my buddy Sam (street rod builder extraordinaire) in Mt. Pleasant, who said "Can you get it out to me this afternoon?" Soooo I did.

On the way the hardware holding the down pipes to the ram-horns rattled loose and I nearly dropped my exhaust on 119 South.... and it certainly got LOUDER than it normally is, but do you think yours truly caught the change in tonal... you guessed it. Nope mesmerized by the sheer fact I'm driving.

To add insult to injury, my D.S. peep vibrated loose and now resides somewhere between here and there.

Discovered the 1/4" line coming off the master was dripping DOT 3 pretty good on my freshly painted inner fender so we tightened it up... and went on with our electrical work.

With some patience, superior intellect, and a single 12V test light he worked every pending electrical issue out of the truck.

During the alternator conversion to the generator/forward lamp harness, we mis-wired one small red lead to the junction block that apparently is not used after you abandon the external voltage regulator. So we pulled it off the junction block, taped it up, and abandoned it in the bundle.

No light and system is charging!!!

Sam sees things we mere mortals (I) can't. He even threw in a pair of peeps to replace the one that went AWOL. Before I rolled out he tightened and replaced the missing hardware on both manifolds too. Sam's a ruler.

SO the drive home was so much quieter and even had the option of using turn signals, which really is not commonly done around here anyway, but never hurts.

Happy, happy... everybody happy - right?

Well almost.

Seems the 1/4" brake line that was leaking at Sam's, popped through the flare nut and re-baptized my truck in DOT 3 (paint remover).

The hidden blessing is no one was hurt and the truck can be fixed.

I will have to shoot the D.S. front fender again, but that's life when you can't properly hand flare mild steel tubing... which obviously I cannot.

Peeps are on. Tubing is up at Dwayne's House of Hot Rods for a hydraulic double flare job and tonight we BLEED again!

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Peeps :confused:

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peeps
pēps/
nouninformal
plural noun: peeps

people (often used to refer to a person's friends or associates).
"thanks for the feedback, peeps!"

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Or in this case an aftermarket side view mirror commonly employed on hot rods, street rods, and all manner of specially constructed vehicles.

Similar to the one pictured here on my 62 where it was formally mounted.

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small round outside rear view mirror's that clamp onto the edge of the door.

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Okay - I re-read the post and it alllllllll makes sense now. Thanks. :)
Ya, I had those on my 53. :)

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Got my new tires mounted this morning! :metal:

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Fixed the steering clearance issues by using a shorter Allen screw no nut like the ones provided by Flaming River. Your supposed to use the short neck rack with Porterbuilt crossmember. The manual, quick ratio rack is long neck. My wheel is 1-1/2 to full turn.

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Tire's look great on your truck TJ!

Yesterday Dwayne flared the 1/4" brake tube and got it ready to go, after work I slapped it back on last night. Seems to be dry and holding.

I get side-tracked easily (and I hate brake fluid) so I jumper-ed the headlight switch (1 & 5 / black and white on MY 62) to have continual park lamps with head lamps on.

While in electrical mode, I replaced the P.S. Back-Up Light assembly which was not working properly.

Replaced all 6 exhaust manifold flange nuts with all-metal lock-nuts - and had to replace the P.S. doughnut gasket too. I'm still getting exhaust contact in rear suspension travel, so that will get fixed next week with it going back to Dwayne's for alignment.

This morning, bright and early, after getting it back up on stands (hard with the static drop) me and my sweetheart bled the brakes.

I also set the shift linkage adjustment so the recently repaired back-up lights come on at the right time.

Blew the Gr@nt kit apart to see why I had erratic horn function (that sounds odd).

Step 1 - Shortened the turn signal lever screw, and Step 2 - discovered I had the horn button plate in upside down (metal plate out); to quote the great Fred Sanford, "You big dummy!"

I felt a test drive was in order before going to work. Found a pin-hole leak in the top rad tank so that gets soldered soon too... but we are doing good electrically and overall making significant headway.

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Got my CPP 5" lowering springs installed. It's exactly what I wanted, but now I have to get c-notches. *Exhaust is getting fixed soon, too.

Before and after:

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Bed on and wood base(white ash with teak oil) is in...next is motor switch and T5 then the southern cab ....:mm: that is a lot of bolts nuts and washers!

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It's whole again....for now...

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finally got some paint applied. coat of sealer and three coats of white for the stripe. not a lot of contrast between the grey sealer and white paint.Attachment 1544488

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Someone actually filmed my truck to use in a country music video this week. The group is called Southern Push. I hope they make it big! It'll be a couple months before the video gets done, but I'm looking forward to seeing it!

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Looks very nice. Do you have a build thread for this truck?

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Looks like a porn set when you don't read the post :D

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paint at last flowed very good I love to spray when it flows nicely

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Went to Tuttle's today to pick up my truck. Had a blast wrenching with Cole and hanging out at the shop for a couple of hours. Greg did a great job on the paint work and I'm happy with the splash pans we added to the back bumper. Cole got 99% of the bounce out of the PS door too.

Tweaked the carb settings and it's much better. Clay barred the bumpers and they are much better than they were from over spray. Then attempted it on the wear strips but with less success there.

Felt so good having the FLOP hood done and back on the truck, Heather and I loaded up and went to the Youngwood VFD Car Cruise then over to the Frosty Shack for shakes.

Got our first dash plaque for the year and for the truck.

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Opened up the transmission to replace filter n gaskets.

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Can you see the Robot?

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I also replaced the front and rear seals while I was in there, though to the naked, untrained eye, they did look perfectly fine.

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Interestingly, the filter clearly was doing its job before.

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Happy to have this done too.

Weekend over.

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Thanks man!

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Had a few minutes this evening so I installed the new to me clock in my GMC.

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Asked my area pin stripe artist Tyler Elliot to lay down some lines on my 62

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So then he went in the cab and touched up the dash... before crowning it on the tailgate.

w o w

was my initial response.

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took a few parts to work to use the sandblaster

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I picked up a newly rebuilt T5 transmission to replace my sm465. Can't wait to get her installed!

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Now the bed's been MADE - time to go bring it home

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Awesome work

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AT LAST THE CAB IS HOME !!!!!!!!!!!

Well this afternoon I finished work and headed straight to We weld in New Romney . To. collect my cab the guys down there did a great job and also put in etch primer for me .

They also took me some pictures of the process mounted on the spit

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Once blasted they put it primer

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All loaded on the trailer ready to head home

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So on my journey home I called Rian and my mate Stephen from my bike club to come over with the offer of pizza , it works every time . So with Rian, Stephen and Trevor my neighbour who had arranged getting it blasted at mates rates , as he has the unit next door to We Weld , and another neighbour John from over the road, we lifted onto the chassis .


Just love this picture

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So the next update will be showing some of the repairs . It's just finding the time that seems to be the problem at he moment , but more about that later .

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What!! A '60 hood with the lines of a 62-66 hood! Did you do that yourself? If so any pics of the transformation?

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So far I weld a bit but I'm not a welder just yet. Having said that it was a vision I had many years ago that I had held on to until I met a guy that I thought could do it.

I wish I could take credit for it but it's the work of one called FLOP - a car builder and metal sharpe'r in the Pittsburgh area. Mad skills.

THANKS!