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Replaced tires all around so I can tow my truck to the shop to start tearing into it :D

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Mounted my tank,cleaned and repaired the tailights,finished one side of the notch,prepped the drive shaft for cutting,built a mount for the prop valve,mocked up the p/s pressure hose,started mounting all of the hardlines.Good productive day!

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Im waiting on a clutch flywheel for my 94 mustang GT so i can get it out of the shop and actually work on my 60 lwb.

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Was able to bring her home this morning, she where she belongs Boys! The guy in the hat is Uncle Ken, he's into antique too has a (I think a '68-69) TR6 rag top fully restored. I really need to put the seat in to get it off the pool table before the wife saw it and it's also out of the way too. I knew I was clos to the color match, but I really think I could not gotten any closer, esp. right out of the catalog from the Truck and Car Shop.

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Well, yesterday actually. My wife said that I needed to be sure the old truck was clean. When I asked her why, she just smiled and said that we were going to use it as a prop in our family portraits. Too cool, made this alot more fun than it could have been.

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Thats Too Cool, I'll probaly do something like that too, although I would be spooked about sitting on the hood.

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Drove it to work. half way there i started to smell coolant :o. not good. i

didnt want to pull over because i was getting so close to work. as soon as i

slowed down enough i could see steam pour out of the engine compartment.

parked it really quick and the hose from the intake to the heater core was

torn.coolant gushed all over the engine and all components. lucky for me i

still had a few extra inches of hose.After work i cut off the torn part and

re- attached it. filled it up with water and was able to get it home.

that was scary when i saw the engine temp rise over 220 degrees :eek:

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Always an adventure, and the reason I always carry tool, extra parts and extra fluids!:lol:
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I imagine you probably prefer the photo with the family added, but that rear shot really makes the truck look tough! Very cool indeed.

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Thanks Mark, I like that one too. She took that as I was lighting up the tires a little. My son loves to feel the power as much as I do!
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Took the engine and tranny off the bed and into my uncles shop to start workin on it meanwhile I work on swapping out entire front suspension with disc brakes and rear end on the truck! Getting progress done :)

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Tried to install my repo driver side arm rest on my 72.I cant for the life of me get the screws to start in the armrest .They go into the door easily and look through the armrest holes and they line up perfectly ,take them out and try as I might they just will not start in.What am I doing wrong ? I did manage a few bad words but all it did was made me feel a little better. Will try again tomorrow.

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Consider taking the front panel off, putting them on then re set the panel, would it be easier that way?

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I striped the inner fender and cowl area.

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I open the garage door walk by the truck an notice it is 24 degrees in the garage ............... I locked the door and called it a day ...

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I had to put on a long sleeve t-shirt to work out in my shop. LOL. It was mostly to not get sun burn.

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:devil: rub it in... actually today we have a heat wave going , it was 24 .. better than the lower single digits we had for a week.....

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Pulled out the stove, fridge, sink, and table outof the camper as well as the lihgting and fittings. Put them all on e-bay to offset the cost of storage. cleaned the hubcaps and getting ready to bring the truck home.

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Drove to work like I do every day, still get the thumbs up from some drivers. there`s several guys at work that are looking to buy 60-66, seems like its growing more so now than ever, maybe availability, mostly maybe not out of reach price wise but getting noticeably higher...!

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I always say there are two seasons in california Summer and waiting for summer" I hate it when it's too cold to work on something.

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Reminds me of a time when my wife and I did our first long distance road trip in the truck. She wanted to drive so I told her to watch the gauges and about 30 min to our destination she said "wow, something smells like maple syrup." And I was like "what the Hell, that is not maple syrup that's engine coolant!" LOL turns out we threw the belt to the water pump. I still think of that day everytime I smell maple syrup.
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Balanced my drive shaft and ordered new headers, to bad they are back ordered.

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Back in 1990 I bought a NOS Chevy Beretta stereo from a friend.

For some tunes in the ole '65 I decided to mount the steroe in the console. I bench tested the radio.. sounds pretty good, well good enough for a shop truck.

To support the stereo I fabricated some 16 gauge steel brackets designed to angle the stereo back up under the cup holders.

I still need to fabricated some spacers to go betweeen the brackets and console, then paint everything up.

My kind of modification… I have all of about 30 bucks in the entire deal, including the radio.
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Nice radio install!!

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Ok guys!! My dash finally got some color today. A buddy of mine who is a local car painter laid down some H2 Hummer yellow and it came out great.

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Finished!
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Putting in new floor and rockers

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took out the stock bench seat outta of my 61' to put in the 1997 60/40 seat in. Didn't fit like I expected it too. SOOOO I took the orig. bench to a local uhpolsterer and he quoted me a decent price so I am sticking to the orig. bench seat....

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Just completed my order from JEGS - Shipping was free.
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Got one heck of a deal on the Valve Cover Kit!!!!!!

(2) 555-50145 JEGS Performance Products 50145 - JEGS Valve Cover T-Bar Wing Nuts - Chrome Steel
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(1) 350-4207K Edelbrock 4207K - JEGS/Edelbrock/ARP Elite Series Dress-up Kit - SB-Chevy Elite Series Dress-Up Kit
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(1) 247-2051K7 Competition Engineering 2051K7 - Competition Engineering Rear Coil Over Shock Kit - 250lb springs included
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Next on the shopping list is:

HEIDTS SUPERIDE FRONT COIL-OVER SHOCKS FOR MUSTANG II SUSPENSION
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Heidts MP-040 - HEIDTS Coil-Over Shocks
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Heidts MP-042 - 500# Chrome Coil Springs, Pair
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Gut the crap out of my dash, looks pretty good I think.

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Welded up the 3-pieces of the Frankenstein passenger fender (finally)…
came out decent for first serious MIG welding effort

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i put some disc brakes on the front today... and added some T/A wheels..

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Drilled the holes for the trans crossmember and bolted it in.Mocked up the e brake cables.Made the pivot for the shifter linkage.Por 15 the surface rust in the cab.Measured the drive shaft for cutting.

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Sunday I finally got around to swapping in my new turn signal switch assembly, re-centered the steering wheel and put my 1965 Chevrolet license plate frame on the front. Sure is nice to have self cancelling signals again.

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Took out my stock gauge panel. Got my new custom gauge panel today. Put in turn signal lights and brights light in new gauge panel. Got them all wired up. Work great. Now just waiting on my gauges......

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Finished the column shifter linkage.Pulled the front clip out of storage and cleaned it with clr and undercoated the innerfenders. reinstalled the headers.Modified the mufflers.

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New/old license plate to be issued to my truck soon. This is where I started my yellow accent color. It might have had something to do with the Steelers too.

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Well since I just got it on monday , I have fixed the choke by installing a choke pulloff , installed a new dimmer switch, welded the exhaust back on ...tomorrow I take it for a test drive , after adjusting the brakes..

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Took my headers off, removed my dist cap & wires, slowly getting everything loose to be ready to pull the engine. For some reason I don't remember the headers being such a pain in the rear going on as they were coming off.

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finished the c notch,started on the harness,rebuilt the carb and installed it.

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Well I took the 63 out for it's maiden voyage today .. After tightening the headers , replacing the carb ,securing the trans dipstick tube , and adding fluid...... Then since I was so ambitious I adjusted the brakes , only to find out that some one mixed up 2 adjusters , side for side so they actually go the wrong way , I will fix that latter ... but got them adjusted and the pedal feels great ...replaced the thermostat gasket and tried to set the timing , but I am sure it has the wrong balancer on it, so I set it back after it seemed like it wanted to bind while turning it over ...Check the rear ratio , its a 3.08 non posi .. I do know before driving it again I am going to make a new shifter , the one on it has the wrong length arm , hard to find gears ....So anyways took my son around the block a few times , then the wife ... I think I need to make sure then is not a colony of mice in the heater , kind smells going down the road ... it kinda pops out the exhaust once and a while like it has a sticking valve , so I need to throw the vacuum gauge on it and see if I can figure it out.. other than that , it was a great day !! tThe wife says it needs a name . like valentine or mistress.. Ididnt see my wife all day monday when I was on the road towing it home.;)