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Looks really, really nice SBA!

Today's activities:

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Out with my old, pecky fender emblems and in with the nice-but-not-perfect ones I bought off CL.

Then I began working on my seat replacement. "New-to-me-seat" had some 4" long mounting studs rusted solid under it - what a PITA. Gibbs oil, double nutting & a long box end wrench cured that. I was lucky not to snap them though. Sorry, no pic's of that.

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Finished putting in new windows, window regulators, handles, and felts. It took me a couple of days to do it all but I work slow. The windows all came together so must have come from one vendor, but the drivers side window had fine threads in the two attaching bolt holes and the other side had the correct coarse threads. Can't figure that one out, but it cost me an hour for a trip to the hardware store for two quarter inch fine thread screws.

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Fixt my cab shackels, and powdercoat them black.
And make some new brackets for my rear lights..
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:metal:All look nice guys:metal:

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Russ, that looks outstanding!
I need to do that too so I'll be picking your brain when the time comes. Personally, I love the wing windows on these old trucks. I know everyone doesn't agree but to me they're part of the charm of an older vehicle. Love that your chrome is all fresh! - Natch, being the chrome whore that I am! Lol.
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I opened the rear barn doors on my '51 Panel to see how I could adjust them so the doors don't touch in the middle and the left one stops on the striker and not some random spot where the frame touches the door on the left enough to keep the door open about 1/2 inch without slamming it.

I started loosening the top body-side hinge bolts on the passenger barn door to see if there was any adjustment there but had to stop at 2 bolts because the wife came out and I'm technically not allowed to work on my truck until I finish some stuff in the house. :)

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:metal:Beautiful;)

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Thanks, everyone. Dan, I guess it's pretty obvious that I love chrome also. I have one more bit of chrome trim to install but I'm not in the mood to do it at the moment. It's the cab and door trim. For the time being I'm just going to drive and enjoy it.

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I feel your pain, wife is at the store buying house paint as I type....

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I cut a 33 Chevy truck in half today.

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I finished the bed wood today, I wet sanded the poly top coat then put on a heavy coat of carnuba wax, wow!

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sounds great but with no pic's can't really tell! lol need those pic's


Ray

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finally got my engine started and checked it in all gears, didnt drive it though. seat belts, registration, and a lil cleaning and I can drive her home. woo hoo

and REMEMBER too ALWAYS install the kickdown cable onto your trans BEFORE you fill it. ( just saying)

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i still can not load pics, any idea when they will get this fixed?

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Like many others I finally got a photobuckect account.

Shawn

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I've always had issues with P-bucket. The gallery is the main reason I joined/use this site over Stovebolt. I guess if it doesn't come back soon I'll take my membership over to the H.A.M.B.

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Well that's not something you do everyday, LOL.

Looks like the same frame stub but different rear end in the second pic. Speaking of pics, let's see some more of that truck. What's the plan for it?

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wet sanded doors, bumpers, grille and misc. parts for final paint. decided to get a battery a and fuel fill hose so i can start it.
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sorry my friend i didn't know the system wasn't working! I still would love to see your work when you can post them

thanks Ray

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Despite resolving to do some work I did NOTHING and in fact probably slowed down my progress because my girlfriend and I traded in our Lance camper and bought a 5th wheel trailer this weekend:crazy:

It's a monster. 2013 Brookstone Ruby. 35'-8".
No, it's not going on my '55 lol.
But now I've gotta spend to buy a fifth wheel hitch and a couple Honda generators - DOH!That's money that won't be going toward the '55 now.

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I've been having good luck removing rust with electrolysis on small parts so I decided to scale up. Built a 5 x 5' tank in my back yard yesterday and fired it up this evening.

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Dan,
Now you need to build a cool old truck for pulling that thing.
Shane

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I 2nd that

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we towed ours on a trailer 1200 kms round trip to take part in Saskatoons Cruise Weekend. Heres a fuzzy action shot of us cruising and another of my truck and my buddy Ricks "mud Man" truck

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I put this overhead counsel in. I pulled it from a 2010 Impala SS,It has the same contour as the 50.

And with power.

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Opened up and fondled my brand new carburetor that arrived today. Hopefully tomorrow I can install, set up, and test it out.
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:m6::exit:

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Hi all,
Been a LONG time since I posted anything so here it goes. I've been busy getting the truck running and trailered it up to my buddies place where it was torn down again and gutted to do the body work. After months of blocking, high build and sanding to the point that my finger prints are all but gone it was ready for paint
so here is my little precious :)
now I just have to put er all back together

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Orded a lot of new stuff by LMC and Summit...
I am in Southington now for 4 weeks,:uhmk:
Saves me a lot off shipping costs, normaly I have to send it to the Netherlands..
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Believe me Dan, if you saw the highway we have to drive over to get to civilization, you'd tow it too. I never wanted to have a truck that had to piggy back on a trailer but up here, and with a dropped axle truck, it's a must

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doob, I was giving you a hard time but kidding.

I have no idea what the roads up there are like....maybe you need to move back to civilization? Naaah...civilization is not all that civilized anyway and its definitely overrated!

What's new with your truck anyway?

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It's all good man, I know you well enough on here to read into your ribbings.

The truck is back in the shop to have some brake adjustment done but we're sure having fun cruising with it. Thumbs up and head turning all over the place
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Worked on my interior. Got the steering wheel covered and some new upper door skins made. The flash washed out the picture of the steering wheel. All the leather is the same color...

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My truck is a rough long term project so to feel like I'm making progress I'm working on rebuilding one part at a time as funds allow. Yesterday & todays project was the heater box. Removed it and dissasembled it. Hot wired the blower motor and it works fine.. Yay ! Pressurized the heater core and it holds pressure, and blowing through it, it's clear and not plugged: another "Yay" moment. Time to rebuild it. As you'll see from the pics it was a severaly rusted, pitted mess. The truck sat outdoors for a few years with no windshield in it so I'm not surprised. Here are the "before" pics. I don't have much choice but to try to save it since they aren't being reproduced and I can't seem to find any parts trucks locally.

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Got it completely dissasembled and cleaned up in my bead blast cabinet. Then tried to take out some of the worst pitting with a die grinder and Scotchlock pads. The blend door was also all messed up and it appeared that someone had kept turning the handle until it would up inside the box like a clock spring. Got that straightened out the best I could as well.

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Time to try out the Eastwood powdercoating kit I bought 5 years ago and never used. Between selling my house in New Hampshire, moving to Tennessee, building a big new shop down here, etc. I never got an oven set up to bake the parts in. This is my first attempt at powdercoating other than helping a friend several years ago. For the heater core & motor assembly I went with paint. I'm thinking that soldered tubes & electrical wiring might not mix well with baking at 450 degrees..

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Back together and ready to reinstall one day when the cab has been repaired and painted. At least I can begin setting aside components that are done. Not perfect but it will work and the total cost out of my pocket to rebuild the heater was ZERO. My biggest expense will be a set of repro decals for it.

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TNB, Craftsman has a sale on wrenches.... Nice job on the repair, did you use a smooth or hammer finish?

I was all reved up and ready to paint my doors, bumpers, grille and some misc stuff but found I had used all the clear on my steering wheel. so working on speaker enclosures instead....

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Block sanded, and then I did more block sanding. I'm beginning to see why people like ratrods.

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I guess that's in reference to my crusty rusty old wrenches in the background ? LoL Those are just some antique tool kit wrenches I've been picking up here & there. Got some Maxwell, Nash, John Deere, and Triumph & Indian motorcycle & railroad marked wrenches as well as the usual Ford stuff. Here's most of a Model A tool kit I've been putting together. I actually have enough Snap On, MAC, Matco & Cornwell stuff to put 5 guys to work. Now that I'm retired and all my "work tools" are home as well as my "home tools" I have too much stuff.