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I'm almost finished with the block sanding, made the appointment to get the Old girl into the paint shop March 3rd with painting either the 7th or 8th!!!!

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Day 12 or something like that on door fiasco. Decided to put front fenders on to see if door was going to need more than what i knew about and sure enough body line wasnt quite right, panel alignment needed work ect. Off came the door. Decided to try and pull the inside damage with a stud puller. Sorry didnt get any pics as i went, welding and pulling studs worked way better than i thought it would. Door has been off and back on multiple times but i think i finally got the results i can live with

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Outside

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Been doing some detailing, today at the hardware store I found a part in the plumbing aisle to dress up the base of the steering column where it passes through the carpet. Less than $1.00

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My "escutcheon" is from the plumbing dept. too, but it's rubber.

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I love it Mark, looks like it was made for that!

And again, didn't "work" on the truck but I got the spindles all cleaned up and put in the box to ship out to SIDS for dropping the axle. I got a pitman arm coming that I needed along with a few other parts that my brother picked up today near his house which is 2.5 hours from me. His wife will be bringing to me tomorrow night, WHOOO HOOOO!

I am selling things on eBay as I have mentioned I sold one thing that was up in my attic that paid for the rear shock mounts my brother picked up today for me. Damn it's fun to put something on there with a $25 "Buy it now" and starting bid of $10 and it ends up going to $52, LOL I love this stuff!

Brian

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Man is this wild. I have a guy with a collection of parts trucks basically a wrecking yard specializing in AD trucks that is hours away. But he is minutes away from my brothers house. My brothers wife still lives by me and goes to his house every couple weeks for the weekend. Yes it's odd, don't ask. Well I can order stuff and then she brings it to me! Got a bunch of suspension parts that I was missing delivered to my door just now!

Brian

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I went to a auction and bought a Farmall model A tractor. It has a Woods Belly mower. The tractor doesn't run. But I wanted the Mower for a Super A I have. I didn't have my trailer with me. So I picked up the rear of the tractor with my 82 wrecker. tied the steering wheel and drug it home 15 miles.

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Whitewalls !!!

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My God, I had one like that sitting in my yard when I was a kid. :( Miss those days! The area is now COVERED with houses a few feet apart.

Brian

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Yard Art!

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1550526189

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When I think of how different it was, wow. I love making things out of memories like that. This is a simple little example of the "Good luck charm" horse shoe that was on the door of our tack room out in the back by the barn. The door handle is off the same door. The shoe, I wish I knew the horse it came from, because I know it was one of ours, just don't know which one. I have photos of my grandfather standing next to the door this was on. Great memories, great great memories.

Got my 5+ minutes in. The axle is and steering linkage are wrapped up and ready to go. I'll have to take a long lunch and get it over to the post office over the next few days.

I then got all the "new" suspension components I got dropped off this morning cleaned up and sand blasted ready for some epoxy primer.

Moving along a little WHOOO HOOOO!

Brian

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old truck man.....
could you slip an LS in there?..........some zoomies?..........a racing bucket seat?.......

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I finally got around to installing my stainless tailgate hinges on my 56 truck. The installation was a bit concerning, having to cut on my tailgate, but it all worked out as planned. I still have to put primer on the areas cut out. I'll be soon installing my tailgate latches.

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The little tractor aint gonna run anytime soon. It apparently got rain down the exhaust. I pulled the head and one cyl the water apparently froze and busted the liner from the inside out. Its a wet sleeve so it is repairable. However I just needed the woods mower. It will go on my super A. The front tires are small bias ply 15inch. whitewalls. maybe from a volkswagon? they are very old and weather cracked.

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heres the pic of the busted liner.

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The guitar got done aesthetically, but it looks like the kit was wired incorrectly from the factory. Others on the Internet have been reported as being wrong. The investigation -- and hopefully the fix -- will be tomorrow. Yes, the orange on the guitar (even though it doesn't look orange in the pic) is the color of the truck!

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Bob, Beautiful work...Jim

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Right on Bob, looks awesome!

I got some goodies ready for primer tomorrow, go the primer ready, got something done!

Brian

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Thanks! Your "5 minutes a day" philosophy is really paying off!

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It really does work. I got off it for a month or so, and I am getting back on.

Brian

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Beware: The 5-minute tactic does not necessarily work with your wife for honey-do's around the house.

I have done nothing to my truck for three weeks. Despite Punxsutawney Phil's forecast, we have been getting new snow almost every day for the entire month. Just too cold to work in the garage.

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Haha, got me rolling. Ya, the 5 minutes on honey-do's is not equivalent to the garage time.

:lol:

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It's more like X100...

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My wife is so darn wonderful, no problems with any of that!
I got out there and primed all my goodies. Found that I had mixed too much primer so prepped a few more things and got them primed too.

Now it's time for a little walk. :metal:

Brian

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Got the cab all epoxy primed! Once it hardens, then scuff for paint!

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Nice lines. The gaps look great.

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Thanks Dyslexic Dog!!!

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Changed my rear tires from 225/70-15 to 255/60-15. Subtle but major improvement in the overall look.

When I built the truck I couldn't afford larger rear tires so I bought a smaller set. Well, they always bothered me because they were too narrow. Today I found a set of used tires on Craigslist that were the right size. Yes, they're pretty worn (seller said they had a couple of burnouts left in them - yikes!) but they'll last awhile until I can locate better.

First pic, old rear tires - note how they appear to roll under because they're not wide enough for the 8" wheel. Second pic, new rear tires are almost 2" wider, much better for the big bulbous panel truck rear end - plus they lowered my rear end another 1/4 inch - win, win!

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Right on guys!

I got all my parts I primed last night put away, and got a little done on the rear end to get it ready for primer. Put in my five minutes, WHOOO HOOOO!!

Brian

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Thanks Dyslexic Dog!!!

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Lookin' GOOD !!!

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X2 on the gaps. First thing I noticed.

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Can't say that I did it, but I had an automatic transmission installed in my truck. It's a 350 out of a truck that was recently rebuilt. It's not the 700R4 but the price was right and it's known to be good by the shop that installed it. They were doing an LS/4LXX upgrade on a friends truck and I bought his 350. I have a 3:08 rear so I don't think the lack of OD will make much difference since my truck doesn't get driven often. They only had the truck for one week. If it ever stops raining I want to go looking for a tilt column. It seems like a different truck and it's quieter now that the worn out original transmission is gone.

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Ditto for me. I had a 700R4 all ready to install, then discovered my rear end ratio was 2:73. OD trans are the current rage, but that is just a bad combination.
I went with a Turbo 350; no, I won't win any stoplight drags but I haven't missed adding a lockup kit or adjusting a TV cable at all.

PS: I live in a mountainous area and haven't missed the constant up-and-down shifting on hills either.

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Had a horrible shock today: I reached under my exhaust manifold to check for leakage from the threaded plug I'd had so much trouble with and my finger came back wet!!!! I went into shock. A taste test however determined that the moisture was not coolant but was actually oil seeping down from my valve covers. My new intake manifold is thicker and the valve covers are bottoming out on it, preventing full seating. I ordered some thick gaskets to give the valve covers more clearance. Whew...

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Thanks Russell Ashley, getting it all one color really helped show it off!

Jim W

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Glad to hear it wasn't coolant!

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I am putting my five minutes in! Last night I got a few parts sand blasted, ready for primer.

Brian

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That's an interesting way to test the moisture, LOL, but glad it wasn't water.