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Im needing a fleetside tailgate also. I hope your getting your internet hooked up soon so we can get some pics of progress.:lol::lol::lol::lol:

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allabout, my internet is hooked up, its just me kids get the cable so i cant download any pictures, lol!! i've bought two cables just for that reason and then the wife put one up for me and cant find it now!!


SORRY NO UPDATES!!! i've had to work on my parents car with no luck the last few days, so they are using my car!! i've been doing alot of thinking and staring at my truck! like what is next that NEEDS to be done and what HAS to be done in order to get it atleast running by my b-day in sept.! i know sept. is still a ways away, but you never know what can happen between now and then!! but i do think i'm still on track with having it done around this time next year!! i remember telling myself around the beginning of summer i was giving myself 1 1/2 yrs. to finish it!! we will see!! hopefully i can work on my truck this next weekend! it kinds of sucks only really having one day off a week to work on it!!

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What day in September?
My wife and my best friend Kelly are on the 20th, and I am on the 9th....

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mcmurphy, my b-day is sept. 18th.!

small update, seen a craigslist ad for a tailgate called the guy he wants only $50 for it, john (clydes65) lives in the same area(dallas/fort worth,texas), i pm'd john about it and he said he would go look at it for me! i'm hoping everything goes good and john can get the guys hood and i can get the tailgate! i got to look around more on craigslist, a good straight tailgate with only one dent for $50 is a steal!! (IF) i get it i'll post pictures of it!!

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good luck on the tailgate,we have our fingers crossed for you here in tn.

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thanks flips, my tailgate aint bad but the pictures of the one in texas looks better! i'm not liking this weather we are having here either, 40-50* or raining on my days off! can't get nothing done outside, i need a carport, anyone have one they want to bring over and set up for me, lol j/k!!

i'm going to take my spare doors apart tomorrow to sell some parts in the wanted section, just a heads up for anyone!! Then i'm going to cut a section out to fix my driver door around the window regulator! anyone have some good advise on taking the vent assembly out without messing it up?? any help would be great on that part!!

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Still wondering if you need the filler tube..??? I'm assumeing you mean the one for the orginal tank in the cab which I have also , rust free.

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Still wondering..

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57truckguy, i think you might need to send a pm to 66Z71 about the fuel filler tube!!

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Sorry I though it was you who was in need.

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any word on the tailgate?

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it was a no go clyde65 had an appt. with him at 4p.m. and he told clyde65 when he called that mourning that there was a guy coming at 3p.m. to get everything and he didnt want to just sell the tailgate an hood, what a jerk!! its ok i'll just spend that money elsewhere, lol!! but things like this is why its taking me a lil longer to get my truck back together!! my tailgate is O.K. for a driver, i just wanted to get a nicer one for when i get ready to paint it all!!

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Hey too bad about the tailgate.. I've got one only $12999 comes witha running truck,, LOL

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well much much done on the truck, had a long talk with my moms attorney last week! as to why its taking him almost 5 yrs. to settle from her accident!! he had some papers for my mom to sign on last monday and is suppost to have some papers from her insurance company this next week, this attorney sucks!!

on a side note i did get a floor shift column thats for a 65 chevy truck, now i can take the 60's chevelle column out! it had worked for moving it around and didnt need to be cut, just change the rag joint for another one i had to make it work!! i'll get some pictures of the column up tomorrow, i'll find out something about the tailgate today or tomorrow, i'll keep you posted!!

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Sorry to hear about your mom's attorney woes.
Not to advocate anyone's business officially but up here in Fairbanks there is this:
http://slowdownalaska.org/

On the radio Ward Merdes voice starts with "Hello I am Ward Merdes and for 20 years I have been representing Alaskans smeared in automobile accidents..."

One of their spots goes to say "Parents looking to buy their children their first car often ask if they should choose the economy car or the 1972 pick up truck. While we cannot make this decision for you, what we can tell you is that when the compact car meets the 72 pickup, it is usually the truck that wins."

There is another in the series that talks about insurance companies jerking people around on their claims. It is great stuff, I wish I could record them!!

Just some funny stuff on the subject if you need a smile or two....

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You know I've been telling my kids to slow down for years.. doesn't seem to work, my daughter is a nurse in the trama center where all the cops go who've been shot or injured on the job and she says they wouldn't dare give here a ticket.. LOL she's been stopped at least 10 times in the last 5 years and no tickets.. one of them was a former patience of her's a couple of years ago... I guess she may be right.. You know I made my daughter drive a pick up so here friends would'nt want to ride with here... worked wonders... They always drove...

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That is funny 57, what you said about getting your daughter a truck....
I been noticing that 4door cars are really popular with the younger generation these days. My best friend always said he would never own a 4 door because 4 door cars were only good for Taxis and Cop Cars, and he didnt want to be in either one of those !!

He told me that about 30 years ago and I never forgot it.

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Hey Chad64chevy,

I just found your build. Looks good.

I also live in Poteau, well actually in Shady Point now, but.... Wish I had found this build earlier. My brother has alot of this year model parts. If you need something, let me know.

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thats cool i live by the wal-mart in poteau, but my trucks in bokoshe! would your bother happen to live in shady point too?? i heard from a guy at work theres a few trucks as your getting into shady point turn left at the gas station and about 2 miles down that road theres a few trucks and the guy owns a yellow stepside thats really nice!!

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No, that's not my brother, but I know the place you're talking about. I also live out that way.....out on Calhoun road.

My brother lives in Broken Bow.

There's a guy I go to church with that might have some 64-66 C10 stuff. If you need anything, let me know.

PM me if you ever need anything......

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Well a big ten4 on not wanting to be in a cop car or a taxi.. went to NY a few years ago and took a taxi, Lets just say it was not a good experience, I felt as if I needed a bath after the 20 minute ride.. LOL lll not really funny. but you know what I mean...

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ok so a small update, i got my carpet samples in the other day! had them send me 3 samples of blue, i then i asked the wife what color she liked, then my 3 yr. old wanted to see so i asked her what color she liked, and then i asked my 2 yr. old boy want color! the funny thing is none of them were in the room with each other and all 3 picked the same color blue! we picked the middle color blue cause the left color is a hair lighter and i still have to clear coat it, it might be hard to tell in the picture, but anyways heres some pictures!!


on a side note: have you ever heard it happens in 3's?? well my water heater went out, then my cell phone (so i couldn't take pictures), and then my computer crashed and i had to get a new power supply that costed $65 and took three days to get here, but only took 5-10 mins. to connect wires and put 3 screws in, lol!!

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Why did it take 3 days to get there ,,,l??? Just go to the local Best Buys and get it and put it in... No Problemo... ?????

Well now I understand.. Looked it up on mapquest... your town is about the same size as mine.. New Palestine, Ind... at least you have two interstate off/on ramps.. LHa Ha

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you mean this one?
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3114/fueltankp.jpg
By rondavid at 2012-02-29
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yes I agree the one on the right is too dark for your truck. and the one in the middle appears correct..

Must be the orginal crotch rocket

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Chad did you get any of that weather that went through a couple of days ago.l.. ???? You may have seen in Indiana a town was almost wiped off the map// I'm from just 40 miles west of there.. Mom still lives there... she was OK..

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ya 57truckguy, i seen thats on the news this weekend!! i'm glad you and your mom are ok and that nothing happened to you guys!!

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i was at the inlaws up in tulsa this weekend, when i first got there i had my wifes brother go with me to the scrap yard! i had went through 10-12 jeep cherokee's just to find 2 sets of the door checks, that werent tore up or broke! i was going to get a few sets and put them in the for sale section on here

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Damage.... I would have been your first customer!
those are on my scavenger list too, as well as the relays. At -20* like today and thigh deep snow (I am 6ft tall) junk yards just are not as much fun right now.
Drop a tool in 4 feet of snow, and either spend a large part of your time digging for it, or tell it good bye!

LOL

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and we are at 65 degrees and sunshine here in Michigan ,bet we get that cold back in a few days ... fells like one of those days you just cant help but work on your truck...

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We just finished with a snow storm that dumped another 12" of winter wonderland on us.
Not good for working outside, but we are going to be doing a lot of skiing for the next few weeks until it is too slushy to be fun.

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just got caught up on your thread, good choice on the carpet.it will look great. sure am glad i dont live in alaska Mcmurphy is one tough son of a gun:metal:

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thanks flips for the comment! i'm hoping to get the big back window and carpet and all weatherstripping in before or by summer, then the inside of my cab will be pretty much done and soild!! anyways glad to hear from you

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thank you it blew over mons but no damage..

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well its been about two weeks, and not alot to call progress! but i did do something this weekend, i started to cut down my steering column! to make it shorter and have a lil more room in the cab! i copied "shrunken66storker", and i have been looking through the 60-66 truck pics trying to find a truck close to the same color i want to paint mine, or a plain jane that i could have had photoshopped the way i want my truck to change my avatar!! anyways i found a truck, i dont know whos it is but if there on here i would like more pictures!! i like the way the truck looks but instead of all the chrome, i'm painting mine silver, and there wont be any white on mine and as far as custom trim im just going to have the cab sail and that will be painted silver too! i also got a rc truck like mine and i started painting it i will get pictures in the next couple days! i need to but it back together, atleast that way i will have one truck done the way i want, lol!! anyways hers a few pictures!! first two pics are of shunken66storkers, i had to cut 3" out of it!!

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sorry forgot the truck picture, lol!! i'm tubbing my truck as well! i really like the blue, i havent really been doing anything with my truck lately cause of family matters, i hoping my uncle moves closer to me we talked about if me moves then my truck will go to his house and i can work on it from the time i get off work til i need to go to sleep, lol!! he's got a carport, his welder and air compressor is in his shed and he said i can use what ever i need he dont care, lol!! i like the carport idea cause it gets hot here in oklahoma in the summer time, anyways heres the truck mine is going to kind of look like! no chrome no white, but a big back window and silver bumpers, grille, turn signal bezels, and tailights bezel

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chad, i love the color your truck will look great, how much are you tubbing your truck? i thought about putting a couple inches in my inner fenders so i could run a wider tire, just hate to now since there painted.

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well i'm going to widened them about 4 inches! i have a steel floor in mine so if i what it to look right i'll have to widened it 4 inches, which will widened the wheel wells from 11.5" to 15.5"! that will put the inside of the wheel tubs straight up from the outside of the frame so i can put as much tire as i want to without cut into the frame any, and i dont want to cut the frame any more then what i have already!! i also what to run 20x8.5 rims on the front and a 20x12 on the back, i'll have to look for some nice rims but i'll run my '07 stock rims til then!!

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Cant wait to see how this steering column mod goes buddy.

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tomorrow i'll be grinding the welds down and painting it, my inner door panels and ashtray the same blue i have been painting the other stuff! within the next few weeks i'll be widening the wheel wells, and hopefully i'll be doing my big back window before the end of april!!