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We've all done it BASE, no shame in that :)

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I fabbed up some 3point seatbelt mounts that just clears the gas tank and tucks the ratchet mechanisms snug in behind the bench seat.
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I finally swapped my C20 heavy duty spring to just 1/2 ton coils and replaced the shocks in hope of a little softer ride.

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Springs scare me ever since one of the mechanics at work shot one though the roof of the shop and almost took off his head. The foreman wasn't happy.

Don't ask me how he did it. But he did. He got in a lot of trouble for that one. And of course we all made fun of him.

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Worked on the stakeside boards this is why projects take me so long I get carried away . I could have epoxy glued the cracks but no not me . Ended up doing bow ties out of black walnut . Two coats of spar urethane so far .

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Anybody can do the easy stuff. I appreciate when I see someone takes a longer, but more traditional route. Good work and more visually appealing.

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x2!

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Bilstein shocks upgrade . :chevy:

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Well, I tried to drop my truck off at the alignment shop. I stopped in and talked with the guy two weeks ago. At that time he said he might need to keep it a bit to get it set up right on his new machine. No big deal. Called yesterday to arrange dropping it off today.

Pulled up at opening time and guys asks what I am there for. Told him I was the guy that wanted him to align an old truck. He asked, "What year?" I said, "67" and he replied he couldn't to it because he didn't know if he could manually put specs in his new machine. What I got from that was all of the sudden he didn't want to do it.

Well, I was irritated but calm. It will cost him in the long run because I know a lot of people in town.

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Unfortunately, I have gotten used to that kind of treatment. Better for them to turn you down than to do a bad job.

Things I consider myself lucky when I find someone who knows how to do it- PROPERLY:

-Adjust a carburetor. Actually, to do anything with an engine that doesn't have a computer.
-Install a windshield that uses rubber.
-Align a vehicle built before 1990.
-Crimp an A/C hose.
-Set up a ring and pinion.

It is concerning that everyone who knows how to work on these vehicles are now retiring.

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i hear ya,sounds like that bird went to the same school as the fella who just painted my truck,made a mess and now i'm hunting for someone to paint it again.BEYOND frustrating.

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It’s been crazy hot out so not much progress on my 67 but I did have a box on my front porch that brings me joy. Soon my old truck will have nice cold a/c! Don’t mind the little bunny in the background that eats all my flowers. :lol:

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More new battery cables.
And side post studs instead of the goofy battery bolts
Finally starts without a major voltage loss.

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I seveviced the 68 and got it ready for the next big projects for the year take down a tree and help my neighbor take down a house.

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Hiho Hilo its off and to blast we go

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Congrats, now you can clean up the middle section of your frame

Does the w/s come out, before blasting, are going to use soda or sand

She looks pretty clean, rust wise

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I sat by it as I am waiting on a parking brake cable and a rear drivshaft section.

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Finished up the stakesides . All Hickory three coat spar urethane thinking I may have to use threaded inserts instead of just #12 brass wood screws .

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Nice fits nice and tight looks cool too

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hey Jim
all glass coming out tomorrow before blast he has one of the dustless blast contraptions :) using an aggregate and water pressure she does look pretty good rust wise this was a SoCal acquisition about 10 years ago I resurrected my" I am from the desert" build thread will update there... going to enjoy getting the frame in shape
Jess

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Installed the Laminated OEM windshield i found in the atic of a barn. I believe it was NOS. My first install and went fairly well. Only had to stop and take a time out a couple times. LOL.
Thanks for looking Russ

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First time, and you got the stainless trim in? You are the man!

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Thanks! I looked at all the tips from the members over the years and that helped greatly! It would have been trial and error if not for the members here on the board with their knowledge.
Thanks Russ

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Finally got around to installing my radiator overflow tank. Wife says it looks like a diamond in a goat's ass. :lol: She can be a funny woman at times.

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:haha::haha::haha:

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I just put the same ones on my Burban. Way better than the Ranchos they replaced. even on their best day.

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Only thing lately is got the whole truck waxed and cleaned up for some upcoming car shows.

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Rebuilt 67 vent windows , Chromed by El paso , http://www.electroplatingelpaso.com/

New glass from
https://www.autocityclassic.com/1967...ass-6872pkglg/


Gaskets from Precision

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Took a round trip to Natchitoches Louisiana yesterday in my ‘67 GMC…about 300 miles total…truck oil and water level didn’t drop a measureable amount…life is good! At least until the micro-casting flaw in the crankshaft, rod, piston, or whatever that wasn’t measurable in 1967 finally and catastrophically makes its presence known….

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Installing NOS door handles with the gaskets got from Seth and restored vent windows from Rodger. I don't remember who I got the handles from, sorry!

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fit tested last night dropped off for paint this morning .....used the 55 grocery getter to transport:devil:

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I've gotten some time off untill I start my new job so I started putting the disc
brakes and power steering set up on my '69.

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Nice! I converted my 69 as well

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Went to a meetup in a nearby town and met 72sb in person. That is one really nice little pickup he has! Wandered around looking at vehicles. About 70 years worth were represented. Everything from Model T Fords to '80s Corvettes. What I have yet to do today is go and trouble shoot the truck. It started running lumpy on the way home from the meetup.

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Dropped mine off at the shop for an alignment at 8:30, picked it up at 11:00. Drove it literally about three blocks and dropped it at the glass shop for a windshield. Hope to get a call tomorrow or Wednesday to come pick it up again.

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Checked the truck out, yesterday. As I suspected, it's loading up a little. Gonna get a carb kit. Looking for a plating kit, while I'm at it. Gonna make it look close to new, I hope.

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Rebuilt the carb. $280 for a plating kit, that ain't happening. I have a couple of adjustments to make, but they're going to wait until tomorrow. I can't take the heat under the hood when it's already in the '90s. At least the flooding condition is fixed.

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I drove it until my back hurt, then had to drive it back. :lol:

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Got the b&m transmission cooler mounted & plumbed