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Glad to see you're still workin on ol' Patches, George!

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yea, I have done a little. I will be ordering a rear bumper from a fellow board member Monday
I also will order a set of bumper braces. Then I can install my bumper I will be glad when it is on the truck. A bumper make the truck look road ready

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Gods not dead (watch the movie)

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Any teacher that would require signing a an affidavit saying they don't believe in God does not deserve to be a teacher, in the end truth prevails. :)

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I personally eschew all forms of organized religion. But if one of my kids teachers sent that home, she'd get told where to shove it by me, when I took it back up there personally. That's one of them things ain't no one else's business, no matter where your faith lies.

P.S.- Looks Great, George!

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looking good man! the truck has come along way. nice straps
God bless

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I take it, you guys has seen the movie/ I could not believe that a teacher, of all people would state such a thing. But that is my thought.
thanks Dean, low elco, swap rat for looking. happy building

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I take it, you guys has seen the movie/ I could not believe that a teacher, of all people would state such a thing. But that is my thought.
thanks Dean, low elco, swap rat for looking. happy building
I got three sets of black sun visors on the board for sale. take a look see.

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received my master cly. brake cover today. Not much to report other than that.
Got other things that I could do on the truck but, been busy with remolding the oldest boy's bedroom, he is 9 years old now.
Going to the welding shop tomorrow and get some 1 x 1 1/2 tubing for legs on my bed. only need about, maybe 3 ft.
It might as well be 10 ft. I still don't have it.

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Today I worked on the feet/ legs for the bed supports. I built 8 of them. My back was hurting after that, so I just painted them black and I will install them on the truck tomorrow. They will be bolted to the bed supports and the frame. I was going to weld them in place, but I think I will bolt them instead.
I am not any good after 4 to 6 hours. I also received a set of bumper bolts and I will not be using them. They are not good enough for a new bumper. so they go back on the parts board for sale

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George go down to the hardware store and get some solid stainless steel bolts for your bumpers, that's what I did for mine and they look great.
The bumper bolt kits you can buy for our trucks are all "stainless cap" which means the bolt underneath will rust and it will start rusting out your bumper from the inside out.

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George, I was doing a similar thing to my C50 today

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yea Bryan I thought of that also. I think I will wait until the bumper get here and size them up. I bought a set from another guy but I could not use them. They were cheap enough that is why I bought them. But now I have to buy them again. so cheap is not always a good ave.

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Yea I see. The big difference is your frame is the same from front to rear and the 67 frame difference from front to back. No two was alike. Will you be welding yours to the frame? It looks like you are. Mine will be bolted, with a foot on the bottom of the leg. I think I might have made a mistake on one of mine. The one that goes over the gas tank on the rear. It might be a little close for the gas neck. First,I am going to see before I move it. It all depends on the size of the rubber hose I will be using.

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Yes I will weld to the frame as soon as all of the RAIN stops!!! C40, 50's and up all frames are straight front to back.
I have a 71 C20 frame at the house if you need to take some measurements

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It wouldn't do me any good to measure your frame, since my bed will be raised 4 inches from where it would normally set. So my box is smaller than the original in height. There is no reason behind this madness, except that I like a smaller box. I seen it in a mag. from classic trucks a few months back.

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I remember reading that in your post but this old guy forgets the details all the time.

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It must be in the water here in Florida, cause it has happen to me all the time. I have to keep training myself on this truck.

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Well. today was a hot one here in Florida. Some places were 100 around here 96. I did manage to install the feet/legs for the bed supports. It was back breaking work but, it is done. I also painted the supports black. Tomorrow I will repaint them again a second coat.

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I'm having a hard time imagining the end result on the bed floor mod, so I'm going to have to wait until it is done to get it.

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I just raised the floor 4 1/2 inches. That is all I did. I am finished with the bed floor MOD.

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Today I painted the bed supports again. Second coat. The bed mod. is done except for a end piece of polish stainless. About 6 inches and it will have to be break with a metal bender. I only have one problem and that is where the gas inlet is. I don't think I am going to have enough room. But other than that the bed floor id done. I will need to buy my wood still. Haven't decided what kind of wood I want to use.

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I tried to use that tank and even went as far as to notch the frame so the hose would fit. I wanted to run the gas hose from the tank to a box inside the bed. I gave up and changed the tank to a poly tank but then did not want to cut a fill inside my bed floor. And then I changed to a Camaro tank that works great.
I wish you better luck than I had.

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can you get me the tank number for the Camaro tank that you used. I might change. I need to come over and see yours. Had a bad two days here. Veritgo

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Today, I got my front bumper braces down. I bought the braces several months back. I sand blasted them and painted them gloss black. It was a bad day to sand blast. The heat under the hood was a killer.