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Installed my power steering rack & pinion bolt on kit

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Started the official "John's Old Truck" countdown to the first day of Spring 2012 (when the cover will come off), with a new blog post recalling the absolutely insane weather we've had here this year. And of course, still hoping the old fat guy in the red suit brings me a garage for Christmas...

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Painted the 9 inch rearend for my '49;)

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Primered the roof of the cab in hopes of the sale of the truck tomorrow goes through. If not I keep working, it's only time and and a little paint for now...... hope it sells soon.

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I started to work on custom kick panels for the 48 that will house my 6.5" speakers...
I'm down to just my interior left.

Marc

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COOL, post some progress pics please. I know by looking at your pics they will be nice!

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that lackawana will get you every time! Man after Thanks giving I have had a bad case of it! LOL

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Scored wiper bezels to replace the ones I have "misplaced" from a local guy. buying cables for the tailgate today.

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Lookin good... I made the same mounts for my S10 chassis swap and it worked out great... What did I get done this week... Front and rear bumper brackets made and installed!

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:chevy:I sanded down the passenger side fender. spray the inside of it with undercoating. Then i sanded down the grill. spray both with a good coat of gray primer. Then when the grill was dry i spray it with a coat of chrome. Tomarrow i want to put the hood one and add all the bolts that i still need put in and put the other turn signal light and head lights one.:chevy: Also looking for some replacement mirrors or where to find newer stly tires and rims that will fit it. 7.00-20.00.

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Worked on my bed a little. What do y'all think? Any suggestions?

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Spent the weekend doing bodywork. Decided I wanted to get rid of the vents.

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give it to me!!:lol: looks great!:metal:

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that is cool,

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Thanks waybad and mknittle.... All I got with my truck when I bought it was cab, front fenders, hood and Bed sides only. I had the s10 bed laying around the side of the shop trying to sell it. Ive seen the bottom of the s10 beds put in but never including the front piece, decided to try it.....

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Got the cables but working on tailgate requires opening the garage door so I can't fire up the stove. Its in the low mid 30's (or 20's by the time I get home) so it is going to be slow progress.

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changed a flat tire AGAIN... valve stems are bad... urg...

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Bolted the front end together, need a little adjustment but I can finally open my doors without banging the flappy fenders!!! also, drove the truck 10 feet to realize my brake pedal is sticking, so I need to fab a return spring to pull the pedal back

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I fixed a striped loose rusted stud on my top speaker grille molding.

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Well, I pushed the frame out to take some pictures. Its the first time its seen the daylight in awhile. After I took some pictures and looked at them, I realized how much of a mess the garage is. Uhuh. Started cleaning up, got distracted by shiney things and decided to pull the motor from the rolling cradle and put it on the stand to continue assembly.

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spent the night getting my engine ready to fire up for the first time since the rebuild, installed temp wiring, temp gauges, filled with oil & primed, double checked everything.... then the moment of truth, hit the starter button it struggled to turn over a few times and tried to fire, then nothing, thats when I realized I overlooked a minor detail ...... dohhh I forgot to put the battery on charge last night.:lol:

guess I'm waiting one more night :smoke:

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Gotta watch out for Murphy!
That is the Murphy's law Murphy.

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yep, one day I'm going to find this Murphy guy and kick the crap out of him:lol:

besides, there always has to something to overcome. I'm just glad it's minor

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Installed the big brake kit for my truck,then stood back and took it all in and wished it was ready to drive!!:lol:

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IT'S ALIVE...IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!
Finaly got the engine running! had the valves a bit too tight. sounds mean as hell :devil:. might be a bit too loud but it's hard to tell with the sound bouncing off the walls in the shop. I Frankensteind the bare minimum wires and key gauges to get it running and for brake in but it will stay that way till after paint. still have some trouble shooting and tuning to do but am just happy she runs again.

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Ya know if it were too easy it wouldn't be any fun.

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LOL' No matter how many engines I build, I get the same feeling the first time it fires up! gotta love it!

got any pics?

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That looks like it will stop! how big are they?

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I know what you mean; I work on cars for friends and guys at the shop almost every day and don't get a lot of satisfaction when a problem is fixed. but when it's yours, and an engine you built from scratch with your own money and time it's totally different... the only analogy that comes to mind is it's kinda like when your favorite dog has puppies, worried like crazy before and happy when it all turns out the way it should:smoke:

As for pics, have to solve a cooling/ overheating issue first, clean up my Dr. Frankenstein wiring then I'll take a vid & upload to YouTube then I'll post the link. I tried to take a video for the first start but the vibration from the reverb made it hard to watch and I ran out of memory after about 30 sec.

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I made a dohickey. A adaptor that goes on my tape measure and so I can use a grease fitting to masure from.

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I just replaced my T5 this afternoon and am on #3. The first had some horrible noise in 4th and 5th. The second was not as bad so thought it might be bearings and ordered a rebuild kit. Not as noisy but still prominent in 5th. This morning I managed to find #3 on Craigs out of a GMC S15 for a $100 and now that I am an expert in re and re of T5`s, had it finished in under 2 hours. The noise is not as bad as the first 2 and I think that the problem with these used T5`s are 5th gear wear.
I think I will research and source gears now that I have a spare T5 to play with.

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13" I bought a kit that came with drop spindles,bigger brakes and rotors.

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I got my new radiator installed and tried out the heater part of my Vintage Air system. Works great, and really blows out the heat. There doesn't seem to be much air from the defroster vents but I think that's because of the design of the dash trim. I also got my emergency brake handle put back in and installed the cover that hides the a/c and heater hoses inside the cab. The green wire in the pic is the backup light power. It's just tied up out of the way for now.
Getting a radio and something to fill the throttle hole in the dash are low priority for me. Getting it where I can drive it is what I'm most interested in.

Orrie, thanks for the radiator hose numbers. NAPA didn't have the Gates hoses but had a NAPA equivalent that is made in USA so that's what I'm using.

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Got the Corvette 283 installed and running in my '48

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Man your truck looks awesome. If it were me I would buy a throttle cable and turn it into a dummy. That way it fills the hole but also looks good.
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Finished the blocking and priming on right door. Now on to the left!!

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I picked up a new rear fender and did some body work to it, now it's off to the sand blaster so i can finish the body work and work on installing it on the truck!





Thanks Ray

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Went to the local pull a part and found a seat for the ole '49.;)

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well i spent the last two days sorting out the wiring for the brake lights, tail lights and head lights. i got them all working but i pretty sure i need to buy a new wiring harness one that isnt pieced together. I believe i had to add about 15 splice just to run the wires where the needed to go and by pass some old wires all together with new ones. overall im happy i have lights just in case i need them. lol even if when i hit a bump the flash and flicker.

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Got the upper tailgate cable figured out, here it is so far. Also figured out that the taillight assembly does not have enough room to pivot out to put the filler behind it like later models.