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Trying my hand at some rust repair:

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I see you're using some No Limit stuff on the rear.. I hope its does as nice as they claim it does...

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Found out how bad LMC lower front fender patch panels fit... :cuss:

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Removed a few parts for heater & evap. box removal. Takes me twice as long to take notes. Turns out I'm writing a book. I'm say 12% percent into dismantling this, and just my assembly manual is 10 pages long, and not as winded as I am.........Wait.......... The original intention was just a good reference for the novice (me) for reassembly in 1-3 years, but in my line of work it just comes natural. Time consuming..........*&(*&^.

Also cut these off the frame. The brackets were for a fifth wheel, and the flat piece of steel was for a receiver hitch also welded to a rear step bumper. That hitch maybe original or dealer add on? There was also a boat launching hitch welded onto from bumper (yippee!), saddle tanks, camper mirrors. Suffice to say the original owner liked the RV life. Lucky for me he picked the wrong truck for it (SWB). Near as lucky was locating a "new" bed decades later. That was a score.


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Wow! Thats pretty bad. Looks like you did a good job making it fit.:metal:

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Installed a heater to my truck. It's nice no longer having to bundle up just to go drive around. =]

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The things we do to salvage a 50 year old panel... I'm sort of glad they don't make that patch for the driver side... used a re-pop on that side... but that original fender had lots of dents around the sharp points around the headlight/grill area also...

Working out a few dings in the one I patched in the same areas now, but they aren't as bad, just a PITA to get to from the inside.

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Got my new mirrors on my truck.

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I bought my 72 k20 from Colorado earlier this month without a grill headlights or bumper. Got a grill and headlights on today. Can't wait to buy a bumper and get it on

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Went to Nsanes Hotrod Shop in Tennessee and got my 72 Chevy truck and drove it home ,nice having heat .

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Removed Q-jet due to condensation or fuel?? Puddling on top of intake at base of carb,found all airhorn attaching screws at least 1/2 turn out, and intake runners completely soaked,also loosened fuel line clips along frame rail to move them away from headers. After reinstallation ,puddling still exists. How do I begin a new thread? I have a question about my water pump, can anyone determine from this view if the water pump pictured is a standard or reverse rotation pump?

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Replaced the wiper switch and floor dimmer switch on the 67 GMC this weekend. Wipers work again but sprayer still doesn't even after a new pump. More investigation needed. Also installed a new passenger vent window glass. Tried to adjust the brake light switch but couldn't get to it without installing an extra joint in my arm.

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Hard to say?, Suggest running the part number to see if you have a match on the later model years.

Sometimes accomplished using Napa, or other parts stores website, or even Google.

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A day late but Saturday we went to the 1st anniversary party with the C10 club here in the Houston area. Had ~75 trucks show up!

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One more

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Took the breather off, sanded the whole thing down and painted it.

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Drove it out to the property Saturday to check on and feed the cow.

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Great pic ,I love a working truck .

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Thanks. That pic came out better than I thought it would. And the truck came out as dirty as I thought it would! Haha

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What finish paint is that. Glossy, flat or what?

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spent most of the day cleaning up my longhorn. this is my daily driver. thinking about putting it up for sale but cant make up my mind. for now I will just enjoy driving it

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That's an awesome turnout.

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Got the valves properly adjusted, and buttoned everything back up. Went to go for a test drive, and found an issue with the trans. Have an idea what it is, should have it corrected soon.

To review, I have now converted the fuel pump, and cooling fan to electric, the Summit cam is broken in, and the Vortec heads are working well. The long tube headers breathe nicely through the Magnaflows I have, and everything seems to be balanced just fine.

Here's a quick video.

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Tasty video.

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We had a great time, here's a couple more

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Last one

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started putting the engine back together for this one and realized I forgot to order my lifters DANG..... Now waiting for those to get here. Also installing tbi on it and maybe a remote start. Going to be my daily driver

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Looks like something right out of a Chevy ad from Life Magazine. Cool

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Thanks, it turned out good.

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You all shamed me into going out, removing the cover, cleaning Rat up a little, and starting her up.

Operating temp, a few wipes inside, and back into the house for me.

Tough day....:lol::lol::lol:

Gotta get out there and switch out my electric fuel pump...
And, oh, probably time for a starter.

:banghead:

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Baby steps..... At some point, the truck had a camper shell on it and someone had removed the backglass and installed some sort of "seal" (for lack of a better term) as a "go between" between the cab and the now covered bed. The camper shell was removed and the backglass had to be reinstalled, but when they did, they used the solid rubber seal and not the one w/the chrome trim. A lot of words to let you know I removed the backglass, cleaned up the window opening and reinstalled backglass using a chrome trim gasket, which BTW, was an original, at least 43 years old and it went in like a hot knife thru butter. Maybe an hour job....

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Oh boy... fun fun... cant wait to get to this point (insert sarcasm here)

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Got started on the driver side door bottoms today... Hope to get about done tomorrow with this one. What a PITA! lol.. I forgot to drill the hinge bolt holes.. That's gonna be fun...

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Started my disc brake conversion.

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A few weeks back I noticed my ECE drop spindles had accumulated some surface rust whilst sitting around waiting for me to use them :D

Since not much else can be done to the truck at the moment, I attacked the spindles with the wire wheel and angle grinder .... then gave them half a dozen coats of Eastwood's Diamond Clear Gloss Finish for Bare Metal.

Looks good. Only time will tell how well this stuff holds up.

Used nearly a full can on the pair, though I was outdoors so some may have been carried away by the breeze.


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Finished up mounting the braided lines on the rear axle. I love it when an idea comes together.

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I finally installed my front fender that I bought two years ago.Gotta love vintage rust free GM sheet metal!Attachment 1496957

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