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Cut, bent and installed the last piece of brakeline. Will fill and bleed next week. If I get my throttle issue solved I could drive around the block.

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Bought some new chrome pieces for the truck today

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Redoing the e-brake cable run, geometry was not right and it was not working. I hate welding on my nice shiney frame....

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There is a good chance that someone who is swapping to 5 lug hubs or someone going to an independent has good drums and hubs that they will turn loose of reasonably and are close enough so you don't have to pay shipping but just drive a few miles. Tell the wife that you want to take her for a ride but have a stop to make along the way.

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here you go

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Very nice. :)

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That is one sweet looking ride.

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Got the cab off yesterday . Need to finish up some welding , then need to blast the cab an all the rest of body parts ... Build the chassis .

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Put new tires on my boss wheels http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/...58A7A36DED.jpg

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Yesterday went about 106 miles round trip to The Koskonog Goat sale. Sold our billy goat and some unwanted roosters. Bought a Regestered Nubian Milk goat. She is pregnant and due to kid in a week or two. A couple of guys tried to buy my Zombie truck. One offered $500?

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Took my son out to the desert for his 13th B-Day in the '59 for some shooting fun!!
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Wow, that could have been me and my buddies in the late 60's. Only thing missing was the girls we were trying to impress!

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Oh, me too. Those were the days......

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Today I went and filled the bed with firewood& and then loaded up a LB stepside I had at my other place. I plan on replacing the fleet side with the step side. Pictures of the bed and the goat I hauled yesterday.

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Very nice interior great job

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:four:Just got it home Sunday. Put a new battery in it and actually got to drive it this morning. :four:

Carburetor is in serious need of a trash can and the head lights don't work. Steering feels good and the breaks work.

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Pulled the pickup out of the shop today and started working on my inner door panel restoration.

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Pulled the Q-Jet off and put it back together. PO tried to rebuild it.

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pulled out the radiator bracket to begin restoring it, not sure I want to put the hours into it now. It looks to have been repaired in the past and not sure if its safe to repair again. What do you guys think?

See pix

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sandblasted the frame on my 57 3200, then primed it. First step on getting the chassis back together, tomorrow will paint the frame

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welded in some patch panels.

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Figured out I got one wire to the trailer harness wrong, but ran two spare circuits to back so easy fix. 12v power would have been on a circuit only live when the engine is running....

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Nothing much
Found out the Air blower works in my '59 but only works on low, the resistor will need replacing eventually.

Tried figuring out why the Right Turn signal and Brake light isn't working.. Assuming its Switch related because of changing fuses out etc

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R&R the hood and Left front fender so I could adjust the drivers door.

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Secured another handful of lines / wires, trying to keep things from melting / rubbing thru / catching fire. Drove it around the block just to see how it went.

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Took my 15 year old grandson for his first ride in the truck yesterday. He's still smiling.

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installed my cab molding

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Sounds like you are making good progress.

Watch this video and spend $25 on an inexpensive multimeter, will save a LOT of time chasing electrical problems. Then you can see if its the socket, wiring or turn signal switch that is the problem. Also get about 16 feet of 16 ga wire, cut in two and solder aligator clips (one black,one red) on one end of each piece. Wire nut them together you have a jumper, undo them and you have extensions for the multimeter for testing resistance in long circuits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF3OyQ3HwfU

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old truck man

nice goat !!!

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sanford & daughter

very very nice cab molding on your truck !!!

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Very nice. Did you use the wire push-in clips that came with the moulding, and were you able to use any kind of sealer around the clips? Also, Is that door edge guard on the drip rail? I like them both, and yes, I'm a chrome addict, LOL. I have a set of the cab trim but haven't installed it yet.

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thanks, i did use the wire clips that came with the molding set and no sealer. and yes that is chrome door edge on the drip rail i think it sets it off

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i started to lay the wood bed and put my repop dash panels on next i think im going to paint the rest of the dash

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Got the junction block off the fuel tank under the floor last night- tube on both sides was packed solid with sediment.

Took a bit of work with some wire rod to get through it, and get the last 3-4 gallons of gas out of the tank. Nasty stuff after 13-14 years of sitting.

left it dripping overnight- i'll pulll the tank tonight and hose it out with water and take a peek inside- see if its going to be useable or not.

Pulled the battery, looks like it was brand new the year it was parked- attempted to charge it but only get 7.5 volts out of it (12volt battery) so its got some bad cells i guess. Not a big surprise, but was hoping it might be useable.

Hoping to go pickup my "new" 1bbl carb (off a running 67 elcamino 6 cyl) this week.

A few steps closer to trying to wake this thing up from its slumber!

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So far, I've got my OBD-2 connector wired in. In a few I'll head to the store for yet more bolts & finish tying down all the brake / fuel lines.

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Just slapped on some Cameo sides that I scored off the Atlanta craigslist!!!

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That is so cool, looks great...Jim

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Looks good JJ, but you've GOTTA get some "JJ red oxide" on those.

I don't know much about Cameo's but are the tailgate, spare cover, etc parts available reproduced or will you have to go on a scavenger hunt for those used....someplace?

PS: Is it the angle of the photos or do the rear rims need more positive offset now with the bit wider wheel wells? Still looks great though.

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That looks great, I love Cameo's. I'm glad you got them.

I check CL every day and saw those but decided I wasn't ready for that upgrade.