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Not sure what all that means that you were doin lol, but I am glad to hear you are ok. Trucks lookin good

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Mark hope you get better soon

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:lol: Sorry I just go into it like I’m on the Arborist board I belong to .

Moving logs to get them to the splitter with this tool .

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Oh cool. I do live in a small town but I dont do logging. Always good to learn new things though.

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Drove it. Went over to the rental house with the little red Radio Flyer wagon to load up some rocks from the back yard. The wife's family moved in there in '64, and there are some sentimental rocks. :rolleyes: I picked up some of them, but some are pretty big. There is one that must be 300 pounds. She wanted me to pick it up and put it in the wagon. I don't know if we're going to get that one. I don't know what kind of rock it is, but I think it's one of those leaveright rocks- leave 'er right there! :lol:
40 years ago, I could have managed it.

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yes 40 years ago @ 31 I moved it and feel it almost every day young and dumb and you know the rest get the yogins to move the leaveright :)

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Yup, at that age I could pick up a SBC shortblock and put it in the bed of a truck, all by myself. I have back X-rays for proof. I could pick up my wife and raise my arms over my head (at the same time). Now, she weighs more than I do. Can't even roll her over. ;)

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Closer to having the cab buttoned up still need to adjust the door as it’s a little harder to close than the drivers side with the door seal in place . Doing the vent window rebuild this weekend .

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Very nice Mark, it's really lookin' good, great work so far.

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Thanks . I’m going to have to repaint the right front fender at some point . It looks good but I have a area the metallic is distorted . Not many people would notice but it bugs me . I did end up using the SS arms on the side view mirrors .

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The SS arm looks fine on there, you can always change that down the road.

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Mark,
Truck is looking fantastic. Keep them photos coming.

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Mark,
Truck is looking fantastic. Keep them photos coming.

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Got and installed my new fuel sender from LMC yesterday. Grandson came over after school and we tackled it. We tested it before install and got a true 90 Ohms of resistance.:cf:
Once installed the angle of the dangle of the exit pipe was off a degree or two in two different directions, so we pulled it back out and tweaked it accordingly to make a successful hard line hookup. Happy to report Otis's fuel gauge is working again.:gmc2:

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In the paint booth today! She went in Grey and complete, but she’s coming out white and done right. Should be put back together by end of next wk. Contemplated painting her, but the previous owners paint job was just horrible and wasn’t sure what was under the paint, u just never know what’s underneath until u strip it down. All OG metal was in great condition, minus a 2”x3” section on the driver side door inner panel had a bit of rust, cut and repaired. Can’t wait , been a long 6 months.

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Continued….

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Truck is looking great . Wish I could paint everything at the same time .

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Appreciate that!

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Somehow most of the daily drivers in my family needed oil changes, so I gave the truck its winter storage change today!

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YEA! I passed emissions today. Didn't do a thing to it. Even had a year-old paper air cleaner.
Usually my hyped-up 292 L6 with Clifford headers, dual exhausts, Offy intake and Edelbrock 500 CFM carb flunks emissions on my '68 C/10 Stepside. Then my buddy and I doctor the carburetor a few steps leaner, changing jets and meter rods, and tweaking the A/F mix screws. Then I go thru and pass [so I can renew registration], and then we soup it up again with wider jets, etc. to cruise the rest of the year.
Last year, it was running swell so I didn't bother to reset it.
Looks like I hit the sweet spot.
Also, end of the month, so I cashed in my 1000 Fuel Rewards Points at Fry's and got a Dollar off per gallon. I tanked up 29 gallons -- 3 jerry cans and the main In-Cab tank. At $2.59 per gallon. I cruised by that station two days ago and it was $3.48. Nogoodniks jacked it up 11 cents, knowing it's the end-of-the-month and people will be using up their fuel points. Still, I'm happy not to be paying Cali prices.

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YEA! I passed emissions today. Didn't do a thing to it. Even had a year-old paper air cleaner.
Usually my hyped-up 292 L6 with Clifford headers, dual exhausts, Offy intake and Edelbrock 500 CFM carb flunks emissions on my '68 C/10 Stepside. Then my buddy and I doctor the carburetor a few steps leaner, changing jets and meter rods, and tweaking the A/F mix screws. Then I go thru and pass [so I can renew registration], and then we soup it up again with wider jets, etc. to cruise the rest of the year.
Last year, it was running swell so I didn't bother to reset it.
Looks like I hit the sweet spot.
Also, end of the month, so I cashed in my 1000 Fuel Rewards Points at Fry's and got a Dollar off per gallon. I tanked up 29 gallons -- 3 jerry cans and the main In-Cab tank. At $2.59 per gallon. I cruised by that station two days ago and it was $3.48. Nogoodniks jacked it up 11 cents, knowing it's the end-of-the-month and people will be using up their fuel points. Still, I'm happy not to be paying Cali prices.

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I managed to rebuild the passenger vent window today . For some reason it was a lot harder than the drivers .

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The truck is looking good!

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Spent today working on my center console, finally got everything stripped and then painted it white to make the bright blue pop more. Just waiting on the top plate to show up and then I can put it all back together to then sit and wait while I work on the seats.

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Yeah, the gremlins that live inside the doors demand their sacrifice of knuckle skin.

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:lol: Over the years I've shed pounds of skin a shred at a time and lost a couple of pints of blood because of those gremlins. We bought one of my sons a '70 Dodge Dart that I named "Christine", because I got cut every time I worked on it.:waah:

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:lol::lol:, I know your pain.....:lol::lol:

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Like the movie, I guess it just didn't like me, like the guy who let cigar ashes fall on the seat when she was new, and she killed him. Though in my case, when we put new carpet in that Dart, there was a #8 paper bag with a sandwich in it that was probably put there when new, when the carpet was installed. I can only imagine what that car smelled like for awhile...

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I saw a B-1 at an airshow parked on the ramp at DMAFB. The nose art was a Red Car. Her name was ''Christine.''

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Delivering death, just like the car, though on a bit larger scale. I'm glad all that it has ever done is practice.

I like the color of red on "Christine".

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very nice

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Only thing left is the hood . Sandblast in the am painted by 1 pm this afternoon and curing in the 80 degree basement

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Looks great . What paint did you use?

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No broken skin but for some reason the rubber wouldn’t stay in the groove . Had to actually warm it up . I ran the dryer for a few minutes turned it off and tossed in the rubber for a couple of minutes and it stayed in the channel when I assembled it again .

Don’t tell the wife . ;) She’s in Florida right now .

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Sent my truck off for exhaust today. 7 years in this should be running before Thanksgiving.

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the white was just Krylon primer, then the blue paint was Bright Blue interior paint for like a Chevelle/Camaro I bought off ebay.

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I was stationed at DMAFB during the SAC days (Mid 70s). I really enjoyed my time in both USAF and civilian days. Well, except when my '70 Mach 1 floated a valve cursing down the Ajo Highway at 75 MPH. :(

Took almost a month to find a 351 Cleveland in Arizona. Finally found a wrecked '71 cougar in Phoenix that had one.

But, on to trucks. When I bought my C10 the previous owner put the battery under the bed. What a pain on the B U Tocks. Dealing with some ongoing wiring issues we had crawl under the truck to drop the battery in order to disconnect it. I would NEVER recommend that placement for the battery.

Since there isn't much original about this truck I elected to put a below rail bed box in the truck and move the battery inside the box. Keeping the engine bay battery free. I often drive the truck in a 100-mile radius. Super easy battery access and now have a place to keep tools and cleaning materials.

Will post pictures later.

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Got the glass in and upgrading the non a/c truck to an a/c truck with a factory system

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Looking great

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Second time did the trick . Perfect day for it no wind , no bugs and 70degrees I painted in the screened in tent . Using the free infrared paint dryer .