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What did ya order??

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I made one and a half parts for my motor mounts. I has doing fine until the regulator on the mig decided to die:waah: And naturally after the welding supply closed for the weekend!

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De-flamed my fenders.

Black truck, red wheels, ugly green flames. Seriously, the pictures make them look good, but in person they were hideous.

A little water and block sanding and the fenders getting closer to repaint.

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Reinstalled the rear shock upper mount and shocks. That was on Wednesday. But today I took Clarance J out on the street for the first time since Sept 1994. YAHOO! One step closer.

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clarence j

congrats on gettin it runnin and drivin - i know what its like to have it down a while - my 57 has been down since 94 also kudos to you sir !

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Thanks Daze57. I don't have to tell you how much fun that was. I didn't go far, but I did go. He's been down way to long. Had some loose fenders (all four) but I just had to take a short drive just to break the ice so to speak. On with the wrenching.

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clarance j

i have been workin on mine a long time and have had some major setbacks - but i am beyond anxious to get it goin - now am wrkin on door alignment - now there is a lesson in patience .
i have heard that ''Patience is a virture untill people make it a science''

either way -wrench on son

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Which is EXACTLY why I'm doing a refurb while keeping it running because I know I'd likely crap out or let (many) other things get priority if I'd torn mine all the way down to the frame.

I DO plan on pulling the bed off this summer to wire wheel/blast everything behind the cab and paint it black. But I'm not going to allow that to have the truck non-working for more than 2 weeks max. (So I'm telling myself)
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dan

i had said the same thing myself ( lol)

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:waah: Its Mothers Day, I am banned from my garage, which is why I worked on my truck yesterday..... I finally installed the front suspension, after a few weekends of blasting, painting and new bushings.... Its back on!
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:lol:
I said a similar thing except it was to change the engine to a big block. It took a little bit longer.
Tag on my rear plate says Nov. 95. Hopefully have it on the road in a couple / 3 weeks

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I mounted most of my engine components, wet sanded the front end w/ 1000, 1200, then 1500 now i just have to sand it one more time with 2000 grit. I looked into why i had to shim my bed up 1 1/4" in the rear and found that some how my rear frame pulled when I C nothed it. Now i have to slice the frame and pull it back up then fill and weld it again. OH the set backs are depressing, good thing I have the wife pushing me to get it done. ( sometimes i think, she wants it done so I will give her the attention as i have the truck lately) :lol: she also wants me to start her 55 Burban next.

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This is the "snowball effect" once it starts rolling it just gets bigger and harder to stop!

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Isnt that the truth. ;)

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Got a lot done this weekend. Degreased, power washed, wire brushed, prepped and POR'ed the rear axles, axle housing, housing cover, steering box, tranny and a couple dozen suspension and chassis bits. Last week I picked up the rebuilt diff complete with 3.38 gears. Hopefully get the axles assembled this week. With any luck I'll have a rolling chassis by the end of next weekend!

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I replaced the fuel line and vacuumed 2gal of water out of my fuel tank. Had to pull the right exhaust header to access the fuel line coupling and found a nice rust hole in that. More new parts! (Damn)
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Well the kid is being really stuck up about this Situation..Not understanding why he's being like this..I have $1,800 in my hand right now and he's ignoring my Texts...etc

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Got the new wind windscreen fitted with no issues. I guess the up side of breaking the old glass is that the new one looks sensational without a scratch to be seen. The rubber from Classics fit great and was very pliable. I guess it helped to have someone who knows what they are doing show me the ropes.

Also fitted the new window winder repair kit, masked up the inside of the doors ready for paint tomorrow and sanded and painted all the interior window trim ready to fit up.
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Schrum,

Maybe the $2,200 is the absolute lowest he will take on the truck just like he said it was.

Have you offered him the $1800 in a text message?

I know when I'm selling something and I get to the absolute bottom amount I'm prepared to sell for, I'm really not interested in any further conversation or attempt at negotiation until the potential buyer comes up with that amount.

I often get a little fed up with buyers who go back and forward wasting my time when I have been honest and up front about the price and the amount I will sell for.

It could be the case here.

Maybe $2,200 is the number that will get this truck and what you must pay to get it??

He has come down a fair bit from his original asking price and might have simply had enough.
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Yes, I was trying to head over there and discuss a simple negotiation and he wouldn't answer back..I mean heck the kid knows my other side of the Family, but yet treats my side like Dirt..All he has to say is Nah man I will take $2,000 as my lowest...and I'd be like oh alright then, I'll let you know when I get the funds..but I can't argue, because then i'd have the truck taken away for good,in which I do not want..Do not understand this kid's logic, but hey if I can get the truck and its things then I'll be good

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Absolutely beautiful! Congrats.
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I hung a triple set of gauges to keep a closer eye on things when we do the start up. I also got the horn relocated to a button on the dash. I spent most of the weekend doing service work on my daily driver and cleaning the shop so I can have some time this week to work on the truck.

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Icut uot some motor mount parts and pieces.

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wetsanded the roof down to 2K grit, after work in 100 degree weather UHG!! then sanded the bedwood once I got home. UHG, UHG!! :crazy:


Now posting pics and drinking a glass of wine as my wife polishes Stainless Steel hardware for the bed.
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