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Are they priming in Idaho or in California? Just curious as to how far you are along with the move...

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Here, going to bolt the bed all together on the truck then trailer it there ready for the body work on the cab and front end, doors are done.

Bob, I haven't moved a single thing, that will happen next month. But I am packing, packing, packing and dealing with SOOOO much stuff.

I have to say though, I went out to dinner the other night with some friends who are Indian. They told me about their move, three times in India moving to different cities many hundreds of miles apart, then moving to New Jersey in America for a few years then coming out here to the SF bay area. I looked over at my wife and said "They must have yawned when we said we were stressed out moving to Idaho," they laughed. Yep, we can do it!

Brian

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OK. So you've got most of it ahead of you. It's just like building a truck. (Well, not really...) One step at a time!

Your friends covered many miles, but I bet they didn't drag around a bunch of truck parts, tools, materials, etc. !!!

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Monday I received my cable pulling gel and Tuesday I finished getting the passenger door windlace installed. I'll likely tackle the driver's side Thursday or Friday. I also received my LED H4 headlights Monday. I only had a little bit of time before leaving for work today, I got one installed. I also added sound deadener to the passenger side door (I did driver's door last week, boy does that make a difference in sound when closing the door!)

Yesterday (Tuesday) I bit the bullet early in the morning and purchased my polished Flaming River steering column - $600 bucks. No more than two hours later I got a call from a local guy on CL who is selling steering columns, says he thinks the chrome or polished one he has is an Ididit column. He wants $100. I might buy it anyway, at that price, if it is what he says it is.

Ordered new 6.5" speakers for the doors today. I don't have a stereo installed yet, but the more immediate intent is to fill the gaping speaker holes in each door, they're ugly without something in there.

Eventually I will have carpet ordered. The bare metal floor really needs sound dampener but I'm not installing that until I have carpet so I can cover it up.

I also ordered new wiper blade refills from a guy on eBay. They're NOS because I couldn't find new blades that will work with my screw-in type of arms.

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Hey, you can't do it all. Sometimes my wife asks me, "Are you going to smelt the steel too?" ;) Kinda puts "build it yourself" all in perspective.

I've done most everything on my truck, but I did pay my mechanic to swap the front coil springs and replace the rear axle seals. I'd have been working under the truck for days; he's got a lift and did it in an afternoon. Best money I ever spent.

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I got the door hinges epoxy primed last night.

Brian

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Got the rest of the bed primed up today, damn that is hard work watching those guys do it. :D

Brian

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Livemeyer, just an FYI if it is an ididit it will have this sticker with serial number stamped on it

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Got my hood on and adjusted.

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Looks awesome!

Brian:metal:

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:cong: That’s one nice looking truck.

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Thanks Brian and NorCal Gal!!! :barn:

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that is a nice size booth..

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And it's one of two at the shop!

Today before I took off for home I got the bed assembly started, looking good! My hinges came in the mail today so I will get out to the garage and blast them and prime them so I can put the tail gate on the bed.

Brian

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I wanted to add a little bling so I mounted the V8 emblem today. Nothing major, just a little something

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Gorgeous truck

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Your's too!

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Brian, do you plan on painting the letters on the tailgate or leave them body color?

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Good question, I have no idea.

Brian

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I upholstered and installed my passenger side door card.

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:c2:Me likey

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spent a few hours doing the final install of my vintage air system. its not done yet but im making great progress and so far its gone great minus losing 3 bolts. I should be ready to charge it tomorrow.

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I got the motor in the trailer to haul to my brothers house tomorrow. Got the doors bolted on for the trip to Idaho.

Brian

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How are you moving it - U-Haul? Don't forget to strap your hood down.

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This working 10 hr. days 7 days a week, doesn't give much time to work on the truck. However I did get the decals on the tailgate!
Somehow with the truck in the garage, a bird was able to give me it's opinion although I'm not sure if the opinion was if it liked it or not!

Jim W.

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The hood latch works but yeah, I will be adding a belt too.

Brian

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Thanks NorCalGal. I am planning to go have a look at one a guy has on CL and claims its Ididit. No sticker, no sale.

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THAT will be a very nice truck!!

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drove 35 miles to a local car show. some really nice cars. 48 chev next to my GMC was just finished by a 70 yr old guy. i talked to a guy who is willing to take my money and parts to install 4 link coil overs blazer rear ant t5 trans. his number is less than my savings envelope and he does awesome work... likely to schedule soon.

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Getting ready to make an evacuation escape with my truck as this massive forest fires marches steadily toward my house. It's about three miles away now. Here's a photo of the fire from a local webcam, then a photo of Interstate 5 stained red from all the fire retardant bomber drops:
EDIT: Ha ha, my spell-checker turned "retardant" into "retarded," lol!

https://kqennewsradio.com/2019/07/28...o-11000-acres/

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Here's what the fire looks like from my house now:

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MPC, be safe my friend, never been close to anything like that, just be safe...Jim

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the lettering looks great Jim, I"ve been debating on what to do as far as the lettering goes. I'm thinking of painting my an off grey color to my grey truck.

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[ATTACH]Attachment 1923488[/ATTACH] Got my cab back from the paint shop and installed on frame , ready to start installing electrical.

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^^^Looks good...Jim

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alright. I am a male spade connector and a belt away from my a/c system being complete. ive enjoyed most of the work. im excited about having a/c in the near future as its been in the high 90s for several weeks.

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Spent 12 hours today bringing the motor to my brothers house......it was really fun. :pain:

Brian

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Show us pics when you're done.

Hmm...Ford trailer...it figures.

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Thanks!
Off grey or white maybe. I wasn't into the time consuming part of masking it off to paint it.

Jim W

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A major milestone, took the Beast to work today!