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It was great talking on the phone with you the other day.

Happy New Year.

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Wipers are looking fine and the tires are pretty cool too.

Happy New Year Bro.

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Nice mod on the wipers Don and bigger wheels look good .

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So far, no white stuff here yet... Today thunderstorms and near 60... Thursday high 38 with wintry mix forecast...;)

Diggin' the new Marquee Arrow! Always a great time visiting with you Doc! :metal:


Thanks Brother! I need some Shadetree LLC time! :lol:


Thanx Mate! Looking forward to your truck updates...:mm:

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Test fit the wipers at dusk last evening... Still a minor tweaking needed. :o

In this position, about an inch or so of the blades are resting on the Windshield molding, so a bit of a bend, or pie cut and re-weld, needed to get the proper angle...:uhmk:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/648/31...20d04323_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

The back side of the wiper switch disintigrated during the re-installation, so another switch will be fitted now that the wipers are near serviceable...

And the blower motor isn't coming on with the switch, I bench tested the blower motor and it spun when power was applied... but with the OE switch and wiring in place, nothing...:banghead: Have I mentioned how I detest electrical issues???:crazy:

On top of those items, I now need to change the track bar, to an adjustable one, seems the lowering springs dropped the rear enough to cause the OE bar to bind causing one side of the frame to ride higher than the other...:sumo: Although this was semi-expected I also hoped I could get away with using the stock bar...NOPE!!! Just more Old Truck Modifying fun!!! :metal:

Till next time...:truck:

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Ah old trucks are soooooooo much fun. Lol.

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Indeed Rusty, Indeed!!!:mm:

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Just think Don , myself and Rian both had our adjustable track bars sent to yours the other year we ordered from POL . But It wouldn't be hard to cut one and weld in some threaded bar to make an adjustable one
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Hey Brotha, been awhile since I've heard from ya. Hope all is going well. Will give you a call Saturday if you're available. Later man. :chevy:

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Don is still alive.

Just really busy and currently in charge of shop as his big boss is not around.

Suspect he will be back asap.

Was good to see the thread bounce up as well.

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Thanks Grizz, Glad to know he's ok. Hey...must be cause he got the big man's desk! lol :chevy:

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Good to see you are still hard at it. All our Oreilly managers are in St Louis this week for meetings and I'm guessing thats why you were put in charge of your store. Or could this be a promotion about to happen? Theres usually not enough knowledge behind the counter so I bet your customers are happy to have you helping them.

Stay busy buddy...

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Thanks for checking in guys... Clem, you called it... Managers are all in St.Louis for annual conference. I'm training for and filling Asst. Manager position, plus this is week before annual inventory...:banghead: Busy starts to describe...:lol: Thanks Rian for replying to TJ...:mm:

Also having Tax time fun, crunching tattoo studio numbers for accountant, Fun, Fun, Fun... just like smashing same thumb twice hammering in a nail...:crazy:

TJ... Hey Brotha, will try to call later today or tomorrow...;)

Finally... One of my customers brought by this sweet '53 sitting on a S10 frame sporting a 4.8L LS...:metal::metal::metal:

Hey Clem, this is the truck that started the ball rolling for another guy, who was the reason behind my call to you...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/258/32...3da9981f_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2279/3...a387231c_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2203/3...7697beb7_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

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Like the truck.

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Set up to be daily driver if need be:chevy:...

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Small update for today... ;)

After getting the truck road-worthy and finally getting the wiper arm mods done, when I turned the wiper switch... Nothing...:dohh: So when I went to pull the wire off the back to determine power availability the whole terminal came with the wire...:eek:

So today I pulled the OEM switch and replaced it with a push-pull switch... Ran one side to ground and the wiper power wire to the other and BOOOM! I now have wipers....:uhmk:

Here's a pic of the old switch...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3706/3...f86f8f8d_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

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Small back story on the '53... It was originally purchased by the owner's dad as a farm truck... Model 3600... :mm: Keeping it in the family, He's already turned down cash offers since getting it in the road a month ago... ;)

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Car Show Season is upon us Brothers and Sisters! :metal:

I worked this past Monday (Usual days off are Sundays and Mondays) in order to attend the first local show of the season...:uhmk: Then my wife decided I needed a couple more days off for some needed time to accomplish Honey-dooz...;) so Saturday began a stretch of 5 days off...

I drove the Stepper and had a relaxing Saturday hanging with like minded folks, some old friends and a few new ones as well...

Here's the Stepper upon arrival...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3933/3...e0f4dd2c_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2944/3...34309d11_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

This sweet bagged '65 belongs to Zach, a fellow member here and on a FB group here in Arkansas... He walked up and introduced himself saying he knew my truck from the FB group...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2845/3...e14165f9_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

He's currently searching for a Big Back glass...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2897/3...0abd79aa_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

A couple more of the Stepper in the line-up...
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3671/3...7c29f081_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2909/3...546b0f08_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

The gentleman seated in this picture bought this 1924 F%&d TT Truck in 1979 and it is a completely original unrestored survivor. He drives it around town and it boasts a top speed of 30mph. Very cool to see him hand crank it to start the flat 4...:bann:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3698/3...11a741cf_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

Finally, Parked next to Zach's '65 was this '63 Impala sporting a RamJet 502 Big Block!!! :metal::metal::metal:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2904/3...02fdf7bc_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr
https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3956/3...d991b1eb_c.jpgUntitled by Donald Olivo, on Flickr

Have a great Spring and Summer Guyz!!!:mm:

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congrats on making the show in style. stepper looks great out there.
hope you have a great spring as well.

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Very nice rides. The stepper is looking really good Don!

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Good to see you on here Don

And a report to boot.

Thanks fir the previews and Facetime chats.

Enjoy the break. I know how hard you have been hitting it recently.

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Good to see it was a great time brotha! :metal:

Thanks for calling yesterday. Enjoy the time off man. :chevy:

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Truck is looking great:metal::metal::metal:.
Hope to drive to a show one day.

Nothing better than having a handful of days off.

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Glad you got some time off at last. Truck is looking good

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Glad to see the truck out & about, & it's always cool to meet fellow truckers! Hope you enjoy/enjoyed the time off!