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I'll respond later, ;). Trying to post a pic from my phone using Photobucket

Let the fun begin
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Cool
racing stripes. lol

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Don't hate me Alan, but :agree: ;)

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alan, glad to see your getting some more progress done on your hood!! the rest of the truck is looking great!

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I must missed it somehow. But I didn't notice it was a GMC hood. That's a good thing. :metal:

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Thanks, painting the inner fenders will have to be your decision. We can tell you what we like, but you have to show it off. ;)

:lol: If I were a professional painter I wouldn't have to respray so much. ;)

HAHA

I'm not a hater Bill. ;) But there will be no racing strips. ;)

Thanks man!! It's my last big panel.

I really like the lines of the GMC, what have you been doing over there sleeping? :haha:

Today I got the grill mounted with new Silver Star headlights. I also was able to hang the inner fenders and radiator support. Looks much better.

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That is looking so good, Alan. Thanks for updating and sharing your progress again. I am totally loving your truck.

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I'm old remember. :waah::haha:

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yep it is coming along nicely, looking good, cant wait to see it all together and the hood looks like it is coming along nicely too

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i might should re-think my decision to go with black inner fenders and rad. support, that looks great.

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Truck looks awesome Alan. There was a truck at Barrett-Jackson that was very close in color to yours. Announcers kept talking about how the crowd was all over it!

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Truck is looking awesome, slow down so I can catch up with you ;)

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:thumbs:

Your not to far ahead of me, and I don't feel old. My body (joints) makes a lot more noise. ;)

Thanks, and the hood seems to be going my way right now.

:thumbs: sounds like a plan. ;)

Thanks for the heads up. I don't get Barrett-Jackson on my basic cable.

I'm on the home stretch now, it's time to get it on the road. It might not be done but it will be running and driving.

I called an appraiser to come look at it and appraise it. He should be out next week. I'm definately getting full coverage.

Picked up an Optima battery today and installed it and the cables almost. I did touch the cables to the battery and there was no spark. Which is a good thing. I hit the brakes and they worked (switch needs adjusting) and turned the parking lights on and they worked. The gauge lights came on including the Vintage Air control panel. The dome light doesn't work, I believe it is the switch. I just remembered the ground for the dome light might not be hooked up. I say that because when I adjust the brightness of the gauges they were intermitten. Not sure what the problem is, it's late and time to quit for the night.

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Oh I remember how excited I was when mine was at that stage, did some allnighters trying to get it going... LLOL

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Looking great!!!

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I think I can say, we are all excited for you Alan,
Great job

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After installing, and making everything work is the hardest part sometimes. :uhmk::lol:
I'm excited for you "old man". :haha:

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It's just a matter of time now.;) Looking good old friend.


I can see it now.... :burnout::burnout::burnout::burnout: ...all over the place. :lol:

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And then I turned the key.

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Hey Alan, the trucks looking great. I read your entire thread a while back but I don't remember. Did you build your own radiator support? I've been working on mine but just patching the bottom mounts where they all rust out and have found there is 3 layers of sheet metal at that junction. What did you use when building or modifying yours?

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I've thought several times about an all nighter, but it never happens. I need my beauty sleep. It doesn't help, but I keep trying. :haha:

:thumbs:

Thanks David, I have a lot of anticipation of turning the key. Kind of scary. ;)

Old man,,,,,,HAHA.

What's all this talk about "old". Dennis says "Old man" and you say "Old friend". J/K it's all good. BTW thanks. Remember, I have a list with your name on it. No it's not that kind of list. :haha: It's an actual list of things I need help with. I might call this week end.

Then what happened? That's ok don't ruin in for me. ;)

I bought a repop that was a triplus. BTW thanks.

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Thanks to Shannon for coming over and helping on bleeding the brakes, hooking up the hood springs and tightening the cab bolts. I also worked on cleaning up the wires at the headlight relays.

I do have a question. If you have the flashers on and step on the brakes do the turn signal indicators on the dash light up steady. It's been so long since I drove a 60's truck or car I can't remember. I'm pretty sure they are supposed to do that since the flasher and brake lights are the same bulb.

The head lights are not connected or the front turn signals aren't either, but I don't think this will have any bearing on the problems I see. I actually think the battery is low. I will charge tomorrow and recheck.

Tonight when I hooked up the battery the flashers started working. I discovered the switch was on: however, they quit flashing after 6-7 flashes (flasher switch on). The highbeam indicator was on and I used the floor switch to turn it off, but it didn't work. Just now I went out and hooked up the battery again and now it is off. I'm hoping a low charge on the battery will explain some of this.

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Not sure on the ???'s but sounds like it might be a low battery issue....

Truck is looking great...better get it together so you can get an appraisal while the Barrett Jackson comp's are still fresh ;)

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Yes, IF you have the 4way flashers on and hit the brake they will stop flashing, at least they do on mine and I have any upgraded wiring kit from EZ Wire..

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The flasher do the same thing on my 2000 chevy work truck ( 3500 HD bucket truck )

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It has been my experience in every vehicle I have driven, Civilian and Military, that the lights stop flashing when you have the 4ways on, and your turn signal indicators will stay lit as well. If after you charge your battery and check your 4ways again, and they only flash 7-8 times and stop I suggest reaching in and feeling your 4way controler/flasher see if it is uncommonly warm to the touch.

Same thing if your head light switch seems twitchy.

These things tend to stop working when they get too hot due to an internal short IIRC.

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:agree:

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My 1965 C10 does this... flashers on and flashing-flashing, if I hit the brake the blinker indicators on the dash(stock 1965 dash with gauges) go solid.

However, my steering column is a 1971... and I wired in the flasher unit after I bought the truck, when I realized it was possible. I was discussing some of this stuff on another old truck board and a fella explained it to me.

dunno if that helps you or not, but that is what mine do as well.

-W

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Thanks, and I did charge the battery. It didn't seem low judging by the charger. The flashers do flash longer now.

I hope to get the apprasial this week.

Thanks guys for all the reinforcement. ;)

Like I mentioned above I did put a charge on the battery. It didn't seem low judging by the charger, but the flashers are working good now. The turn signals don't do anything. The only thing that I have noticed is with the brakes on and when I turn on a turn signal, the brake light goes out. Remember nothing is hooked up on the front as far as lights go.

Today I installed the wiper motor and drive. I hot wired the wipers to make sure everything moves like it should. No abnormal noises.

Installed the cowl panel and hood to cowl seal.

Hooked up the headlight relays to the battery.

Got the fan relay all hooked up, but the ign wire to the temp sensor for the relay. Trying to figure out the best point to pull power from. I did hot wire the fan to make sure I had the polarity correct. It sure is quiet.

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Forgot to post this. Here is a thread about truck prices at Barrett-Jackson.

This one went for $32,450 with fees included. I noticed it has a points dizzy, power drum brakes, no AC, no fan shroud, not a custom cab and I believe a small window. I'll show the appraiser when he comes out. ;)

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and....what looks to be Panther Juice wheels :crazy: ....i just don't understand, but to each his own

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I agree, the wheels are hidious,, 5 spoke Cragers would have been much better..

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what are Panther Juice wheels?

This made me laugh when I read it.... from somewhere deep in my automotive memory I heard the haunting sound of a loud SHERRRRRANNNNNNGGGGGGG TANG TANG TANG TANG from a fan hitting something on start up.

that is one of those days when you cannot seem to shut the engine off fast enough!! LOL

By comparison, quiet is GOOD !!

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did any body notice the body work, that drivers door looks like a bowl and I'm sure it is not a reflection, I think Alan's should appraise for much more just based on the level of quality of workman ship

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just a cookie cutter cast chrome wheel made by Panther Wheels...not worthy of being on a nice, classic truck IMO

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I've been doing a lot of catching up recently with your thread. I started on page 23 a few weeks ago, and have read a few pages a night, until I finally caught up. Your truck looks amazing and I can't wait to see what it appraises for. You do great work and have got me going again on my '65. Which brings me to a question. I'm pricing what it would cost for someone to blast the interior and exterior of my cab and both doors...nothing else. I've had a company quote me $750 and I'm waiting from another company to get back with me. Does $750 seem like a reasonable price?

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allen, trucks coming along nicely, yours is sure alot nicer than the green one at barrett jackson so it should appraise for at least a half million:metal:as far as the brake light going out might be a ground problem.

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Yes sarge, when I started my 57 had the fan on the engine.. srarted ran fine.. let idle for a while back out on drive way revved up the motor and put a perfect circle in the brand new alumiun raditor when the blades flexed with additional RPMs. 3 gallone of anti freeze on the ground and a $150 raditor shot to He##$$%^&&*(). Called summit ordered new efan and new raditor. 10 years ago and no problems since. at least with the raditor. LOL

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:agree: X2

:haha: When I was little we had a cat jump thru the engine fan of a 72 LTD 390. It lived, but made a lot of racket.

Yeah, I noticed. ;)

Glad you defined that.;)

Thanks Joe for the dedication to reading this thread and also for the comments. To answer your question, the price of $750 seems high. I paid $200-$250 for someone to do my cab. The doors shoulon't be much more than that. I used repops on my truck so I don't have a price to blast the doors.

Thanks, and I'm still waitint for the appraiser to call. If the brake lights are working then ground should be good correct?

That had to suck. ;)

No updates to post, but I will raise the question again.

Like I mentioned above I did put a charge on the battery. It didn't seem low judging by the charger, but the flashers are working good now. The turn signals don't do anything. The only thing that I have noticed is with the brakes on and when I turn on a turn signal, the brake light goes out. Remember nothing is hooked up on the front as far as lights go.

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:flagw:In my vehicle both of the turn signal lights had to be hooked up and working to get them to flash... I did the same thing you are doing and you must complete the turn light connections to see if they are working. Needs both bulbs to complete the circuit.:flagw: