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Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Well after a ridiculous amount of driving, Ethel is back home with me. I have lots of little things to finish up and a few big things I haven't even started yet. It will be a little while before I get to do much as we also have a storage unit of stuff to sort through and do a garage sale.
At any rate, here are some shots from the drive home: ![]() ![]() ![]() More updates will be coming! I promise to make progress this time ![]() |
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Rayne, LA
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Glad you got it back home! I know you've been waiting for this for a while now!
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Village Idiot....
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Rowlett, Texas
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Ethel has seen some country in her days........another one I wished I had kept!
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dazed and confused
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: marion nc
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
subscribed!!!
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Tot Roddin'
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mid-MO
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Glad to see she is finally home... can't wait to see the updates begin.
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
We finally got all our stuff unloaded last night. Geez am I sore! Seeing all the truck parts that I have has me pretty excited to get back to work on her.
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![]() And thanks guys, I'm going to try my best to have at least a little progress update every week or so. A lot of it is going to be the little stuff until my wallet recovers from the move. |
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Account Suspended
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Location: Southern UT
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Good to see her back, still one beautiful truck. Ever get your gauges in?
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Grandpa in the rustmobile...
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Spokane WA/Viola TN
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
one sweet truck i wish i still had orig. paint on mine...love it man!!
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![]() Here's a list of things I have to wrap up:
I have rear discs, a painless wiring harness, vortec heads, and a narrow 6 lug axle (to convert to 5 lug), a york compressor, etc. but I think all those things will have to wait at this point. |
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Austin Texas
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Please tell me about your wheels. I want to put those on my truck. Are they Torque Thrusts? 17x8?
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Join Date: May 2010
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Awesome! Thx, looks great. |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Sierra Nevadas
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Never Done?
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Worked on the truck all day Saturday. Didn't get the brakes completely hooked up, but did get the inner fenders loosely bolted in and the hard lines run completely wrong. I need to switch the lines from the prop valve to the frame so they run inside the frame. Also the caliper I had for the driver side is rusted in the bore, so I'll be getting a reman for that side too. Once that's done I can bench bleed and get it all hooked up. Weather is going to be way too hot this week, and I'll probably be spending the next day or two getting new a/c installed on the house. |
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big guy
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Location: mass
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Love the truck! those wheels fit that truck to a tee. Do you know what size they are and the BS on them? Good luck with her
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
No real progress yet, but I did find the brake lines that have been missing for over a year! If it's not too hot tomorrow I would like to get the front bumper on, and maybe see if my old driveshaft is going to work (it's off a TH400, I have a short tailshaft TH350 now). Here are some pics from yesterday.
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PROJECT 7DEUCE
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Glad to finally see her back home..
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VA72C10
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
subscribed to check out the progress...
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
No mechanical progress, but progress none the less. I decided to put her "face" back on. So on Monday I installed the front bumper. I'm not completely happy with the fit, but it has to come back off to put the filler panel in (which goes in whenever I do the inner fenders).
![]() So to continue with the theme of putting her "face" back on, today I installed the drivers headlight, and both headlight bezels. ![]() ![]() ![]() I know it isn't much, but I did have to dig through boxes to find everything. While I was at it I got other parts organized so that future installs might go easier. Just trying to stay on it! |
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chevy runs deep
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: PHOENIX AZ
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Love the last pic
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dazed and confused
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: marion nc
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
looks good to me!!
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Cool truck. Keep up the good work.
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
I got all the brake parts together tonight. All I need is a caliper kit for the passenger side, or just buy a rebuilt caliper for that side ($12 after core return). Hoping to get the brakes buttoned up this weekend. Hoping everything goes smoothly, cause I don't have a lot of spare money to throw at this thing anymore.
After the brakes it will be the cooling system, then the fuel system. After those it's shift linkage and a driveshaft. I'm gonna wait on hooking up the compressors and valves until I get it moving and stopping... first things first! |
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Formerly- 1972SuperCheyenne
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
Love it. Truck looks awesome with the original paint. Looking forward to progress pics!
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Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Ethel: The Legend Continues...
What drop is on it in the pics on the trailer bringing her home? Do you have any shots of it aired up to ride height? Id like to see how those wheels would look with a static drop. I really like them but would rather run 17x9.5's in the rear of mine.
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