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#3401 |
1965 Chevy C10, 2005 4.8L/4l60
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Location: DFW Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
rockdriller, how did you do the repair? did you just piece it or what?
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#3402 |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Orient, Oregon
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Clyde...
Someone had over-sized the square in height by 1/2" overall and drilled another set of tuner knob holes inboard of the oe's.... I made a plate with the correct dimension square and long enough to cover the new holes....short enough to miss the original ones. I placed the plate inside the dash..(from the back) and welded it in place. I patched it "overlap" style and leveled off my welds with a die-grinder leaving a bit of bondo work to do...but over-all turned out great. The only actual "sculpting" that I had to do was below the repair where the contour changes. The rest was very close. Maybe I should have done a "flush" graft, but I'm probably not that skilled. Anyway....thanks for the props.
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#3403 |
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Location: Kalamazoo, MI
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Installed new grille, headlights, bezels, parking light lenses, bezels, and painted white accent band around grille.
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#3404 |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: vancouver b.c....is the biggest place most people would know but I am actually out in the valley 45 mins away
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
All I did was order more parts and pay for the last ones i just got.....planted my first money tree no sign of any growth as of yet.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- glos55 Really like the rims and caps your running.....nice fit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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1966 Pro street build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...?t=448089[ 1958 LS 2 build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=527123 1966 SBFS low and go http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=5799909 1966 SBFS street HULK http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post5886625 Poject Low and go gets a 6.2 ltr LSA supercharged with 6 speed automatic Aluinum Radiator Dealer pm for details |
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#3405 |
SSN 706
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Pocatello Idaho
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Wonder what happened to lakeroadster. I wanted to see his paint job.
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#3406 |
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Location: Kalamazoo, MI
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#3407 |
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Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I replaced all my lock cylinders with a set keyed alike from Classic Parts, now I need only carry one key and my glove compartment locks to boot, nice!
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#3408 |
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,925
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Almost finished the bed wood today, learned a lot...........loose is better keep a few 1/4 X 2 carriage bolts around to suck things into submission, take your time I am really impatient. Kieth
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#3409 |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: vancouver b.c....is the biggest place most people would know but I am actually out in the valley 45 mins away
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
The new engine mounts are all in and that puts it back another 6" and down another 2"......ready for the new engine thats almost ready to go . New cross member is in and the tranny is mocked up. Now we are cooking
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1966 Pro street build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...?t=448089[ 1958 LS 2 build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=527123 1966 SBFS low and go http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=5799909 1966 SBFS street HULK http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post5886625 Poject Low and go gets a 6.2 ltr LSA supercharged with 6 speed automatic Aluinum Radiator Dealer pm for details |
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#3410 |
Old and crusty
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Location: Surprise, AZ
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Got my new radiator today from Entropy Radiator. Very nice!! Maybe this weekend I can mock up the front under hood sheetmetal and run the trans lines.
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#3411 |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Orlando, Florida
Posts: 427
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
started slickin off the sides |
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Location: Kalamazoo, MI
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#3413 |
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oak Grove, Kentucky
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I took my truck down to Sango, TN with my daughter riding shotgun. We hit a rough patch on a bridge and the rearend hopped around a bit. My daughter looks at me from the passenger seat and says: "Slow down, Dad... You know you don't have AIRBAGS!!!" I laughed the rest of the way home.
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#3414 |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: vancouver b.c....is the biggest place most people would know but I am actually out in the valley 45 mins away
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Got my wheels back from being polished and my new tires mounted......it was a good day....
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1966 Pro street build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...?t=448089[ 1958 LS 2 build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=527123 1966 SBFS low and go http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=5799909 1966 SBFS street HULK http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post5886625 Poject Low and go gets a 6.2 ltr LSA supercharged with 6 speed automatic Aluinum Radiator Dealer pm for details |
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#3415 |
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Location: Tucson, Arizona
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I finished removing the suspension and rear end from the frame and did some more cleaning up of the frame rails....getting closer to paint time for the rear frame rails.
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#3416 |
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Oak Hills, California
Posts: 393
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#3417 |
Senior Enthusiast
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Spokane Valley, WA
Posts: 8,356
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Pulled my battery tray, stripped off the battery corrosion and painted it with epoxy primer followed by battery terminal protective coating. Also installed an absorbent battery mat in the bottom of the tray. We’ll see if that makes any difference. I’m sure tired of needing to do it over every few months.
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#3418 |
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Location: Tucson, Arizona
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
hotrod, yeah it's all original. 133,000 mile 2nd owner truck with very little rust. picked it up for 650 bucks.
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#3419 |
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Oak Hills, California
Posts: 393
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Thats a deal!
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#3420 |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Detroit MI
Posts: 1,209
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Drove mine around town in search of the perfect yard sale dresser .. finally found one at the community thrift store .......
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#3421 |
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Tulare, CA
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I scored BIG TIME!! Nosing around the local self serve wrecking yard and found a very nice rust free drivers door for my 64 truck. There's not even a speaker hole cut in it. Got it out the gate for $51.53 including tax and a $3.00 core charge. Unfortunately the passenger door was smashed in at the door handle or I would have bought it too.
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#3422 |
Hell yeah!!!
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: canyon country Ca.
Posts: 264
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Finally got my drive shaft shortened, and installed it behind my t5. What a difference. It runs real good.
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Spokane Valley, WA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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#3424 |
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Visalia, CA
Posts: 376
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I tried to adjust the carb on my v6 305 but nothing it still bogs down when I press the gas pedal and the radiator was leaking from the top where the little hose goes but It was just idling. Sometimes I just want to sell it and have a ride that I can drive.
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Orient, Oregon
Posts: 722
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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You might try putting a Holley 500 on it and go from there. She won't be go like a funny car, but you'll sure enjoy the difference. Don't sell her on account of the OE carb.....That was just a mean trick from the engineers at GMC..........At least that's what I'm thinkin'.
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