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09-22-2011, 03:16 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: los angeles,ca
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Re: first step
dont take it apart!!! esp if its your first truck! youll more than likely get overwhelmed with the work to get it back together. just get it running/driving safely and enjoy it for a while . you can modify what you dont like as you continue to drive. thats what i always do. then i never end up taking them completly apart!!
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09-22-2011, 04:57 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Toppenish, WA
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Re: first step
In March of 1973 I bought mine from a guy in McGregor TX for 75.00 and promptly drive it to the local car wash and spent about five dollars washing it inside and out and under the hood. In the process I blew a lot of the spray bomb green paint off that had been sprayed over brushed on red primer that was actually pretty tough.
It came with a 194 Chevy II six cylinder and the stock three speed and closed driveshaft. I drove it to work 14 miles each way every afternoon after working on it for about five hours that morning. I sanded it, changed the rear fenders and running boards along with installing a chromed stock seat frame all of which I bought from a guy for 25.00. I picked up a pair of 54 wagon drums and backing plates from a wrecking yard foh the front and a 61 car rear end for the back from a coworker for 10.00 and taking it out. Another coworker sold me a full set of 67 Z28 ralley wheels with three caps and all trim rings for 25.00 (try that now) A set of used tires from the Firestone store and I was in business. My buddy painted it 72 Monte Carlo Gold the week before the 1973 Street rod Natonals in Tulsa Oklahoma and a club member redid the seat for 35.00 and made a Tonneau cover for 25.00 out of vinyl top material. I had a bit over 400 in the truck when my wife and I set off from McGregor to Tulsa. I had to rebuild the three speed in a wrecking yard in Marietta OK on the way along with replacing the coil on the side of the road just across the Red River. The trip back was without mishap though except for my wife getting the bottoms of her feet sunburned sticking them out the passenger window while we headed south for 370 miles. |
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09-22-2011, 05:57 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Re: first step
Your wife's a keeper and you have an eye for cheap.
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09-22-2011, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Caddo Oklahoma
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Re: first step
 LMFOA!!!!!!!!!! All kidding aside welcome to the forum and post your needs and questions, there are so many on here that can, and would love to help you out on your truck building journey.
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09-22-2011, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Naples, FL
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Re: first step
Brought it home and my wife said oh Crap!
Then I took a lot of pictures, joined a couple of forums, ordered the assembly manuals. The rest is now history and a work in progress Posted via Mobile Device |
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09-22-2011, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Plano, TX
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Re: first step
Blew it apart.
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09-22-2011, 09:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Inman SC
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Re: first step
33 years ago, washed it and cruised down main street in Hendersonville NC. Didn't realize it would be a retirement project when I got it at HS graduation.
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