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10-18-2003, 02:33 PM
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Little steps
I guess we have all been there with our trucks where things just won't go fast enough. Sometimes just little trival things get the spark back in. I got my replacement wheels cleaned up, painted and today I mounted the tires. I was so sick of looking at those 33 yrear old rusted pieces of %&^$.
Anyways she fired up;then the son and I cruised with our new wheels that we worked on. Those baby steps sure do help
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! Last edited by Palf70Step; 10-18-2003 at 02:45 PM. |
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10-18-2003, 02:35 PM
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Closer view. Old American racing white spokes, with the center caps from the 88-98 Chevy trucks. Sure glad they made those lug nuts that allow them to fit like stock.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! Last edited by Palf70Step; 10-18-2003 at 02:40 PM. |
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10-18-2003, 02:36 PM
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Last....but not least...My helper and "Our Trucks!!
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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10-18-2003, 02:41 PM
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cool Bill!!! nice to see progress even if they are baby steps. What color is your truck going to be when it's done?
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10-18-2003, 02:47 PM
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The plan is for it to be a bright white color....close to the color of the rims.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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10-18-2003, 03:00 PM
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BABY STEPS
  CONGRATS ON YOUR WHELLS,EVERY STEPS IS GREAT ON OUR TRUCKS. SPENT ALL MORNING ON A 15 MIN JOB. KEEP ALL POSTED ON YOUR TRUCK. 
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10-18-2003, 03:38 PM
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thats cool looking without the headlights. i was gonna say why dont u install the headlights, but then i realized thats just a small thing in a big picture, if you install the headlight, might as well do everything else. lol
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10-18-2003, 03:45 PM
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what happened to keeping the GREEN bill my new 2wd blazer is the same green and its growing on me
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10-18-2003, 05:25 PM
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Sweet....whitespokes rule
I know how the baby steps thing goes...i seems to take me 3 times as long to do somehting to my truck as someone else.....but that is OK...i love taking my sweet time
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10-18-2003, 06:16 PM
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Good job Bill! I appreciate the CD you sent. Thanks, I'll holler at you the next time I get down that way.
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10-18-2003, 07:44 PM
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Your truck looks like its coming along good.
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10-18-2003, 07:57 PM
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That thing is coming along great! Hey I know all about those little small things, I think everyone here is tired of my pics all the time because I get so exited about doing this or that. lol
BTW those bowtie caps really set those wheels off!
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10-18-2003, 08:10 PM
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Thanks all...
Meathead...the "BOSS!" don't like it...Looks like an ugly old farm truck. I keep telling here it is a farm truck just without the farm. Final color is still up in the air, like so many things. Dinnut. The lights would have been in, but I have to pull the front off again to do a few more things. Other wise that and the headlights and the Camino bumber would have been on already so I could drve it on the street (legally )
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10-22-2003, 08:33 PM
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WHYBYNU when old will do?
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Wow, your truck looks a lot like my old parts truck!
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10-22-2003, 08:53 PM
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that parts truck looks like it has a lot
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10-22-2003, 09:05 PM
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72c10...is that duct tape on the rear tire a "repair", or did it just happen to find its way onto the tire?....just curious
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10-22-2003, 11:04 PM
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Yeah that was a temporary repair to keep the crappy rear tires pumped up to move it from the side of the shed to the back. It worked just long enough to get the truck around, and when the tires went completely flat, the tires wouldn't spin, just drag. (Oh, and the truck didn't run, it had to be pushed, and the tape gave us an extra 5 minutes of maneuvering )Oh BTW, if any of you read my other post about the tires that held air for over 12 years, see the picture above, they are on the front of the truck, on my Cragar S/S rims that I'm going to try to get powdercoated before spring.
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10-23-2003, 11:06 AM
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When you finish it, you need to take another cruise down to FL! Looks real good.
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10-23-2003, 11:20 AM
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Hey Bill, where did you find those lug nuts that hold the center caps on and fit the stock wheel studs?
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10-23-2003, 01:06 PM
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I got mine from Stockton Wheel. They are not listed on the site, but I called and ordred them. 7/16" innner thead...Metric on the outer side.
The center caps and nuts were aquired in swap meet and I found a site that sells them too. I don't remember the link though (I'm at work now). The six lugs are harder to find in the new style caps.
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Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! |
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10-23-2003, 03:51 PM
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better hurry, i am catching up. finished new driver side rocker last week, going to do pass side tonight or tomorrow. after that its just media blasting the floor, painting interior, then shaving the front driver side marker and the pass rear side marker. mine is getting painted white too. i already bought the paint, i think its some kind of toyota white, its the brightest that i could find
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