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Old 10-14-2015, 07:30 PM   #26
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Re: 79 SWB Father/Son Project

The carpet was in bad shape, so we decided to pull it out and realized the floors were a little more rusted then first thought. Looks like our next project is gonna be putting in new floors.
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Old 10-14-2015, 07:30 PM   #27
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Don't know why there sideways.
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Old 10-27-2015, 07:39 PM   #28
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Re: 79 SWB Father/Son Project

Went ahead and ordered my 10" rally wheels last night, can't wait for them to get here. I'm gonna run my 275×60's on the rear for awhile, but now need to decide the best option to run on my 8" rally on the front.
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Old 10-27-2015, 08:13 PM   #29
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Re: 79 SWB Father/Son Project

Depends on the look you are going for. I like a wide tire up front, like a 255.
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Old 10-27-2015, 09:11 PM   #30
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255-60. Is one on the shortlist, along with 225-70, and 235-70.
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Old 10-30-2015, 08:33 AM   #31
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Re: 79 SWB Father/Son Project

I'm running 235/70/15 up front and 275/60/15 in the rear
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Old 11-08-2015, 10:33 AM   #32
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Re: 79 SWB Father/Son Project

The 10" rally wheels came in, and finally had some time this weekend to get them on.
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Old 11-08-2015, 10:36 AM   #33
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These things are really nice and filled up the wheel well nicely.
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Old 11-08-2015, 10:40 AM   #34
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Also found time this weekend to get a late model steering wheel mounted.
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Old 12-19-2015, 12:46 PM   #35
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With the holidays, haven't found much time to do anything. Last weekend we made time to put in a new master cylinder and start pulling the interior out to rede the door panels.
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Old 12-20-2015, 12:16 PM   #36
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Great truck! Looking forward to future progress.
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Old 12-20-2015, 07:44 PM   #37
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I like the truck a lot. Paint looks great after your work on it. Sounds like you want really nice paint but from here it looks good enough to keep. If you want to turn loose of the flip kit send me a PM.
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Old 12-20-2015, 08:55 PM   #38
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Thanks guys, and after I get the floors repkaced, I'm gonna put the flip kit on. Believe it or not, but after pulling the ugly heavy rear bumper off, the rear of the truck raised bout 1"
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Old 01-10-2016, 03:29 PM   #39
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Re: 79 SWB Father/Son Project

well, the rust in the floors turned out to be more then we could tackle with the tools we had to work with, so we decided to sell the truck to a guy from Houston, that has big plans for it. So needless to say we are back in the hunt for one with no rust. But man there getting harder to find.
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Old 01-10-2016, 05:19 PM   #40
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Sorry to see this one go, good luck in your search.
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