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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Stephens City, VA
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Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
I found a good deal on inner and outer fenders on CL. One thing led to another...now my truck is in pieces scattered around the garage.
That and I just wanted to post a picture. ![]() |
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72 chevys 4 life
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Crescent,Ok
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
snowball effect haha it will all turn out good though! now your gonna be thinking might as well paint the front end parts while its all off.....then oh might as well do ball joints and all. haha
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I Like Mine With No Shine!
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Location: SC
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
Sounds like the start to a frame off!
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: N. Vancouver Island
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
Hah similar just happened to me.. wonderful snowball effect indeed... went to replace a rad.. that was all.. my truck looks like yours now.. front end pulled off.. and actually I went a step further and pulled the motor, .. to do a little cleaning.. paint and such.. not to give you any ideas or anything
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
it happens, just make sure to keep working on it or you will forget how it all went together then you have a baggie of 'extra' bolts.
look at how far i went ![]()
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Location: Albuquerque NM
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
oooh a lift!! now thats what I need!!
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Central PA
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
and all I wanted to do was put new brakes on mine!
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary, AB
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
I needed a new mount for my wiper motor....I don't even have a pic of how far it has been stripped. I gave up on the project, until last week when my body/paint guy asked how much I would take for it and I reminded him of how much I had already paid him. I was thinkin' I might get some money back and also have some parts to sell, but he said he would do everything I had wanted done and not have to ante-up any more bux. I guess he became inspired....after almost 3 years and lymphoma. He's a good body/metal person. I'm too patient.
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Location: Toppenish, WA
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
The "While I'm at it's strike again". My wife is going to ban me from Craigslist for life If I drag something home next weekend. A month ago I picked up a 6 inch belt sander with 9 inch disk on it. Two weekends ago I got a whole cutting torch outfit with full bottles and Sunday I picked up an S-10 T-5 five speed for one of my "not right for this board" projects.
Add to that the Cad 500 and turbo 400 for the 71 that I bought a couple of weeks ago and the Flathead Ford V8 that will probably be hooked to the T-5 in a Model A and I think my spending money is gone for a while. |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Salina, Kansas
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
whats your plans for it?
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Stephens City, VA
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
I knew you guys could relate.
![]() Ah, that's a good question. It started out as a cheap truck to make landfill runs in, but I find myself spending time and money at an excelarating pace. Right now, I just want to get the new sheet metal on the front, fix some rust in the bed and then try to make it all one color again. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
Mine started 8 years ago, I was just gonna freshen up the heads,
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Stephens City, VA
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
Scored some more parts off of CL!!
Got the fans and the controller for a song: |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Stephens City, VA
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
And I'm slowly rebuilding from my CL crash, my truck now looks like this:
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Stephens City, VA
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
Well, I couldn't help myself, had to take it for a drive and test those fans. Weather was nice so I left the hood off. I couldn't believe the reactions I got as I tooled around town. Most people looked at me like I was breaking some law, women were shooing children to safety and young guys were hollering to "light em' up!".
So if you want your truck to turn heads, dont spend 20k on a resto, just run with the hood off. ![]() |
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Jeffersonville, Indiana
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
I just bought my 71 4x4 and made my wife promise to not let me remove anything that can't be replaced in a weekend. My 70 Nova was running and driving with fresh paint and interior when I put it away on Thanksgiving last year. It's now stripped from the firewall forward all because I needed to change the heater box, and install disc brakes!!! Now the heads have been gone through, new disc, fresh paint and all that jazz, MSD Ignition, and a new intake!
It always snowballs, If it didn't we would all be taking our trucks apart all the time for each little upgrade! Last edited by 1quik70; 04-13-2010 at 10:56 PM. |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Smyrna, Ga
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
jaymc, do you know what those fans came off of? those look nice. nice install too.
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Stephens City, VA
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
I do, its the flex-a-lite 298, 4600 cfm. The guy bought it from Summit:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FLX-298/ With this controller: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FLX-31165/ This thing fits like it was made for my stock three core radiator. The universal brackets made the install clean and easy. The controller was an easy install as well. It feels well built and after riding around town for about an hour it had no trouble keeping me cool. Hope this helps. |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Smyrna, Ga
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
cool thanks.
what size alternator are you running? Last edited by dznucks; 04-14-2010 at 02:18 PM. |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Stephens City, VA
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
60 amp right now. With the fans drawing 28 amps I may have to upgrade the alt. I did try it with the lights and blower on, when the fans kicked on there was no noticable dimming of the lights, but time will tell. The controller soft starts the fans at 60% so that may be saving me.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: South Florida
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
I was just going to fix the shifter linkage on my three speed on the column and we went to town in it.....
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Rochester, NY
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Re: Craigslist wrecked my truck!!
I was just going to buy a honda...
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