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Old 02-20-2014, 11:10 AM   #26
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Wow, that's so weird! That's my truck lol
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Old 02-21-2014, 06:04 PM   #27
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Heres some more pictures during the teardown and rebuild lol.
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Old 02-22-2014, 05:52 PM   #28
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Made a lot of progress today, got the cab and firewall stripped:


And I had to take a sneak peek.


It's starting to feel like sooooooo much work
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Old 02-23-2014, 01:39 AM   #29
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Just keep going! One thing at a time!
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Old 02-23-2014, 12:12 PM   #30
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I understand that feeling. My "three month" project has taken me almost a year to get where I am and I still have more to go. Keep up the good work. I am looking forward to the finish product.
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Old 03-02-2014, 03:47 PM   #31
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This is the first step towards the "rebuild" part.


I started body work yesterday and realized this thing is molested with bondo. I called my body guy and told him to come get it, this is way more than I can do myself.
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Old 03-10-2014, 09:28 AM   #32
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Did some work getting little things in the engine bay painted, got the intake painted too.
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Old 03-10-2014, 12:54 PM   #33
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Can't go wrong with Chevrolet Orange....
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Old 03-10-2014, 01:49 PM   #34
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I though for a long time what to do with the motor before i settled on making it look bone stock.
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Old 03-23-2014, 02:55 PM   #35
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Truck should be going out for paint and body work next week, finally got the seat as low as I could:

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Old 03-23-2014, 04:24 PM   #36
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Sweet!
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Old 03-26-2014, 10:19 AM   #37
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Got another goodie in, a 4 camera reverse/off-road spotting system. Now just waiting on my paint and body guy to pick it up

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Old 04-05-2014, 10:11 AM   #38
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Truck is finally going out for body work and paint monday, working to get my center console built before it's going:


And navigation and audio ran by this sweet little thing, Nexus 7 LTE:
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Old 05-07-2014, 09:17 AM   #39
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The trucks is just a day or 2 away from paint, also getting the center console and motor wrapped up.





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Old 05-08-2014, 10:13 AM   #40
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The bed has color! Truck should be ready for re-assembly on Monday.


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Old 05-08-2014, 10:27 AM   #41
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Man you really miss that truck don't you? J/K, I would too. That color looks as good now as it did last time, can't beat it.
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Old 05-08-2014, 10:35 AM   #42
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Lol yea. I think it's a nice color that's unique but not flashy. Every time i see that color it brings back the memory of his truck coming down the driveway.
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Old 05-08-2014, 10:23 PM   #43
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I take it you did Base/Clear this time?
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Old 05-08-2014, 10:56 PM   #44
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Nope, had my body guy use the same rustoleum but it was mixed with hardener and sprayed. He had found a mixture formula that's makes this almost indestructible, it doesn't quite have the base/clear shine but at a fraction of the cost and the nature of use of the truck I went back this route.
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Old 05-09-2014, 06:54 PM   #45
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Interesting. Well then good deal!
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Old 05-19-2014, 01:12 PM   #46
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Truck has been back from body work and paint for a few days, made a little progress:
Unloading from the flat bed:


The empty shell:


And a little bit installed:




So far the Harness has been routed in the interior (engine bay is giving me trouble, I have no idea how to wire the alternator), sound deadner has been applied, steering column installed and Heater box and A/C ducts have been put in place.
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Old 05-19-2014, 04:34 PM   #47
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Looks good man!
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Old 05-19-2014, 04:38 PM   #48
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I'm having trouble figuring out wiring on the alternator, my alt has 3 connectors (2 spade and a post). It looks like it WAS wired with 1 connection going to the fuse block on the firewall and 1 going to the junction box on the firewall, the post was connected but not hooked to anything. Any ideas?
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Old 05-22-2014, 08:56 AM   #49
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Frame has it's first coat, hopefully get the motor in and fire it up this weekend:

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Old 05-23-2014, 09:05 AM   #50
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All 4 pedals in, second coat of chassis paint is on and the brake booster is back on. It might be making noise this weekend!

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