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04-24-2006, 06:55 PM
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Hey guys, I just purchased a 1949 GMC pickup. It's on it's way here as we speak from Kansas. Def excited and can't wait for it to get here.
I'm a mechanical engineering major at Rutgers University in NJ. I have built up some fast mustangs, a couple lifted jeeps, a couple civics and been working on cars since I was 14. And kinda thought it'd be nice to build something a little slower and a little classier. I have been saving up since the beginnging of this school year to buy a new project as I had sold my last jeep. I was driving a family 99 explorer and one day travelled home to visit my father to pick up some paper work at his work on the new jersey parkway. I parked behind the building and walked inside. One\ the way out the back door, heard an enormous crash. Some guy fell asleep driving on the parkway, went through a drainage ditch and hit the explorer so hard it through it sidewise into a camry, haha, my dad's camry, totally both cars in about 2 mins, but good note, if my father hadn't asked me inside I may have been in the truck. So I thought if that wasn't a sign to pick up a project, I didn't know what was. My roommate just purchased a nissan 350z and sold me his 87 mazda b2000 pickup to get around and as the daily driver, and within a week I purchased the truck. Definately looking forward to working on here and posting more for your guys insight. |
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04-24-2006, 07:30 PM
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KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
 
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Welcome to the sight and we all would like to see some pics. Glad to here you weren't in that F*#d when it got creamed.
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04-24-2006, 11:40 PM
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Welcome to the board from South Mississippi!
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04-25-2006, 12:11 AM
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Welcome to the board from Texas
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04-25-2006, 12:58 PM
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Welcome!
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04-25-2006, 05:33 PM
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 from The Great White North Eh!
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04-25-2006, 06:24 PM
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From West TN 
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04-25-2006, 10:47 PM
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Where's my beer?
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from PA!
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04-27-2006, 01:28 AM
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from KY!
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04-27-2006, 09:40 AM
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hey any chance you guys know of a site, that would have factory specs on it? bolt pattern? wheel base? bed lenght? track width? stock tire size? any and all things you'd find in any normal owners manual
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04-27-2006, 09:48 PM
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RIP Mr Ron
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Welcome to the board from West Tennessee. Hope you enjoy your trip in to the world of old truck rebuilds. Takes a little more effort to find the parts but the results are well worth it.
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04-27-2006, 10:04 PM
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04-28-2006, 03:04 AM
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no help to me, sorry, I thought I had mentioned it, but I picked up a 1949, little older than 1973, so don't think that'll do me any good. Thanks anyway though, anybody have any other suggestions?
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04-28-2006, 04:18 AM
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welcome to THE BOARD surfer ! i work right down the road from ya in princeton right off of rt1 @ pppl Princeton Plasma Physics lab.
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04-28-2006, 09:34 AM
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Happy to be here
 
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Welcome to the forum SURFER1316. Keep poking around, I'm sure you will get the answers you need...
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05-01-2006, 10:05 PM
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Catchy title goes here..
 
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05-01-2006, 10:11 PM
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Welcome to the board.Sorry I was a couple days late.
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05-01-2006, 11:26 PM
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HAHA, thanks guys, just got the title and bill of sale in the mail today, but the shipper seems to be taken forever, hopefully it'll get here before I leave for Detroit
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05-09-2006, 04:44 PM
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Welcome to the best board on the net from Kentucky.
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