'63 Long Fleet "Big Orange"

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I did a bit of work today. No shots of the in-progress, but here's the final product:


The PO had attached the headlight bezels with drywall screws. I lost one of them on the Coronado bridge a few years ago. Totally bummed that all the replacements are chrome, but I plan on going chrome on the front end at some point, so here we go.

The big brown truck stopped by and brought the following:
Headlight bezels
New parking/tail light plastics
Accompanying screws
Thermostat housing (the aluminum swivel kind)
Lighted license plate bolts (gotta fend off the cops)
Cast aluminum valve covers (and gaskets)
Magnaflow mufflers
Pypes exhaust kit

Tomorrow's task: thermostat housing and hoses, license plate bolts

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Been idle for a while... I think everyone knows how these things go.

I decided to install full length headers, got the headers in and they're interfering with the brake lines. Seemed like a good opportunity to do front discs.. so it sat for about 9 months. And here's the last three days progress:

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Awesome you are back at it! Kinda like the color too

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I think you might be biased Nice truck you've got as well!

I'm in the process of removing the crossmember to have it powder coated. It's not in the best shape, but I want a nice base for being able to clean up oil spills. Planning on powder coating the cross member black. I also have Porterbuilt control arms on the way, so those will be getting powder coated as well. I'm thinking of Silver Vein under an Orange top coat... kind of like this, but in orange: