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04-29-2013, 01:13 AM | #1 |
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New Guy, New owner 72'
Hello everyone, I am the new guy on here, and the new owner of a 72' short bed; it has been a dream of mine to own a classic since I was a kid, and now it is true. I bought the truck from a guy who had to sell because he had a second child, and had no time for it anymore. The truck is clean with a 350, 750 edelbrock carb, and 700r Trans. I am not to mechanically inclined, pretty much diving into this, I'll figure it out as I go, and I have good friends that are willing to lend a helping hand. The second day I had her, first thing in the morning she would not start up. So I rolled up the sleeves and got dirty, thus far, I had to replace the solenoid, battery, battery cables, battery terminals and ditched the old alternator with external voltage regulator; I replaced it with a one wire alternator. I came to the conclusion that it was the voltage regulator draining the battery. It has been a couple of weeks and no problems; I have been driving it everywhere and started making my list of things I would like to upgrade or work on. I enjoy the site; there is great info on here, and the wife and I enjoy reading about and looking at other trucks.
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04-29-2013, 04:06 AM | #2 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
Welcome to the forum. It's a good looking truck. There's a lot of information and a real helpful bunch on this forum. Good luck with your truck.
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04-29-2013, 07:15 AM | #3 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
Congrats.....and welcome from TEXAS!!!!
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04-29-2013, 07:37 AM | #4 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
Wow that truck is so clean! Great job grabbing that, welcome.. just joined myself!
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04-29-2013, 08:01 AM | #5 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
Very nice truck! Welcome to the board!
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04-29-2013, 09:07 AM | #6 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
Welcome to the board. Your off to a great start!
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04-29-2013, 11:09 AM | #7 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
Very nice truck. Welcome to the board!
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04-29-2013, 11:24 AM | #8 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
Nice looking truck and welcome from North Carolina.
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04-29-2013, 11:26 AM | #9 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
welcome to the forum!
very nice truck you have there
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04-29-2013, 04:41 PM | #10 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
Welcome from NY! Great looking truck! Love that blue!
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04-29-2013, 04:50 PM | #11 |
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Re: New Guy, New owner 72'
another welcome from Texas, looks like you have a nice truck...have fun with it.
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