06-27-2010, 10:20 PM | #226 |
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A few more pics.
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06-27-2010, 11:50 PM | #227 |
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Thanks for the info on the drop. I really like the idea of the shift linkage mod! I bet those headers will sound as good as they look.
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07-04-2010, 12:15 PM | #228 |
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A few before and after pics...
Happy 4th!! Thanks for looking. |
07-04-2010, 12:38 PM | #229 |
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Well, I got the truck out of the exhaust shop on Thursday, aligned on Friday so its now road ready.
Ed Hanson's Muffler Shop in Spring Valley CA completed the exhaust system. Kevin, the tech that built the system did a fantastic job. Kevin has done the exhaust systems on all of my projects and does amazing work. It was not an easy task for him to get a dual, 3" system in the truck while keeping it out of sight. The system uses three chamber big block 3" Flowmaster mufflers, flanged "H" pipe and stainless exhaust tips. Thanks again for looking. Here's some pics of the new exhaust. Miles |
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Some more pics of the exhaust.
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Some more.
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07-04-2010, 12:58 PM | #232 |
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Here's a few pics of the truck with new wheel trim rings installed.
All for now. Thanks for looking, Miles |
07-04-2010, 01:29 PM | #233 |
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Great job so far & awesome work on that exhaust. You need to buy that guy a gift cert to a local steakhouse!
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Looking good and the exhaust did turn out GREAT!
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coming along great
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07-05-2010, 09:13 PM | #236 |
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Well on it's way to a very sharp truck.
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Man that exhaust looks great! He really got it fittin in some tight spots.
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Great build good looking truck all around.
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Any updates?
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Great Build! Do you want to sell the stock wheels and caps? PM me if available.
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Are you kidding me with the exhaust? Guess who did mine.... We need to meet up, if i knew you did all this work near me i would have came over, drank some beer and watched you. na but hit me up. Would love to check this out. May be ill drive mine over.
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Just saw this thread, I'm not on here much so I don't know how often people shorten beds but you are the only person I've seen do it other than the one I did. I posted a thread a few years back but didn't put many pics on it. I did mine a little different so that I wouldn't be cutting up the body line, I'm impressed yours looks so good the way you cut it up. I never did finish mine and the bed was pretty rusty so I didn't take the time to keep it straight while welding so you can see where I welded it after it was primed. Here's a link to some pics for anyone that's interested
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01-30-2011, 06:04 PM | #243 |
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Sorry for the late reply.
Not much is new, just been driving it as much as I can. I've put close to 4K miles on it since getting it back on the road. I recently freshened up the TH400 trans and added some three point belts. It has turned out to be a nice riding/driving little truck, I'm really happy with it. The next step will be paint/interior, but that will have to wait for now. Miles |
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Glad to see you back on... have often wondered how you were coming along with this.
Glad to see she's getting back out on the road.
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Hey from N.C.again & just got caught up on your build & just have to say very NICE , keep up the work, U done a great job keep on truckin''
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What's the story on the 400TH I'm not familiar with what you have going there? I've never seen that before. thanks
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Lookn good , R u plan on painting just the bed 2 match or the whole truck
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Thanks for the comments guys, they sure mean a lot to me. After all the hard work its nice to here positive feedback.
As for the paint, the plan is to paint the entire truck inside and out. Unfortunately, I'm not very handy at body/paint work, so that will have to wait for now. |
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