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Old 02-07-2011, 06:52 PM   #2526
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?

Thats Too Cool, I'll probaly do something like that too, although I would be spooked about sitting on the hood.
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Old 02-07-2011, 07:11 PM   #2527
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?

Drove it to work. half way there i started to smell coolant . not good. i

didnt want to pull over because i was getting so close to work. as soon as i

slowed down enough i could see steam pour out of the engine compartment.

parked it really quick and the hose from the intake to the heater core was

torn.coolant gushed all over the engine and all components. lucky for me i

still had a few extra inches of hose.After work i cut off the torn part and

re- attached it. filled it up with water and was able to get it home.

that was scary when i saw the engine temp rise over 220 degrees
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Old 02-07-2011, 09:05 PM   #2528
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Always an adventure, and the reason I always carry tool, extra parts and extra fluids!
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Old 02-07-2011, 10:43 PM   #2529
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I imagine you probably prefer the photo with the family added, but that rear shot really makes the truck look tough! Very cool indeed.

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Well, yesterday actually. My wife said that I needed to be sure the old truck was clean. When I asked her why, she just smiled and said that we were going to use it as a prop in our family portraits. Too cool, made this alot more fun than it could have been.



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Old 02-08-2011, 12:40 AM   #2530
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Thanks Mark, I like that one too. She took that as I was lighting up the tires a little. My son loves to feel the power as much as I do!
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Old 02-08-2011, 08:12 PM   #2531
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?

Took the engine and tranny off the bed and into my uncles shop to start workin on it meanwhile I work on swapping out entire front suspension with disc brakes and rear end on the truck! Getting progress done
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Old 02-10-2011, 09:37 PM   #2532
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Tried to install my repo driver side arm rest on my 72.I cant for the life of me get the screws to start in the armrest .They go into the door easily and look through the armrest holes and they line up perfectly ,take them out and try as I might they just will not start in.What am I doing wrong ? I did manage a few bad words but all it did was made me feel a little better. Will try again tomorrow.
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Old 02-10-2011, 10:41 PM   #2533
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Consider taking the front panel off, putting them on then re set the panel, would it be easier that way?
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:26 PM   #2534
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I striped the inner fender and cowl area.
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:40 PM   #2535
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I open the garage door walk by the truck an notice it is 24 degrees in the garage ............... I locked the door and called it a day ...
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Old 02-11-2011, 08:48 PM   #2536
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I had to put on a long sleeve t-shirt to work out in my shop. LOL. It was mostly to not get sun burn.
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rub it in... actually today we have a heat wave going , it was 24 .. better than the lower single digits we had for a week.....
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Old 02-11-2011, 11:44 PM   #2538
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Pulled out the stove, fridge, sink, and table outof the camper as well as the lihgting and fittings. Put them all on e-bay to offset the cost of storage. cleaned the hubcaps and getting ready to bring the truck home.
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Old 02-12-2011, 12:01 AM   #2539
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Drove to work like I do every day, still get the thumbs up from some drivers. there`s several guys at work that are looking to buy 60-66, seems like its growing more so now than ever, maybe availability, mostly maybe not out of reach price wise but getting noticeably higher...!
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I always say there are two seasons in california Summer and waiting for summer" I hate it when it's too cold to work on something.
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Drove it to work. half way there i started to smell coolant . not good. i

didnt want to pull over because i was getting so close to work. as soon as i

slowed down enough i could see steam pour out of the engine compartment.

parked it really quick and the hose from the intake to the heater core was

torn.coolant gushed all over the engine and all components. lucky for me i

still had a few extra inches of hose.After work i cut off the torn part and

re- attached it. filled it up with water and was able to get it home.

that was scary when i saw the engine temp rise over 220 degrees
Reminds me of a time when my wife and I did our first long distance road trip in the truck. She wanted to drive so I told her to watch the gauges and about 30 min to our destination she said "wow, something smells like maple syrup." And I was like "what the Hell, that is not maple syrup that's engine coolant!" LOL turns out we threw the belt to the water pump. I still think of that day everytime I smell maple syrup.
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Old 02-12-2011, 09:56 AM   #2542
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Balanced my drive shaft and ordered new headers, to bad they are back ordered.
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Old 02-12-2011, 07:00 PM   #2543
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Back in 1990 I bought a NOS Chevy Beretta stereo from a friend.

For some tunes in the ole '65 I decided to mount the steroe in the console. I bench tested the radio.. sounds pretty good, well good enough for a shop truck.

To support the stereo I fabricated some 16 gauge steel brackets designed to angle the stereo back up under the cup holders.

I still need to fabricated some spacers to go betweeen the brackets and console, then paint everything up.

My kind of modification… I have all of about 30 bucks in the entire deal, including the radio.

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Old 02-12-2011, 07:26 PM   #2544
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Nice radio install!!
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Old 02-12-2011, 07:29 PM   #2545
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Ok guys!! My dash finally got some color today. A buddy of mine who is a local car painter laid down some H2 Hummer yellow and it came out great.

















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Old 02-12-2011, 08:05 PM   #2546
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Putting in new floor and rockers
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Old 02-12-2011, 08:40 PM   #2547
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took out the stock bench seat outta of my 61' to put in the 1997 60/40 seat in. Didn't fit like I expected it too. SOOOO I took the orig. bench to a local uhpolsterer and he quoted me a decent price so I am sticking to the orig. bench seat....
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Old 02-12-2011, 09:33 PM   #2549
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Gut the crap out of my dash, looks pretty good I think.
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Welded up the 3-pieces of the Frankenstein passenger fender (finally)…
came out decent for first serious MIG welding effort
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