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Location: Pompano Beach Florida
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I brought my truck home from my painters shop today. Let the Fun Begin! Time to get going putting it back together now!
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PROJECT 7DEUCE
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Very nice congrats..
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GO BIG GREEN ![]() MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P.. |
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Austin, TX
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Finally finished blasting, scraping cleaning, etc my front crossmember. Man, there was tons of dirt and grease up inside that sucker. PITA. Now to paint it and start getting the front end back together.
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: biloxi, mississippi
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Does placing an order for POR-15 and PREP & READY count?
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: San Diego, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Rebuilt my carb again.... had a bad fuel filter in it and caused the float to get stuck and flood.... lucky it didnt catch fire with raw fuel pooring onto the exhaust manifold
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Northern California
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Became seriously depressed when contemplating the condition of my steering wheel and seat foam. This needs to become a DD within the next month or so.
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Location: Fallbrook, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
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I picked up a cheap steering wheel for like $80 at the parts store. Thats a pretty easy swap. You can rent a steering wheel puller if you don't have one. |
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Location: Northern California
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Yep, its likely to be eggcrate foam and a horse blanket. I think I have a random steering wheel around here somewhere.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
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Junkyard wheel in process: ![]() To this: ![]() On another note... I'm doing the front brakes on the old CST/10 in my spare time after 12hr workdays, seven days a week. |
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Here's the steering wheel I was talking about. As I said, you can have it. But it's probably not going to be worth the postage to get it to you. It's heavy.
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Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Went over to the shop for a couple of minutes...Ha! Five hours later, here I am. Out of the mid-90's temp., at least.
Fitted the new "peep" square mirrors, put the radiator in for the count, riveted and otherwise got the grille nacelle in and on, ran some of the front clip wiring. I chose to run the portion of the wires that "feed" the pass. side headlight, side marker, fuseable link, etc. along the bottom (along the bottom rear, actually) of the radiator core support and then up under the battery box. I took care to route them so that if I had battery overflow issues, the nasty juice wouldn't hit the wires. I called Early Classic to order a new grille. Mine is brittle and broke in a few places on the install.
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Location: Cheney Washinton
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
After I got home today from work at 5:45AM, I went out to my Blazer and contemplated where to put a few test holes in the floor and rocker panels to inspect what patch panels I need to buy.. I gotta get her preped for surgury.
![]() ![]() just got her in Before After And the worst side for the floor areas.. Don't look to bad accualy.
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: 90605
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Fart around with accessory brackets
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Location: Colorado
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Looks like a great start to me!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
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71 2wd Blazer My build, Restarted 05 Buell firebolt ![]() 94 ![]() No rice for me,,, I'm full ![]() |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
New chrome tailgate letters and a heater lever rebuild kit..
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GO BIG GREEN ![]() MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P.. |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Russellville, Arkansas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Indyuke, that looks sweet. Hope mine comes out that nice. Yesterday, cut my 1 yr old exhaust off at rear axle to fit the rear Boyds tank in. Also had to grind off the hangers that were welded on the bottom of frame right where the gas tank flanges are. Fits nice and tight. Also stared at all my ac fittings from Docs blocks while I wait for my braze rods with flux to come. Brown truck came and delivered some of my gas tank AN fittings. Nice.
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Light day today.
Got the headlight and bezels in. Got most of the wiring done on the driver's side of the engine compartment (side marker, alt lead, headlight, horn, etc.). Put some emblems I re-habbed last night on below the front side markers. More wiring tomorrow. Gotta wait for the new inner grille insert to come in.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Magwa you're not far from rolling that one down the street.
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Thanks for the encouragement, Boog. I gotta spend some time on my back in here:
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: new braunfels, Texas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I installed my visors, that is all.
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Philly Pa
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
![]() whole new front end. Trying to get back to pre drunk driver status. Aligning body panels blows. Posted via Mobile Device |
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Pretty easy day today. Rough wired in the fan relay associated wires, "hot" junction terminal (moved from the pass. fender to the side of the battery box), got the fan sensor in the radiator.
Stopped for a break and got side tracked. Installed the radiator overflow. I think it looks pretty good. Rubber hose wrapped with some coated braided stuff I'm using until it runs out. I may move the hose. Maybe not. BTW, I may be wasting some of you guys' time with these pics every day. I'm just too lazy to set up a build thread. Let me know if I'm being a thread hog and I'll move over.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
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Location: Fallbrook, CA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Nah, you're good. I'm not going to read through everybody's build threads... I just like to see a little bit of everything.
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