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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!
My trimmed and crimped A/C hoses were back in my mailbox from Vintage Air.
Total of one week to turn around from San Antonio, TX. Around here, there's no one to do the job right. Vintage Air knows some of us live "in the woods". So they offer the cutting and crimping service free of charge. Cost me ten bucks for freight...that's all. And it's done to my lengths....and to their specs.
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Account Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: san bernardino ca. everywhere
Posts: 3,938
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
picked up my free spare 68 hood that i will eventually chop up and make a cowl hood scoop out of, and then i will eventually attach it to my hood current 67 hood
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Goodman,Mo
Posts: 155
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Installed the Radiator, Hold down clamps, front headlight buckets, battery box, hood,cowling and started to align the gaps in it all. What a job!!!!!!
I ran out of paint to black the clamps and the top of the radiator out. So they are just primed. I just hope I dont have to take the front clip apart again. Here are some pics. |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Carlsbad, CA
Posts: 1,584
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I drove it to the store at 7 am because I needed milk for my breakfast cereal.
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- Jim - My Daily Driver is a 1969 Chevrolet Custom/20 Fleetside 350/TH400/Eaton H052 4.10 and its Project thread is here http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=456911 |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Houston tx
Posts: 701
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
drove it to work & enjoyed it.... also had to show a dumb honda that there isnt anything like the sound of a v8
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Grand Terrace, Ca.
Posts: 1,607
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Ordered my radiator today...$790.00 OUCH!
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Senior Member
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Location: Reno, Nv.
Posts: 1,433
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
What radiator did you buy? Yah OUCH!!!
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1927 Willy's Knight 24,000 original miles, 1958 Impala 283/Powerglide, 1964 C-30 383/4 speed, 1971 Monte Carlo 350/350, 1972 GMC K2500 350/350, 1976 Chev. K10 350/350, 2006 GMC Sierra 2500HD LBZ Duramax/Allison, 2006 Chev. Silverado K3500 LBZ Duramax/Allison |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: sw colorado
Posts: 2,720
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Gold. best heat transfer
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
Posts: 2,375
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Climbed under the 68/71 for the forty-first time in two months today.
The "T" on the front stainless brake lines (the "T"'s stock) is leaking. Came home and looked for the "T" in the LMC catalog, since I bought the 7-pc. stainless "kit" from them. I just wanted to go ahead and buy the "T" they sell in case they'd opted to provide some strange fittings with the stainless lines. Turns out, they don't sell a "T" for the front lines. I know because I called them and they verified they don't sell the "T". "So", I asked, "Can you tell me the thread size and pitch so I can go buy a "T"?" "You see, the lines are already on and I don't want to lose ALL my brake fluid". The nice lady put me on hold. Then she came back and told me she had "exhausted all her resources".....I said, "Okay, so what is the thread size?" "If you sell the 'kit', someone must know if they are stock "T"'s.... or otherwise." She said she'd "put in a ticket" and that someone would call me. Naturally, that didn't happen. Oh, well. If it were easy, everybody that wanted to spend more on something than it's worth would be doin' it!
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Grand Terrace, Ca.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Entropy...If you search "Entropy" on this board another member posted a picture of the one he bought. The one I ordered has 1.250" tubes and dual 14" fans, $790.00 is still a lot of money (includes shipping) but close to half the money of a BeCool radiator.
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"brand new second-hand"
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: White House, Tennessee
Posts: 526
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
................and when I replace my factory unit they will get my coin too!
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71' Custom 10 (ole blue)
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cleveland, GA
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bought it and gave it a bath lol
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71' Custom 10 (ole blue) GM Goodwrench 350 Turbo 350 Transmission |
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Your UncleBen
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Location: Indian Trail, NC
Posts: 590
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Ordered my No-Limit Engineering rack and pinion setup today! Cant wait to get it.
lata CHRIS
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: vacaville ca
Posts: 1,304
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
changed the oil, rotella and bought some undercoating to start to spray the floor pans and fender wells. Thinking of coating uner the hood too
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04 CHEVY LLY LS DURAMAX 4WD. MODS TO FOLLOW, EFI LIVE, BUILT TRANS, LBZ MP, LIFT PUMP SOLD 1972 chevy c10 |
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Location: mich
Posts: 655
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Almost done
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Old member
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S.
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1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 ![]() Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs. |
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Rosedale B.C Canada... EH
Posts: 102
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Well I got the 1987 front clip in and 72 5 bolt rear end in as well. No More 6 bolt and now have disc brakes on front . heres what it looked like
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Gearhead
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,193
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
That is awesome, beautiful truck!
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2002 Saturn SL2, My D/D 2019 Ford Fusion SE, Ecoboost - Wife's D/D 1993 Camaro Z28, A4, CAI, Cat-Back Exhaust Project C10 (my 72' C10 w/96' LT1, 700R4, bagged F&R, 18's (for now), Short/Fleet) -- SOLD! Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=313644 |
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PROJECT 7DEUCE
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Location: GRANTS PASS OR
Posts: 21,608
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Nice looking ride^^^^^^^^^^ I got and installed my stainless power steering lines and they look b!tchin should have some pics posted i my build thread today.
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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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Location: Toms River, NJ
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Pulled my small block out of the frame rails in anticipation of installing my 454
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Houston tx
Posts: 701
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Replaced the ground cable that left me stranded yesterday also moved the oil pressure gauge and water temp gauge to the cluster that the PO installed on the lower edge of the dash
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: New Carlisle, Ohio,USA
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Picked up 4 copies of "Vintage Truck Magazine", that my truck was featured in. November issue, page 44, brown 1970 GMC from New Carlisle, Ohio. It was the Mid-Ohio Mini meet, held at the Vintage truck show, in Yellow Springs, Oh. Only place I could find the magazine, was at Tractor Supply Stores. Are they nationwide or just local? Will try and post pic tomorrow.
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Not too old to learn
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SoCal
Posts: 617
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Quote:
The mag is published in Yellow Springs, at least that is the address the editor uses. I have been a subscriber for several years, great truck only truck mag.
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Great Falls, MT
Posts: 15
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I fabricated a bracket for a 7 pin RV trailer plug. Then wired the plug and brake controller into the system. I should have done it when I re wired the whole truck as it took a while to make it look like it was not added after the fact.
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southington CT
Posts: 548
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
we (my son and I) dug a little deeper into the front disc conversion yesterday.
pulled the old boost/MC off and compared it to the new one. Can you spot the new one? You can see in the picture where we took measurements for the input shaft(aka pedal rod), hole center to hole center was (9-1/8" - 9-3/16"). Here it is mocked up for a photo We also bought a new complete front line kit. More details on it later And a peak at the disc clearance on our new 15" wheels. Just going to clear. we had fun and got REAL DIRTY... O yeah, almost forgot, I had him remove the lower A-arm shaft like my dad had me remove then back in the day... The hard way... ![]() |
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