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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Agreed Mike, I'm on this forum everyday looking for info .......
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
The 15x8 rally wheels I had on the front of my truck were rubbing on the fender openings when I'd hit a dip in the road. Lolife recommended Stockton Wheel to have them reduced to 15x7, so that's what I did. They cut the centers out of a set of 15x8s and welded new USA-made hoops on them. Took them one week. Finally installed them today.
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Installed the 99 Tahoe seats after replacing the leather with something in black. Still need to smooth the leather, but love the look.
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I went with 3-7/8", which is the same as the 15x8 6-lug rally rims. I did that because I knew they would clear my lower control arms without trimming them.
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Started the stake side for the 68 anniversary truck . Some of the slab leftovers I usually cut up for firewood . These are hickory I’m going to just but a slab on each side . Also will have to bow tie some of the end cracks before I finish sand them this week all I did today was send them through the planer.
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I've got a few different projects going on with my truck at the moment. Replacing inner/outer rockers is one of them. I noticed the cab wasn't lining up with the bed at all a few days ago. DS was ~1 low, PS was fine. I was worried something moved while I had the cab cut up. A few days later I went out and measured the body mounts on both sides, they were identical (~2" for the rears). As I was scratching my head I walked around the truck and noticed the PS was now ~1" low as well.
New body mounts fixed it right up but I'm still a little puzzled why both of the rear cab mounts collapsed ~1" while sitting in my garage after 54 years of driving around. Seems unlikely, but I looked at some recent photos, and they seem to confirm I'm not losing my mind. It was sitting just fine a few weeks ago. In other news, I finally got catainfab's booster mount and PS frame adapter installed. Both of those items were $ well spent and I'm sure saved me a lot of work & head-scratching.
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Finished installing the body, moldings and inner fenders. She's close to done, but no sign of windows yet.
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Test fit the new bed, ready to remove/disassemble and paint.
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More of a polished but yes they do.
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Yes its all Keyparts with a Mar-K white oak wood floor. Went together okay but you have to assemble and put it on the truck before any paint, I had to re drill a few holes and I still need to elongate a few after I take it apart. Not bad but I would have been upset if I would have painted everything first.
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I just them off ebay, search New Clear Lens Deluxe Side Marker Light Set W/ Trim For 68-72 Chevrolet C10.
It was like $30 for two
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I'm not really getting off to a fantastic start with my brake lines. I spent about 4hrs making the two short lines that connect the master to the prop valve. And yes, I did forget to put the fitting on once, and then put the wrong size on the next try. Decided it was time to cool off and try again another day.
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67 C10 283 T5 swapped longbed fleetside = wife's daily driver 67 C20 292 (originally a 250)4speed longbed fleetside w/original wooden bed=my project truck 67 C10 283+.060 (so a 292 as well)T5 swapped longbed fleetside=my DD 72 C1500 Sierra Grande 350 TH350 longbed fleetside=wife's fair weather truck Can you tell we are fans of longbed fleetsides & 67s Chris |
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We've all done it BASE, no shame in that
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I fabbed up some 3point seatbelt mounts that just clears the gas tank and tucks the ratchet mechanisms snug in behind the bench seat.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I finally swapped my C20 heavy duty spring to just 1/2 ton coils and replaced the shocks in hope of a little softer ride.
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Don't ask me how he did it. But he did. He got in a lot of trouble for that one. And of course we all made fun of him.
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Worked on the stakeside boards this is why projects take me so long I get carried away . I could have epoxy glued the cracks but no not me . Ended up doing bow ties out of black walnut . Two coats of spar urethane so far .
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