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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Denee
Do you have any pictures of how the sway bar attaches to the axle itself? Thanks |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Denee
Do you have any pictures of how the sway bar attaches to the axle itself? Thanks |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
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I keep thinking about how so many street rodders keeper their straight axles, wishbones & even transverse springs and it makes me wonder if I wouldn't come to regret a clip job, and possibly an IFS crossmember too? Thanks again Denee! Happy holidays to you & yours if I don't "talk" to you before then. PS: Your truck looks GREAT! The side shot really helps me. I'd want my rear height exactly like yours. The front I might lower 1" or possibly 2", but that's just me.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Started building my square tube chassis from scratch today. Pics hopefully tomorrow when I finish it up. C4 IFS and IRS to come soon.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
I painted my Engine . A 54 GMC 248. I did it yesterday and finished up this morning.
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A320 Pilot/USAF Retired
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Finally put some stain on the pressure treated wood in the bed!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
I'm drilling out spotwelds on the driver's side cowl of my '47 GMC. I keep telling myself I should have looked longer but I bought it out from the crusher. [I] finished the passenger side. Hope the fenders fit. I am at a point where I am grinding into the lead seam to see where it starts and finishes so I can melt it out and expose the remaining spots.
I need to see what's involved to include some picture so I can get some support or pity. There's no sense looking up a dead horse's ass, but I was parked next to a '54 Chev half ton at a show a few years ago that was for sale. Price was right and the grunt work was done. That was the one to buy but I wasn;t really looking then. I would be driving now it if I could I had some insight. Hind-sight is 20-20. |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
I'm drilling out spotwelds on the driver's side cowl of my '47 GMC. I keep telling myself I should have looked longer but I bought it out from the crusher. [I] finished the passenger side. Hope the fenders fit. I am at a point where I am grinding into the lead seam to see where it starts and finishes so I can melt it out and expose the remaining spots.
I need to see what's involved to include some picture so I can get some support or pity. There's no sense looking up a dead horse's ass, but I was parked next to a '54 Chev half ton at a show a few years ago that was for sale. Price was right and the grunt work was done. That was the one to buy but I wasn;t really looking then. I would be driving now it if I could I had some insight. Hind-sight is 20-20. |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
I installed a recored heater core in the original deluxe heater box with a new reproduction heater valve
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
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You sanded the green color (or brown?) of the preservative chemical off the surface? What top coat are you putting on it, if any?
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
I did scuff them with a scotch brite pad, they have been installed for a year so they are fairly dry at this point. No top coat needed! Thanks!!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Nick, does the photo attached answer your question? if not I can take another pic of what you want specifically.
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Location: Moxee WA
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Started the install of an Astro van 3rd row seat in my '49 -3100. Cut the mounts down 1" so it sits nice. Now I just have to figure out how to mount it the floor.
If anyone has pictures of how they installed their Astro van seat, I'd love to see them |
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Location: Melville Saskatchewan
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Took my truck out and spun around out in the snow!!
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Location: Brooksville Ky
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Bought some rough running boards that need work, 2 new dr panels, and 2 dr glass that are for a 50 and not a 51 like I need.
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Location: Mesquite,Tx
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Painted my 10 bolt T/A rear end, tried some KBS Rust seal paint, similar to POR15 . I'm impressed with how well it coated. Turned out very nice. I also stripped and painted my drums with some high heat cast iron paint.
Had to ordered some new axle shafts mine were pitted pretty bad where the bearing rides.(waiting on parts now,4-5 days) I would post pics but for some reason I'm STILL getting the gallery is down message??? |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Yeah it does. Thanks!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
I'm a little embarrassed to show my progress because of some of the beautiful trucks you guys have built! I'm on a very low budget and I'm trying to give my Rat Rod a little class. Keeping the outside of the truck just the way it is, but freshening up the inside. Yesterday was a warm day so I was able to get my insulation on my interior roof today I will be putting up the new headliner! I cut out insulation for the floor. Got my interior light back in but having a hell of a time trying to run the wire down the inside of the truck. Put my glove box brackets in, along with wiper motor and switch. Today I'm picking up the rest of my Burl wood treatment radio grill glove box misc pieces. I will share some pictures once I get some of it installed. But for now here is some of my slow steady budget progress.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Get Down, Looks very good to me, l think your headed in the right direction.
I'm all about being on a limited budget, but there are those who'll spend $500 on a $30 fix, their trucks look great but I don't envy them when it comes time to pay the credit card bills...I'd rather spend it on Shiner beer and gas for the tank, and more Shiner beer. Here is one of my favorite threads, "Project No Buck$ ",shows what more thinking and less spending will do. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=320546 |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
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cool, an ogre smiley ![]() how to put your truck year and build thread into your signature shop air compressor timer |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
You did a good fitment on your radiant barrier. I wish I had put another layer of it, however there's not a whole lot of room between the headliner and actual roof on my 59. When the hotter days start rolling around again, I may pull down my headliner and find out what really keeps the heat from pounding down on my head! If you have the room, now would be the time to think about the maximum amount of insulation you can put up there
![]() dne' ps: you're doing great! [QUOTE=Get Down;6370042]I'm a little embarrassed to show my progress because of some of the beautiful trucks you guys have built! I'm on a very low budget and I'm trying to give my Rat Rod a little class. Keeping the outside of the truck just the way it is, but freshening up the inside. Yesterday was a warm day so I was able to get my insulation on my interior roof today I will be putting up the new headliner! I cut out insulation for the floor. Got my interior light back in but having a hell of a time trying to run the wire down the inside of the truck. Put my glove box brackets in, along with wiper motor and switch. Today I'm picking up the rest of my Burl wood treatment radio grill glove box misc pieces. I will share some pictures once I get some of it installed. But for now here is some of my slow steady budget progress.
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Thank you I'm doing the best I could with what I have to work with. I wish I could start from the ground up but I don't have the cabbage or a proper place to do it! My wife's car is stuck out in the cold now, due to me stealing my small 2 car garage. Thanks for the Project No Bucks that truck actually looked good to start with, but yeah amazing what people can do! |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
[QUOTE=Denee007;6370977]You did a good fitment on your radiant barrier. I wish I had put another layer of it, however there's not a whole lot of room between the headliner and actual roof on my 59. When the hotter days start rolling around again, I may pull down my headliner and find out what really keeps the heat from pounding down on my head! If you have the room, now would be the time to think about the maximum amount of insulation you can put up there
![]() dne' ps: you're doing great! Thank you, and I will heed your warning about the radiant barrier! I noticed yesterday that there was more room up there under the headliner than I thought. The headliner didn't go up as easy as I thought it would have. I had to do some fitment trimming on both ends. Wonder if anybody else had the same issue with a new headliner. I will continue to work on that today and think about what more I can use to fill that gap and keep my sweaty ass head cool. Thanks for the insight. |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Bought a complete front clip off of a GMC for Molly, she's my 48. I will be picking it up in the morning. .
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Location: American soil
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Stoked right now. Just got my windshield in I set it up yesterday morning putting the glass in to rubber then the SS trim in or on whatever! I then transferred it onto a board to set it on top of my hood until I got some help setting it into place! I had to wait until tonight for reinforcements to arrive, It took all of maybe 40 minutes. Nice and smooth it's amazing what a little 30W will do to make things ease into place..... sort of like a woman. Anyway one happy dude tonight. PROGRESS
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