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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
The rear of the hood will need to be lengthened about a half an inch.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
How about this for an option: build the cowl out to meet the hood instead. Way less warpage than that big floppy hood edge.
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MartinSr. is that spi grey epoxy? i have used the black and the red..
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Last night, most certainly 5 minutes was about it. I did get my wife's 1957 Murray Hot Rod put together so I can clean it up and sell it. She is not a biker and we have stored it for 25 years in the shed, think it's about time. I'm going to sell my '39 Columbia hot rod bike too, so we don't have to move them to Idaho and store them there right? But I also got some planning and thinking on the hood done too, really thinking I am going to split the front and move the top forward, I am really thinking this now. It lines up pretty good, pretty amazing in fact. The one thing that is surprising me is the bracket that goes across the back that the hood hinges mount to. I carefully shortened the right one the 2.5 inches that the cab is sectioned to, and the way the thing rotates as it moves on the hinges some how changes all that and I am about 3/8" to short! With the hood side sitting there in place the bracket at the proper height in the middle, it is at least 3/8" up off the bottom of the hood where it mounts! Soooooo, thank goodness I didn't do the other side yet and I only tack welded this side together so I can go back that 3/8" or so. The funny thing is I had to work my butt off shaving this and that to get that 3/8"! 3/8" up will be much less work, so that's good. Tacking and trial fitting saved my butt on this one! Brian
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you just can't leave well enough alone can you? haha.
gonna be tracking you on this one. looks like it's gonna be a geometry project. |
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I had a professional auto appraiser check out my GTX and '58 to prepare for an insurance review. The inspection process was very thorough and he asked some really good questions, it will take a couple days to research comparable vehicle pricing and put the report together. When he asked what value I would put on the truck, I didn't have an answer other than high enough to avoid being totaled.
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I was devastated that I had nothing to post here last night, what did I do on my truck, not a damn thing. But alas, I forget that yesterday I called LMC and ordered my bed cross sills and mounting bolts and blocks. So YES I did do something on my truck, WHOOO HOOOOO!
My cross sills by the way had to be gotten for a 47-49 because I am running the tank on the frame under the bed that they used in those years before it got moved behind the seat in the cab. Brian
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The truck came in at $50K which is probably a fair number, although I wouldn’t sell it for that due to sentimental reasons. Now I can upgrade the agreed value coverage with the confidence that I won’t take a financial hit if something bad happens. |
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Got my cab in 100 grit. Starting to fit the doors back on.
I am trying to order the side beds for my short box but they keep trying to add $300 in shipping. Anyone have a better alternative for shipping to Michigan? |
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Prepping my running boards for bed liner. I loosened the running board-to-fender bolts to make a slight gap for painting, then masked and sanded. Yes, it would been easier to have done them before I installed them, but my goal back then was to get the truck on the road first, then finish the details.
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Put the front clip back together today. Props to you guys who do it with freshly painted sheetmetal i would have scratched every panel. The cow pusher didnt really help much either
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You don't need no stinkin' hot water to work on your truck!
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So true! Sorry you had to go on a plumbing adventure!
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Sorry no photos, got some bondo work done on the rear fenders before I left for home today.
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Installed the sound deadener onto the underside of the roof.
Also continued the preliminary bodywork on the bed sides. They were so mangled I had to pull the tops back to 90 degrees with a come-along and weld them to the stake pockets.
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