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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
Nice work on the spacers, I know how the little things can drive us nuts. I had to remove both of my trim pieces on my driver side door and re drill the mounting holes (GM was way off from the factory). That's all I could see when I looked at my driver side.
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
How's your truck doing Jason? You get to drive it much? Pictures?
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
Hey Mike. The truck is running well. I haven't had much chance to drive it with the amount of rain we've had this spring. With a little luck I hope to make it out to cars and coffee this weekend in Nashville. I'll try to get some current pictures then. Looks as if you've been getting to drive your's a little more often. Glad you're enjoying it! It looks awesome!
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
Looks like a healthy shower of rain is in the forecast for tomorrow morning, so I doubt I'll be making the trip to cars and coffee. However, I did at least drive the old truck to work today. It's awful dirty, but we're at least out of the garage.
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Very cool driving a classic to work any time. Great looking truck! ![]() You should be a proud papa ![]() |
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
I took my co-pilot for her first voyage in the truck this weekend to Nashville Cars and Coffee. Overall it was a success. I had several people stop by to check it out and chat. Good times!
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
still looking good though!
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Just read this entire thread. Beautiful truck! Very tastefully done. Hope my GMC turns out this nice.
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Thanks Robbie, I appreciate the kind words. Look forward to seeing where you go with your GMC.
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
Just went through your thread, not sure how I missed it over the last couple of years. Truck looks great and even better in person. It's definitely motivating me to work on mine. Nice meeting you the other day.
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Thanks buddy. It was good meeting you as well. Look forward to seeing the progress with your truck.
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
I took the truck out on Saturday morning for a little fun. First stop, Cars and Coffee in Nashville. There was a better turnout than I expected to see being mid month and all. Then I decided to head north up to White House for the Southeastern Truck Nationals. It was also a good turnout with about 125 trucks or so. I ended up leaving before the awards ceremony, but Bryan(5150) let me know later in the day that Rufus brought home a Top 25 award. There were a lot of nice trucks there so I was pretty happy with that. Here's a picture that I found from the show from www.hovermotorco.com. He took plenty of pictures if anyone wants to check it out.
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It's been quite a while since I've checked in on the forum. I've been able to make a couple of upgrades during the offseason and take care of a couple issues. The first problem I had was a leaky rear end around the pressed in axle tubes. I had a local buddy tig the tubes to the housing and make it nice and solid. During this time, I decided to go ahead and do a gear swap to a 3.73. As much fun as the 4.10 was, it just wasn't very driver friendly. It cleaned up pretty nicely. Luckily I had a good helper. I also decided to try something a little different than the rallies. I should have the tires mounted this week. This girl loves her new shirt too!
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Heck yeah Jason! Love the pic of you and your daughter
![]() 3:73 is a good choice too. I'm ready to see your truck with the caps. |
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Can't wait to see the new wheels on! That is a cute picture of your daughter laying with you under the truck with the Mechanix gloves on!
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Thanks guys. It's so special that she likes to hang out with dad in the garage. I finally got the tires swapped over and the caps on. I'm happy with the outcome so far.
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It wa s a beautiful weekend for a bath and some road time. I'm really liking the new steelies so far. I've been trying to drive the truck every chance I get. I really need to take a few minutes and hook up the cruise for those drives into the office.
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
Nice work!
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
Truck looks great, i like the big ole Mechanics gloves on the little hands too.
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
Very clean truck.
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Thanks buddy. I appreciate the nice words.
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Re: Project: Rufus Restoration
Truck is looking awesome Jason
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Thanks buddy. It's been a lot of fun so far this spring. I'm trying to drive it back and forth to work at least 1-2 days a week as the weather allows. Can't wait to see where you go with your new build! |
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