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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
JJ, you know I love your truck but what are your plans? Are you turning it into a GMC step side or maybe a GMC Suburban Carrier? Those are more rare than hen's teeth as I'm sure you know.
I thought you'd posted awhile ago that you intended to make your truck into a Cameo, but now I'm a bit confused. She's still a GREAT looking truck!
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'55 Big Window Shortbed, Drive-It-&-Work-On-It slid down the "slippery slope" to a Frame-Off Rodstoration! LQ4/4l85e/C4 IFS/Mustang 8.8 rearend w/3.73's Dan's '55 Big Window "Build" - Well, Kinda! |
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Location: Westminster, SC
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Dang Softpatch, I think what you really need is a few more leaf springs. What was that thing hauling, all the steel to build the Titanic?
Rob
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Location: Moreno Valley, Calif.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
My cab had been smelling like gasoline when I would fuel up. Large hose would leak no matter how tight the clamp was. So I ordered a set of hoses, and a new filler neck grommet, as the 60 yr old original was looking a bit tired.... Got them off the internet from Grumpys parts in Arizona. They arrived in two days! Hoses and grommet fit perfectly, just a bit of grunting, and a little lube, to get them on. 81 deg and 50% humidity here in So Cal today, actually had a tiny bit of rain!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Sweet Capnduane!
I finally got my master cylinder mounted! |
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Location: Charleston, SC
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
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Location: Camas Wa
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Looks AMAZING!
What grill/front end is that? - nevermind, I found it!
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Location: Vashon WA
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
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. great looking truck .... Would like to know more about the wheels (Rim's) like the color.! what is it (orange) your handy work..? How did you do it Spraybomb.? Two stage ?. .Base-clear coat.? .........Thanks Sp
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Thanks Sp! I bought the rims from Stockton Wheel, 15x8 fronts and 16x10 rear, and the were powder coated orange by them too.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
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Are you missing pieces to complete the Cameo conversion? Since you're wheels are orange I'm wondering what your eventual final color scheme is planned to be? Orange two tone could look great. A little like a 50-50 bar!
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Eastern Oregon
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Got My column almost done . Made new shifter Knob & Made new Handle Boot.
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Location: wind lake WI
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
My new dyna tech driveshaft came today, one step closer!
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
That is a dang nice job on the shifter knob Tomb23!
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Location: Media, Pa
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Started to tear apart rear brakes...a major overhaul is needed.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Welding and finish work on the step repair. Major shop cleanup after finishing woodworking honey dos.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Scrubbed down the C4 rear end now all clean and shiny.
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Noticed an oil spot on the floor under the right rear wheel, so decided to find out what's up.
Found grease seal was leaking & wheel bearing was real noisy. When I pulled it apart, the axle out, the bearing rollers fell out of the cage and rolled down the axle tube into the diff. So after replacing bearings, seals & brakes on both sides plus draining the diff & removing the bearing rollers, today its off to the tile store to get tile for a bathroom remodel |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Fixed the dash for the radio, put 2 fender washers in the new holes i just cut to fix the ugly that was left behind.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Looking at the radio photo for some reason the ground metal looked like old fashioned clear glass cabinet knobs. They're not but then I thought, "...that might be cool!"
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'55 Big Window Shortbed, Drive-It-&-Work-On-It slid down the "slippery slope" to a Frame-Off Rodstoration! LQ4/4l85e/C4 IFS/Mustang 8.8 rearend w/3.73's Dan's '55 Big Window "Build" - Well, Kinda! |
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Location: Moxee WA
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Took my wife out for dinner last night in the truck. She enjoyed the re done interior and the quieter exhaust. Woo hoo - points for me !!!
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Location: The Netherlands
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Was is Bakersfield CA for this last month, orderd a lot of stuff by Summit.
4 boxes of dynamat extreme.. And a lot of little things for the lokar shifter.. Did'nt know the dynamat is so heavy.. Did not fit in my suitcase to the Netherlands.. So now its going with usps.. Hope to continue soon with my build...
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#3624 |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Worked on the door edge, getting close.
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Worked on the door some more. Took a break and did the paint and body work on this 1940's desk we scored at a yard sale. Cannot believe the 60 year old melamine top survived (did take an hour and a half to get the old tape off with laquer thinner).
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