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Join Date: May 2015
Location: Walnut Cove, NC
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Got my new to me mirrors installed yesterday after Church! Grinding those old rusted bolts took a lot longer than I expected, I suppose the fact that the grinder needs a new blade had nothing to do with it.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They look like mirrors off of a Ford, but I have no idea what they actually come off of, a older guy that I met at the local trash dump gave them to me, he come over to talk to me about the old girl and he offered to give me a gas tank (that when I got it, realized it wouldn't work), while I was there, he took me down to his shop where he used to work on vehicles and told me anything I could find that I could use, I could have, we looked through a lot of stuff, and I found the old mirrors. I am very appreciative to him for them! |
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Location: Walnut Cove, NC
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I don't know why it keeps submitting 2 posts!
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
After about a year of working on and off again on my stepside I finally got her off jackstands and on some wheels. Still got some other things to do before she hits the road but Im getting closer.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Welcome to the club Ben. 69 or 70?
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Parker, Colorado
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
While painting the bed my gun started messing up. I chose to pull it back off and repaint it today.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Finally replaced my front parking lamps/turn signals. Parking lamps haven't worked in many years, and the driver's side turn signal recently died. That lens has been broken for a long time, too. The sockets were totally shot in both lamps. Got new lamps from board vendor Classic Industries and couldn't be happier with them.
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Location: Parker, Colorado
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Yesterday I finished installing the wood floor and fuel door.
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Location: New Palestine In
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I picked up my rallys from the powder coater yesterday. I went with their wheel silver and cleaned up the center caps, rattle canned the bases bright silver and chrome polished the rest. Tires are ordered and I'm searching for nice trim rings. I need two inchers for the front and threes for the rear.
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Puyallup, WA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Got rid of the 20 year old exhaust system and swapped out the ram horns with some summit brand headers and some flow master 40s that dump right before the rear end.
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Location: Clearwater Beach Florida
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Washington State
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Just got the entire truck built from scratch and running, got 100 miles on it and after some good financial things, changing out iron heads to aluminum, new intake to match, change to floor shifted auto, new dual electric radiator fans, full MSD ignition and finally taking out 3.07 non-posi gears and installing all new Eaton Posi, 3.42 gears. this will finish off 90% of the real wants for the truck. It truly is a never ending story....
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I took my freshly powder coated rallys to Discount Tire and had them install new rubber. I went with 225/70 15 on the front and 275/60 15 on the rear. Went with Cooper Cobras, they were almost $300 cheaper than Goodrich TA's. I'm kind of liking the look without trim rings but I'm going to get them eventually.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I agree, it looks much more performance oriented without them.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I'm curious too.... looks great! Any issues with the one side clearing the oil dipstick?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
In the words of the infamous C Downs, "You better get rid of that rubber fuel line or you'll burn her to the ground". LOL Seriously though I recommend running hard line from the fuel pump to the carb.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Put her to work, hauled 3 loads of firewood about 20 miles thru the back roads...nice day today.
Tom
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Always nice to see one working as they are meant to be !
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Bought some reclaimed wood and cut to fit. Now need to bolt it down. $150 worth of wood. Bought a bunch of new bolts at loews for $25. May sand and stain later down the road. Hasn't had a bed floor since I bought it in March. Should quiet down the turndowns some
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Got my new crate motor installed tonight.
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Location: West Virginia
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Loaded up the oil and antifreeze I drained in 2013. County is doing a free old fluid collection tomorrow. I couldn't get rid of that antifreeze anywhere! No one would take it.
The old gasoline was easy to get rid of, just did a "free for hauling" ad and it was gone the day of printing. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Chip guard applied to the bottom of the cab. Now to prime it and spray some color.
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Location: Boynton bch, FL
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
While removing hurricane shutters, the mailman brought me some interior pieces created by Grumpy Old Man. They are gorgeous!
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Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S.
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I drove the ramp truck loaded with my gas cart to our local truck club picnic!
I was happy it made the 3hr ride with no problems other than the radiator is leaking. ![]()
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