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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I couldn't help but notice the Beetle down in the corner of your picture! What can you tell me about that one? My first car was a '70 Beetle. I learned a lot about working on cars, working on it with my Dad.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Very nice work on the wheel Mark, well done man!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Yes that wheel turned out real good.
![]() My truck came with the original steering wheel and it was in good shape but I replaced it with a Grant because that's what everybody else was doing. Then I threw it in the trash because it never occurred to me to keep it. Oops. ![]() |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got bored and converted a $5 swapmeet original AM radio to Bluetooth. The truck is nowhere near ready for it, so I wired it to a spare battery and some ancient speakers and sounded good.
Gutted the original radio except the tuning shaft and on/off/volume assembly. Removed the back section of the rheostat, which left a shaft I was able to file to fit the Bluetooth on/off/volume knobs. I figured the $18 Bluetooth assembly was worth a try .
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Yes, the pushbuttons do still work, but the AM radio was dead before I gutted it. So they are just for looks now.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Well this was yesterday, but been spending the last 2 weeks getting the C10 all shined up for a couple indoor shows coming up. Finally had a dry day so yanked the car trailer out of the shop, unloaded the show car and loaded the truck up because its probably gonna be raining on set up day.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
^The colors on both of those are gorgeous.
I test fit the React Suspension trailing arm crossmember last night. Freshly powder coated so I had to make sure I didn't scratch it all up. Had to open the holes a little bit to fit the new hardware, super impressed with the fit and finish. Last edited by Danyo492; 02-20-2024 at 11:08 AM. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Not a big deal, but it is to me, Haggerty gave me a 125K guaranteed value on my rebuild, no questions asked after I gave them a 190 row punch list in excel, and 15 images today, which included, spid, build sheet and Vin plate. A jump from 80K, I feel so much better about it. $400 more a year though, too close to 1K annually for perhaps 3-4 hundred miles a year
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Beautiful truck,
What's Haggerty, do you mean Hagerty ?? What does this mean? '' I gave them a 190 row punch list in excel"
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My OCD has its limitations, I rounded every part and that to the nearest $25, and the costs are by memory. I can't speak for their considerations, I'm just content they met my comfort level.
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 Last edited by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402; 02-21-2024 at 05:38 PM. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
A couple buddies came over, and we put my Orange '68 Stepside up on jackstands, and then dropped the prop shaft.
Then I ran it downtown to Tim at Precision Driveline and dropped the prop shaft off. He's gonna put a new tube on it. Might be a couple weeks,
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
A couple buddies came over, and we put my Orange '68 Stepside up on jackstands, and then dropped the prop shaft.
Then I ran it downtown to Tim at Precision Driveline and dropped the prop shaft off. He's gonna put a new tube on it. Might be a couple weeks,
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Here's a shot of the propshaft on the shop floor
Mine's the tannish diagonal one. You can see the ding.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
That looks painful. That's gotta be the source of the vibration, don't you think? I had a 67 shortbed daily driver a number of years ago that had a 250 in it. It had a one-piece driveshaft, too.
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He's gonna replace the ''pipe'' and remount the ends. New U-Joints, Balance, etc... Should come in a little north of three nuts. ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Tony, thanks for the breakdown info on your build, I might do the same on mine.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Giving the old girl some TLC..
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Put a new seat cover on the Anniversary truck . Cheap Walmart special on clearance for $16 . See how it holds up
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Welded my first ever panel, lots more to go!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Only way to learn is to get out there and do it. Looks good!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Jump in, cut, and weld. That's exactly what I'm doing. Nothing quite like doing to learn. Looks great, keep going!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Nice seat cover Mark, very psychedelic
![]() nice work Belsh
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
New engine/ torque converter/ Holly sniper and dual electric fans installed.
I have a holder for the Sniper monitor that folds down to view while driving and when not needed it folds back up behind the dash out of sight.
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