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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Back on the truck . Think in the spring I’m going to pull the column and paint it body color also
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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
Turned out real nice.
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'35 1/2 ton Pickup (bought 2020) '68 C10 Suburban (bought 2021) '72 K5 Blazer (bought 2013) '67 Stepside (bought 1997-sold 2021) '96 Bronco Eddie Bauer (inherited 2010) My 1st day here-'67 C10(sold)and '72 K5 Blazer http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=702056 "Another Blue Chevy"(1935) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=799203 ![]() ![]() |
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Test drove it and the seller talked himself down to $400 before I shut him up and bought it. It ran but not all that great so I put in a new 1914cc SCAT motor...BIG FUN! The master cylinder eventually went out so I got another one in 2020 along with all the parts to rebuild the brakes on all 4 corners but I then came down with a serious case of retirement syndrome and it has been sitting ever since. 😴 |
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OK, folks, sorry for the tangent. Back to your regularly scheduled programming... |
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I noticed when taking a picture of my moldy steering wheel that there is a camper propane stove in the background. 🤔 Open the oven door, fire up the 4 burners up top and eliminate one more lazy excuse not to get up there and fix the dang thing. I'll keep you posted. Now back to our regularly scheduled truck stuff. ![]() |
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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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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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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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^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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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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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
Nice seat cover Mark, very psychedelic
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