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02-01-2011, 05:51 PM | #1 |
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Re: The Brown Truck
Good lookin stuff
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02-02-2011, 08:26 PM | #3 |
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Looking good
Wish I could do a frame off... Keep up the awesome work Tony |
02-03-2011, 11:34 AM | #4 |
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I played around a bit tonight. I tore into the gauges, and with a lot of trial and error managed to zero out the speedometer. It was kind of like a little puzzle. I repainted the needles with Testors model paint, and got ready to install a repop tach. I also stripped the paint off of two of my new hubcaps.
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02-09-2011, 10:04 PM | #6 |
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Your progress looks great. Looking forward to more.
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02-10-2011, 12:57 AM | #7 |
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It's amazing how much time you can spend to accomplish almost nothing, but progress is progress. I buttoned up my front suspension today, and finished bolting up the gas tank. I also cleaned the garage today, which makes me feel a lot better. I've got two huge shipments of parts coming in tomorrow, and my wheels should be painted and ready for tires. This thing should be rolling by tomorrow night!
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02-14-2011, 04:02 PM | #9 |
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Look what greeted me when I came home from my lunch break today! A big box of new parts from the truck shop, and my new a/c setup! I also picked up my newly painted wheels today so I can get this thing on the ground. Some bad news though, one of my junkyard wheels is so bent that it can't even be balanced. It's pretty frustrating, but part of the process I guess. I'll just have to track down another one and get it painted up.
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02-14-2011, 05:23 PM | #10 |
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lookin' good!
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02-17-2011, 12:49 AM | #11 |
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The truck is rolling for the first time since October! I got some used tires installed on my newly painted wheels, so I pulled her out for a rinse off and some outdoor pictures.
The wheel color also serves as a preview of the main body color. How it will look with a hubcap. I haven't mentioned the shocks I went with. I have Monroe Sensa Track on the front, with Sensa track load adjusting shocks on the rear. I liked what the rear shocks were advertised to do: keep the truck level while carrying up to 1200 lbs, and still have a smooth ride unloaded. |
02-18-2011, 08:23 PM | #12 |
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Great progress! Coming along very nicely!
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02-18-2011, 08:38 PM | #13 |
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Those are interesting shocks. Where did you get them from? You really are cruisin' thru this build, it's great.
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02-18-2011, 09:58 PM | #14 |
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I really like the color on the wheels. Very clean!
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Thanks Jon. Couldn't have gotten this far without your help!
Thanks! I'm really happy with how they turned out. Even better, seeing some color is getting my wife more on board with the project! Quote:
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02-21-2011, 12:32 AM | #16 |
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My dad came to town this weekend, and we finished rebuilding the vent windows. It wasn't too hard with further help from Alan's rebuild tutorial. I did end up using pop rivets to hold the vertical strip in place because I accidentally drilled out the holes in the frame too big when I took the original rivets out. They turned out really nicely and now open and close much more smoothly. The only problem was that I installed one of the washers in backwards and didn't realize until we installed the pivot rivet. The window wouldn't open up, and I had to drill out the new rivet to fix it. It looks like I'll be making a call in the morning for a couple more rivets.
I also rebuilt my windshield washer pump and spent a bunch of time messing around with my 12 volt power supply to see if it works. It is a really interesting setup how the windshield washer pump is engaged magnetically when the switch is activated. |
02-22-2011, 01:55 PM | #17 |
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The tire shop put a ding in one of my wheels, and they gave me $60 to get it repainted. I'm still thinking about if I'll leave the ding or not, but I used the money to order a new chrome 110 amp alternator from DB Electrical. I'm not sure about the quality, but it has a 1 year warranty and an unbeatable price. I'll post pics when it comes on Thursday. http://www.dbelectrical.com/c-8468-110-amp.aspx
I bought a 3 wire alternator. I'm going to leave the ammeter unhooked, and rig up a warning light in place of the tandem lock light. I'm now thinking that I'll rig up a parking brake warning light for the overspeed light while I'm at it. Thanks for the idea Jocko! |
03-16-2011, 09:32 AM | #18 |
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BBW... sweet!
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I spent yesterday getting ready to test fire the motor. I installed a drain plug/temp gauge fitting on the transmission, filled all fluids, checked all hoses, etc. but couldn't get it to start. Turns out that I didn't have the fuel pump installed correctly (which is strange because I've done these a bunch of times). At the end of the day, I managed to get it pumping fuel. We'll see if I can fire her up this week.
Things are moving forward at the body shop, so hopefully there will be some progress soon. |
03-29-2011, 10:57 AM | #21 |
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I got the truck fired up for the first time yesterday. Everything went well, with no big surprises. It was good to hear it run again. Hopefully this will make things easier down the line...
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04-08-2011, 08:13 PM | #22 |
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The excitement is building. The cab should be on the truck within 2 weeks if everything goes well. This whole process has been an exercise in patience.
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04-08-2011, 08:26 PM | #23 |
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nice looking forward to the pics
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04-19-2011, 11:30 PM | #24 |
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looks great!
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Looks nice!
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