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04-02-2016, 12:21 PM
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Nice looking build, your other project look good too.
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04-02-2016, 01:25 PM
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Robert Olson Transport
 
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: recent transplant to NC USA
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
my first truck took about 7 years to build on and off with over 25K invested the second one has been a little over a year but only a quarter of that or so.. keep up the good work and don't get discouraged it looks great
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04-02-2016, 05:53 PM
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Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Thanks guys. I thought getting a little color on would help get me motivated. So I got the cab cut in. I'm pretty excited!
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04-02-2016, 06:35 PM
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Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
The color ended up being exactly as I hoped.
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04-02-2016, 06:38 PM
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Member of the longbed union.
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Location: Killeen, Tx
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
That color came out really nice.
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04-03-2016, 07:11 PM
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Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Well, I got another coat of paint on the frame, got the motor and tranny mounted, bolted a few shiny things on the motor, and put the cab on the frame.
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04-04-2016, 11:27 PM
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Location: Ionia Michigan
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Shoot you're moving at rocket speed compared to me lol. My shop that I thought I would paint my stepside in, turns out, barely fits it at all, so it's been in there all winter lol.
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04-05-2016, 06:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Lake Charles LA.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Subscribed. Nice color!
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04-07-2016, 05:46 PM
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Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Got the wire harness back in, and the pulleys, brackets, and core support painred. Hoping to break the engine in this weekend.
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04-10-2016, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Got the cam broke in yesterday, this thing sounds nasty with open headers! Now I have a bunch of wiring problems to figure out.
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04-13-2016, 11:48 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Got all of my wiring straightened out, gauges all work, and the timing is good to go! I love in a very small town, it was a very nice day today, so I drove it down to the gas station, no box, no doors, no glass, no front clip, sitting on the floor. Rolling about 20mph it will lay rubber until you let off the gas. I'm definitely going to have to install a locker or posi though. It was fun to get it out of the garage. Now I have to figure out how to get all the rubber off of the back of the almost ready to paint cab.
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04-13-2016, 11:50 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
It was worth it though.
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04-14-2016, 12:23 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Ionia Michigan
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
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04-19-2016, 05:08 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Got the new exhaust hooked up today, then set the idle mixture.
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04-19-2016, 05:18 PM
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I know the pieces fit
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: MONTGOMERY, AL
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Does that mean the sittinonthefloorofthecab burnout was open headers? That's pretty funny.
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04-19-2016, 09:15 PM
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Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Yep, it sounded pretty sweet. It was wake the neighborhood up loud though.
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04-21-2016, 02:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Sand, prime, sand, sand, sand, prime. Sand some more........ The stepside fenders need a bunch of work too, I should have taken up fishing, and drinking beer!
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04-24-2016, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Well, I got the doors and fenders jambed. Also painted the hinges and bolts. I'll let them sit for a few days, then hang them.
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04-24-2016, 01:31 PM
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Location: Snohomish, Washington
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
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I was curious about this picture, did you sharpen up the corners of the cab? Any more pics of it? I want to do the same to my cab so it matches the bed profile.
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04-24-2016, 01:54 PM
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
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04-26-2016, 01:43 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Downers Grove IL
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
What color paint are you using looks familiar.
I painted mine Orange Crush Pearl. |
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04-26-2016, 06:23 PM
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Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
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04-26-2016, 06:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Good Thunder Mn.
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
I was thinking about painting the inner fender the body color. Would that be too much?
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04-26-2016, 06:50 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Lawrence Kansas
Posts: 229
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
I vote paint them black. Solid truck, sir.
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04-27-2016, 01:12 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Downers Grove IL
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
I painted mine and like the look
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