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zellway · 10-01-2012, 11:56 AM

Once there was a door and now it is no more!

Sorry for the bad cell phone pic's. I have new respect for people that cut down long beds and make short beds. The side of the bed was more jacked up then I remembered. It took some time to get to this point but this poor truck has been on the back burner for a long time and with my Sub getting the seats done I had to play with something.

sKnNyPpY · 10-01-2012, 01:14 PM

New front rotors, pads, bearings, 2.5" CCP drop spindles and 1" drop springs. Not bad for a day and the first time doing any of it. Wheels and tires on the way.

69GWC · 10-01-2012, 09:08 PM

Stoped by LMC Trucks on my way home from work and picked up this and installed it.

Katrina/10 · 10-02-2012, 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by 69GWC

Stoped by LMC Trucks on my way home from work and picked up this and installed it.

Did everything fit well?

69GWC · 10-02-2012, 08:22 AM

Yes, I had to drill 4 holes 2 were allready there and it is tight up against the bumper. It seems like a good soild piece.
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Katrina/10 · 10-02-2012, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 69GWC

Yes, I had to drill 4 holes 2 were allready there and it is tight up against the bumper. It seems like a good soild piece.
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Cool, I need one of those, wish there was a store like that here!

dliving69 · 10-02-2012, 05:59 PM

Cleaned her up with a buff and wax and threw on my white steelies, and I wont lie, shes looking good!

shawno72 · 10-02-2012, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dliving69

I wont lie, shes looking good!

Oh yeah, prove it.......Really just want to see some pics.

dliving69 · 10-02-2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by shawno72

Oh yeah, prove it.......Really just want to see some pics.

There she is. I think she looks good. I just put them white steelies on. I think they look good.

longbed67 · 10-02-2012, 08:26 PM

Yeah I'll say it she's happening!

I installed my MSD Digital 6 Plus Ignition today, and the Nitro / H20 Meth injection system.

shawno72 · 10-02-2012, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dliving69

There she is. I think she looks good. I just put them white steelies on. I think they look good.

She looks real good, as you can tell I am a fan of stock steelies
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Andy4639 · 10-02-2012, 10:19 PM

I made the panels a couple years ago. I cleanned them up best I could yesterday.

HotRod C/10 · 10-02-2012, 10:38 PM

media blasted some parts. frame gets done next week while i'm off

Clrussell · 10-03-2012, 07:37 AM

Andy4639 what wiring are you using with your tune port? All factory stuff or is it an aftermarket harness? I like the air intake too! I need to do something like that on mine instead of having the filter stuck on the end of the intake
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dliving69 · 10-03-2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by shawno72

She looks real good, as you can tell I am a fan of stock steelies
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Thanks! Someday she will have a different stance with some wider tires but for now thats how she sits. I like the center caps! I need to look around and find some. any ideas?

Andy4639 · 10-03-2012, 09:16 AM

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Andy4639 what wiring are you using with your tune port? All factory stuff or is it an aftermarket harness? I like the air intake too! I need to do something like that on mine instead of having the filter stuck on the end of the intake
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It's a Street & Performance wiring harness. I have the very old system. V-6 Feiro computer with a S&P chip in it running the V-8.
The intake housing is off a caddy and I drilled a 4" hole in the support so it sucks cool air all the time.

hockeyjerk1 · 10-03-2012, 10:36 AM

I painted the letters on my tailgate by using vinyl stick-ons and spraying over them.

Andy4639 · 10-03-2012, 11:17 AM

I bought this steering wheel this morning. Going to clean it up and make it new again I hope and see how it looks on the truck. May paint it red are grey. Haven't decided yet.

I got these to why I was on E-bay.

LEX · 10-03-2012, 12:34 PM

Taken to a shop to rid of some electrical gremlins.

Clrussell · 10-03-2012, 06:35 PM

Darn! I was hoping you were going to say that it was an painless harness with some sort of tuneable computer system! My accel is horribly out dated.. But runs... Maybe one day I'll win the lotto and buy big stuff 3

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dliving69 · 10-04-2012, 03:48 PM

I went out and did some touch up under the hood on the firewall and fender wells.. and on the grill inserts. Car show Friday. Shes not the best lookin or the coolest but I still love to show her.

hayhauler71 · 10-04-2012, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dliving69

I went out and did some touch up under the hood on the firewall and fender wells.. and on the grill inserts. Car show Friday. Shes not the best lookin or the coolest but I still love to show her.

That truck looks great I would be proud to own it

ChillWinstonC20 · 10-04-2012, 09:37 PM

I drove mine today.

jayman68 · 10-04-2012, 11:45 PM

My original plan was to make the truck into an Avalanche(see avatar), but that is not going to happen for now. I had put a Suburban window frame on the drivers door, today I cut that off again and reinstalled the door. Then set the front clip in place. Had my not so little helper helping, he is actually taller than me.

slikside · 10-05-2012, 11:49 PM

Well yesterday, I isolated the short that was blowing my dash fuse every time. It was somewhere in the tail/brake light harness.

So today, I cleaned up the right tail light bulb and socket...some corrosion goin' on there.

I also found a ground on the left rear marker light that looked sketchy...cut it off, and put a new terminal on.

I'll be darned if that didn't fix my problem! It is GREAT to have dash lights again!

This has been an issue for DECADES! I've had the truck for 30 years; I'll bet it's been twenty since the dash lights worked reliably.

Yeah, I'm stoked!

10-01-2012, 11:56 AM	#5001
zellway Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Arizona City, AZ Posts: 747	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Once there was a door and now it is no more! Sorry for the bad cell phone pic's. I have new respect for people that cut down long beds and make short beds. The side of the bed was more jacked up then I remembered. It took some time to get to this point but this poor truck has been on the back burner for a long time and with my Sub getting the seats done I had to play with something. Attached Images __________________ ----------------------------------------------------------- Erik My 69 suburban http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=530626 1970 C10 step Project Jiminy http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=682647 RUST!? Thats just mother natures way of telling all of us.....MINE!!!!

10-01-2012, 01:14 PM	#5002
sKnNyPpY Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 549	Re: What did you do to your truck today! New front rotors, pads, bearings, 2.5" CCP drop spindles and 1" drop springs. Not bad for a day and the first time doing any of it. Wheels and tires on the way. __________________ Life is too long to go slow... 71 GMC 1500 Super Custom LWB 350/350 AC(replaced w/vintage air)/PS/PB 2.5 CPP Spindle, 1" CPP Drop Spring, CPP Front and Rear Sway Bars/DJM Flip, new General Spring KC 5 spring pack, HEI /IntReg Alt 20x8.5 OldSkools 5" BS, 275/45 Falkens

10-01-2012, 09:08 PM	#5003
69GWC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,089	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Stoped by LMC Trucks on my way home from work and picked up this and installed it.

10-02-2012, 08:22 AM	#5005
69GWC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,089	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Yes, I had to drill 4 holes 2 were allready there and it is tight up against the bumper. It seems like a good soild piece. Posted via Mobile Device

10-02-2012, 05:59 PM	#5007
dliving69 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Neodesha, Kansas Posts: 151	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Cleaned her up with a buff and wax and threw on my white steelies, and I wont lie, shes looking good!

10-02-2012, 08:26 PM	#5010
longbed67 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Monroe, WI Posts: 1,415	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Yeah I'll say it she's happening! I installed my MSD Digital 6 Plus Ignition today, and the Nitro / H20 Meth injection system. __________________ *Adam* My 1967 C10 - Turbo 250 Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=485843 (608) 214-8706

10-02-2012, 10:19 PM	#5012
Andy4639 Old member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S. Posts: 19,945	Re: What did you do to your truck today! I made the panels a couple years ago. I cleanned them up best I could yesterday. __________________ 1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs.

10-02-2012, 10:38 PM	#5013
HotRod C/10 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 3,053	Re: What did you do to your truck today! media blasted some parts. frame gets done next week while i'm off __________________ SOLD -77 CHEYENNE SWB, LS SWAPPED -1976 SILVERADO YUBA GOLD/NEUTRAL (2-TONE)

10-03-2012, 07:37 AM	#5014
Clrussell Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: West Plains Missouri Posts: 209	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Andy4639 what wiring are you using with your tune port? All factory stuff or is it an aftermarket harness? I like the air intake too! I need to do something like that on mine instead of having the filter stuck on the end of the intake Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 61 apache

10-03-2012, 10:36 AM	#5017
hockeyjerk1 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: sammamish, wa Posts: 93	Re: What did you do to your truck today! I painted the letters on my tailgate by using vinyl stick-ons and spraying over them. Attached Images

10-03-2012, 11:17 AM	#5018
Andy4639 Old member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Liberty, & Garden City S.C. , U.S. Posts: 19,945	Re: What did you do to your truck today! I bought this steering wheel this morning. Going to clean it up and make it new again I hope and see how it looks on the truck. May paint it red are grey. Haven't decided yet. I got these to why I was on E-bay. __________________ 1971 LWB Custom, 6.0LS & 4L80E, Speedhut.com GPS speedometer & gauges with A/C. 20" Boss 338's Grey wheels 4 wheel disc brakes. My Driver Seeing the USA in a 71 Upstate SC GM Truck Club 2013,14 and 2016 Hot Rod Pour Tour http://upstategmtrucks.com/ Get out and drive the truck this summer and have some fun! It sucks not being able to hear! LWB trucks rule, if you don't think so measure your SWB! After talking to tech support at Air Lift I have found out that the kit I need is 60811. Per the measurements I gave them. Ride height of truck inside spring and inside diameter of springs.

10-03-2012, 12:34 PM	#5019
LEX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 884	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Taken to a shop to rid of some electrical gremlins.

10-03-2012, 06:35 PM	#5020
Clrussell Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: West Plains Missouri Posts: 209	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Darn! I was hoping you were going to say that it was an painless harness with some sort of tuneable computer system! My accel is horribly out dated.. But runs... Maybe one day I'll win the lotto and buy big stuff 3 Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 61 apache

10-04-2012, 03:48 PM	#5021
dliving69 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Neodesha, Kansas Posts: 151	Re: What did you do to your truck today! I went out and did some touch up under the hood on the firewall and fender wells.. and on the grill inserts. Car show Friday. Shes not the best lookin or the coolest but I still love to show her. Attached Images

10-04-2012, 09:37 PM	#5023
ChillWinstonC20 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Cbus, OH Posts: 48	Re: What did you do to your truck today! I drove mine today.



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10-04-2012, 11:45 PM	#5024
jayman68 Fun Stuff Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sedro Woolley, WA Posts: 400	Re: What did you do to your truck today! My original plan was to make the truck into an Avalanche(see avatar), but that is not going to happen for now. I had put a Suburban window frame on the drivers door, today I cut that off again and reinstalled the door. Then set the front clip in place. Had my not so little helper helping, he is actually taller than me. Attached Images __________________ Jay 68 C10(project) 88 Honda Accord(DD) 93 Chevy Astro EXT 2wd

10-05-2012, 11:49 PM	#5025
slikside Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Diego Co. Posts: 1,176	Re: What did you do to your truck today! Well yesterday, I isolated the short that was blowing my dash fuse every time. It was somewhere in the tail/brake light harness. So today, I cleaned up the right tail light bulb and socket...some corrosion goin' on there. I also found a ground on the left rear marker light that looked sketchy...cut it off, and put a new terminal on. I'll be darned if that didn't fix my problem! It is GREAT to have dash lights again! This has been an issue for DECADES! I've had the truck for 30 years; I'll bet it's been twenty since the dash lights worked reliably. Yeah, I'm stoked!

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