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Re: Project#2 67-72 Restoration's Shop truck
Xeen was jonesing for a fix, we are gonna have to get together and plan an intervention for him poor guy
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Thanks! Best part is they are nice AND were cheap
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![]() Got a little done but between sleeping in, taking care of the girls so my wife could do some shopping for last minute items with the frankenstorm approaching...and then me getting things off the porch or out of the yard and arranging my truck parts outside and moving some in.....not much time for the truck. Got the power steering brackets on...had to cut down bolts for that and tried to get the new ps pump to work.....but no dice....the hose barb in the back hits the bracket so I'll have to order a different one now.... ![]() I am appy with how that rust preventer dried (not glossy) so I sprayed two more coats of that on....going to mount the master now and do some other small projects. Posted via Mobile Device
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Ps brackets...
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looking good, got alot done since i saw it last
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thanks!
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I checked hoping that you and Bmerdoc had gotten a ton of stuff done and that there would be a big update, now I'm all sad
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I did pick up some of the upholstery parts today...but I'm going to re-do the armrests and possibly the visors...not happy with how the visors came out and the armrests don't look good...not the upholstery guy's fault on the armrests although I'm not happy on the visors... have an idea on the armrests but will have to see if they will work. My truck actually has no provisions for armrests in the doors currently so I can add pretty much any style....
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Door panels (they have a little rain water on them in the pics and holes for handles not yet cut out)
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Man ball joints are really expensive, and I know you have made up your mind BUT I hope you dont end up regretting the decision to keep drum brakes especialy on a parts runner that will be doing a ton of in town stop and go driving and probably some towing, you may have terrible trouble with fading and stopping under heavy traffic conditions in the summer when the heat is really a problem. I mean its only money right, I suppose you can always shell out the money for the 1971 Ball joints later it just seems like a really big waste of money in the long run when you can easily get all the original 1971 GM parts you need to convert it over to Disc really really darned cheap, just sayin...
Edit: Just incase your response would be "I already have the ball joints from another project so I didnt have to spend money recently for them specificaly for this truck" Then my response is ok then fair enough. ![]() Last edited by Xeen; 10-30-2012 at 01:05 AM. |
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I appreciate the concern, but I really did think this through
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Wow, I just went through page 1-22... Awesome build so far. I am still torn apart in the garage and assembling a parts pile so that when I start I can hopefully keep progress like you have been able to. Good job brother!
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Been super busy but I will be working on it some tomorrow and saturday. Have to prepare a 40 minute lesson for Sunday afternoon so I'm working on that too...takes me a looooong time to prepare....want to make sure I have everything backed up correctly
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Did the lower arms come in? We need to get rollin' again! I had to reschedule my spindle/shackle job on that Square for tomorrow and Saturday because of the hurricane.
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more and more progress i love progress..... and pics makes sure you take some of your pretty new parts, when you have time check out my build again i finally got a video of my truck running it might give you some more motorvation haha not that your lacking any motivation, also took a pic of my latest purchase too
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that's why I stopped by to see the progress
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Sounds like you got it all planned out. looking forward to more updates.
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It's coming along good! I how the headliner and door panels look
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![]() Thanks! Hope to get some time tomorrow. Back on project #1 next week and will try to work the evenings on this truck.
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Any progress?
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