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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
help a friend with his deck, but i did chase down this guy!!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
My poor truck..sniff sniff..lol Mind you...the pictures make her look cleaner. lol...shes all clean now.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Went to PullaPart and got some "trading material" and took a picture.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Did a road trip to my in-laws today - 340 miles round trip.
The truck ran like a champ. Greg.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
almost had a heart attach when fedex pulled up!!!! all i can say is THANK YOU YELMER(mike) this badboy is a beast, my NOS 62 fits great, but this one right here. Well worth the extra shifts pulled to pay for it!!! ima use this in my 65 and kick the NOS 62 to the curb, jk ima put it in my 66 burban. thanks again yelmer you totally ROCK
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Over the last couple of weeks have made progress starting reassembly, front and rear suspension together, engine and transmission installed, cab has been sent to my buddy's shop for welding, body and paint... which will take a while I am sure. More details and pictures in my build thread.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Moved some fencing and metal junk with mine today.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Using your truck as intended...
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
ran my engine in the frame rails for 2 gals worth, so bout 2hrs 195-205 degrees with 40-60 pounds of oil pressure, took a pic of my NOSR rubber mat and some more bodywork!!! oh and polished the oem chrome bumper guards i picked up awhile back
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Dang I wanna buy them bumper guards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
come the michigan, and maybe i'll let you . naw i got a good deal on em and they fit perfect. i was gonna paint em but i didnt have the heart. its the only thing chrome that shows on the outside
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Well today I pulled out my motor
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Got bored today and I decided to clean the windows, adjust the clutch and readjust the spotlight beam plus the headlights.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Got the gauges mounted into the frame and have been wiring them up. Hope to have them mounted in the truck this week.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Not quite "done" but part of the process.
Tonight I am the proud (???) owner of £436.00's worth of 2 and 2-4 inch lowering joy for the truck. Mate Martin has bought the same for his '65 Long Fleetside. The original lowering was done with an Oxy-Acetelyne torch at some point, leaving the truck a bit, well a lot, wallowy. Redneck engineering at its best with the springs unevenly bunched together. So in line with having it as a functional driver when it is done, I decided this was another item that needs doing correctly. So spent the money importing the parts. Martin needed a full set for his truck too, so when we saw the lot on sale by Brothers, we contacted the Brothers in the USA and asked about combined shipping....... the difference was $110.00 on the parts. Of course you cannot get away from Customs, but the barstewards charge their VAT on the US courier costs too, which I think is a bloody cheek. Anyway, I am happy that I have nitrous filled shocks with nylon bushes. The springs weigh a ton, and look very good. Still need to decide if I should get the springs powder coated, or just give them a coat of gloss enamel, as they are going out of site and this is a driver truck. Picture of Joy. ![]() There is a lot to be said for building two trucks in parallel. Loads of sharing of cock ups and spares, as well as helping each other out with bits. On Sunday we have a marathon session planned with my truck and two of the motorbikes in my garage, as well as a petrol electricity generator and a Briggs and Stratton 190cc lawnmower that kicks back like a mule on its pull cord. Any ideas ??
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Started this morning with painting the rear springs a red under coat...... what a carp job to do.
Tomorrow I will go get some red gloss enamel mixed up to paint them with, I only did the rears, as I am going to Hammerite the front ones in Black. First coat of undercoat on. ![]() Anyone remember the office remodel Mickey next door was involved in a few months ago, where I rescued some skirting boards that had been glued onto the drywalls with some serious high tech glues ?? ![]() ![]() ![]() Well, I have been watching Thicknesser/Planers the last couple of weeks, after manually cleaning some of the Oak sections for the resto I did on the cast iron furniture a few weeks ago. Today I was planning on bidding on one on Ebay, but I contacted the seller to go inspect, and then typically, the day turned nasty, and I could not even get away to go look at it before bidding. I did however get a call from the seller, Mat, a Police officer to tell me a bit about him. I told him that the machine was going to make a lot more than I would be prepared to pay for it. As I wanted to use it to remove all the glue and get all the boards the same thickness...... People continue to surprise me with their kindness. During the chat, I had told Mat what I had planned to do with the machine. Next thing he suggested I load up the skirting boards and bring them over to his home about 10 miles/16km from where we live, and give it a go on the machine before it sells. Where do you still get this sort of kindness and consideration ?? So a fast decision was made, Nicola and I moved cars off the drive, loaded all the planks into the back of the truck and I "raced" over to Rochester to meet Mat, and then we got the first, followed by the other 18 planks, each one got three passes through the thicknesser. This is the result.... I am a very thankful and pleased man tonight. ![]() Getting on with it. ![]() And the result..... Before and after shot. Now I need about 36 meters of 3mm X 15mm ally strips to fit between the planks and create the sliders. ![]() This was a good day.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Sail panels installed, thanks Ironhorse.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Altman latches installed, much better door closing.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Power brakes installed, using the Captains bracket, easy as pie.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
Hard to believe how nice the sail panels make a truck look. Can't wait to be done with mechanicals on my truck and start doing some beautifying.
Grizz, nice fella you ran in to, glad it worked out, I can't wait to see how that wood ends up looking on your truck. |
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Thanks Earl. The amazing thing is that he was just an unknown Ebay seller who contacted me back because I had shown interest in his machine that already had about 27 bids on. Then offering to clean my boards up which was more than 90 minutes worth of feeding all of them through repeatedly to remove all that industrial strength adhesive ( I also stood with a spall hand axe chopping/skimming the biggest lumps off before feeding through ) THAT IS BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part II.
changed out the lifters and rocker arm locking nuts on the 292 today, need to figure out the low oil pressure issue now. :/
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