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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kansas City, KS
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Nada...with the temps below zero and a foot of snow on the ground, my "get up and go has got up and went". May the sun return soon and the snow melt away.
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: clermont florida
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
well we installed 41-48 repo tail lights today , it was freezing , even in florida. I had a good helper today ,the youngest of my 3 sons! the fenders were off so I traced the stake pockets of the bed onto a big envelope, measuring off the lower hole and taped it to the fender , this let me center the tail light in the postion that I wanted with out installing the fender again. We used a 1-1/2" holesaw then cut between the holes , left a little adjusting room just incase the holes were off a little -I love the look !!!!!!! custom yet old school!!
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Location: High Plains of Colorado
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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On Saturday I finished all the mounting bracketry for my stretched 67 Camaro dash. 9 bolts hold it in and it is very sturdy, yet removable. Now on to the wiring and center gauge pod. Last edited by lakeroadster; 01-11-2010 at 09:44 AM. |
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: clermont florida
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
well I like the impala lights on yours but they cost to much hahaha so I chose the 41-48 , both ideas look better than stock don't they???
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: clermont florida
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
OK , people are wanting to see how that hood tilts forward here is a pic. of part of the hinge notice how the flat stock runs across the back of the radiator support and ties the left and right together, the part that hooks to the hood is a " H " shape w/ angles on a 45% that ties the " H " structure together , ea leg of the " H" have a lug nut welded inside and a heim joint threaded into the lug nut - a 2"x2" angle was then bolted to the stock hood support , Now my stock hood supports were fiber glassed to the fiberglass hood -simple right? I'll post better pics. later when I can get to the hood Eric
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: indian trail, nc
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I crawled underneath my '63 just to see how rusty the flywheel is getting. My new clutch has been waiting for over six weeks to be installed. Between being sick for the entire month of December and the fact that here in NC we've had the worst cold snap in 33 years, I really haven't felt like doing much.
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Location: Orlando, FL
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Today I pulled the "new" sbc 350 out to make room for the cummins swap, next weekend hopefully take the coils out and put the bags in and my new center crossmember and cpp trailing arms.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Mesa,Arizona
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
'Burb got a new Optima and some 255/60/15's to match the rear tires...looks good and starts even better
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Location: Vancouver Washington
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Did a quick little video blog trying out my new camera
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Location: Los Angeles
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I took off my hideous side mirrors and replaced with a peep mirror. Put a new chrome dome light and lens in. Attempted to replace my turn signal switch with no luck of getting the steering wheel off....and chipped it too! suxs! will try again tomorrow.
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Location: fallbrook, ca
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
got my motor painted and started putting her back together - scored a set of used hooker super comps for $40 bucks! [IMG]
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Location: Vancouver Washington
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Today I made my lower bag plates and got them set up on my axle. I set my pinion at 3 degrees. I set a tool in the mill to cut the radius on my upright pieces and they fit great. I took some 5 1/2 stock and machined it down to 5 1/4 for my plates and got them welded up and tacked onto the axle.
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Location: Bardstown, KY
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Today I finished making my small back window into a big window!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Tips, suggestions, pics, general things to avoid?? This is on my list so I'm trying to learn from everybodys efforts before the 1st cut begins.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Milford, VA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
pulled the 'ole 6 out to make room for my hopped up 350 undercover. next the front cross member is gettin' pulled to install the '78 member, power steering, and bags. then onto the dreaded body work.my goal is to be rollin again by spring. fingers crossed.
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Location: Los Angeles
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I got my steering wheel off and replaced my turn signal switch. Should have snapped photos and did a tech thread but was in a rush so i could move the truck before street cleaning!!!! =)
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Milford, VA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I also started putting my boss' F**D together for him. sorry guys, i had to do it; he cant do anything by himself.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Gotta love those Falcon Sprints!
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Milford, VA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
he's a self proclaimed " chevy guy" and this is his first ford. i found it for him this time last year for $200. i also supplied and built the 311 cid motor for it. it was the only way i could keep him off my a$$ about working on my truck at the shop. i figured if i got him something to work on he wouldnt bother me; it worked.
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Location: Vancouver Washington
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Today I pulled the long bed off my truck got it loaded on a trailer to sell tomorrow. Sorry to see it go and for so cheap but I had no where to put it and needed to make way for my short step bed and tube back half.
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Location: Bardstown, KY
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Hey Scoti how do you quote like that with my pic? And my first suggestion would be to find a big back window cab!
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Daphne, Al
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I went and picked up my cab after having new floor sheet metal installed. There is still some body work to be done before it is ready for paint. We went ahead and set the cab on my frame. It has been eight years since I took it apart and I have almost forgot what it looks like with a cab. It was too late to get any pictures last night but will try to get some this weekend.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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![]() My plan was to get an 'inner' cab skin from the upper seam down to the area where it 'rolls' under adjacent the gas tank & to the doors each side. I figured splicing it together .250" below the OE upper seam to keep things from warping when welding it up. Since there are multiple ways of doing the job, I like to see if someone has done something different that allows for a 'better' (easier, more consistent) finished task.
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Location: Bryan, TX
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
if you removed the entire rear panel like i did you can take off the inner from the spot welds. more work but looks factory. I drilled all the welds at the door and rear and the window. then removed the whole panel. you can see from my what it looks like when you removed the back.
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