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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Sanded last night, primed this morning and painted the white cab/stripes today. I finally broke down and took the fenders and grille support off so i can do those separately, and put a new grille support panel in as someone had done some bondo work on the nose, and it looks a little rough and i just don't want to spend a week working on it just to find out it doesn't look right anyways.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Had a great early Fathers Day present, I was able to get both of the boys over at the same time to help with the fenders and hood.
Not a bad days work, even at 93 degrees! Still need to tweak the upper howl cowls and screw down the wiper transmission cover, but DAMN I finally got the front assembled!!! ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Mark, here is where I mounted my relays for the new harness. I wanted to be able to unsnap them with out a lot of work. they get covered by the rad support cover
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Jake I like that color blue it goes well with the white, won't be long and you will be driving it around. Although long time coming some things are worth the wait, and no one deserves it more than you..Vernski
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Well since I did not get done tell late last night I am going to put down what I did yesterday. Work on my old 64 and got it running. Put the new intake and exhaust on my 66 also. Boy! Working on two trucks is tiring! But it was a great day all the same. Love the sound of straight pipes! Don't you?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
And – with the years of effort and investment in it, will you be able to find the courage to actually drive it?!!
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Mounted the bumper, I need to order two more bolts (or find the ones I had!) and the first lens. I need to figure out how to make the other lens get riveted or mounted to the housing without breaking it. It is WAY too rare to gamble with. The OEM factory ones I have plain mushroom head rivet, not the traditional type, where you pull the shaft though. I think they are airplane style, if so I have a friend who just built his own aircraft who has all the tools
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Hauled my 1957 Starcraft to the lake....
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Unloaded my wheels/tires that I just mounted up, and gave them a little cleaning.
Used tires off my parts car. The WWs were mounted to the inside, so they have never been cleaned. ![]() If you have WWs, make sure you buy some of this. Never use something abrasive like steel wool, it only makes scratches that catch more dirt. ![]() A little time with the pressure washer... ![]() And, a sneak preview with the caps: ![]() Think I should add trim rings? |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I vote yes.
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On Man that makes a world of difference.
As to holding on the caps, there are two styles of rims, yours has 3 "bumps" on the inner ring your cap snaps down over those. I have the early style with the 3 "clips" on the inside of the ring. I'll try to get a picture later
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Finally ordered the Classic Update wring kit from American Autowire. Ordered it through ez2wire.com for $470 with free shipping. Lots of reading and suggestions from guys on the board and it seems like the best one for what I want to get to eventually and the ease of installation and quality.
Sorry no pictures, but I have been getting a lot done lately, but pictures are stuck on my camera. Need a new cable to connect to the computer. Got bed wood cut and painted, pulled the bed off, and am doing a cheapo Rustoleum paint job for the time being. Have so many other things to do that I don't want this to turn into a 2 year deal and I never drive the truck, sooooo going that route. Still needs plenty of body work, and this will be a "good enough for now" paint job. But my personality has a REALLY hard time doing anything "good enough for now," so I am having real trouble drawing the line. I am sure you all know what I am talking about. |
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Thought about mine today.
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Found a '61 hood that is in better shape than the one I found before and dug up a set of near mint hood inserts with the amber lenses to finish it off.
Now I just have to drive 600 miles round trip to pick the stuff up and get it home. I'm becoming hood poor. Have an extra 60 GMC and a 61 C10 hood now...... Finished the tune up and I can actually drive the old heap and not have to worry if it will start after parking it. Adjusted the timing, plugs, wires, new rotor and cap and took the 1" riser out from under the carb. Made an appointment with a new body shop guy to talk about the BBW conversion. It never ends.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Hooked up the water heating system on mine today.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Thank you, my friend! Couldn't have done it without you!
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i haven't posted in a while but i like this thread.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
After 4 trips to 4 different parts places, I finally was able to piece together my split lines and get them installed to the dual M/C. I still need to bench bleed the M/C and figure out how to lengthen my pushrods. Then after I paint the booster and M/C, I will have to bleed the brakes. I might just do all the after I install the engine. I just want to see the motor sitting in its rightful place and get it off the engine stand. Lol.
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Those are the nub wheels. I have a set of the clip ones that came with the truck, too.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Accompanied by one of my grand daughters, took the truck out for a ride and picked up a double pole, double throw momentary toggle switch for the new cutout system. The kits all seem to include a rocker switch would look out of place in my truck.
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