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Re: Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window
Yeah, they do look alike. But it doesn't have the deluxe cab trim yours did. The seat did look just like yours.
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Re: Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window
Dan, what is your tire size and wheel width? Thanks,Art
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Re: Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window
235/75x15 Hankooks bought virtually new as takeoffs from an F150 for $60. STOLE the vintage 15x7 Torq Thrust knockoffs from Craigslist for only $150 including polished aluminum center caps.
I wanted 70 series or even 60 series but these were SO cheap I couldn't pass them up. And they kinda give the truck a cartoonish "Roger Rabbit" car look! Posted via Mobile Device
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I have 255x70's on 9" rims on the back. |
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Re: Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window
Wow, 9's fit in back w/o rubbing? Did you have to order special back spacing? Maybe I should ask what rearend you've got? Mines a 10 bolt but I don't know out of what.
A buddy of mine has offered me a set of 15x8 Rally's with rings & caps cheap. I want them but I'm afraid they'll be too big. Posted via Mobile Device
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Ok, so I visited The Truck Shop in Orange, CA today. Planned to buy the V8 fender emblems for my truck but they were outta stock - natch!
But being the chrome whore I am ![]() But I DID forget to buy the CHROME bench seat handle! lol
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Thanks, but they're not really Americans. No idea WHAT they really are.
Any chance you'll swap rear ends to get matching lug pattern AND narrow up a bit? Two spares? UGH! I'd carry a couple bottles of Fix-A-Flat! I'm carrying NO spare but I've got a AAA card!
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Ok, I guess I misunderstood and though the rearend was too wide. Sounds like your tires are the culprits. You think one size smaller will be enough for cornering with radials?
255's down to 245's is only going from 10.1" wide to 9.7". A little over 3/8". Won't the sidewalls on radials flex that much?
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Anyone have anything good/bad to say about THESE bending tools:
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Also nice Bling you scored.
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Hi Dan! Have you had a chance to use this Eastwood bending tool? I have mixed emotions on it. The most irritating part of this tubing bender (pliers type), the rubber handles slip and move. As for doing what they're designed for, tight turns, I give a mediocre score.
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I got to order 2 of those mirrors for mine. My pass door doesn't have the holes or the plate inside the door for the mirror. Who did you get your mirrors from? Thanks
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Dan, where did you pick up the chrome letters for the tailgate? That looks sweet.
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Same-same, The Truck Shop in Orange. I THINK it's actually called The Car and Truck Shop.
It's surprising how many people really like those. I went to buy white or off white but it turned out they don't carry off white and were out of stock on white. The had black and the chrome ones....so 'ya know! ![]() Spent some time today TRYING to polish the lips on my old Torq-Thrust wannabe's. Only partly successful. The previous owner told me he coated them with something. They were/are uniformly dull. I don't mind on the spokes but the lip has always bothered me. I did this by putting the truck on jack stands and running it in gear - yes, dangerous. Turned out there was a thick film of SOME thing on it. It was so thick I started out sanding with emery cloth but that wasn't getting it so I shut it off to find I'd exposed an edge of the film. I used a combo of a carpet knife and a box knife while running to sort of "cut" the film off. Some of it came off in 3/4" x 5" or 6" long strips! Anyway, it's not (yet) to my satisfaction but I did polish this one up. I really only want a machine finish or a little shinier. It's almost there but not quite uniform enough yet. BEFORE: ![]() AFTER: ![]()
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Hi Russ,
Nah, "piece of cake"....once I figured out how to do it, lol. I have a 48" aluminum straight edge I held up to where I wanted the top of the letters. I balanced one of those little bullet levels on it. Then I very lightly drew a sharp pencil line. When I applied the letters I just eye-balled the side to side spaces, then I JUST covered the pencil line.
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The rims are going to look nice when done.
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wheels look good !
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like the wheels , The old school look.
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Thanks everyone.
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Received these today in the mail:
![]() ![]() Bought from a guy in Massachusetts for $100. They're aren't truly "perfect" - you can see the minor pitting in the background area but they are very, very nice for being 60 years old. They're SO good compared to mine that I'm not sure I'm going to paint the background white as it is supposed to be. Opinions on leaving them all chrome? I'd hate to have to sand that area but if I did want to, how to paint it and have it not look amateur-ish?
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