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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Awesome!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Yep! I know you'll agree that it's good to have another L6 back in the game!
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Location: Rathdrum ID
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Finally got the bed done and bumper on. Lots of time but I saved some money and I get to say I did it. It was fun for a while having my 2 yo grand daughter hand me tools and nuts and bolts while I was under the truck. Then she got tired and the fun ended.
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#8554 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
racecougar - I'm a fan - your work looks great!
Don - Bed turned out nice - DONE - you gotta like that / can you come up and help me figure mine out? I'll see if my grandaughter can help us too. Yesterday I did FINALLY score a big back glass in nearby Greensburg PA. Guy has a 64-66 BBW cab setting out in his parking lot on the rockers that needs rockers and corners but no For Sale sign or anything - so I left a note asking what the story was. He called me back and it was for sale. He said he would sell me just the glass so I pick it up Saturday. You just never know till you ask. LMC did have the BBW at a reasonable price and reasonable cost to ship so that was my next alternative - but I really wonder how you could ship a window that size and not break it. Come on Friday - rg Last edited by robber grin; 09-26-2013 at 08:02 AM. Reason: <^> |
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#8555 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Thank you, sir!
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#8556 |
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Putting together a 62 frame this week.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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#8558 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Finished installing the apitong tongue-in-groove wood on my flatbed '65. While the wood was off, replaced the fuel tank sender, now properly grounded too, in the rear fuel tank. Topped off the project with a new Autometer Prestige series fuel gauge. All is good. Drove it to the Salvation Army yesterday to donate some furniture. The guys working there went nuts checking out the rig.
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#8559 |
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Location: Independence,KS
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Just some maintenance today on the DD'65- had to replace a leaking rear intake gasket. While I was there, switched out to a truck TBI intake and a different distributor. Some cleaning and some rattle can rebuild as well.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I'm tuned in to see what you come up with. If there was a bolt on aftermarket solution available, I would have replaced the stock arrangment long ago.
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#8561 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Here's what I did with my truck today! 4 loads worth! Sifted out to!
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#8562 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Unfortunately I have to upload one at a time. Here's a picture of Dad and I finishing the raised beds for the fall crop. I'm the one in the blue shirt.
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#8563 |
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Location: Sunny Youngwood PA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Yesterday we had blocked and shot the inner fenders with black epoxy primer. Primed the grill recess in the filler panel with black too. Shot the firewall one more time while we were at it. Had to buzz a small delete plate out for the heater since mine was too big.
Bolted it all on the truck today. The Chief of Staff even helped us for a while! I didn't have any of the rubber that was stapled on the inners for the gap at the firewall so I grabbed a trunk seal off a late 90's Buick at the boneyard for $2 and cut it to length. It has the rigid channel and about the right looking shape too. Worked GREAT! Even had enough factory adhesive in the channel to help with the application to the inners. Then we combined the chrome 60 and 61 grill parts we had to make one decent chrome grill without any lettering. Replaced all the adjusters and wired it up with four good bulbs that match. Then bolted it on too. Things were going so good we had to see what the powder coated front bumper was going to look like on the truck. Hanging on two bolts for now. rg & rayray Last edited by robber grin; 09-28-2013 at 09:47 PM. Reason: ... |
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#8564 |
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Location: Kansas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I bought a 79 suburban back that I used to own to put the 454 turbo 400 into my 65 1ton camper!
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#8565 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
OK Hipper, how do you afford to register "all" those cars/trucks. wow, the insurance company must rub their hands.
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#8566 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Finished restoring a deluxe wheel, polished the last bit of stainless for the wi ndshield , hung a reAr bumper and parked it inside waiting for the windshield guy to come tomorrow to glue the front and back glass in
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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I know the tags AND insurance on our daily driver is only $200/year |
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#8568 |
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Location: Livermore, CO
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Installed a spare tire winch under the back of the bed on my '63 long fleet. More pictures and a description are in "Winch for underbed spare" thread.
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#8569 |
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Location: Kansas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
well some of them are project but as tincan said its like 20 bucks a year for and antique and the insurance is like 100-150 bucks a year for full coverage from hagerty!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Took engine down to replace gaskets. Intake to exhaust gasket was gone. I took the timing cover off with the pan still on. Am I gonna be able to get it back on with a good gasket sealed surface? How far would I have to lift the engine to do the oil pan and rear main seal?
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Location: Columbia, SC
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I installed the HEI on my 250ci. Still have to play with the timing and plug gap.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Nothing like electronic ignition over old points, a good step up.
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#8573 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Finished up installing the fuel pump. After that it was removing a broken right exhaust manifold...was quite the PITA!!
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Spent the weekend redoing my Apache in Hot Rod Satin Black. This "satin" has a little more gloss than I'd like though. Still have work
to do on the tailgate but I hung it on to see what it would look like. We'll be "Cruisin the Coast" next week! |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
First picture looks more glossy than the 2nd. Looks good to me, but you should make it how you want it. Keep up the good work.
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