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#8751 |
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Location: ON, Canada
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Who's the seat cover from? It would look good in a 64-66.
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#8752 |
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Location: Oklahoma USA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Very nice, the black houndstooth and the ochre. Get some floor mats for that truck so you don't get your new carpet all dirty!!
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1968 Custom SWB, 327/3 speed OTC 1969 CST LWB, 402/400 1970 CST LWB, 402/400 1970 Sierra Grande LWB, 350/350 1971 Cheyenne LWB, 350/350 1972 Cheyenne Super LWB, 402/400 1972 Sierra Grande LWB, 402/400 1979 Silverado LWB, 350/350 1984 Suburban 1990 454 SS 1991 Silverado, X-cab, 4.3/5 speed Getrag 2005 Silverado Crew Cab Corvettes: 75, 77, 78, 93, 96 |
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#8753 |
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Location: California Delta
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Finally got around to doing a compression test on my 283. I started on the passenger side, # 2- 130 pounds, #4- barely moved the needle, I didn't bother doing the rest. It's new engine time.
Now both my rides need engine replacements. What fun.
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Name: Rich Current Ride: 1964 C-10 Short Fleetside Daily Driver: 2005 GMC crew cab short fleetside /2001 Chevy Tahoe Past GM Trucks: 1959 GMC short stepside 1968 GMC short stepside-4x4 1973 Chevy short stepside 1989 Chevy short fleetside-reg cab 1993 Chevy short fleetside-Xcab 2002 Chevy short fleetside-Xcab Save the dinosaurs, use synthetic oil. |
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#8754 |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Kansas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Pulled the 327/powerglide out of the 65 1 ton camper. Getting it ready for the 454/turbo 400 combo.
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![]() 71 GMC Long Bed, 454,factory everything, lowered, and shaved. 64 GMC Short Bed (great grandfathers truck) 65 Chevy 1 ton Dually a/c p/s p/b v8 auto 89 Jeep Cherokee 3" lift 79 MG Midget (My 7 year old vehicle) 29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (in the works) 86 pontiac fiero 2.5 manual18 year olds) 87 pontiac fiero SE 2.8 auto (18 year olds) 90 Mitsubishi eclipes turbo AWD (18 year olds) 69 BMW 1600 (wifes toy) |
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#8755 |
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Location: Vashon WA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
hipper what are you doing about your driveline.?....sp
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#8756 |
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Location: Kansas
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I will have it shortened and balanced once I get every thing in and get a measurement.
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![]() 71 GMC Long Bed, 454,factory everything, lowered, and shaved. 64 GMC Short Bed (great grandfathers truck) 65 Chevy 1 ton Dually a/c p/s p/b v8 auto 89 Jeep Cherokee 3" lift 79 MG Midget (My 7 year old vehicle) 29 Ford Model A Rat Rod (in the works) 86 pontiac fiero 2.5 manual18 year olds) 87 pontiac fiero SE 2.8 auto (18 year olds) 90 Mitsubishi eclipes turbo AWD (18 year olds) 69 BMW 1600 (wifes toy) |
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#8757 |
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Location: Scottsdale, Az
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
It is friday.
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#8758 |
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Location: Creighton Sask. Canada
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
It is only Friday in some parts of the world..
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#8759 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I ordered my 700r4 and a new trans crossmember
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Sanity'66 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=515110 Long bed, Fleetside, Small back window I've Done So Much, With So Little, For So Long, That Now I Can Do Anything With Nothing. ![]() |
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#8760 |
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Location: Kennewick, WA
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I used it to pick up a 292 from the junkyard for my friends '63 GMC
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#8761 |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Orient, Oregon
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Sweet....Comfort shift....
I sure was pleased with my decision to go with an automatic. I'm getting ready to go from the TH400 to a TH200...beefed up a little. I need some OD. I thought the TH200 was a little girl tranny fer ever, but my buddy that does trannys got with me and convinced me it was the right thing. It sure worked as far as my budget was concerned. Any comments are welcome, as I haven't done it yet.
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Les Hunter '59 3803 someday to be 3853 '63 GMC K1000...351E, TH400 Daily '66 GMC 4000...351C, 5&2 |
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#8762 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I was going to go with the 200 but my trans guy talked my out of it. They can both be built up well and some like the gear ratio a little better and it is lighter, but he said I could get a better trans with the 700 and there's more readily available options for strengthening it.
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Sanity'66 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=515110 Long bed, Fleetside, Small back window I've Done So Much, With So Little, For So Long, That Now I Can Do Anything With Nothing. ![]() |
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#8763 |
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Location: Blytheville/Bentonville, AR
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Found a truck at u pull it and yanked the whole front off so I can replace my sheetmetal. Getting started on the sanding this Sunday...
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#8764 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I finished up my '66 factory? bucket seats.
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Sanity'66 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=515110 Long bed, Fleetside, Small back window I've Done So Much, With So Little, For So Long, That Now I Can Do Anything With Nothing. ![]() |
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#8765 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Not today but I have installed my gauge unit. Yesterday I bolted up the tail gate and hooked up the Cig Lighter.. Not really a cig lighter but a power outlet to charge my phone or run my GPS...
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"A man and his truck, what a beautiful thing" 65 Short Fleetside BBC 65 Long Fleetside 283 3 on the tree for now. my build thread http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=259536 |
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#8766 |
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Location: Scottsdale, Az
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Went to dino's git down saw awesome trucks
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#8767 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Well I broke the tachometer wire yesterday and am going to fix it today!
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1966 Chevy C10 "Project Two Tone" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=596643 1964 GMC "Crustine" semi-build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=665056 My youtube channel. Username "Military Chevy": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_h...fzpcUXyK_5-uiw |
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#8768 |
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Location: Rochester, KENT
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Not quite my truck. but work toward the resto of a '65 this weekend
Bought an older 210 liter compressor from a friend last week, collecting this week. Happy at £100 for it. Plan is to clean it and service it, then use it to paint the Chevy truck. ![]() Years ago I restored a 1963 VW Beetle from this..... ![]() ![]() In other news, I went over to help mate Martin to put up a car port frame yesterday, started at 0,5'C at 08.00 and turned into a good day. We ended up working till about 19.00 which was about 2 plus hours after dark and then I went back today to help him get the roof on as well. Bunch of pics of the process. ![]() ![]() ![]() Front corner post was actually correct. ![]() ![]() ![]() After dark we carried on with the neighbours spotlight ![]() ![]() ![]() Today we got half the roof on when rain stopped safe play. ![]() Of course the whole motivation for this roof build is so that Martin can work under some cover over winter prepping his truck. ![]() And that pretty much brought another weekend to an end.
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MY BUILD LINK: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...585901]Redneck Express - 1966 C10 Short Fleetside MY USA ROADTRIPS http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/...2018-humdinger IF YOU CAN'T FIX IT WITH A HAMMER, YOU'VE GOT AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM MATE. |
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#8769 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Last week I went to bleed the brakes to my newest addition and while doing so the left hose burst. I bought new hoses but of course they were rusted on. so for a week penetration oil soaked in. The right hose broke loose with some channel locks but the left side was being a beast, I took care of it though with some heat from the propane torch. A little heat and it busted loose.
After that is was brake bleeding time and of course while doing that I smelled gas.. Oh boy.. The rubber line that goes from the tank to the frame was dripping. Off to the store to get some new fuel line. After all that I took it out for a drive.. Oh yeah forgot to mention that the column shifter would not even budge so last week I sprayed penetrating oil and it freed up also.
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"A man and his truck, what a beautiful thing" 65 Short Fleetside BBC 65 Long Fleetside 283 3 on the tree for now. my build thread http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=259536 |
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#8770 |
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Location: Mcloud,Ok
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I changed the coil,cap,rotor,sparkplugs,plugwires. Just have to find how come I don't have any power anywhere.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Quote:
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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#8774 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I insured and registerd the new addition today. Now I can drive it. I am surprized on how good the drum brakes stop..
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"A man and his truck, what a beautiful thing" 65 Short Fleetside BBC 65 Long Fleetside 283 3 on the tree for now. my build thread http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=259536 |
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#8775 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Pulled the driver's side stepside fender off today; waiting for the cut out fender to arrive. Can't wait!
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1966 Chevy C10 "Project Two Tone" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=596643 1964 GMC "Crustine" semi-build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=665056 My youtube channel. Username "Military Chevy": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_h...fzpcUXyK_5-uiw |
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