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07-03-2018, 11:27 AM | #1 |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
hey Brian, the nice thing about memory loss, you don't remember doing something wrong, haha. it's somebody else's fault and you totally feel like a hero when you fix their screw up.
same problem in my shop. I KNOW I kept a certain part but can't find it. usually turns out that I moved it out of my way while looking for it. duh! sometimes you put things away so well YOU can't even find them. |
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At least I found them before I jumped on Ebay and bought them! Brian
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yep, well, at least you didn't post them on ebay and then bid on them. lol.
everybody has a bad memory day. that's why they put my name on my uniform at work, haha. best case scenario is finish the truck and use up all the stuff with no left overs. seems like forever til that will happen, for me anyway. I need to start your 5 minutes a day plan. my truck parts are 2-57 donors melded together and another newer truck as a frame and interior donor. I even have parts in my daughter's garage. my shop attic, outside......you name it. yours is getting close, don't give up now man! shoot some primer and carry on. |
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Thanks.
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07-04-2018, 12:05 AM | #5 |
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I got the center "pillar" welded in and shortened the inside piece and welded and finished it ready for chrome.
I thought I was done welding, before this I thought I was done welding on the cab. Ok, this is done, I come in thinking that's it! And then it hits me, I need to weld the radio hole up on the dash. Ok, I'm almost done. I also need the small extensions on the inside moulding that go above and below it if any of you have a pair you don't need. Brian
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07-04-2018, 12:47 PM | #6 |
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I started out simply replacing a damaged exhaust manifold and then got carried away painting, detailing, and at times replacing everything I could reach. I now have extra parts that I can't recall where I removed them from. I need help identifying a single wire that was covered in original loom and routed through clips on the top side of the left valve cover in addition to two other clips with bolt holes that I can't remember where to place. The small green wire was not connected to anything at the front of the engine compartment.
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It's a 1970 C20 with original 350. Sorry if I got on the wrong thread. I'm new!
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07-04-2018, 01:53 PM | #8 |
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I'm old and still occasionally post in the wrong forum, it happens...
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Had a little over an hour between after the parade and lunch before heading over to a friends house. Got that baby welded in!
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07-06-2018, 12:39 AM | #10 |
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I am not kidding when I get this cab in primer I am going to have a friggin party! OMG the work, I was telling my wife the rest of the truck will be like eating an ice cream cone compared to the work I have done on the cab. Tonight I started cleaning up the rust on the inside of the top of the cowl and the back of the dash. WOW, OMG this sucks!
But I will get it done over the next few days and get it in primer. I am not kidding you, I am going to have a friggin party! Brian
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07-11-2018, 10:39 AM | #13 |
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without knowing what truck I would ask if your horn wire has been accounted for. possibly the green wire in the pic?
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Installed the inner fenders and front apron.
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Given my more recent influence to spend 5 minutes a day on this truck, here is my 5 minutes today.
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I love those gauges!
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OH MY GOD I can't wait until the inside of this cab is in primer! I worked on the neighbors fence again, then got out to my garage for five minutes and couldn't stop. I ended up wire wheeling the firewall and floor and getting the back of the dash and under the cowl just about as good as I can until sand blasting. MG this is hard work.
I have some other stuff (my daughters car's brakes, My Ramblers lower control arm bushings) I have to get done too so I am not sure but I hope I can get that cab out and sand blast in there finishing it. Brian
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I DROVE the ol’ gal out of the garage and gave her a quick bath...
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That garage is WAY too clean there guy, at the very least the walls need to covered in pages from magazines or something, come on, get with it!
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i started tearing the parts truck apart today. its came apart easier than i thought. genius i am i didn't take some of the tools i needed. oh well there is tomorrow. the motor is original and i believe its a 216. it only has a motor mount on the front that i noticed. am i the only one who didn't know they had GLASS DOME FUEL PUMPS!? its the coolest freaking fuel pump ive ever seen. i might keep it as garage art. so cool. i had a good time pulling stuff off.
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"If you go to work on something away from your tool box and you bring every single tool you own but one, a windshield wiper adjusting tool for a 1948 Rolls-Royce, THAT is the tool you will need." Brian
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