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thx ... just got to machine them down to look more like the originals then polish them.
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I am not sure, Cameo' but not the originals, a different font?
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Boshears send me a pic and ill let you, know i see why not tho
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MARTINSR sure just send me a pic with the size, font and material
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Made my own version of the Lokar 350 shifter bracket and cover for my series 60 B&M shifter.
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Nice bracket...Jim
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oldman3 thx
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Just took my '51 running boards off - they were 1/4-20 carriage bolts, however I have no idea if that's original or not.
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Couldn't face another day of adjusting fenders, so a appeased myself with an easy job - installing the front hood emblem.
I just picked up this emblem off Craigslist last night and I'm very pleased with how it blends with my truck. I'd tried a brand new one but it was too shiny and conspicuous for the "old truck" theme of my build. It's not a rat rod, but I do want it to show it's age and "experience."
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Looks nice, I bet one that said Chevrolet would look nice on a glovebox door or on the interior
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MiraclePieCo, I think my running boards are stock in all ways on my '54 and the nuts on the 1/4 inch bolts are square. Had to make a special socket to get them off. My factory assembly manual shows the nut to be GM part 131395 nut but I don't have a cross reference so not sure what that nut is in real life.
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I put in my five minutes on the truck cleaning up under the dash and going to spray some rust magic stuff and then found holes in the floor! Geeeez, more welding, I am telling you I am NEVER going to say I am done welding on this cab.
But again, thought I would cut it out and make the easy patch, and that would be it, I took another step and another and got it finished completely, it's like it never existed. ![]() Brian
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Removed the old headliner with only 2 cuts in my hand from the sheet metal. Liner is in great shape, I feel bad pitchING it. Clean and installed Thermo-tec and Dynaliner. Waiting on fabric for new liner.
Welded up almost all of the exhaust, few bits remain. Installed all the new sensors going to the new gauges. I'm beet...
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met a guy out at the truck yard who wanted to buy a coupe of parts off the parts 53. he took some but the running boards wouldn't come off. after removing all the bolts we got down to find they have been tack welded on. wtf dudes. I didn't have a grinder with me. im going to go out tomorrow and cut the welds off. it was 99 degrees in the shade today. drove my truck to the gym this morning and then to the truck yard to meet the guy. the death rattle is a hit every where we go. running great
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Today I got out to the driveway to get the Rambler control arm swap job done, I have to make a spring tool to get them out, very unique, I will make it tomorrow. Had to get over to a friends house to help him get his two post into a his moving truck (yes HIS truck, he bought it to move all his car stuff) and got that done, spent the day there. That is a whole nother subject.
Got back home, and HAD to get out to the garage and actually got a lot done cleaning up the floor on the truck getting her ready for primer. My favorite part of the day was watching my little sweetie (she is 17) cleaning the windows in her "new" car that she just drove for the first time yesterday. I am so glad I was able to get this car for her, it's like new inside, very nice. I put "Lady Soul" by Aretha Franklin in the deck so she can have a memory for the rest of her life when she hears those songs of the first days of driving her first car. She is such a sweetie and she deserves so much. Brian
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