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08-09-2011, 09:19 AM | #1 |
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Truck looks great, especially the bed. That wood is beautiful!
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08-09-2011, 10:19 AM | #2 |
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Beautiful!
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The only problems are that my factory reproduction tach reads about 400 rpm's too high across the board. I haven't been able to find any reason why. I've gotten mixed responses as to whether I should be able to get it work with the HEI unit. I hooked up my old tach and get the right readings.... I must've also gotten the wrong speedo gears, since it reads about 10 mph too high. Other than that, I've been having a blast! |
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08-10-2011, 09:54 PM | #4 |
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That really turned out nice !!!!!!!!
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08-10-2011, 10:13 PM | #5 |
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Popped in to check it out and got to see the killer finished product!! Looks great!! I think the hard part is ironing out all the little stuff.
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08-12-2011, 01:30 PM | #6 |
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Thanks, it's been a lot of fun.
Thanks! I'll be chasing down little things for quite some time. There are some things i'd like to do a little differently here or there, but nothing major. I'm really looking forward to finishing up the interior. |
08-12-2011, 03:27 PM | #7 |
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I'm very impressed. Something to be proud of.
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08-12-2011, 04:55 PM | #8 |
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Wow, congrats. A job well done.
So what gets built next?
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08-12-2011, 08:39 PM | #9 |
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Those are the hub caps I want.
Nice! You are really putting a lot of quality work into that ride.
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08-12-2011, 09:18 PM | #10 |
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You did an excellent job!!
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08-12-2011, 09:21 PM | #11 |
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Wow! great job on your truck! Enjoy driving it! The hard work has paid off!
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I spent a bunch of time on loose ends yesterday. I hope I'm not the only one who manages to put scratches in his brand new paint.... Sometimes I feel like a bull in a china shop. I got the panel alignment mostly worked out, and tied up some more loose ends. I'm still fighting with my tach and speedometer. My speedo reads about 10% too slow, but I have the correct speedo gears in the transmission??? I'm going to try to get a couple more driven gears for it and experiment, but it bothers me that it won't match what the calculation tells me it should be. Should get the tailgate back this week, and get the truck buffed. I'm getting more and more comfortable driving it, less fear that some catastrophe is going to happen. I'll post more pics soon. |
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08-17-2011, 08:32 PM | #13 |
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I finally got a chance to load the pictures, the truck looks great!
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08-30-2011, 02:02 AM | #14 |
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Thanks!! It's been a while since my last update. Over the last few weeks I've been doing adjustments, etc. to the sheet metal, getting my a/c charged up, finishing the bed wood, and most importantly, installing my seats. I'm pretty lucky to have an uncle who is an upholsterer. He didn't enjoy doing the job, but he did it for me at a very discounted cost.
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08-31-2011, 01:35 AM | #15 |
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Wow, the seats look great
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08-31-2011, 04:04 AM | #16 |
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I agree, the seats are fantastic. Your uncle may have not wanted to do it but it didn't stop him from doing a killer job.
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09-05-2011, 09:20 PM | #17 |
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Thanks! I'm really happy with how they turned out. I showed the truck for the first time at the annual Burn the Point car show and parade this weekend. It was a lot of fun.
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09-08-2011, 09:09 PM | #18 |
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hey i got a question are you going to put the jump seat in the middle? or leave it out? was wondering cause you have no armrest in the truck! well there is, if you drive right handed,lol!!
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09-16-2011, 10:00 PM | #21 |
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The truck looks awesome
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Thanks! I'm having a great time racking up the miles. |
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09-19-2011, 02:49 PM | #23 |
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Good to see you're showing the truck. You have done a first class job on it.
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09-27-2011, 11:33 AM | #24 |
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Now that you have had a chance to run it, what is your opinion of the Vintage Air system that you installed? I am looking at putting one of their systems in my truck and would like to know what your thoughts are.
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I still need to get some accurate temperature measurements, but I've been very happy with it. On a hot day, there's a lot of competition with the sun heating up the cab through all of the windows, but it keeps things very comfortable. I would definitely recommend the vintage air kit, and I think they're working on a Gen IV sure-fit system for our trucks. It really wasn't that difficult to make the universal kit work, and the electronic controls were a snap. Mark (Coolair) was a big help, since he works in their tech department. |
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