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02-14-2010, 11:18 PM
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
I need to take pics of my fuel and brake line routing. I think they both came out pretty cool! I wanted to throw new outer axle bearings and seals in and was going to just put a chrome cover on the back. Instead I took the cheap-ass route and blasted the stock one down to bare metal, painted it brown with a rattle can to somewhat match the truck and threw some striping on it. I think it looks cool!
 The weird round indentation in the cover is where the factory magnet is...
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02-14-2010, 11:20 PM
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That cover is awesome. It would probably be the highlight of my truck.....
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02-15-2010, 10:07 PM
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Doesnt look like a cheap-ass route to me... I like it.
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02-16-2010, 08:15 AM
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
I think it looks pretty good, too.
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02-17-2010, 12:00 PM
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Brake stuff! I love wrecking yards and being able to do the "junkyard crawl"! It's amazing what you can find when you walk around with a game plan and just look for stuff. I needed to move my rear brake housing mount over after the way I did the exhaust put it in the way. I looked under different trucks trying to find a frame mount for the rear line that was a bolt on bracket and grabbed one from a late 90's Ford f250 ( I know, I'm ashamed!)
 Perfect! On the rearend itself, I took the factory bracket that bolts to the rear cover, chopped off the bottom 2" and welded it to an "L" bracket I made out of some 1/8" steel.  I used the u-bolt to hold it in place. I used a 2002 S-10 Blazer rear brake flexible line to go from the frame to the rearend. The fuel line I bent out of 3 pieces of 60"x3/8" tubing I got at NAPA, took my time and bent it up to make it as clean as I could.   Anybody with a cheap $10 bender and a little patience can do this, plus it looks nice when it's finished.
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02-17-2010, 01:01 PM
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Very clean!
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02-17-2010, 04:22 PM
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That does look good. I hope mine turn out that clean!
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03-02-2010, 12:07 PM
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Nice!
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03-06-2010, 03:25 PM
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Back in '81, Hot Rod Magazine did an article on a truck built by a guy named Greg Fleury. This truck was my reason for falling for the AD style trucks! What I really liked about the truck was it's 5" chop
 and all around stance. My friend Bob has been bugging me for the last couple of months to let him chop my truck, but I've been resisting. A couple nights ago I decide to do a 10 minute Photoshop top chop on my truck just to see what I thought  and I about flipped! It's going over to Bob's in about 2 weeks for me to leave him alone and cut away! I'll mix up some brown metallic enamel with a ton of flattening agent so it (the top) somewhat matches the rest of the truck and keep moving forward. I just wanted to see what everyone else thinks of how these things look chopped.
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03-06-2010, 05:34 PM
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you will ruin your cool paint job. So I guess that means you will be painting if it happens
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03-06-2010, 09:48 PM
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Naah... Lots of flattening agent and a little creativity and it will still look old! That was kinda my dilemma with the whole thing too. I'll make it work.
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03-06-2010, 10:16 PM
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Hmmmm..... I may have to rethink this! I was ready, seat mounting is already perfect, kinda bummed about killing the wore out paint on my roof, sheesh...
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03-06-2010, 10:40 PM
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ooops sorry dude, didnt mean to bum you out. It will look cool either way. I do love it as it sits though
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03-06-2010, 10:43 PM
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you could just break the paint at the body line and go with a cream top or something of the sort
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03-06-2010, 11:44 PM
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
pleeeEEEEEEEEEEEEaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAssSSeeeee don't chop your truck, I'm begging you.
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03-07-2010, 09:26 AM
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03-07-2010, 09:44 AM
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I also do not like the chopped look on this model truck, unles you plan on sectioning the body also. it just looks out of proportion to me
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03-07-2010, 12:12 PM
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If you do chop the truck make sure you section the hood
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03-07-2010, 06:08 PM
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I think it looks good either way... If you like it, I say DO IT!!!
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03-07-2010, 07:37 PM
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I was looking out my windows last night for torches and a lynching party! OK, bad idea on my part. I still like the chop thing, but didn't know if it would ruin the vibe on the style of this look. I guess I'll leave it alone, finish it up and drive it for awhile! The votes are in, I got my ass kicked, so I'll stay on the path I originally started! Thanks for being honest guys!
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03-07-2010, 08:16 PM
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They weren't quite so diplomatic over on The HAMB though
It's pretty cool that you take it in stride, most of us (myself included) don't have that much grace when somebody's commenting on our ride. I have read this thread about 10 times, just waiting and planning my build, you lettering and striping amazing. And you nailed the stance. Can't wait to see it all back together. Would look pretty cool with some metalflake somewhere like a cream or tank "root beer" look.
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03-07-2010, 10:17 PM
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Here's a question... Since I lowered the seat so far down, the sun visors are waaaay up there. Anybody ever done anything different to make them swing down farther/lower when you use them? I hate looking into the sun! Any ideas?
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03-17-2010, 12:26 AM
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Kewl ...... cheapy ...... build. Say NO to the chop though .... truck looks right on with what you've done so far.
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03-23-2010, 12:49 PM
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Got the fuel tank in and all bolted up. If you look closely, you can see that there are 2 lines coming out of the fuel tank.
  The original was 5/16" which is only good for about 250 hp and not nearly enough for what I needed. I bent up a 3/8" line and ran it parallel with the original (had to leave it in because the sending unit is attached to it) drilled a hole up top and ran it over to my fuel line. I now need to cut the extra off the eye bolts and screw in the fuel tank ground for the gauge.
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