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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
There's a bolt head in that picture? I just see a bikini!
Boy, that receiver hitch for the Venture/Uplander really DOES fit like it was made for our trucks. Ever since you posted that factlet I've been monitoring CL for one. |
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Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
Dan, I think what you have there is the fun house mirror effect. Chrome bumpers always make me look that way and I know that I'm not that round. I can only hope that I'm right. That's why I never wear stripes. You can tell if I'm walking or rolling.
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Denee,
Look to the right of the right bolt head on the curve, you'll see me from the waist up. Hint the florescent light is just above me. Glen
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Call the U-Haul company store near you not the local dealer, If I remember right the receiver was around $125.
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I'm just a cheap bastard and don't need it in the short term which is why I'm "Craigslist creeping" to find a cheap used one! |
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Placed my order with Hurst Racing Tires for my white walls. Thanks for the help NEWFISHER and Coach.
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I worked mine some more. I went over to the lumber yard to pick up some cedar 2x4's. While there I met a guy who has a 50 AD and a 51 GMC. He was familiar with Stovebolt.com but not this forum, so I suggested that he look this forum up.
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Finished up installing the 3" drop axle.
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Just looking at the pictures of the last couple trucks sitting in real life situations vs sitting in the garage makes such wonderful statements.
I'd write more but I have to get back out to the garage and do more sanding. ![]() Thanks for the motivational pictures. ![]() |
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Agnes, Looks nice. About how I want mine to sit. Lower but not slammed -which of course is hard to do with the straight axle.
DO you have a photo of it before? Is it a 3" dropped axle only or did you pull leaves, or do other things to lower it? |
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I haven't really touched mine in a couple days. I sanded and primed the door panels while the wife built and upholstered a panel to fit in the recessed area. I'll post some pics of it later on. Other than that I was shimming the bed up to make the body lines match and continued on the wiring
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I wish mine was a little lower in the front like Dubie and Agnes but it's as low as it will go with the original front axle. There is only about 1 1/4 inches between the spring and the rubber bump stop now. This is due to tired springs, not anything I did.
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bought new tires for the truck.
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" He went with a Heidt's front end because his wife didn't like the ride. "
I hope that statement never falls from my lips, it scares me to read it! I am blessed with a great wife, some of the little projects in , around and under the cars/trucks she will help with. You saved $700 on the axle and steer parts, $600 ish on the leaf packs and he tossed in the shocks and steering box. You did well! |
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Beautiful Trucks
How much did you get yours for Dubie ?
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I HAVE to do something as someone honked up my front spring packs. One side has 5 leaves and the other has 6 though it rides level side-to-side! No idea why they did that, plus my shackle bolts/pins - whatever the proper term for them - are screwed up as the grease retaining rubber is torn and "squishing" out. I am REAL tempted to try the 3" drop leaf spring pack from The Truck Shop since I HAVE to do something anyway (if I am keeping the straight axle). If it isn't low enough I could add the dropped axle, but it's a "Catch-22" because the springs don't do anything for my (likely) need for rebuilt kingpins. Then I'd have to pull the whole thing out again....OH THE HUMANITY! ![]() |
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Hindenburg, Dan
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That's right, Junior. (Hindenburg)
Better call a waambulance! lol. |
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Every time I hear the OOOH THE HUMANITY I see that blimp
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If anyone cares and just to have SOMETHING to report today:
I installed a short length of clear 5/16" vinyl tubing from my radiator overflow tube to the "intake" tube on my stainless overflow tank that I posted a photo of back a couple pages in #1970. |
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Can a Tire off of a 1972 GMC fit on a 59 gmc ?
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Any tire off any vehicle can fit ANY other vehicle IF you have the correct rim for it.
That said, I THINK what you're asking about is the lug pattern. The '59 likely still has its original 6 lugs. The '72 (I think) has a 5 lugs on a 5" bolt pattern. So no, with those variables it won't fit. FYI, GM trucks have the 5 on 5 pattern, cars had the 5 on 4-3/4" pattern. |
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The tire is on the Rim for the 72
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