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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
What did I do with my truck? We did what trucks were meant for........
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I love it! Somewhere there was an old thread about these trucks still working; Maybe we should start another one!
I once loaded my '50 pickup with about a ton of bagged sand:
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I just added some more pics to that thread.
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Just a little bit out in the garage tonight, made a patch and started welding it in the bed. Again, this is a custom thing I did 39 years ago that I am now un-doing. LOL It's so odd, I cut this hole for the fuel filler to up in the rear fender from the tank I got from my '64 Nova that I put under the rear of the bed. I will now be cutting another one like it up in the front of the bed for the stock 48 tank. I was rocking and rolling figuring I would finish this up, then I looked up at the clock to see it was 9:30! Nope, I will finish it tomorrow.
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been driving mine a lot. runs well. im still getting used to the sound of the new fan. its loud. sounds like a tornado. when you drive an old car or truck you get a lot of attention. any time I stop I get comments and questions. today I got an arm out the window thumbs up. the death rattle is a peoples truck for sure.
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Picked up an axle for free, hoping for the 4:11 gears and a posi, but I guess we will see. Installed 3:38 gears 10 years ago when I had a 3 speed. Now I have an OD transfer and the 4:11 would work great with the 283. Any bets before I open it?
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So.... I couldn't wait. Me and the wife dug in. 3.90 gears. Not what I wanted, but I'll take it for the price. At least till I build and axle.
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I got the patch over the filler hole welded in and finished. I then figured I would make a patch and fix the rear stake pocket where I ground the stock weld off 37 years ago to pull the bed apart. I painted it apart and never welded it. I am thinking I will patch this up and bolt it together like I did before and not weld it.
So I got the patch made and will get on that tomorrow. Brian
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Nice patchwork, Mr. Martin! In the pic in post #2108 you have 3 metal "feet". Are those to pull the heat out when welding? Are they magnetic? (I think I'm showing my rookiness...)
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I installed my rubber hood bumpers today. Typically, what should have been a 10-minute task turned into an all-afternoon ordeal requiring removing the latch plate, sanding down the bumpers to close the gap at the nose, and then readjusting the hood.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
if you don't have any of these c clamp vice grips, and you do any welding, you should invest in a pair or 10. you will be surprised how much you use them.
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[quote=MARTINSR;8366203]No, those are just "C Clamp" vice grips holding the metal behind the hole to mark it with a sharpie, then I cut the piece out to butt weld it into the hole.
Brian I see you're good at trick photography too! Egg on my face! ![]() I have about 10, maybe more! Big, little, a pipe holder, etc. Thanks!
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the vice grips come with ends like shown or ends with a flat surface, sort of like a c clamp would have. sometimes they are great as well and leave less of an imprint. sometimes they can be a pain too though. I have a few sets of both kind plus a couple of long reach ones. I use them all the time. various sizes help too.
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I got the patch welded in and finished on the RR bed stake pocket.
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Well, next to nothing, maybe not even the five minutes. Today is my wife's birthday so we went out for a wonderful Japanese dinner with the family and when we got home I got out there and simply primed over the bare metal on the bed side I welded the patches on so I could but it back outside to wait for stripping and priming. I need to get back to the hood and get it in primer then all the other panels, get them in primer so I can move on.
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I'm doing the one step forward two steps back... cut the dash for the Navigation unit only to find that hits both the Wiper motor and the A/C air distribution housing. So I went down to the local car toys and bought an Alpine 9" with a single din. Got it in and dash reworked.
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