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That wiring looks really nice
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Re: My Dusty 71 GMCe Electruck
now what? ok that's a 2' by 5' piece of primerized galvanized thin sheet metal, so ?
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Let me tell you something! I love these trucks OK, I love 'em... but, but making the glove boxeses out of carboard is an insult to our manhood, you know what I am sayin'
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time to measure once and cut twice
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box by a 1,000 cuts
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over at the Bendability Station
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so although all my measurements told me this shoe box design would fit, it didn't
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one of many trial fits after a bunch of nip and tucks
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hard to tell in the pics but the top is slanted down about 2" in the back in the final design
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Very nice for you but not for me. The cardboard box is hard enough to wrestle in, a metal one would be impossible. I guess I would have to give up my man card if I had to do one.
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Wiring looks great! As for the glove box..
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so I finally got to go to a car show after years and years of always camping or travelling with the family, and I scored a few goodies I want to share, oh and the tacos from the taco trailer being towed by a 67-72 dime were on point
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pretty excited abotu them 1/4 inch spacers as I've been dying to increase the tire to wheel well gapness from almost a pinky to almost a thumb
what's yer take on wheel spacers? run 'em or hate em? Last edited by Gregski; 10-09-2023 at 11:15 AM. |
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anobody who's played the upgrade game knows how this goes
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Le's do a little Truck Math:
Swap meet Dorman 1/4" wheel spacers: $5.00 bucks twelve new 7/16-20 thread 1-3/4" long wheel lugs: $45.00 dollars ![]() |
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finding that two of my lugs already were replaced and did not match the others made justifying getting all twelve new ones easier
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I must admit, the Impactinator is a game changer fer sure !!!
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RE: rivnuts
apologies for late response, but I have a few words of advice regarding rivnuts they are very useful for creating blind hole fasteners but a couple of things frequently overlooked material thickness, grip length, steel/aluminum I bought my tools and rivnut supplies from mcmaster-carr, actually have the luxury of will-call here but they ship everywhere this tee handle has a 1/4" drive in the center for ratchet assistance the die sets are high quality steel tools, haven't broke one yet I mostly use aluminum bodies but a good supply source like mcmaster-carr will offer enough stats to make solid choice although late, hope that helps and good luck! https://www.mcmaster.com/product/98590A100 https://www.mcmaster.com/product/98590A260 ![]() using steel washer for test pieces, one on right showing wrong grip length - distorts fastener angle and holds poorly or slips in hole ![]()
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That's the tool we have at work! Our supplier can get us steel and aluminum nut serts, fantastic little tool!
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