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Old 10-30-2018, 10:17 PM   #2201
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

Good stuff, both of them!

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Old 10-30-2018, 11:22 PM   #2202
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Old 10-31-2018, 12:00 AM   #2203
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Got the "new" aprons stripped of parts and straightened out for sand blasting. I am thinking maybe having them powder coated as they the only kinda funky part will be behind the grille. But even then these are so rough from the factory it's hardly different where I worked the damaged areas.


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Old 10-31-2018, 04:27 PM   #2204
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got my bed cover installed and set the bed wood in, just to see how it looks. Then got a new addition to the family....
trucks looking great but i have to say the puppy stole the show!!!!
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Old 10-31-2018, 08:52 PM   #2205
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I gotta admit guys, I’m feeling a little lost now that the truck is done. I go out to the garage and putz around but there’s really nothing to do. After pushing for months to get stuff done, it’s hard to quit cold turkey...
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I gotta admit guys, I’m feeling a little lost now that the truck is done. I go out to the garage and putz around but there’s really nothing to do. After pushing for months to get stuff done, it’s hard to quit cold turkey...
Take things off and bolt them back on then wean off slowly.

I disassembled the parking brake stuff I just got and started figuring that out.

If anyone knows, does it have a pin through it to hold it into the the fender/cab bracket? The last photo is the close up of that. It has what looks like a pin in it that is broken off flush.

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I disassembled the parking brake stuff I just got and started figuring that out.

If anyone knows, does it have a pin through it to hold it into the the fender/cab bracket? The last photo is the close up of that. It has what looks like a pin in it that is broken off flush.

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Dang, if that Factory Assembly Manual had made it to you, you could look it up.
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Old 11-01-2018, 05:18 AM   #2208
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Old 11-01-2018, 09:29 AM   #2209
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martin: if I remember correctly there is a cotter pin thru that hole that holds a spring and a flat washer in place. I will have to crawl under mine & look this weekend unless some one else chimes in. my shop manual doesn't show any details of the parking brake.
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Old 11-01-2018, 11:03 AM   #2210
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I gotta admit guys, I’m feeling a little lost now that the truck is done. I go out to the garage and putz around but there’s really nothing to do. After pushing for months to get stuff done, it’s hard to quit cold turkey...
I hear you Mark. Had the same feeling when I finished mine. Just don't do what I did... drive it a couple weeks then decide to "upgrade" most of the drivetrain. Now have a whole new set of bugs to work out but it's keeping me busy tinkering on the truck. A form of denial I guess
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I gotta admit guys, I’m feeling a little lost now that the truck is done. I go out to the garage and putz around but there’s really nothing to do. After pushing for months to get stuff done, it’s hard to quit cold turkey...
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drive around all over looking for deals on stuff related to fixing old trucks. buy the good stuff. totally fix it, sell it.
that gives you time in the truck driving around
the projects are small and have a light at the end of a short tunnel
if you get tired of a certain part or it is more involved than you want, just resell it
keeps your skills up
keeps you happy because you get to hammer the living S%$# outta stuff and work your frustrations out

post pics of your stuff (ahem, car parts) on here so we can keep tabs on you, lol.
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This might help. I hooked up the floor ebrake in my truck.
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drive around all over looking for deals on stuff related to fixing old trucks. buy the good stuff. totally fix it, sell it.
that gives you time in the truck driving around
the projects are small and have a light at the end of a short tunnel
if you get tired of a certain part or it is more involved than you want, just resell it
keeps your skills up
keeps you happy because you get to hammer the living S%$# outta stuff and work your frustrations out

post pics of your stuff (ahem, car parts) on here so we can keep tabs on you, lol.
Can be hard to sit still at times, but I'm sure you can find something to do. Always old junk needing repaired.
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Ordered some blanks to cut myself a few extra keys. I was sure I did not have any blanks that would match. They arrived and I went out to cut them, while setting up my key cutter I looked on my key board and saw a an entire stack of old GM keys. (Key on right) So I matched the key and tried cutting it, sure enough it was the right blank. I sure like finding stuff I forgot I had.
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usually you keep that stuff on a shelf or in a box and move it from house to house. then you finally do a clean out and purge the old stuff. next day, you need that part and have to go buy it.
looks like you need a 108638 cp pin for that shaft Brian. maybe a bit of ginding and a bushing on the and where it is worn down.
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I am trying to come to a color and am coming up empty. The large spray out card is 58 Corvette "red" and it looks like friggin mud! OMG it's NOT red, it's not orange, it looks like dirt was sprayed on the card. This Ford you see is pretty close to it, but still way more red. And what is funny is the color you see here taken with my camera and put on the net with you looking at it with an HP or a Mac, or what ever it isn't going to be even close to the real color. The second I took the photo of that Ford I could see it was WAY, WAY redder on the camera than in person. So right off the bat this is a waste of time for you guys. LOL

The small spray out cards are SPI colors with the reds really more what I want. But damn, I WANT a 50's Corvette color to fit the theme of the truck but damn this is not where I want to go. I am going to check the spray out card against Corvettes at the next Goodguys and see what they have and talk to them on their color. There are a few that are restored that I see that I believe are the correct color.

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It just cracks me up, that large spray out card isn't even in the same city let alone the same ball park as that Ford it's laying on in the second photo.

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usually you keep that stuff on a shelf or in a box and move it from house to house. then you finally do a clean out and purge the old stuff. next day, you need that part and have to go buy it.
looks like you need a 108638 cp pin for that shaft Brian. maybe a bit of ginding and a bushing on the and where it is worn down.
I thank you SOOOOOO much, I printed that out, thank you!

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I am trying to come to a color and am coming up empty. The large spray out card is 58 Corvette "red" and it looks like friggin mud! OMG it's NOT red, it's not orange, it looks like dirt was sprayed on the card. This Ford you see is pretty close to it, but still way more red. And what is funny is the color you see here taken with my camera and put on the net with you looking at it with an HP or a Mac, or what ever it isn't going to be even close to the real color. The second I took the photo of that Ford I could see it was WAY, WAY redder on the camera than in person. So right off the bat this is a waste of time for you guys. LOL

The small spray out cards are SPI colors with the reds really more what I want. But damn, I WANT a 50's Corvette color to fit the theme of the truck but damn this is not where I want to go. I am going to check the spray out card against Corvettes at the next Goodguys and see what they have and talk to them on their color. There are a few that are restored that I see that I believe are the correct color.

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The '58 Corvette red was nicknamed "SOUP", because it looked like Campbells Tomato. Try looking at the '64 Corvette Riverside red. You won't be disappointed.

If you want to go completely crazy, go for the 2019 Ford Edge Ruby Red, http://www.brandonford.com/blog/2019...ption-gallery/
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The '58 Corvette red was nicknamed "SOUP", because it looked like Campbells Tomato. Try looking at the '64 Corvette Riverside red. You won't be disappointed.

WIf you want to go completely crazy, go for the 2019 Ford Edge Ruby Red, http://www.brandonford.com/blog/2019...ption-gallery/
The bummer is I want a stock GM color from the fifties. I want nothing on this truck that is later than mid fifties. But it looks like I am going to have to stretch the truth a little. LOL

I have to assume Harley Earl had access to redder reds!

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I got some welding done on my parking brake bell crank. Got the roll pin and cotter pins drilled out. Took my evening walk making a trip to the hardware store part of it and got some machine washers for the parking brake.

Got my five minutes in!

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I installed my speedo pulse generator. Now I face a decision:

The truck needs some work that's beyond my capabilities in a home garage so it must be taken into town. Trouble is "town" is an hour's drive on Interstate highways over three mountain passes with 6% grades. Hardcore road test, eh? I don't have a rig that can trailer it, and getting a tow truck to my remote location would be prohibitively expensive. Pretty scary driving it so far having just put the thing together and only driven around the block! But here there's no back roads, only the freeway.
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The bummer is I want a stock GM color from the fifties. I want nothing on this truck that is later than mid fifties. But it looks like I am going to have to stretch the truth a little. LOL

I have to assume Harley Earl had access to redder reds!

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'56 Chevy Matador Red?

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I'll look into that, thanks!

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I installed my speedo pulse generator. Now I face a decision:

The truck needs some work that's beyond my capabilities in a home garage so it must be taken into town. Trouble is "town" is an hour's drive on Interstate highways over three mountain passes with 6% grades. Hardcore road test, eh? I don't have a rig that can trailer it, and getting a tow truck to my remote location would be prohibitively expensive. Pretty scary driving it so far having just put the thing together and only driven around the block! But here there's no back roads, only the freeway.
I share your dilemma. When the sun comes up i will be going to N. Bend (a 140 mile round trip) to see if they can fix the leak (again) on my newly rebuilt tranny. Coastal 101 has some real hairy spots near/on the ocean. I have AAA Premium as my co-pilot (200 mile tow) and could have had Hagerty insurance tows (unlimited 60 mile tows). If it were less than the 60 mile i would opt for the tow in a heart beat. Added plus is no gas cost!!!! (and you can go with both ways. Not a plug for them as I am a brand new customer ($@#@%@%!!!! Safeco recently DOUBLED my premium for no reason)
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