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04-27-2010, 09:01 PM | #1 |
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New guy got his 1st truck
Hey everyone, just introducing myself. Im Kyle from GA, waiting to leave for basic training. Finishing up the body work on my 67 mustang - 4 yrs and running on the restoration. I previously owned a 94 wrangler but had to sell it due to getting laid off and not being able to pay the payments. Well my grandfather had received a truck from his friend for a transmission. The PO had put about 2500 in rebuilding the 305 in the truck but couldnt get it to run right. It turned out being a bad plug wire and the flywheel bolts had backed out. So after fixing it he gave it to me so i would have a daily driver. Its a 75 c10 with a 305 / th350 and a twelve bolt with 373 gears in the back. When i first got it there was a topper and the bumper was held on by rope, it leaned about two inches on the passenger side and had some transmission leaks in it. Well now i have fixed the tranny pan leak, changed the ujoints, redone the interior ( it was 3 different colors lol ) and am currently fixing the output shaft seal and bushing ( having to wait to get the bushing out ) the truck no longer leans finally but i just thought i would stop by an introduce myself. I have actually been coming to the forums for about 3 months now and finally made an account lol
here are some pics this is the truck without the topper after i had just got it and the truck now - sorry for the first dark picture i had just fixed some stuff and couldnt wait till the morning to take a picture and here is a picture of my old jeep |
04-27-2010, 09:35 PM | #2 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
damn that is one clean truck
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04-27-2010, 09:37 PM | #3 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
Welcome Aboard !
Looks like a fine start to a awesome project, What are your plans for it ? And.... Thank You for your service in our armed forces !
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04-27-2010, 10:16 PM | #4 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
welcome to the site and good looking truck
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04-27-2010, 10:58 PM | #5 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
Welcome. Nice truck and thanks for your service.
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04-27-2010, 11:18 PM | #6 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
I second the THANK YOU. Looks like a good project. Will you take it with you once you get to your duty station, or leave it home?
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04-28-2010, 01:17 AM | #7 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
thank you everyone
Restrorob - it does have some rusty areas on the truck, not as bad as i thought, the passenger inner fender is completely shot and the back bottom corners of the cab are bad, the windshield has b.b.s lodged in it so a new windshield is necessary. Overall though i will be keeping it pretty stock..............well i say that now haha Driveway Dreams - the truck will be coming with me, the mustang is staying |
04-28-2010, 02:44 AM | #8 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
Looks like a good start!
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04-28-2010, 03:29 AM | #9 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
Welcome to the fambly! Nice truck.
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04-28-2010, 09:18 AM | #10 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
that will be a good starter.have fun with it.
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04-28-2010, 01:41 PM | #11 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
Very nice, and thank you as well, and you know you won't be able to keep it stock long.
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04-28-2010, 01:51 PM | #12 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
haha i know, but for the money tree's sake i have too
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04-28-2010, 02:34 PM | #13 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
What service are you going into? Do you have your job already lined up? The truck looks like a good project.
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04-29-2010, 12:15 AM | #14 |
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Re: New guy got his 1st truck
im going in the Air Force, waiting to get a book operator job. Hopefully i get it next week, been waiting since jan
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