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Great work on the bed and I hope you have good luck and a lot of fun on your trip!

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Hope we get updates from the road, I really dig this truck.

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Truck is running great....but, the windshield leaks bad, the wipers came loose and the carpet is a sponge. But hey, where having a great time. Fixed the wipers while at a friends house. Pulled and dried the carpet. Going deep sea fishing today so I guess I'll be on biggest catch by tomorrow;)
Rolling on,
Rob
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Awesome! Have fun.

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Hello Fasttoys aka Rob. This is just like having our own Flat Stanley adventure. Keep up the posting. I never though I'd be interested in someone else's vacation. Glad COE is doing good for you and your wife on this trip. Good luck to all three of you.

Earl

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Enjoy your fishing trip! Watch out for Megladon! :lol:

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Where's the windshield leaking at?? Going to try and repair on the road, or just make do??...Jim

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Well that finishes things off very well. Have a great trip!!

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Fishing was fun, we landed 47 fish (18 keepers) in 3 hours. Added a power converter to the fire wall and an additional power outlet to the dash for things like computer, work light etc... Will be rolling up the pan handle today to who knows where. For the wind shield leaks, it's leaking in 3 or 4 places so no repairs for that are planned while on the road. From this point on we have no time constraints so if we get stuck in heavy rain we'll just pull off for a while.
Rob
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Looks like a great fishing adventure and fun times! The converter is a good idea. No time constraints....awesome. Thanks for sharing Rob.

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dang, your killing it. hey quick fix on the windshield, get some rtv and put in the areas that are giving you problems. in my 51' I used rubber I had laying around and didn't realize it was for a delux trim (this was when I was first learning all this stuff). So I bought the trim ($80 some bucks, still sitting on the wall) can't put it in until I yank windshield out. So I have rtv all through my rubber. It really helped. I only get a little leak in really heavy rain, right down the middle.

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'47 Chevy mobile home in Perry Florida. Now you know why I have a 12 foot flat bed, no snakes!
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Rob.

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hooooold up, now I'm seriously jealous.

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That is a good idea. We go through Perry on our way to folks place in Chiefland.

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That is the coolest thing EVER! I want one! Great idea. AWESOME BUILD!

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Super cool ideal...Jim

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Yup jealous.

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Very cool. It reminds me of the bed tent idea that they made for Avalanche/Escalade trucks.



Too cool.

Marc

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Nice, that's a nice dry spot. :lol:

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Rolling on, "The Armadilla Killa", In Florida they have the retirees version of the Cadillac ranch in Texas, the Airstream ranch. Where old 2 ton Chevys go to die. In Louisiana now headed for headed for Marshall TX. and then the turn for up north. I did do a little work on the truck adding some lift spacers to the front coils for clearance, only got about 1/2" lift and need about another 1/2" but will wait on that, I also picked up an engine cover at a Pick a Part while in Mississippi for $13.
Rob
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awesome traveling. thanks for the pic updates. logging memories man, all we can do.

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Cool update...Jim

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Got this Johnny Cash tune stuck in my head every time I see this thread........

I've been everywhere man.......

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Very nice! Those dillos make quite the racket when you run over them in a low profile car. :lol:

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Been in Marshall TX for a couple of days now, why Marshall? why not! Picture 1 is what happens when your wiper linkage loosens up again. This is twice now this has happened and I hope it is the last. We went to a cruise-in in Marshall and saw a few neat rides. Tomorrow its off to Little Rock AK. for dinner with friends, then West Memphis to deposit some cash at the dog track.
Rob
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Thanks for the update, truck looks cool in front of the theater...Jim

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man I love this truck, hits all my fun buttons. great work!

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Sounds like your having a great trip. Glad all is mostly running well.

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Well, my road trip has come to an end. It was a great trip with only minor issues: the leaky wind shield, multiple problems with the wipers and tire rubbing on tight turns. The first 2 still need to be fixed but the tire rubbing issues was fixed in Searcy Arkansas thanks to the guys from Audio Envy, it's a small shop that had a couple of lowered truck projects out front, I stopped in and they where more then helpful by loaning me a spring compressor and even went to get me some used stock springs from a local junk yard all for $70, heck they made me some garage wall art while I worked on the truck. Great cars guys for sure.
We drove around 3400 miles and averaged 17.64 MPG, of this mileage only about 200 where Interstate. The rest of it was in real America. Hundreds of pictures where taken of the truck and I'm sure it's popping up on the web on various sites. Talked to a lot people during our travels and have a lot of stories of things that happened on the road.
So what's next? I picked up steel today for more work on the bed and have been playing with ideas for a slide on camper.
Of course "To be Continued"
Rob
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Great trip and I really enjoyed the pictures!

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yeah I feel like I'm on the trip! that bus is awesome

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Thanks for taking us along....Jim

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Great job, love the truck. I've got an 48 also, that I made into a crew cab on a one ton dually frame, I'll do some pics soon, but first, the guy in the picture of your fishing trip, would his name be Paul. Looks a lot like a guy I was in the Navy with years ago

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Nope sorry that would be Tony, not a Vet. Nice looking project you got going there.
Rob

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Glad you made it home without any big issues. The camper idea will be sweet!

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OK, so I kinda fell off the map for a bit. I did get the wheels fit and painted. I had to counter-sink the holes deeper due to the 14mm studs the late model truck uses. It also turns out you can not get this style of wheel in a 5" back spacing so a flare needed to be added to the bed, one side is complete. Other then that the truck is running great and I've topped over 8K miles now. Oh yea, I also took it to a car show Sunday and picked up a Top 15 out of about 60 cars so I was happy with that, I also ran it at the 1/8 drag strip a few times with a best of 10.390 seconds, not to bad for a big truck.
Rob
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looks killer. you really are getting it in with this truck. makin alot of us drool and look like chumps!

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Those wheels make a world of difference. Looks great. How far into Arkansas did you go?

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Looks very good Rob! And 10.39 isn't bad at all!

Lon

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Wheels look great...Jim