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Added a DeeZee low profile toolbox today, truck is really dirty.
http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...808_110941.jpg Another picture of the carpet, interior has been finished just thought I would share this picture. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...627_131105.jpg |
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Nice work! Funny to see quad front shocks on a Scottsdale truck w/no AC. Maybe they came with the HD front springs. Either way, nice truck!
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Painted and cleaned up the rear axle
http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...808_180853.jpg http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...808_180840.jpg Don't worry about the overspray on the shocks, I have bilsteins coming. One more pic from my cruise today. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...809_140518.jpg |
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Are those Goodyear Wranglers on that nice looking truck?
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Yes they are. Pretty good on the street, haven't had a chance to take this truck off road yet.
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Still driving the truck every day, getting 12-14mpg not as bad as I thought. New quadrajet carb really helped, tuned it for maximum vacuum and 14 degrees of timing. Last couple of weekends I finally fixed the oil pressure gauge, so now all the gauges work!:metal: Also readjusted the transfer case lever, so now it stays in 4x4.
I forgot to add a picture of the seat and interior all finished up. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...930_115801.jpg Also I went to the local pick n pull and I scored a set of drip rails as mine went missing after it was painted 15 years ago:smoke: I paid 9.50$ for them. I will get pictures of the install when I put them on in then next couple of days. Anybody have any tips? I also got a picture of this beauty, just for clarification old vehicles still rust out here, just not as fast as you guys back east. Bondo was at least 3/4" thick lol. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...925_115211.jpg And for another update, I think I'm going to pull the trigger on vintage air kit. The constant 100+ days are really starting to irritate me, and sitting in traffic a lot sucks with no air. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...926_162856.jpg And hopefully sometime next year I will be getting 3.73 gears, Detroit locker for the back, and true trac for the front. I will have to have this professionally done, I don't have the required tools and most importantly skill's to do this. |
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Got the drip rails installed, wasn't as bad as I thought. I recommend 2 people for this, as you are drilling 14 holes in your truck.
The tools I used were: Corded drill (obviously) 3M double sided tape, good stuff VERY sticky. 1/8" drill bit 14 screws I used 8 x 1/2" Phillips stainless screws. (I got the screws with the drip rails, but I decided to buy new ones. 3M gasket adhesive, I put a little over the holes I drilled and screw end to ensure there will be no water getting in there. Pictures: I painted the channels with some black paint I used on the frame turned out nicely. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...001_111347.jpg VERY carefully measure, check, measure, check again, and finally mark the holes. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...001_112747.jpg Drill the holes, would be 10x more nerve racking if this was a fresh paint job! http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...001_113028.jpg One of the holes http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...001_113400.jpg All done! Looks better to me IMO. http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...001_125936.jpg http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...001_125948.jpg Got the measurements within 1/8" of eachother on both sides. Now when and (if) it rains in socal, I won't get wet when I open the door. |
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Cool truck. You will like the Vintage Air. Nice work!
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Nice bondo i love when people do that lol.Worse one i had was a 67 mustang that had 5 coats of paint on it.When we sanded it looked like a rainbow in places.
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Well, when I got the truck it was lifted too high in the back, so I lowered it down a bit. Anytime I load to bed now, the drive shaft is engaged too much in the transfer case, so I had it shortened a bit re balanced and new u joints. The u joints were shot anyways. Also while I had the drive shaft out to get shortened, I fixed the leaky tailshaft on the transfer case. No leaks so far.
Case: http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...015_183305.jpg Driveshaft before:http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...015_104905.jpg After: http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...016_133343.jpg I hope I have enough space, I thought there was going to be more clearance. What do you guys think? |
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I had a crack in my engine crossmember on the right side (typical). When I had the engine out, I had my uncle weld the top of it, not the greatest work but it has held up. I wanted to get the bottom side welded and get the steering box reinforced. So I had a local off road shop do this for me, turned out great. I also replaced the steering box while it was out, old one was leaking, and a little sloppy.
pics: http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...112_095320.jpg http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...112_095416.jpg http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...112_095432.jpg I really did not want to spend the money on this right now, but this is insurance on this area which is common to cracking especially with bigger tires. So with the bolt in brace and the weld in done, this area is plenty stout. Even the guy at the off road shop said this is bulletproof even if I had 44's on this thing. |
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Nice looking daily!! I've got an '81 that I'm also thinking of turning into a driver after I sell my Cummins. It's hard to find a low mileage NBS Silverado in my area that isn't rusted to $hit...so a "restomod" square seems like the ticket!
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Nice truck and great work taking a basket case and bringing back to a good condition driver. All that little crap adds up but it's so nice when all the minor stuff, like oil pressure gauge etc work. Pumped to see you driving it. Pull the trigger on AC?
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On another note, this "new" 350 has decided to start leaking oil from the front on the oil pan, and sometimes it leaks a little from what looks like the rear main seal. Not too happy about it, so I'm keeping an eye on it. Any tips? |
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Did the crate motor come with the tin already on it? 2 piece rear main right? Seems a little early for it to start pissing already.
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How much difference did that fatmat make on the cab noise? I am looking at using that in combination with Lizard Skin. For my 85 K10.
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why did it help with the way the doors close? curious cuz of course i need to slam mine shut on my 79 k10.. need to rework my interior at some point..
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Ok that makes sense... thanks for the heads up.. I'll check out the striker bushings..
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Well with gas prices lower and cooler weather, starting Monday I will be back at my old job. The truck will serve DD duties for a couple of months until the weather gets to hot, then I will drive my Accord. Truck will be seeing 70 miles a day, sometimes 100 miles a day will be interesting. Truck has been sitting for about 6 weeks started right up and drove her around to check things. A good wash and wax and interior cleaning this weekend so I will get some more detailed pictures.
I guess I kinda have a update, I finally replaced the rusty inner fender with a junkyard unit. |
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Some Pictures:
http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...218_111535.jpg http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...218_111546.jpg The old inner fender rust, was worse than I thought: http://i392.photobucket.com/albums/p...210_112046.jpg |
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