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wow, never saw this. that was a hard hit.
glad your rebuilding the truck

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...9&d=1382594626

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Yep hit hard enough to bend the frame twist the bed funny I remember my shades flying off in slow motion

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so i drove the truck for 3 or 4 months and decide i need to paint this bad boy so i began to strip it down to bare metal lotta work but here is some pix enjoy ................Attachment 1167425

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almost up to date on the body pretty much done except paint Attachment 1167452

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dash all stripped ready for primerAttachment 1167456

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Looks good.
Kim

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Sweet ride.....so how much of the spring did you cut? So you've been driving it...any rubbing or wishing it was'nt quite that low? I really like how it sits Im getting ready to do a clip on my 57 burb. Im thinking about sinking the subframe into the frame an inch or so instead of cutting the springs. Cool that you saved your dads truck.

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Just 1 coil and in the beginning I had issues but a friend of mine told me to switch to a pre 56 car wheel (pre 56 are 15 inch wheels) worked out there more shallow, the ralleys were sitting out a little to much so I had rubbing issues, the rides real nice I just added rear bags when I go up drive ways I was leaving half my bumper but now I just lift up the rear

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heres the wheels im running funny story about these is i pick them up for a buddy of mine in atascadero that while me and and my wife were heading to the coast he said he found a guy parting out a 56 chevy and he was getting the wheels i said we were heading that way i'll grab them for you he was using them on a ad truck he was building but ended up selling the truck so i ended up with the wheels Attachment 1167535

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so primer shot almost ready for paint :) Attachment 1167536

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paint time i decide i wanted to two tone it go easy on me ive only painted a few bike tanks and my fleetline i had a few problems when i first started but had a ton of help for guys on this sight thanx guys

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almost caught up and current and shot the next color
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i was planning on running door panels but after i got the white panels on im thinking of ditching the door panel idea

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Looks real nice.
Kim

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thanx Kim57 i'm almost out of pix but i'm hitting it again tomorrow so hopefully i'll have more to share

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nice color :D

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diggin the 2 tone

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thanx took me a few days to decide even after I shot it I was wasn't totally sold till the next morning and my wife loved it

I guess my grandpa had one of my uncles friends two tone it back in the 70's every time a new paint job went on no one removed the chrome so when I stripped down the body the white was still on there. thought it was cool I did something to it my grandpa had original added way back

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so currently ive been working on the back of the truck posted a few threads about suggestions on the bed.im raising the bed to clear the notch and was planning to run the wood flush against the bedside till I realized my bedisdes were bowed so here's what I did.........

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for some reason my computer only lets me do one pic and a time :(

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the solution and still be able to add a raised floor bed if I wanted to

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Looks graet and I like the two tone.