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Got the grill disasembled, parts sent for powder coating. I cleaned and sprayed new color on the letters, look pretty good.

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Hey Clyde, that grille looks beautiful! Also love the rest of the truck.
I have a question if you don't mind answering about the rear suspension setup you have. I have seen your other posts about the truck bed trailer you have and the sweet camper as well, and I was wondering how the truck handled it with being lowered. I want to lower mine some, but still want to be able to tow a truck bed trailer and my dad's Champion bass boat. Thanks in advance!

That grill looks amazing!! As well as the rest of the truck.

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Got powder coating back and assembled some stuff. Found out my old HID’s had a crack in one so, getting new ones, no LED

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Looking good !

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Clyde...Your truck looks great.....What color did you paint the interior? My truck is original white so Im going back with the same color but wanted a different interior color.

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It's great to see the rebuild. Nice work.

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Grill parts powder coated, new trim rings and headlight doors. New lights, mine were 20 years old, went with some HID bulbs and will use the relay harness.

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Thanks Pdxhall!

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Thank You Johns66!

I tried ( yeah I know) to match the grey of the 60/61 but it came out much darker than I expected and the painter expected. It’s a medium charcoal kind of color.

I thought about fawn but I didn’t think it would go with my silver rally’s and seats...now I’m thinking of going with a bright blue ( like a 65 Impala)for the carpet, seats and kick panels.

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Thanks Jimmy!

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Thanks kdad, can you believe it’s 20 years old?

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Thanks cwcarpenter98!

I haven’t driven Clyde and Bonnie( the Camper) together much, I put air bags on Clyde to handle the weight and be lowered. I had 4” drop springs and they were way to soft, almost dragging the ground. With the airbags, I just air them up to (45# driving) whatever is needed to handle the extra weight.

It really depends on how much you want to lower it. 2” wont hurt you at all.

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Thanks! I want to lower it some, but I don't think it will happen any time soon. Got too much on my plate.

I really like the grille and the fresh powder coated parts. Did you use new screws for the bulb retainer rings? I'm missing some screws, and I have no idea where to get some from

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Clyde.....I like the darker/medium charcoal...looks really good with the white.....I am thinking of either chrome wheels or a gunmetal/charcoal wheel/

Yours is looking really good.

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I got my headlight fasteners from Classic Parts of America, but Brothers has them also.

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Thanks Johns66, if I could get a weekend that is about 50 and dry, I could probably get this thing done by summer!

I have to decide on the interior( seats and carpet) I bought a light grey rubber matt from ACC and am thinking a silver or light grey.
Folks tell me bright blue like a 65 Impala....

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Thanks! I'll check them out

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So today I got some Clyde time and it wasn’t raining!!

Big clean up and put the rebuilt grill on with the painted letters and new headlights. Oh, and bumper guards!!

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Looks Really Good!!!

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Thanks John! I am whipped now, not as young as I was last year!

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One step closer to legal for old Clyde, got him inspected and drove around for a couple hours. Needs an alignment.
Also ordered these from Brothers, very nice even though they are from overseas.

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Clyde will be Rolling around Dallas with his head held High! Sure looking Good.

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Looking Sweet.....Do you have any detail pictures of where you painted the black on the grille support? Thanks, John

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That front end is looking sweet. Thanks for the pics. :)