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I love what you and your kids are doing with this truck, it's really come a long way. Have you taken it back for a visit with the former owner yet? I bet he'd be surprised!

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Been looking at different tire options in prep for going 4X, the wheels are narrow at 6", and we didn't want to run spacers on the rear...so, a 245/70-19.5 (about 33.5") is about as much as you can run.
We dug through a local truck repair shop's resale tire pile and dug out 6 of the best M/S recaps we could find. We were able to find some with nearly new treads for cheap.

Got the rears on, but am struggling a bit with putting them on the front. I'd like to believe that recapping has come along way and this truck won't see a lot of highway miles...but, there's good reason recaps aren't allowed on big rig/rv fronts. I "think" they're legal on lighter weight rigs?? I did keep the two practically "new" ones set aside for the front. We'll probably put them on and see what happens.

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Thanks! We thought about running it by the ole boy, he's only a few miles from us...but, I think I want to wait until I get it converted over to 4X with the BBC.;)

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Went ahead and mounted up the front retreads also...actually drives better.:metal:

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I couldn't resist... :D

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And a pic from cruising to the tire shop!

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Man that thing looks sweet with a crew and tandems!!!
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This is what we're going for, cleaned up with about 4" of lift...

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:metal:
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Great Lookin Truck, love the 58's, gonna be a cool truck, where in okc are you located? see ya jeff

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Thanks, we're on the south side. Yourself?

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This page needs a pic to start it off...

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this build is so cool!

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Very cool truck! Id like to make one some day like the yellow one in the napco promotion.

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Diggin the dually. i always wonder what one of these would looked liked dropped with a long bed and some dually fenders? maybe your son could do a photoshop of that?

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Thanks! :metal:

Working on the little things took most of the weekend, the son and I fought a new headliner and molding for a couple hours...but got it and a new visor in. Also picked up a new pair of amber front turn signal lenses (old ones were faded, cracked, clear ones)

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The rear hitch frame work has been bothering us, so we decided to clean that up a bit. Torched off the old set-up, leaving the two vertical side pieces off the frame and welded in a new piece of c-channel with a receiver and a couple hooks.

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nice!

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All the lights have been troublesome, so my son decided he was going to get them straightened out. Hours and hours of chasing wires, running new wires, cleaning sockets and grounds, a pair of new LED tail lights and marker lights, an adapter for a 5 wire system to 4 wire lights(for new tail lights), new bulbs everywhere else, and a couple of flood lights for the bed and we are good to go!

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Thanks:cool:

Doesn't seem like much, but it took most of the weekend!

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With each update it just gets better and better. Looking great guys!

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Thanks, we appreciate that!

Couple pics from tonight with the lights...

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Very nice work! That'll help out a lot at night!

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Nice '58 RockTonka!

I had a '58 NAPCO GMC that looked very similar to that; it had the front dually adapters that you don't commonly see (nowadays) on the one ton '50s NAPCO trucks. I'm thinking that I might just upfit my '57 3800 with a NAPCO kit if I can track-down the parts.

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Man this thread is making me drool; then cruising CL I run into this:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst...006869592.html

Visions of converting it to a flatbed like Rocktonka's are dancing in my head!

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Looks like a prime candidate! :D

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Yep, yall' need to jump on the band wagon,..er.,,flatbed!

We've been working through a couple little things here and there, added a passenger side visor, a new turn signal assy, and a couple armrests.

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The master cylinder decided to blow out the end of last weekend so my son cleaned it up and rebuilt it mid-week, (the innards were trashed)...best brakes ever:metal: Gave us chance to play around a bit at a buddies house.

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subscribed!

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sweet

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Where did you get the arm rests from?

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Thanks!!


OrrieG, lots of parts here...

http://www.americanclassic.com/index.asp

For me, I'll have parts next day (normal UPS) from them...great service with a lot in stock.

Otherwise, I can drive across town to...

http://www.classicchevroletparts.com/

Nice to be able to browse around and pick up what you want right then.

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Thanks, must be nice to just drive across town and browse.

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Yea, but the impulse buys are hard to control :lol:

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I can totally agree with you there! :mm:

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The truck looks GREAT! I enjoyed reading through what you have done so far.

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Awesome truck exactly how I would build one. The dump bed would be really handy. One of my neighbor's has a 68 c30 327 4v. That I really want to get my hands on. Its a little rougher body wise than yours. It's original paint though. and still looks really good.

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Abe, you are going to so hate me. this is the 69 I am going to drag back from Oregon. 350 Q-jet, 4 speed, c30 dually with dump bed. Haven't decided if I want to leave it a dump or find a longhorn bed and make that into a dually dump bed.

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It seems like a nice truck dump bed rocks leave it a dually though.

I don't hate you I actually prefer the one around the corner, with the 327 which would get swapped out with big block. And the 327 would find a home in something a little more high performance. Not needing the grunt of a big block. I like the 68 front clip a lot better as well.