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Lookin good, I did not know that you are working on your long bed. Are you on hold for a blazer now?

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Sweet...progress!!!....I hope it's done for Fall cruisin!!!

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It's cabinets the guy helping me with the bodywork scored for free for storage.

Thanks.

Yeah, I wanted to get this done and go through one build before tackling a blazer. Hopefully I'll be able to sell this for a decent price when complete and use it to buy a beater longbed and a blazer project and have some cash left for the blazer....we shall see. So far I have about 20K worth of parts for much less than that in actual investment ;)

Thanks! Me too!!!

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Here's a couple pictures of the steering wheel I just got. Came with the package deal of the wheels. Matches the wheels exactly. I will get a new half leather wrap in black or tan depending on what I decide on for the interior. But the good news is he sent the horn button and billet adapter with the wheel.

http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/s...2th2009001.jpg
http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/s...2th2009002.jpg

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It needs to be polished, but if you can tell from the reflection, it's pretty nice already.

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Okay you got a shot of the steering wheel, but where's the shot of the new rims??? :D

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If the brown truck would speed up a little I'd have them. Should have them early next week :metal:

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Awesome Progress Dude!!!!

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looking good!

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Today counts as "early in the week"....so where's the rim shot?....LOL

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It's coming,... I just got one off UPS truck an hour ago....I need to polish it first because I wanted it to look Purdy before I snapped a pic of it ;)

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Thanks, guys!!!

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SAY WHAT? :smoke:

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you know.....rim shot

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had to keep the thread clean you know.... ;)

Well, I'm not thrilled as the PO of the rims shipped them in shrink wrap which was shredded by UPS and there are scratches and some small dings in the outer rim....But for 4-5,000 less than new, it's hard to complain :lol:

Here are the pictures

Before cleaning

http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/s...ikrims1001.jpg

After 5 minutes with a powerball

http://i562.photobucket.com/albums/s...ikrims1002.jpg

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Only got one in today...the rest should be here tomorrow hopefully. I won't be test fitting them for a while because the next stages are frame cleaning, then C-notch and after that frame painting and detailing.
Then airbags, airlines, compressors, tank, frame mounted battery drop box, super trac bar, lowering blocks, Drop spindles, and disc brakes go on. By then the body work should be done and possibly paint and it'll be time for assembly. Wish I would have gotten these to mock up before then but oh well.....

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Alright, I guess you can test fit them on my garage ornament.:lol: What's the specs on them?
Btw, what happened to the coys you have/had?

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They coys were 5 lug and I decided to stay 6 lug so I wouldn't have to mess with the rear. Also, there are SOOO many with coys I wanted to find something different (even thought I LOVE the way the coys look). They are a 20/22 combo....They are 20X9 Front 5.5 bs and 22X10 rear with 6"BS

They make the wheels in 5 spoke/5 lug. This is the ONLY set in 6 lug in existance. It was made for a show truck. I paid 1400 SHIPPED for them. THe steering wheel is 389 from Budnik without shipping. So I feel I did pretty good even with some scratches....but we'll see if they fit and see how the other wheels fared when they arrive.

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That's exactly what I meant....come on Heath!!!:lol:

Nice score Jonathan.....Hope they work out for you....AND the other wheels fare better in the trip to ya!!! Any more updates on the truck?

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No updates on the truck other than there has been more body work/rust repair done and I haven't been over to see it because I have been working on my house. Built a 16X18 deck. Also helped my brother in law move in including painting the entire upstairs, remodeling his bathroom (full demo to the studs), refinishing his hardwood floors, tiled his fireplace, etc....

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rim looks good.... Nice Shot!

looks like it cleaned up well! progress is progress... keep at it...

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Ahh, six lug. Good score for some BIG ol one offs.

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Found this truck on the web....same wheels but in 5 lug...Will look alot like mine except front end and steel longbed of course...
http://image.automotive.com/f/featur...chevy_c10+.jpg

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Gonna look good:metal: Now get to work!;)

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Lookin good bud. Going to be sweet when she's done.