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Alice is looking fiiiiiine
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Coming along nicely- love seeing all the pieces making her complete

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Got her moved home yesterday and I stuck the old grill on. Think rims/tires new grill shell will be the next things to get. I have a pretty good set or painted bumpers, but Im going to get chrome ones.

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...ps10044215.jpg

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Green with envy. It is gonna look great.

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Lookin good!
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sweet build man ! http://confettidreams.files.wordpres...iley.gif?w=500

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Nice job, keep at it
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couldnt have said it any better lol

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:agree:!

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I got the passenger side sanded and buffed, only took me a week.

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...psff2ae141.jpg

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So Sick!

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Truck really is coming along great. Did you use new weatherstripping when u did the side glass?

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Thanks, yea I replaced all the rubber in it.

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Got the passenger side of the roof sanded and buffed. It sure is a lot easier doing the top without the body lines. I have to wait until I get my tire dollys to get to the drivers side sanded and buffed because there just isnt enough room.

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7fefd92b.jpg

Decided to install my slosh tubs and what a job that turned into. The front passenger wheel had 2 lugs nuts stuck. Took me a couple hours to get the tire off but finally did and got one tub in.

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...ps17cce5d6.jpg

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super sick, its turning out so nice :D

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My wife gave me my Christmas presents a little early...

a new sign for the garage

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...ps517163d6.jpg

and a set of wheel dollies

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7866c664.jpg

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Nice presents! Love the sign, need one for my garage.
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this sub is so sic!! congrats

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turning out good man...i love the blue color you went with

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Have I ever mentioned your suburban makes me want to run down to the local junkyard and grab one of my own and start another unfinished project of mine?? :lol: Well either way this thing is too badass love the pics of progress keep it up

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Thanks guys!

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas.

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looking great, and I LOVE the sign.

New Type72, where do you live, where you can run down to the local junkyard and pick up a burb? I only ask because I want to move there ;).

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^^ Lol. he lives in Turdlock Kali :)
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Hey Brett when u install the hood...pay close attention to the "trough area" at the top of tubz next to fender..inner edge of my hood rubbed there,,,had to adjust top of tubz inward toward engine a little...2 nice of paint to mess up!!! jim

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Yep, I figured that out. I got a little scuff on the one I have installed. I also figured out they can't be installed when I install the trim so I will fix the scuff on the one then. I am going to install the other one soon mainly to free up some garage space and keep it in a safe place.

I didnt paint the underside of them and I think when I have them out again, I am going to shoot some of that color matched bed liner material on the underside like I did in the cargo area.

Mike is supposed to be sending me templates of the filler panels he made for his truck too.

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Tell U what I had thought about doin.....since the inner flanges of these hoods vary alot....I think I'm goin to do a slight trimming of that inner flange on hood edge..I've got clearance when closed but worried about movement goin down the road....think trimming will be the answer......jim

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I got to looking at my hood and thats not a bad idea.

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U can start a little behind where the "trough" would be and end a little ahead....a slight arch cut was what I had in mind without reaching quite up to the 1st bend....If u do it..show us a pic...may become a "SOP" when installing these Tubz....Every time I look them I think of how much fab time ol' Mike saved me!!!........lol.........jim

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Haha there's a pretty rough burb in town that I've spotted too bad I couldn't pick up a car show worthy one for 8500 this last summer or else I'd be drivin that instead

and Calm down Eric wait what am I saying I do live in TURDlock :lol:

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Jim-I was looking at the area where my hood rubbed and its only about an inch long. Your idea may be perfect. The trough area is maybe only 12 -15 inches long and that is the only area on the hood that would have to be trimmed so it should be pretty easy to make it look good.

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Hey Brett, I mentioned in Rob's thread that I would post what I did to build my rear air unit.

I used a Vintage Air underdash compact unit and t'ed it into my existing Vintage Air. It cranks out the cold and will freeze you out. Vintage Air does not make a rear air unit, so you have to get creative. Wasn't too tough. It does hang a little low in the rear though, but it doesn't obstruct the view in the rearview mirror. Here is the thread. I believe you can see the final product on page 3.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=506262&page=3

OF COURSE... mine is a driver, and you guys are doing some pretty awesome show trucks. But, it may give you a few ideas to work with.

EDIT: I just read through the thread and realized that in my rush to get it done for a beach trip, I didn't post ANY under hood photos or photos of the lines once it was plumbed. Oops. :lol:

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Jeff, if I cant find a factory rear a/c, i am going to do the same thing you did, it looks great.

Im buiding this truck to drive too, I will go to the occasional show but it will be my fair weather driver.

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I was in the garage earlier and noticed a problem with the paint. The white stripe was supposed to go down to the lower body line. On the front half of the fenders for some reason we ran the tape line to the bottom of the grill instead of down past the body line. This wouldnt be noticible, but if I have trim on, there will be a blue line above the trim on the front part of the fender. I really wasn't wanting to repaint the fenders. :banghead:

http://i1127.photobucket.com/albums/...ps219f2226.jpg

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It looks to me like maybe you ran the tape directly across the fender opening which, unfortunately, lines up the way you see it. HOWEVER, it looks KILLER!!! Just my $.02. Maybe you should rethink the trim. ;)

For what it's worth, how hard would it be to just re-tape where you want it and spray just that area? I'm curious if a good wet sanding wouldn't level the surfaces if taped right.

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Alice is looking good.

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Thanks guys.

I should have rims and tires installed in the next week or two and maybe I will rethink the trim when they are on. James at Mar-K was saying the fenders have to come off to install the upper trim so there is the time to redo the fenders. Was talking to my dad and he says he can fix it. I just get nervous about the color being different if we have to redo the whole thing.

I got new door handles and new mirrors for Christmas. All I have left for parts on the exterior are trim, bumpers and grill shell and with any luck I will be able to get all that within the next month.

After I get my kids back home tomorrow, I will finish the sanding and buffing.

Once the exterior is done, I am going to finish up the mechanicals. I have factory disc brakes with drop spindles and I think I am going to change over to that kit tha CCP makes with the spindles that narrow the trac and the big rotors.

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So, looking ahead a bit... Any chance you'll have it done by June? You could ride over to Arlington and kick off the Hot Rod Power Tour with us. That would be quite a large group of Burbs cruising together!
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I would love to but I dont think there is any chance it will be done by then.

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I got faith in ya! :lol: After all, this build just started at the end of May and you are rockin' it! You've got about 150 days! Haha! Even if it isn't "done" (they never are), maybe you can ride up and hang for the first day.
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I will definately go hang out in Arlington the first day.