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LockDoc 11-21-2020 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Steeveedee (Post 8838663)
<Cries silently into beer> Someday I will find a long bed step side. It will have to be close by and rust-free, which is the thing that leaves me <Crying silently into my beer>When the stars align, I'll sell 3 or 4 of my wife's sewing machines to pay for it. :devil: :lol:


I read this to my wife. She said if I try that I better have my life insurance paid up....:)...:(... She wasn't smiling when she said it either.

LockDoc

Steeveedee 11-21-2020 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by LockDoc (Post 8839013)
I read this to my wife. She said if I try that I better have my life insurance paid up....:)...:(... She wasn't smiling when she said it either.

LockDoc

:lol: I'm not scared of your wife!

Ol Blue K20 11-21-2020 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Steeveedee (Post 8839085)
:lol: I'm not scared of your wife!

You're a brave man, I'm scared of everyone's wife!!! They're worse than a wild animal. :devil:

Steeveedee 11-22-2020 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20 (Post 8839104)
You're a brave man, I'm scared of everyone's wife!!! They're worse than a wild animal. :devil:

:lol: Too true, but I can run my mouth with impunity, since I'm so far away! :lol:

71CHEVYSHORTBED402 11-26-2020 09:05 PM

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Installed refreshed driveshaft. It's cold ceramic coated, same with the carrier bracket.

3757chevy 11-27-2020 12:29 AM

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Was 4 days ago. Replaced the box in my '67 stepside dash.

SRU1436 11-27-2020 01:24 AM

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Checked the dwell on the distributor. Adjusted the idle, and fast idle screw.

zschary 11-27-2020 08:41 AM

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wired up a cole hersee intermittent wiper switch.. Lots of wires with the relays, hoping the thing works..

Ol Blue K20 11-27-2020 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by zschary (Post 8841485)
wired up a cole hersee intermittent wiper switch.. Lots of wires with the relays, hoping the thing works..

That looks complicated.....

Boog 11-27-2020 12:18 PM

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Mad scientist kind of stuff. :lol:

MAC71Cheyenne 11-27-2020 12:19 PM

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Nothing special...replaced dash defroster vents, ball vents, and couple bulbs. Need to pull the radio out and put the proper brackets in there the plug it in.

zschary 11-27-2020 12:42 PM

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it is complicated.. thank god a member here put up a wiring diagram on how to do it that i followed like a trained monkey.. 3 relays and you have intermittent wipers.. we shall see... I think the gentleman name is "blue 69" from 2002..

zschary 11-27-2020 12:43 PM

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DeadheadNM 11-28-2020 10:51 PM

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Got my restored horns back...

davischevy 11-28-2020 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20 (Post 8839104)
You're a brave man, I'm scared of everyone's wife!!! They're worse than a wild animal. :devil:

I'm downstairs and she is upstairs, hence, I can laugh out loud. :lol:

71CHEVYSHORTBED402 11-29-2020 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadheadNM (Post 8842212)
Got my restored horns back...

Nice. What's that run a horn approx.?

fb111ewo 11-29-2020 11:07 AM

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Working on the bed, getting the fenders installed.

DeadheadNM 11-29-2020 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402 (Post 8842335)
Nice. What's that run a horn approx.?

$195 per set

71CHEVYSHORTBED402 11-29-2020 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadheadNM (Post 8842340)
$195 per set

Yikes:lol: Everything is expensive. Heck I'm probably in $600 just to have the hood hinges rebuilt and finished, and they still need to be stripped again and finished:metal:

The forestry truck above is beautiful. Simple and clean. Come with a SPID?

Nh4clo4 11-29-2020 11:54 AM

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Got the engine, trans, driveshaft and intake on this weekend

DeadheadNM 11-29-2020 11:56 AM

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At less than $100 each for disassembling, cleaning, bead blasting, rebuilding, reriveting, painting, testing, and tuning the cost seems reasonable to me.

72c20customcamper 11-29-2020 06:44 PM

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Starter went on the 72 . Replaced it this afternoon not an easy job with one and a half hands . But needed to be done asap next week I'll only have the half one to work with

pjmoreland 11-30-2020 09:00 PM

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Installed an SPID that Jeff at outintheshop.com made for me. He did all the legwork on figuring out the options to list. I think it looks great. I'm not doing a full blown restoration on this truck, but I though it would look nice to have an SPID on there anyway. I'm giving this truck a functional rehabilitation. The original 307 and Powerglide are long gone, and only traces of the original interior color still exist, but I thought it would be a nice way to record a little history of the truck.

Stover93 11-30-2020 09:52 PM

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Front & back glass installed.

pjmoreland 12-02-2020 01:20 AM

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Finished my first restoration of a steering wheel. It is nowhere near perfect, but I think it will look pretty good in my truck. There are definitely things I'd do differently next time, like applying the smallest amount of epoxy possible and doing all epoxy shaping by hand instead of using a pneumatic sander. I found the spots where the spokes meet the hoop to be the most challenging part to shape due to the curves. Where the spokes meet the hub was much easier.


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