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Well I finally picked up another project that I am gonna build with my father in law,1956 chevy swb. I t has been stuck in this shop for 10 years and its a cali truck.. I am still going through the boxes of parts so I m still not sure of everything that I have but heres what I have so far. All new glass,new vdo guages,tilt column,b@m shifter,recovered bucket seats, paint ,primer and clear came with it. It has a nova front clip and rear with posi power steering and many boxes that I have not gotten to yet. 400 small block with a th400 tranny with b@m guts and pan. Well heres the pics not really sure what Im gonna do other than put it back together and drive it. Bed it perfect and only to spots of cancer on the whole truck....

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We were told the truck would fire right up and run but that was not gonna happen so after the fireballs through the carb we went ahead and loaded it on the trailer. The drivers door in in the bed of the truck both doors have all ned guts still in the baggies from golden state pick-up parts.

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The truck is loaded and ready to go to its new home...........

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Congratulations!!!! Those trucks look awesome when finished and done right! Looks like a really good start!

Alex

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That box im looking into has all the new seals for the truck. the fire wall and door jambs are shot a mustang blue/green but the truck will be red when its done. Got her to fire up after some new plugs and setting up the points dizzy. The truck had suck a massive air leak that it sounded like crap,so I tore off the carb the guy just installed and he put the star washers down and then put the carb gasket on top and followed through by putting the carb on top of that:crazy: A new gasket and the washed on top of the carb and its runs and sounds great. Brakes still work and the posi has no problem lighting up both tires.:metal:

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The guy even through in the engine stand.....:rolleyes: Lat of the pics for now gotta get out there as the sun is starting to come up..

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luke , looks like a really nice project . will be an awesome truck when it's finished , red is the right choice for the color , well good luck with it. mike

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I like it:metal:

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Looks like a great project truck with alot of stuff already done.

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Nice score. I want a 55-59 one day!

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These are my favorite body style of trucks... I have a few with big plans... some day! Until then I just enjoy your guy's builds! Looks like a solid starting point.

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What a score! Why did they decide to get rid of the truck after all that work? Good luck on the build. Any idea's on the scope of the build?

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The guy got rid of the truck because the wife likes to shop............ more progress..

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Heres a few more progress pics tryin to get the sheet metal all covered in primer and looking for any hidden rust. The inner kick pannels are shot but someone already filled in the heater so the kick pannels will get filled also. Here are some of the goodies I got in a box. Check out those sweet vdos in the billet pannel...

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New peep mirrors,new amber signals,new door strikers,new chrome door handles,new vent windows tinted blue,new door rubbers ,door gaskets,inner door handles,new chrome vent handles,new headlight gaskets,new door linkages... I under coated the inner fender wells.

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Under coated inner fender and the new b@m air cleaner. Yes I know there is a glass fuel filter on ther but it was only to make sure I was getting fuel when I was trying to get her started. I also got the reprimed fender back on with some help..

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anyone know where to get the patch pannels for these?? Also anyone have pictures of what the inner kick pannel should look like. CARNAGE!!!!!! to the finger..

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Last pics for today...

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Ordered my hinge pins and body patch pannels from wes at classic heartbeat today and went by the paint store and got some sanding supplys and some more under coating.....

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Got my new hinge rebuild kit friday just need to fix the rust on the doors and rebuild the hinges... Also orederd the battery hold down and cab repair patch pannel. I got the new wind wings and glass(tinited blue) also had the chrome mouldings for the windows redone.. Pics to follow later today.

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Pulled the drivers side fender off to fix the rust at the bottom lower hinge area and found out someone got creative witha hammer,not sure what or why they smashed in the outter kick vent area but here it is in all its smashed in glory....I tried to hammer it out from the inside but ended up haveing to cut and hammer it back flat.

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Got the outter piece hammered and welded back in and shot it with some undercoating... On to the rust area at the bottom....

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Patch pannel is welded in and just needs the back side boxed in. The last pic is a shot through the door hinge area before the rust was removed and cut out.

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Welded up the old touneau cover holes and started the door work...

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A few more pics from today..... Looks like its gonna need some cab corners someone repaired these years ago it looks like..

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Will have lots of updates with pics today spent a solid 10 hours workin on her yesterday and a couple of hours getting parts..

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That thing is gonna look really nice when you finish!!! Good job!!!

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Got the taillights comming hopefully they will be here sometime this week.... Heres a few pics from this weekend I think I have about 20 hours in this weekend........I resealed all the cab seams and started on the hacked up passenger side fresh air vent. Not sure what the previous owner did here but I managed to cut out a piece froma donor cab for $20..... Lots of welding and grinding involved...

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More progress of the fresh air vents almost done...

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Heres a few pics of what I scored at the yard left and right kick plates 40$ one tranny hump $25 as you can see the one on the right is hacked up pretty good. I also got the drivers side vent cover. I welded up the 4 speed hole. Also snapped a pic of the finished drivers side kick pannel.

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Got the passengerside door primed and hung,I only did the inside and jamb areas as the outside is gonna need some serious work....

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Last of the pics for tonight.....

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Im off all week so tons of progress should be had..... Finally..

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Great Score.. Keep up the good work. Your hard work will payoff in the end. :metal:

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Well yesterday was like takeing a few steps back. I fired up the compressor and blew the hose so I had to fix that.. Cleaned the shop up and busted out the sawz all so that I could cut out a small section where the driveshaft was rubbing when you hit a bump. Dropped out the driveshaft and proceded to notch crossmember and they it happened I see fluid and think wtf did I cut gas ? brake line so I stop the saw and run for a bucket. Turns out the brake line runs accross the crossmember and it was so dirty I did not see it. Then I proceded to pop off the diff cover to change out the rear fluid and check to see if there really was a posi back there???? guess what no posi not really a big deal but I hate liars... So I get the rear end buttoned up and put the drive shaft back in and fire her up gonna move her out so I can take some pics she runs great and the after getting warmed up she dies crap.... So I check out everything and damned if shes not outta gas so into town I go... Hopefully today will be more productive... wish me luck..

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Work through that $h!t and don't let anything stop you. We've all had days like that, or worse. That truck is going to be so nice and I'm seriously jealous!

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Sweet project!

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Got all the door hardware out of the packages and lined for right and left doors. I got the father-in law over to help with shooeting the primer:gi:thats a first for him and he did pretty well. He also shoot primer on the inner cab repairs and then he started feeling funny I told him to wear the mask..

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I got all the door hardware installed and now both doors open and close and you dont have to use a screw driver :cool: The new door strikers are in and what a pain in the azz they were to align.:cong: to who ever took it apart you made me:crazy: Also anyone know where these bumpers may go?

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Got the glove box door and lock installed and found a cardboard glove box that I am pretty sure is wrong. I also got the guages working and the guage lights to work:metal: The best I can say about the wireing is :me: from the radio shackon the wrong end of town today its gonna say:buh: as I got some wireing stuff from some other projects that I can use..