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dont forget to give him the longhorn emblems so he can fill those in with the same paint hes putting on the body

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Why's that? They're black and chrome.

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oops didnt seen the black must've been the light in the picture

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Besides, the bed will have to wait until I get it put together. I have to get the floor and sides assembled so he can fix the big dent in the RH side.

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I borrowed some 305's from my little brother for now so I can see what this truck will look like. I'm planning on going to the body shop and putting these on tomorrow so I'll get some pics of the truck tomorrow.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DSC00365.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DSC00366.jpg

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hmmm, I might just have to read through this thread. lol

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I made it over to the body shop and got these tires installed. Also snaped some pics of the truck. No progress has been made and I'm not surprised. :lol: Hopefully by Christmas it'll have color on it. Hopefully..............................................

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DSC00374.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DSC00375.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DSC00378.jpg

It looks like I got my LH fender worked around ok. It matches the contour of the RH behind the wheel.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DSC00376.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DSC00377.jpg

I finally found my missing pieces to get a steering column back in it. Dang, I hope I can find the rest of this truck! :lol:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/DSC00379.jpg

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That's sit n nice. It will be sweet when its done.

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Hey dude :

So this is where your hanging out huh .....Truck looks great and being a 69 Z/28 kinda guy i dig the hugger orange. It's alot of work building one of these things but it sure must feel good getting it to the body shop. I know for me thats when you start to realize wow there is a end to this thing......lol
Your build looks great make's me think my prostreet truck could use a transfer case.....I will be sure to be back and watch you complete it

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Thanks guys. Hopefully it'll have something done to it by Christmas..........................

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Ryan,
I'm not sure what happened to my subscription to your build. All my posts and subscription vanished. I've been following along for over a year and never got any updates. So I just thought I would check in. Not sure how I could lose a script and all my posts?
Anyway, glad to see all the last few months worth of progress. Hope to see some paint shot on this puppy pretty soon too.

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At one point he started a new thread(this one) and didn't say anything to us watching the old thread... ;)

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Mike, no problem. I'm glad to hear you found a better radiator support too. Your truck is coming along awesome! I also hope my Longhorn has color on it soon, as I am tired of all these new parts laying here. :lol:

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I did start a new thread a long time ago, but this thread is the one and original. I started the other to get more exposure because hardly anyone ever had anything to say about it. :lol: I haven't updated the other thread lately either. I might later tonight. Here's the link to it:
http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=372717

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Doh! Why do you have to go confuse everyone like that! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/i...milies/lol.gif

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Okay, I understand now. I thought this was that thread because of some the exact same pics. I was like wth happened to all my posts?

Yep, the core support is either a NOS or aftermarket unit. More than likely a repop.? IDK, it looks like the surface rust from an oem though I will be using it though regardless. I actually scored a whole parts truck. More on that in my thread soon.

Thanks and your truck is coming along awesome too. I love those nice tires. Those would work great on my suburban, well maybe with just a little lift on it. I love the agressive tread.

I got a crap load of new and used parts to put on mine too. Can't wait till I get where you are. Keep rocking bro:chevy:

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Are you feeling truckless now with your truck at the body shop , or did you keep enough parts back to work on ? Mine has been gone for awhile and to keep busy i have been working on a shop addition and organizing parts.....Don't get me wrong i now drive to the body shop everyday i can and do what ever i can to speed up the process

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His stuff is in the way...

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If you don't have stuff in the way......you ain't building trucks.....LMAO

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No, not quite yet. I still have the 76 sitting behind the shop, and Mathew's 88 was in the other bay. And yes, I kept plenty to work on but I have no spare time at the moment to work on my stuff. I'm trying to finish a PITA 04 F-250. :lol: I'm going to bring that thread back from the dead here shortly.

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Your truck has gone through quite the transformation. Excellent work. How did you determine where to mount the rear springs on your truck? I'am coverting my 72 swb 2wd truck to 4x4. The front spring swap is easy, but i don't know where to start for the rear. My truck has trailing arm suspension. Any advice would be appreciated. What grade, size, and length of bolts did you use to put 4x4 parts on your 2wd frame?

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I thought we were going to see some Christmas present pics:)

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Ryan,
Wow! Where have I been? I can't believe I never ran across your build thread. Awsome work on the ol' girl. I think you will be done with yours before me. Keep it up buddy! Someone's 'gotta' get some work around here. And since it isn't me, I glad that you are making such good progress. :metal:
-Richard

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My truck had leaf spring rear suspension since it was a Longhorn. But I hear that you can mount the spring hangers on the coil spring frames with out much work. Best bet would be to put a bed on your frame and mock everything up to get the rear axle placed there you need it. I used 3/8" grade 8 bolts for my spring hangers in the rear. I think the bolts were no longer than 2", maybe shorter.

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Believe me, I was hoping so too. He hasn't gotten anything done on it. I'm not surprised. I'm going over tomorrow to start sanding on it since he hasn't. If I have the 04 F-250 done before he's done with body work, it's coming back home and I'll just do it myself. At least right now it's sitting inside for free while it collects dust instead of rust. :lol:

Richard, You haven't missed much. :lol: All I've really gotten done was take a truck close to being able to drive and made it into a huge project! :lol: