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haha, that tiger print is more horrible then i thought it would be, but that bench seat if i can be fixed seems nice, Im interested to see what direction you take this in.

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OK, so my plan is to rob the 350/700R4 out of my 94 S-10. The 350 has a serpentine setup on it from the original 4.3L. MY question is, which power steering gear box can I pull out of the junkyard and bolt on and go?? And, what kind of issues am I going to have with the high pressure hose? Is there a standard-to-metric hybrid hose? Ca I bolt in an older standard pump into the serp belt bracket and roll with that??

My plans are to do a static drop on the front and put air bags in the rear with a ride leveling valve. As a diesel mechanic, I have access to all kinds of air ride goodies used on big trucks. I got 2 air seat frames out of some 9200 series International tractors for my Dad's 59 chevy truck. I might snag another pair for Captain America.

FOr now, I need a pair of doors and a tailgate. The holes for the latch on the driver's door have been pulled through and the door is currently "secured" with a bungee cord. I need to get a 55 gallon drum of paint stripper to get off all the glitter and see what I'm working with. Long term plans are 4 wheel disc, lowered, front and rear sway bars and Cadillac SRX LED tail lights (I have the tail lights already). I"ll figure out what else I want to do as I go.

-Josh

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I went to the junkyard today and picked up a few goodies. I got a power steering gear box from a 1980 C10 1/2 ton, glove box dor, passenger door hinges, power booster brackets, newer wiper cowl ( not pictured), V8 motor mount brackets and a spare ash tray. I have a brand new high pressure p/s hose and I checked to see if it fit in the 1980 gearbox, and it fits PERFECTLY!!!! I was so giddy. No gueswork or hybrid hoses. YAY!!! So I'm pretty satisfied with my findings today.

-JOsh

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Today, I bought another shortbed fleetside bed. It's already got the roll pan and smoothed tailgate, and inner tailgate latches. I think I'm money ahead buy getting one already done. The mouldings and stake pockets have been smoothed out. I dropped it off at a freind's house. He's going to see if it's possible to graft on Cadillac SRX taillights. I"ll post pics if it happens!!

-Josh

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I got up early and figured I'd start polishing one wheel a day before work, just to get that over with.

-Josh

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Nice job. Keep at it!

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lol, dig it man .. ya gotta run the paint for a little while! interior should be gone ... yesterday! I totally dig the diamond seat tho! the rims are coming out awesome

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More junkyard stuff today. Found a replacement driver's door, some long tube headers, a trans crossmember, and a pair of sun visors. The door on the truck has the holes for the door latch ripped out, lus the window regulator is stripped. The headers only had surface rus on tem. I hit them with a wire brush and ten the silver high temp header paint (they were out of black).

-Josh

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those white letter tires are begging to be shaved to wide whites!!!Cool project!!!

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I'm with 72freak, that thing is the SHIZZ. I would drive the crap out of that !!!!

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Man, someone really did a number on that paint/interior :lol:
I agree with others about the seat, not too bad. The exterior - dang, why the big numbers on the hood and the sparkles? :lol: :lol:
Bet the truck looked nice/decent when the paint was fresh and without the sparkles.

... then again, looking at the paint - it looks rough, was it rolled on? :lol: why is it all bumpy lookin?

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im glad your fixin her up because she wasnt lookin so good.

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The previous owner said he was feeling "patriotic" when he decided to paint the truck. IT looks more like an act of treason, if you ask me. The paint is all bumpy becausse the dumbass clearcoated the truck, and then threw handfuls of glitter into the clear. I guess he put the numbers on the hood because he was tired of people asking what year it was. Or maybe he was living in the truck, and his address was 1968. Either way, the numbers are off the hood, even though the hood is scrap. Swapping out the bed and the door means less glitter I"ll have to strip off later. Honestly, I"ll drive the truck "as is" as long as I can get her road ready. I need to get new tires before that happens. The ones on the truck now are old and dry rotted, but they give me a visual on the actual tire sizes I want and how much I want to lower it when I get around to that part of it.

-JOsh

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Haha funny, glitter needs Togo
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I just got a set of slots myself and I want to polish them. What are you doing to get them looking like so good?

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Do you have a sport bumper on that long bed?

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Wow, he sure must have laid on the sparkles thick! What some people are able to conjure up amazes me sometimes. :uhmk:
Considering we went to the moon in 69, my guess is the PO really was patriotic. Unless he just recently painted it and isn't the origianl owner -. yikes

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I made a polishing video for my friends on another forum. The sound quality sucks, but I didn't ave a video camera and my friend did. If you have any questions about supplies or equipment, shoot me a message and I'd be glad to answer anything you need to know.

-JOsh

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I hate mornings!! I work second shift and it's so hard to motivate myself to get up early and get anything done. I pulled the right front wheel of and polished it. I also had to replace 3 of the wheel studs.

-Josh

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Nice work on the wheels!!

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Looks well worth the hard work!!!

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I finally got back on point and swapped the engine and trans out of the S10 Blazer and into the 68. It's only setting there for now, but atleast it's in.

-JOsh

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coming along great nice work

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looking good so far

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i think this was Charlie Sheens truck....ITS GOT TIGER BLOOD !!....NO REALLY HONESTLY YOU MIGHT HAVE THE MOST UNIQUE TRUCK I HAVE EVER SEEN ON THIS BOARD !! amazing work polishing the wheels out !