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Looking great Bret.
You are moving along at quite a pace now. I am really impressed with Nick collecting plates. Side project. My oldest son got a bunch of vintage license plates for his birthday so I am making some frames to mount them and hang up in his room. ![]() Maybe members from all over can help him grow his collection and send him a plate in the mail. Same pr e as a letter. I sent him one from my home town, Port Elizabeth in South Africa and a difficult to find plate from Thailand.....
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Knocked out a bunch of small stuff. Slowly chipping away at it. Put new seals on the fresh vent doors and installed them. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Repo glove box installed. Fought me for a good 20 minutes but I won! The secret for me was installing the top screws first. ![]() Ash tray all new and shiny. All original parts ![]() ![]() Dash is almost complete. ![]() Some before and after photos. These always serve as a good motivation for me. I sometimes wonder if I will ever get to the finish line. But when I see these pics I realize I have come along way. ![]() ![]() I did notice I installed this cover wrong with the bolts going in from the wrong side. No wonder I had such a hard time getting them lined up. But I think it looks better so I am leaving it. HA. Also need to realign my spark plug wires. ![]() More parts getting into paint. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Looking Great Bret.
Those before and after shots really do hit home. I doubt I have anything quite like that.
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Very nice!
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I shot the black on the grille support this morning, and then worked on my driver door. It is a mess. When I welded in my patch it pulled on the metal above it and caused a big oil can dent. I spent about 45 minutes hammer and dollying it back as best I could. It will need some mud for sure. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bret
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Gas tank is in.
![]() Got my trans line bent. Need to paint them and permanently install them with some clips. ![]() ![]() ![]() Got all my heater hoses and radiator hoses hooked up. Filled the radiator with fluid and come to find out it has a pinhole. Don't know how it was fine when I tore it down 3 years ago. Oh well I have a new Champion one on the way I got off of Amazon. Getting very close to firing her up again after 3 years. Nevermind all my wiring it has not been tied up yet. Bret
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Very nice Bret!
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New radiator showed up yesterday. The tanks are quite a bit bigger than stock in width so I had to stretch the brackets so it would fit.
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Radiator is installed along with new B&M trans cooler. Used some premade brake lines to make the fuel line and trans lines. Everything is buttoned up except I was 2 clamps short on the trans cooler.
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Nice!!!
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Looking Great Bret!!!
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very clean work… nice job pal.
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Thanks TJ.
Thanks Don. You almost road worthy? Thanks Clem. You are about to have a lot of fun in a week or so. Couple more pictures. The gas gauge works. I never had it hooked up before the resto so happy about that. Need to clean all the sawdust off of it. ![]() Got all the wiring done for startup and installed the coil and bracket. I forgot to run a wire from the MSD box up into the cab for the Tach so working on that too what a pain that is after I have everything buttoned up. ![]() ![]() Everything is just about hooked up just need to fill the tank with gas and go through and double check everything. Still need to hookup vacuum from distributor and the pcv valve. ![]() Got the battery trickle charging so it will be nice and hot with plenty of juice. Bret
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So I started on Monday to start this thing and after 2 lower radiator hoses leaking and then the weep hole in the water pump leaking. I had to order a new pump. I bought one from Amazon a brand new AC Delco because all the parts stores had was store brand rebuilt. So it arrived yesterday and of course I had to paint it.
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Congrats, saw this great moment on Fb. Awesome.
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Well I haven't done anything to Jaybird. I have really run out of steam and just have no motivation to work on it. I did however have a new windshield put in and the original back glass installed. This guy was a pro. 17 years installing vintage auto glass. He had both installed in under an hour in the first try. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And my favorite thing a before and after pic. This before pic was taken right when the tear down started July of 2013. You will notice there is about 6 inches on the bottom center of the gasket that is gone. One of the things that prompted to take the windshield out. And when I took it out it fell apart. ![]() Bret
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Looking good!
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This is all so good to see.
I know what you mean with running out of steam. Side projects help though. I restored a 63 VW beetle 25 years ago and ran out of steam just as I bolted the front and rear bumpers back on, fortunately all that was left was the hubcaps. My life is a bit screwed right now, but I do look forward to phase two of my trucks build, there may also be a phase 3,4,5 but that OK too.
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Have few updates for the truck. I will be honest I ran out of motivation to work on her but after not doing anything for 11 months I finally got some "Mojo".
I lost my storage spot for my old car so I had to move it home to my garage. This is what brought my mojo back. She wasn't running. In order for her to take my wife's parking spot she had to run and drive so I could move it around. ![]() She barely fit. ![]() I remedied that by tucking the bumpers. ![]() ![]() I got her running and driving so she can be moved around. Still needs a new trans. ![]() Ok on to the truck. Started off by installing some parts I got for Xmas last year. New dual horns, chrome TC cover and the front brake lines. ![]() Also bought new rear shoes, MC, and rear axle brake line. Took me 2 hours to locate this box of parts for the rear brakes. They have been patiently waiting in this box for 3 years now. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Next I finished up the passenger door. It is about 95% there. ![]() ![]() Door installed on truck. It fits pretty good. I just watched on youtube how to get that lower corner pushed in some more. Will give that a try when I get a chance. ![]() ![]() ![]() to be cont'd Bret
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Great to see you back Bret.
If you stored those brake parts in my shop for three years they would be perfectly patina' by now. Door looks great as do tucked bumpers.
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