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04-02-2016, 05:53 PM | #1 |
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Thanks guys. I thought getting a little color on would help get me motivated. So I got the cab cut in. I'm pretty excited!
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04-02-2016, 06:35 PM | #2 |
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The color ended up being exactly as I hoped.
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04-02-2016, 06:38 PM | #3 |
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That color came out really nice.
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04-03-2016, 07:11 PM | #4 |
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Well, I got another coat of paint on the frame, got the motor and tranny mounted, bolted a few shiny things on the motor, and put the cab on the frame.
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04-04-2016, 11:27 PM | #5 |
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Shoot you're moving at rocket speed compared to me lol. My shop that I thought I would paint my stepside in, turns out, barely fits it at all, so it's been in there all winter lol.
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04-05-2016, 06:33 AM | #6 |
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Subscribed. Nice color!
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04-07-2016, 05:46 PM | #7 |
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Got the wire harness back in, and the pulleys, brackets, and core support painred. Hoping to break the engine in this weekend.
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04-10-2016, 12:24 PM | #8 |
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Got the cam broke in yesterday, this thing sounds nasty with open headers! Now I have a bunch of wiring problems to figure out.
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04-13-2016, 11:50 PM | #9 |
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It was worth it though.
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04-24-2016, 01:31 PM | #10 |
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Re: 1980 Short Stepper Budget Build
Builds looking good!
I was curious about this picture, did you sharpen up the corners of the cab? Any more pics of it? I want to do the same to my cab so it matches the bed profile.
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04-24-2016, 01:54 PM | #11 |
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04-26-2016, 01:43 PM | #12 |
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What color paint are you using looks familiar.
I painted mine Orange Crush Pearl. |
04-13-2016, 11:48 PM | #13 |
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Got all of my wiring straightened out, gauges all work, and the timing is good to go! I love in a very small town, it was a very nice day today, so I drove it down to the gas station, no box, no doors, no glass, no front clip, sitting on the floor. Rolling about 20mph it will lay rubber until you let off the gas. I'm definitely going to have to install a locker or posi though. It was fun to get it out of the garage. Now I have to figure out how to get all the rubber off of the back of the almost ready to paint cab.
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04-14-2016, 12:23 AM | #14 | |
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04-19-2016, 05:08 PM | #15 |
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Got the new exhaust hooked up today, then set the idle mixture.
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04-19-2016, 05:18 PM | #16 |
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Does that mean the sittinonthefloorofthecab burnout was open headers? That's pretty funny.
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04-19-2016, 09:15 PM | #17 |
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Yep, it sounded pretty sweet. It was wake the neighborhood up loud though.
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04-21-2016, 02:37 PM | #18 |
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Sand, prime, sand, sand, sand, prime. Sand some more........ The stepside fenders need a bunch of work too, I should have taken up fishing, and drinking beer!
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04-24-2016, 12:45 PM | #19 |
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Well, I got the doors and fenders jambed. Also painted the hinges and bolts. I'll let them sit for a few days, then hang them.
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04-26-2016, 06:44 PM | #20 |
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I was thinking about painting the inner fender the body color. Would that be too much?
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04-26-2016, 06:50 PM | #21 |
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I vote paint them black. Solid truck, sir.
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04-27-2016, 01:12 PM | #22 |
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I painted mine and like the look
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04-27-2016, 01:52 PM | #23 |
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Thanks, that looks very clean. In my k10 I painted them black, and it looks good, it's just hard to keep them looking clean. Our colors look pretty close!
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05-03-2016, 03:48 PM | #24 |
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Got the dents, and dings out of the hood. It is primed, and sanded, and I got the inside painted. Both of my stepside fenders ended up having pretty deep surface rust in the wheel well, so I ordered new ones.
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05-04-2016, 07:42 PM | #25 |
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Well, I had to pull the front right fender back off, to adjust the door gap a little better. It's not perfect, but it's as good as I can get it. Then I had my neighbor help me get the hood on, and adjusted. It looks pretty good. Now I have to tidy up the shop, go over the truck with some 400 grit, tape her up, and I will either paint it tomorrow morning, or Saturday.
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