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No, you're right. I just moved to Victoria in July for school and a girl. My 'burb is still down there, tucked away for the winter but my truck is with it's new owner in FLA.

That really sucks about the windshield man. I am going to be going through this same hassle probably this next summer. I guess I'll have to ask the shop right off the bat if they have experience with them and feel confident they can pull it off. Good luck with it!

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That's cool man, I hope things work out with everything up there. As for the windshield, I really think the issue was with the gaskets and not the shops.

Found another pic of my truck. This one was in Classic Trucks magazine (thanks for the heads up kart34) but I found a bigger version on their website.

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thats awsome man!!! always love seeing your ride!! a good inspiration!!

btw any new updates on it? you know a projects never finished

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Nothing going on yet. It's tucked away for the winter now. I need to figure out why it's wanting to stall and it needs some new exhaust gaskets but thats gonna have to wait 'till spring. I went the day after xmas and fired it up and let it run for a few minutes and I have been jonesin' to drive it since.

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Hey man love your truck! I can't remember but did you do a body drop at all for it to lay that low?

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No bodydrop, just an aftermarket raised front crossmember kit to lay frame. The body on these trucks sit down over the frame rails so the pich welds are almost even with the bottom of the frame.

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cool thanks! So did you have to re-enforce your fenders being that you took out the inner fenders?

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I haven't yet but I do want to.

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man the winters there must suck.. i dont even put my bike up for winter..lol

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Oh this front, you guys that dont live in snow country really have it nice!

Winter brings so many considerations to the table when it comes to these old rigs, not the least of which are loose gravel from road sanding, and idiot drivers that dont realize that 2k pounds of metal, glass, plastic, volitile fuel, and human bodies all zinging along on 4 donuts of air filled rubber takes some thought and skill when doing 40 to 60 mph on a sheet of ice....

Seems like as soon as more than an inch of snow lays on the ground, red lights at intersections just become "suggestions" to some of these retards.

Obviously not the conditions you want to be driving something you really care about out into.

Creep... totally dig your art work man, just saw it over on Vs page!
If it werent for the nudity and obvious copyright issues I would post more of mine. But I have to keep the decorum yanno?

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Thanks! I know what you mean about the winter drivers. They either act like they have never driven in snow or they act like there isn't any snow on the ground at all.

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Since my 63 is stashed for the winter I decided to start a new truck project...

...gonna try to make a replica of my truck out Hot Wheels using 2 '62 C10s and 1 '64 GMC panel.

Here's where I got with it today...

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Here's some pics hopefully explaining what I did.

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Ohhh yes!! Sooo much better without those big mirrors. One of the first things that I have done when I got mine.
Man the engine looks freaking awesome! Great job!
Btw very original shift knob! :)

Again love your progress! Great job homie!

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Haha so creative! Love your custom touch! Looks perfect!

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More...

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Tomorrow I'm gonna go find some paint and maybe another Hot Wheels (or similar scale ) with white walls to use. I was planning on using the hood from the GMC panel but it is slightly wider and I don't think I want to mess with it that much.

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Thanks VeronikA.

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Wow, awesome little hot wheels project and a great truck that you are building. It was great to see that you got into the Classic Trucks Magazine! Keep up the cruising and shows and working on your truck. Of course, if I ever get a truck project up here in Alaska, it will be 4X4 and going up, not lower.... hard to drive a low riding truck on our ice road (frozen Kuskokwim River)....but I enjoy reading about yours, so keep up the great job!

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Thanks! Lifted trucks are cool too. Someday I'd like to have one but I'd probably just embarrass myself every time I got in or out of the thing.:lol:

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hey bro can you remind me of what your running for a couple small details..

EDC? (I have two viair comps but not sure where I want to locate them)
Tank? (size and location?)
what is the bolt on rear bag mount kit you have? and what type of front bags?

I've been driving Belle around a lot lately, put about 60 miles on her yesterday and the texas rake is killing me. time to bag her already :D hoping to have her laid out before the first show this spring.

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I have a 5 gallon tank mounted at the rear of the frame between the rails and a Viair 480 on the outside of the frame rail. The rear is a Superlift wishbone kit from Quality Air Ride (formerly *****************). The notches, upper shock mount bar and axle tabs still need welded but everything else bolts on. I am using Airlift Dominators all the way around.

Here's a pic of the bed. You can see the tank and mount we made right in front of the tailgate.

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Sweet truck :metal::metal:

I like the die-cast cars/trucks too. A friend mine takes them apart and customizes them too. He's a hot-wheels junkie :lol:


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thanks man! I got some work to do me thinks!

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I painted the Hot Wheels today. It came out OK I guess. I don't have a very steady hand when it comes to holding a paintbrush. The cell phone pics are kinda grainy so I'll try to get some better shots with a real camera.