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racecougar 06-15-2021 12:40 PM

Re: Bringing the '65 back to life
 
Thanks guys!

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Originally Posted by LostMy65 (Post 8932605)
So, you have 15x10's in the rear and 15x7's in the front?

That was a different set of rollers utilized during the build. The truck has 15x7" front and 15x12" Cragars on it now.

LostMy65 06-15-2021 03:56 PM

Re: Bringing the '65 back to life
 
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Originally Posted by racecougar (Post 8932774)
Thanks guys!



That was a different set of rollers utilized during the build. The truck has 15x7" front and 15x12" Cragars on it now.

Ok, that makes more sense. The tires are definitely wider in the rear. What tire size are you using?

racecougar 06-17-2021 11:20 AM

Re: Bringing the '65 back to life
 
The rear is a 31x16R15. I believe the front is a 235/70R15, but I'd have to check.

LostMy65 06-17-2021 02:18 PM

Re: Bringing the '65 back to life
 
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Originally Posted by racecougar (Post 8933464)
The rear is a 31x16R15. I believe the front is a 235/70R15, but I'd have to check.

Thank you.

racecougar 12-19-2021 07:51 PM

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Had to run to Home Depot for a fitting last night. When I came back out to the truck, the sunset looked great, so I snapped a few pics with my iPhone. Wish I would've had a real camera and been in a better location than HD's parking lot, but for a total impromptu shoot, I think these turned out well.

LostMy65 12-19-2021 09:08 PM

Re: Bringing the '65 back to life
 
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Originally Posted by racecougar (Post 9008729)
Had to run to Home Depot for a fitting last night. When I came back out to the truck, the sunset looked great, so I snapped a few pics with my iPhone. Wish I would've had a real camera and been in a better location than HD's parking lot, but for a total impromptu shoot, I think these turned out well.

Great shots

racecougar 12-29-2021 10:43 PM

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Thanks.

Simple improvement today. Ditched the rattle-prone, P.O.S. re-pop door checks for a pair of modified Jeep Cherokee door checks. I used the door checks for the front doors of a '84-'01 Jeep Cherokee. Benefits include two detents to hold the door open, they don't rattle, and if the rubber fails, they won't allow the door to smash into the fender.
Out of the box, the detents were too aggressive; they required so much effort to overcome that I was worried about breaking the clevis out of the door pillar. Additionally, the "full open" position was not quite open enough. Grinding/smoothing down the detents and cutting the rubber bump stops in half corrected both issues.

Repop door checks on the left and top, modified Cherokee door checks on the right and bottom.

cwcarpenter98 12-30-2021 01:24 AM

Re: Bringing the '65 back to life
 
Yup, I definitely need to do that door check mod to my truck. The repop ones I installed a couple years ago already broke


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