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Good meeting you this weekend brother, truck is coming along awesome.

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Likewise.

Not sure what the issue was heading home. About 45 mins from home, up the Altamont pass it felt like the rear brake started dragging, then lost a cylinder.

It's all good. Definitely worth it!
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How does that breather work being so close to the rear end. I would think it would get cloged up. If it works I would like to try it.

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I haven't had any problems with it so far.

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Scored a bed and dropping it off at American Stripping Co. in Sac.

Need to find a flatbed trailer for the return trip. This is pretty backwoods.
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That looks good to me :sexy:

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I've made the decision to go with a more traditional build on this truck. I'm ditching the 20's and will be running 15x6's on the front with 225/75's, and 15x7's with 235/75's for the rear. I bought a set of '71 Impala hubcaps and may end up going with these.

Why you ask? I really want to put together the gentleman's pickup. So, I keep asking myself, if President Kennedy had a truck to drive to the hardware store in the late 60's, what would it look like? If Donald Draper from the Mad Men tv show had a truck, how would it look?

I need to see these hubcaps with the bed on. But that's probably going to take a couple of weeks to get it back.
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Those look good. I like both looks on these trucks
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100% correct. The saying is "Everything has it's place, and there's a place for everything." :metal: :smoke:
Like the tires/impala covers.

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Thanks guys. I was afraid I was going to ruffle some feathers with these covers. But I'm thinking it's going to look pretty clean - a stocker longbed hammered down.
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I like long beds. I think they look better, and are more functional. This whole short bed craze is just a fad IMHO. It's like girls and their hair. One year, short is in, so the sheep all go out and get short hairdos. Then, the next season long hair is in, and they're screwed lol. Mark my words. Sometime in the future, people will be modifying short beds into long, and telling tales of a barn find "original" long bed lol
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like the impala caps on there should look good

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Agreed. Thanks guys.
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Looks great with those caps!!
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Should have my bed back by Nov 10th or so. Waiting on some lugs before I can drive it again with 5x5 on the front now from 6 lug.

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Looking real good Devin. Can't wait to see it with the bed on.
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use 2x4's with bed on top to carry the new bed.

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Picked up my bed from American Stripping Co. and it turned out great. They stripped and primed the inside and outside of the bed in a white sealer, and the entire underneath stripped and sprayed in dark gray. Pics later tonight.

I also snagged a '72 SWB frame on the trip up and am having them strip it.

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Good move on the swb frame but what about the long bed??
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It takes a truck to build a truck. I'll mob this longbed around while I take the next 2 years to build the SWB. The Tahoe is getting thrashed as a parts hauler.
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Good point. I've been doing it all with one truck and it's my daily driver so it gets difficult at times. You going with a fleet side?
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Yes sir.

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Going to undercoat the underside of the bedfloor and wheel tubs tomorrow and hopefully, finally get this thing installed.

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Can't wait to see it on.
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