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Old 04-08-2016, 05:36 PM   #8
BlueDiver
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Location: Mobile, AL
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Re: 1960 C-50 Viking

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Originally Posted by Softpatch View Post
that is neat right there
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just a thought .....
because I struggle with this every time I work on my Viking
It's only original once....
Every piece you restore/replace take this farther from original truck.

I have a 63 C20 that is not what it was when I bought it
it was a 3/4 ton 6cyl 4spd
Now more car then truck V8/auto,pwr steering/brakes disc
wish I never started down that path.

The Viking was my father's work truck and has some funky thing in it
and trying to preserve it's "Funkyness" good or bad...
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Your truck
sound like you have a vision for your truck and subscribe to your build
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Thanks for the different point of view. I had not thought of it that way and will take it into consideration as I move forward. I went and checked out your Viking page and was interested to see that it was your Dad's. That's pretty awesome to have something to rebuild like that.

I am feeling my way through the process right now and am not sure what will happen. All I know for now is that I am going to take the cab off, blast and paint the frame and add the Cummins. I am also going to shorten the rear end. Once I make it that far I will start thinking about my next process. I'm kind of taking it in baby steps and seeing what grows on me as I go.

It's going to be slow but I'm ok with that. I'm not so much trying to get to an end result as enjoy the journey in getting there.
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