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Old 01-01-2014, 10:23 PM   #51
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Robbie ,it was great to meet you and your family ,I enjoyed our visit .
Same here, John. Happy new year!
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Old 01-03-2014, 03:23 PM   #52
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Re: "Chalky White" 71 stepper

I like your concept on the truck and your approach so far. Tuning in for the the rest of the story. I know which character on the show you speak of, just have not watched it in the last year or so...no more HBO at the house..
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Old 01-04-2014, 12:16 AM   #53
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I like your concept on the truck and your approach so far. Tuning in for the the rest of the story. I know which character on the show you speak of, just have not watched it in the last year or so...no more HBO at the house..
Thanks, aggie91! Taking a little longer than expected to get a few parts in (due to weather) and had some trouble with carb rebuild but hopefully worked out next week. Remember reading your father/son build when I first joined the forum. That's a great truck!
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I'm tuning in too!!! Great work so far....! Nice to follow a fellow stepper!
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Old 01-06-2014, 10:57 PM   #55
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I'm tuning in too!!! Great work so far....! Nice to follow a fellow stepper!
Thanks, Timborees! It's coming along slowly but it's coming.
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Old 01-07-2014, 02:06 PM   #56
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Thought I'd share a picture of my boy waxing on the rear fender as well as him sitting in it with me for the first time (seat's been out as we worked on fuel system). Spindles should be here today and just heard from Tommy at TNT Motorsports saying my wheels would be here soon.



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great looking start, looking forward to the progress
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Nice truck, that is the way to do it start them young. He will have good memories of that forever. I know mine do.
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Truck is cleanin' up real nice...gonna be sweet with a new set of wheels!
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Robbie ,you know there is something missing from your pics ,your better half in front of the truck with you and the little man.
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Nice truck, that is the way to do it start them young. He will have good memories of that forever. I know mine do.
I hope so! That's the plan.

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great looking start, looking forward to the progress
Thanks, Mike! Ready for it to be running reliably and at least looking better on the exterior (i.e wheels/drop) - then on to the interior. Love Cloud 9 AND Square Peg! Solid rides there!
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Truck is cleanin' up real nice...gonna be sweet with a new set of wheels!
Thanks, jcramsey! I think so, too! Got a long way to go but at least that will make it semi-pleasing to my eye.

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Robbie ,you know there is something missing from your pics ,your better half in front of the truck with you and the little man.
I know that's right, John! I'm sure my wife will make a video debut on the inaugural cruise when I get him running right.
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Re: "Chalky White" 71 stepper

Belltech 3" drop spindles arrived tonight - albeit in one beat up box with both parts of the spindles exposed. Must've made rough trek from PA in the weather.

Terrible pics but I know you all like them so here we go.



Unwrapped them to check them out but didn't get pic. Here they are wrapped.
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Now if it will just warm up so you can start playing with those new parts . I went to the bodyshop yesterday to visit mine.
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Now if it will just warm up so you can start playing with those new parts . I went to the bodyshop yesterday to visit mine.
No kidding! I love cold weather but until I get my garage cleaned out it's really prohibiting any work on the truck.

How's it coming along? Get any new pics?
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Robbie ,I didnt get any pics ,didnt plan on going .They got the dynamat type stuff(peel/nseal from Lowes) laid in the floor and got the heavy plastic floor mat installed,got the tilt column finished up and are trying to figure out the wiring for the tach dash as we speak. Its beginning to look like a truck again .The windshield should also be in now ,had to get a new one as the old one cracked when he tried to install it .And they said that thick heavy plastic flooring was a pain to get right but it looked great.
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Robbie ,I didnt get any pics ,didnt plan on going .They got the dynamat type stuff(peel/nseal from Lowes) laid in the floor and got the heavy plastic floor mat installed,got the tilt column finished up and are trying to figure out the wiring for the tach dash as we speak. Its beginning to look like a truck again .The windshield should also be in now ,had to get a new one as the old one cracked when he tried to install it .And they said that thick heavy plastic flooring was a pain to get right but it looked great.
Sound like fantastic progress!
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Alright, so I took a chance yesterday and did something I wouldn't normally do: I bought something other than a flowmaster for exhaust. Since it's a 6 cylinder and I need to focus my funds on other portions of the truck for now (and the only reason I'm looking into exhaust right now is the current system is absolutely trashed!), I listened to the advice of other trusted forum members - especially chuckmc8 - and bought an IMCO muffler on clearance from Summit. For $30 shipped to my door, I thought what could I lose!

Anyway, I bought it yesterday at 1 pm and it was at my door this afternoon (granted I only live 1 hour away but I figured it would take longer to process).

Seems to be a quality product even though it's MIC, I think it'll work fine. Just plan to run a single 2.25" pipe from manifold and turn down behind rear tire - just barely visible. Hope it sounds good and doesn't sound raspy. Want as much chambered rumble sound as possible without a ton of inner cab sound.


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You sure cant beat that price and it looks good.
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No kidding! I'll post a video up once I get it installed.
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Chalky finally made his maiden voyage....straight to my new buddy Ben's shop, Davis Performance. It was a fun 3 mile drive with no kick down cable connected (uphill was fun!). Amazingly he rode really smooth!

When I went to swap out the radiator the tranny cooling lines were stripped so Ben is going to swap them out, put in radiator, make kick down bracket, and finish the tune-up, set the timing, etc. Then it's on to purchasing the front end rebuild kit, and lowering springs and shocks to go with the spindles and blocks I have. Should have 3 of my wheels here this week and will focus on getting the other wheel and tires soon.

Got the seat belts in and headlight bezels on today as well as cleaned out the bed of the truck.

Here's a pic of him at the shop.

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Looking good ,you can get trans lines from Right Stuff Detailing very fast ,I just ordered mine wednesday and they were here Friday .They were about $45 ,took mine along with the crate motor and a trailer load of other parts to the bodyshop today .
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Ole chalky is looking good. Nice score on the muffler too.
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You'll be tearing up the streets in no time. Have to come out to Caffeine and Octane when it warms up a bit.
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Looking good ,you can get trans lines from Right Stuff Detailing very fast ,I just ordered mine wednesday and they were here Friday .They were about $45 ,took mine along with the crate motor and a trailer load of other parts to the bodyshop today .
That's awesome! Making progress it sounds like.

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Thanks, mcbassin. It's slow going but it's coming along.

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You'll be tearing up the streets in no time. Have to come out to Caffeine and Octane when it warms up a bit.
I hope you're right, Chris! Planning to be up in Canton Feb. 15th at the Williamson Bros. BBQ meet-up. What's the scoop on Caffeine and Octane?
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