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Took the truck out for her maiden voyage today! VERY NICE!!
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It's a great feeling when you can honestly say "We built this ourselves." - not an outsourced engine build. Not store bought/buit.
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True workmanship.
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Thanks Mike
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Very nice build, great color. You have done a great job.
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Thanks man!
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Okay, lets try a video.
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First drives are always the best...Jim
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Especially when afterwards there are no leaks or issues needing addressed.
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A change of mind to not mix&match the engine's top-end hardware, installed an Edelbrock carb for her first drive.
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Video is good! Man, the engine looks great too
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Thanks Mike. The Edelbrock carb seems to brighten the engine as a whole. Like the NFL cheerleaders at the end of the video?
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That bad boy is coming along nicely!
Just a friendly note, and you may already know this, but if you leave the bolts like in the pic above, they will hit the cab when the truck flexes. I can't tell you how many trucks I've had that the factory bolt head on the top (the one that threads into the bedside), I always but a button head allen bolt in that one, and put the bolts with nut side in the bed. It doesn't look that great, but that is the way they came from the factory.
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![]() It's all disassembled now (as seen in the video). He'll be edging all the peices and then we'll reassemble for the last time and he'll finish painting.
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Can't wait to see it. I love that color combo!
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Thanks! I think it's a nice industrial look. Paint probably won't be for a couple weeks if weather stays decent.
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Posting this video here in case some didn't have a chance to view: 1969 vintage video
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Found a (rear shot) picture of my truck before starting restoration efforts. Funny thing (or not funny to privacy), this picture was taken by Google and I just happen to visit street view to find this sitting in my brother's driveway:
pre July 2011
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Like the tailgate latch system, you going to patent that
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I'm covering my ass, or think of it as a belt holding up her breeches
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To Jim
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