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Old 07-20-2009, 12:02 PM   #26
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Old 07-20-2009, 12:04 PM   #27
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Sorry, I can't help it.....I really feel sorry for you, but can't avoid a little laugh.
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Old 07-20-2009, 12:10 PM   #28
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Sorry, I can't help it.....I really feel sorry for you, but can't avoid a little laugh.


Dude, that's cold.

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Old 07-20-2009, 12:16 PM   #29
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If I could do it over I would have planned to stop at the stop sign that first second and third blew through I planned on blowing through in fifth...... Fourth slammed his brakes....
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Old 07-20-2009, 12:21 PM   #30
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If I could do it over I would have planned to stop at the stop sign that first second and third blew through I planned on blowing through in fifth...... Fourth slammed his brakes....
hmmm what?
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Old 07-20-2009, 12:46 PM   #31
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Old 07-20-2009, 03:19 PM   #32
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If I had it to do over I would have offered to produce a video of Alan doing body work on my truck for all to view.

If I had it to do over, I would have smoothed and painted my firewall prior to putting the motor back in. ( I was anxious to drive it!)
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Old 07-20-2009, 05:58 PM   #33
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I I were to do it over, I would have invested my $800 in a rust free Arizona hood which would have probably even been less than the cost of the fiberglass even with highly protective shipping.
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Old 07-20-2009, 06:02 PM   #34
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I would have invested my $800 in a rust free Arizona hood......
Gee - I don't feel so bad now.
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Old 07-20-2009, 06:14 PM   #35
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I would've left the 283 in Lisa's '65. Refer to build thread...
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Old 07-20-2009, 06:56 PM   #36
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I bet your Grampa would approve. My Dad has been telling me that my trucks have been a waste of time since I got my first one at 19. I'm 47 now and he keeps telling me the same thing. Found a stash of photo's of my projects since I was a kid in his garage. His friends tell me he's proud of the stuff I've built, old farts just like to complain but underneath there as excited as we are.
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Old 07-20-2009, 08:14 PM   #37
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If I had to do it over, I would get off the internet and finish all my projects in my own Garage , instead I'm here playing and one finger typing.....

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Old 07-20-2009, 09:52 PM   #38
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If I had it to do over I would have offered to produce a video of Alan doing body work on my truck for all to view.

If I had it to do over, I would have smoothed and painted my firewall prior to putting the motor back in. ( I was anxious to drive it!)
That's still on my list to do when I get-around-to-it.
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Old 07-20-2009, 09:56 PM   #39
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If I had it to do over,

1.I would have bought all the parts for both sides of the cab floor and supports. I just bought one side. Little did I know the tear down on side 2 would go real fast and I would need the parts pronto!

2. I would have learned the rules and limitations of all vendors I use when it comes to returning parts. Lord knows how many parts I have bought and may have sitting around and or boxed up. Some, like a HEI distributor and a Holley 4bbl carb, I just gave away to people who I thought would use them.
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Old 07-24-2009, 07:50 PM   #40
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If I had it to do over,

I would have left the old wooden floor in my truck for awhile after removing the steel plates my grandpa had welded in. Even though it had a few holes in it, it had some stories to tell!
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:07 AM   #41
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I would have listened to Alan and braced my cab when working on it. I haven"t found any discrepancies and the guy who does it in the videos doesn't use it, but I am constantly worrying about something not matching up. I fealt the braces would have been in the way, but i doubt it!
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