What did you do to your truck today?

[Turtleman]

WOW... You folks do allot on your trucks..

I just drive mine

[robber grin]

Turtleman - out of necessity! I can't wait to join you driving mine!
Roof body work is getting there and in primer again.

Windshield is IN!

I still need to find a big back window - mine was wrong...

liv'n the dream
rg & Ray~Ray

[Fastest32]

20 bucks @ the pick n pull the other day.


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[T Smith]

Was at the muffler shop when they opened this morning. Had the headers hooked up to the existing exhaust pipes and flowmasters, cut the old tailpipes off and ran new ones since they hit the axle after I did the bags and lowered it and I didn't like the outlets anyway. The boys did a pretty good job for me.

That said, I've been running this pretty stout 355 through the old manifolds and man did the headers wake it up! The old girl will break the tires loose at will pretty much any speed now and sounds awesome! It's a lot throatier and the header ring just makes her sound great!

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by robber grin

Turtleman - out of necessity! I can't wait to join you driving mine!
Roof body work is getting there and in primer again.

Windshield is IN!

I still need to find a big back window - mine was wrong...

liv'n the dream
rg & Ray~Ray

Looking Great!!!
Do you have a build thread?

[donthekawguy]

I didn't like how one of the boards looked and fit so I got another one. I got it cut and stained so far and will have it cleared in a bit. It fits alot better and I can live with it. Hopefully my son will be able to come over so I can tighten the rest of the bolts down and get it on the road.

[robber grin]

Hey Don -

I don't have a build thread and sometimes I wonder if I should have started one - but thanks for asking.

Bob / robber grin

[mud.man.rj]

nice truck T Smith, you are sure right on the difference from manifolds to headers, sounds so much better plus the HP diff.

[T Smith]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

nice truck T Smith, you are sure right on the difference from manifolds to headers, sounds so much better plus the HP diff.

Thanks man, means a lot!

It's a work in progress!

[wayno]

Today was transmission hump mods for the new TKO that's going in - impressed myself with this one

[endlessearth]

I made mine into a bench today so my wife and I could watch our stallion during turn-out this evening.

[jtrichard]

[QUOTE=endlessearth;6270480]Today I used my truck to teach my 12-year old son how to drive standard and introduced him to the hobby.




why did you wait so long i was driving at 7 alone at 9 and drove half the way from Los Angeles to Sioux falls SD. with my dad at 12 (1969) in a 63 c20(with 4 speed) which i still have to this day

[19666Trucker]

Drove to watch Snake & Mongoose
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[endlessearth]

[quote=jtrichard;6280239]

Originally Posted by endlessearth

why did you wait so long i was driving at 7 alone at 9 and drove half the way from Los Angeles to Sioux falls SD. with my dad at 12 (1969) in a 63 c20(with 4 speed) which i still have to this day

I had to wait until he was tall enough to fully depress the clutch and still see over the windshield.

[mr andrerson]

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[mr andrerson]

Tried out the CLR and scratchpad technique I heard about here on this forum...
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[luvbowties]

Originally Posted by robber grin

Turtleman - out of necessity! I can't wait to join you driving mine!
Roof body work is getting there and in primer again.

Windshield is IN!

I still need to find a big back window - mine was wrong...

liv'n the dream
rg & Ray~Ray

Hey, RG, I'd bet your back glass was too thick!?? I bo't one from an on-line vendor, and it was made from safety glass--that kind that busts into bigger shards when crashed, quite dangerous as they cut easily. I quickly realized it should've been made of much thinner tempered glass--the kind that breaks into tiny little chunks when crashed. These do not cut.
Sam

[jtrichard]

[quote=endlessearth;6280394]

Originally Posted by jtrichard

I had to wait until he was tall enough to fully depress the clutch and still see over the windshield.

thats true i was about 6'1" at 12 i started out in a m38a1 jeep so windshield was not very high and now its all i can do to get in it at 6'4" i almost have to put my knees around my ears when i push the pedals

[robber grin]

Originally Posted by luvbowties

Hey, RG, I'd bet your back glass was too thick!?? I bo't one from an on-line vendor, and it was made from safety glass--that kind that busts into bigger shards when crashed, quite dangerous as they cut easily. I quickly realized it should've been made of much thinner tempered glass--the kind that breaks into tiny little chunks when crashed. These do not cut.
Sam

Hey Sam - my truck's window was shattered before I got it. The guys I got it off of gave me another window for it, but I think it was for 67-72 because the bottom corners were "square" and not rounded. I never even caught it until we went to put it in the 62.

I specialize in doing things that way... "2 forward - 3 back Truck Shop".
bob

[racecougar]

Spent some time hanging out on the nice, new, solid, rust-free floor.




While I was there, I cut/shaped/welded/smoothed out the fuel tank mounts. The tank won't be returning to the cab.

[Improbcat]

Cut the bottom off the driver's fender to start rust repair. Discover the last time someone "fixed" the rust they welded the bracing inside the fender to the cab. The original fender lower mount is long gone. Going to take some interesting work to fix. Then I manged to slice my palm open badly on the cut off fender and had to stop for the evening.

[K98AL]

Put speedo adapter in, now it reads correctly! Then dropped it off at the paint shop.....I can hardly wait!

[Fastest32]

Originally Posted by wayno

Today was transmission hump mods for the new TKO that's going in - impressed myself with this one

Looks great!
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[jsdoyle]

I replaced my tired tail lights with LED's from LMC. Unbelievable difference! They work great!
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[Lugnutz65]

I made it RUN!!!

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