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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Grand Terrace, Ca.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
This is what I did...just call it spot.
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Location: Oregon City, Oregon
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I have a daughter getting married next month so my "to do list" has alot of other things on it lately. It's really tuff to sqeaze in a little time in the garage these days. And just when I am getting so close...
I did get a little done today. I am nearing completion of the bed welding. Remember this girl has had a long hard life working in a landscape business. I still have the licensing sticker on the wing window and I intend to leave it there as proof! Anyway on to the pictures. I have all the stake pockets filled in and the multitude of holes drilled over the years for who know what/why. I really need a new floor and wheel wells but that is not in the budget right now. I left the middle stake pocket lower but modified it because I wanted the support in case some big ol dude decides to rest on the bed rail. I intend to do a spray in liner. I think if I am crafty with that it will hide lots of "flaws". |
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Yesterday I drove it 12 hours home from Indianna with no problems what so ever!!
Today I drove it to work for the first time! |
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: West Plains Missouri
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Thanks for the compliment! I'm thinking about starting a build thread but the truck stays driveable 90% of the time and it wouldn't really be a build thread.. More like and upgrades along the way thread
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I was smelling gas pretty strong the last couple times I drove the truck, I popped the hood when I got home from running to the store today, about 3 miles round trip. The truck had been running bad. I looked down and saw gas standing on the front of the crossmember. The new pump I'd put on 2 years ago was spraying gas out the weep holes. I pulled one off my 69 GMC parts truck and all is good now. Took it out for a little test drive, barked the tires in 4th for the first time. I guess the pump had been getting weak for a while!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I finished sanding and polishing wheel #2 of 4, put it on and drove around. Took the wife to the next town down the road for some shopping. 30 mile round trip with no problems. I need to rack up some more miles to work the kinks out. I need it to prove its reliability so I can take a road trip.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
I now have twins (I painted my other fender).
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Looks great, were you able to paint just out in the open of your garage like that, or did you have a booth?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Started fabbing up the cover for the fuel filler inside the bed. I am using some scraps I have laying around. I should finish that tomorrow. I also hooked the filler and vent to the gas tank. Closer every day!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Well, it looks great. I had all kinds of trouble getting a trash free coat in my garage even with sealed walls and ceiling of plastic, with wet down floor which is why I asked. Nice work.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
my son got his lic and is driving the 72 now so we added a clarion deck, alpine sub and alpine 6x9 some mids too..... just got to fab a box....... also added a new door hand ans fixed the roll down window........ darn 16 year old kid....
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Made a to-do list for tonight and hopefully I get almost everything on the list done. If I do get everything done tonight all I'll like is unbolts to be able to drive er again
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Drove it to the Lake Afton car show on Sunday. Took my Honda Trail 70 out and rode around the show checking out cars
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
oh wow......I've always wanted a CT-70!
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
took my driveshaft in to be modified for my new transmission.
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Kurt - '68 GMC short step - NIB '09 LY6 6.0L crate motor w/mods, NIB '12 crate 4L85e w/billet 3k stall Circle D, 3.73 posi 12 bolt, DynaTech f-swap headers, 3/4 drop, handling mods, etc. - my toy '72 Chevy LWB C-10 Highlander - 350/350 ps/pb/tilt/ac - not original but close '06 Chevy TrailBlazerSS - LS2/4L70e - little black hot rod SUV - my DD '18 Kia Sorento - wife's econo-driver '95 Chevy S10 - reg cab shortbed, LS, 4.3, auto... my '68's powertrain and chassis build -links broken A surprise phase - carb to efi -links broken |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Bought a 350 from my father in law and started to replace every gasket in it before I remove the six and go with the eight.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Got the front mostly put back together. Waiting on the hood trim. Probably going to sand the GMC down all the way, fill the center full of the same color blue, and clear coat it. Saw a set of GMC lettering when I was at Classic Heartbeat last week picking up my fender patch, was tempted to get it, but this is only a temporary job until I move and will be stripping it all down.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
dragged some disc brakes and some other parts home for my latest 67
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
made a new sheetmetal panel for a new style radio.a ash tray filler..also some jackass cut speaker holes behind seat..very bad job...got a different peice and got it all welded in..
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Midniteblues is that a step longed????????? !!!! I'd give a dollar for it lol.. I need another for mine it's in ROUGH shape
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
yhea its a long stepper.I'm dying too get this fiberglass later style bed off my 67. So I'm sorry to tell you that my plans are too shorten it up unless another really cheap short stepper pops up.I really dont have any use for the really clean 292 either.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today!
Lookie what I got...
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