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07-27-2010, 12:35 AM
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
Posts: 2,375
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Back Home, Guys
Long story short, I'm back. Pulling the '63 Rat off of the hill as soon as the temps around here drop down a little. I'm truckless right now except for this '63.......So that's what I'm going to be working with. Longie with wood bed about half there. 327 coated in grease. She was running and I put Stabil in a year ago. When I went up to start her about three months ago, the twigs fell down on the exhaust and almost started the neighborhood (we live in a rural place) on fire before I got my fat body underneath and batted out the weeds. Broken windshield, more rat poop, and really crusty brakes. But it's a start.
Glad to be home with you guys.
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07-27-2010, 12:50 AM
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60-66 Nut
  Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
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Re: Back Home, Guys
Glad to see you back
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07-27-2010, 01:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Wataga,IL
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Re: Back Home, Guys
that thing looks purdy solid
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07-27-2010, 01:38 AM
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1961 crewcab
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: missoula, mt
Posts: 6,164
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Re: Back Home, Guys
yeah good to see you back, was sorry to see you go last time.
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08-01-2010, 11:40 AM
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RAT1968 '68 Cab/'71 Parts
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Coarsegold, CA
Posts: 2,375
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Re: Back Home, Guys
Thanks.....Had to give away the '83. California smog. Can't even put headers on it or change carbs without a special dispensation from the Pope.
That, combined with a motor builder that over-cam'ed it. I sold a nice guitar to have a 350 built and put in the '83 with the promise it would smog. Well, first it had to run without leaving me in the street every time I drove her....or my wife went for garden supplies. The mechanic, with all his gauges, experience, etc., was stumped. I went up there to see what he was doing after 3 months and the thing was nasty and he had pulled out all his hair. So, not wanting a $1,500 bill from him in the near-future, I gave it to him. That's life. I'd rather have something without a "brain"....somehow, it feels closer to "home". Nice to be back with you guys (and girls?). I can never keep the grease out from under my fingernails. Even at 63. Hey! I'm 63! The truck's a '63! Never thought of that. Better hurry and get it on the road before I turn '64.
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08-01-2010, 12:00 PM
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Hollister, CA.
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Hollister, Ca.
Posts: 6,150
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Re: Back Home, Guys
Sweet '63 man ... Welcome back to the 'club' !!!
Sucks about the smog issue man, that one looked clean too, but I'm bias to the '63 !!! 
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