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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
c'mon Brian, you can fix that little mess in your sleep. it would make a cool rat rod style covertible. tidy up the corners, stick it on a chassis with a driveline and go for it. some huge rear tires with a tiny box in between, a couple of cut down doors with no worries of glass etc, open wheels out front, a straight axle, done.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
LOL
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1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings" |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
At one time I did think about making a topless short bed pickup with no running boards with it. Pretty much what my buddy did with his truck with a cut down 3/4 ton box but not having the tilt nose.
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Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around. |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
That goes with the back panel of the cab that is free to a member who needs it plus I'll have a bunch of other left overs. 53 cab with 53 3100 door post tag that won't be free but won't be very expensive either.
Hopefully it ends up pretty much like this cut and tape illustration. ![]()
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Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around. |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I wanted to do this to my 5 window, being I'm 6'1"and have either extended cab trucks or SUV's, but my brother talked me out of doing. Was prepared to extend the frame, doors and everything. Lengthen the cab and frame and it will look like a chopped top.
Now I'm working on reducing the stock steering wheel down to a 15" so my slender belly(195lbs) wont rub.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I'm in the process of moving. The truck is going into storage for about 6 months, so I guess a thouroughn clean up and re prime will have to wait.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I feel the pain there. I had to shorten the water pump shaft to run the 250 with not near enough fan.
As much as I do not care for electric fans on old vehicles mine is getting an electric fan this time. I don't like pusher fans but may run one for clearance and appearance. I never had a cooling problem with the V6 Dodge Grand Caravan van I had and it had a pusher fan. Wife totaled that one or we would still be driving it. All wheel drive, V6 and room to haul stuff in the back.
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Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around. |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I feel the pain there. I had to shorten the water pump shaft to run the 250 with not near enough fan.
As much as I do not care for electric fans on old vehicles mine is getting an electric fan this time. I've never been much of a pusher fan person but my BMW has an auxillary pusher fan and my old Dodge mini ram van has a pusher fan.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
It's been a while, but I'm back! My '56 is the car show image!!!
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
You must have a good marketing guy!
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
POR-15'd the undersides. Then zinc treat the opposite sides tomorrow to halt the rust.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I made a mount for my NOS distribution block on my 292. It was less money to buy the kit and make new lines than to buy the parts. Their line layout doesn't work for me because my blower hangs on the passenger side of the engine and has to have the lines closer to the blower. For some odd reason nobody makes this kit for a 292. I also don't like the idea of it just hanging off the lines. Now I get to make the lines.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Finished stripping the red oxide primer off one panel at a time and spraying SPI white epoxy primer.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
dang, thats solid just like my truck was when I got it. well, except from the dash down it was rotten....
that looks awesome. nice work. it looks so clean you don't wanna touch it. |
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dang, thats solid just like my truck was when I got it. well, except from the dash down it was rotten....
that looks awesome. nice work. it looks so clean you don't wanna touch it. white gloves I guess. lol. |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Got ready for Veterans Day Parade - Unfortunately starting to rain like hell now. Parade starts in 2 hours -- we will see.
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Well its didn't rain too hard and and was 10x bigger deal than i thought,
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Threw in some Stabil, changed oil, cleaned both the interior and exterior, put the truck on skateboards so I could move it close to the wall and put the cover on. It will probably sit like this until late April.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I actually pulled mine out of the garage and started it up yesterday, and let it run for a while.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Cut out a bad spot in the back of the cab.
When I removed the metal, dirt poured out that was trapped behind the back cab support. Made a patch panel to weld back. Luckily it will be hidden. |
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
Getting closer for the first crank up.
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Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3
I made a thing
Any guesses what it is? |
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