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yes give picacho all of the love i wanna see some progress on this sexy truck!

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Ronnie-

If you can't persuade that crossmember out with the hammer... you can always cut it in half with the sawzall. It's not good for much more than scrap after you install the new shock crossmember! :)

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Made it up to Nate's today - looking forward to getting some stuff in this weekend :metal:
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well get on it i wanna see this truck rollin again!

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Was able to get the rear stuff mocked up yesterday -

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My neighbor has a sweet "ancient" mill, which comes in handy!! Was able to get my axle shafts trimmed up for the Mcgaughy's 13"rs'!:smoke:

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Looking forward to the build you have going..

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Thanks French - that makes 2 of us:metal:

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Love the Porterbuilt products!
Do you plan on paint or powercoat?

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Good timing Keith - I am meeting up with the Powdercoater today;)

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wow great progress the trim looks great! and very clean...

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Front brakes showed up too!:ito:
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What brake kit is that?

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Mcgaughy's Big Brake kit. I am going to run them on all four corners.

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Going to be sweet !

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Thanks Scott - looking forward to seeing all those pretty powdercoated PB products - damn thats a lot of P's - haha

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:haha:

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Hey those brakes look exactly like the ones I have lolol. Looks good.

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I know - i totally copied you:lol::lol:

Not for long though - I will get them back from Powdercoater and they will look a little different!

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That and I didnt buy the rear kit, wasn't in the budget at this time. Can't wait to see how they look when you get them back from the powdercoater.

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Well it seems like I have been more driving around picking up parts and stuff then actually working on the truck. So yesterday i tried to get a few things done!

Met up with the Powdercoater yesterday :)
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This truck is clean to begin with - so I lucked out.
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Getting the rear end cleaned up!
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Nice progress! Parts are looking GREAT!!!

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I should be able to make some good progress today. I hope to get the frame cleaned up and painted - Porterbuilt - Stage II installed, trailing arms cleaned up painted and new bushings installed. - So pretty much have the rear half buttoned up!! We'll see:metal::metal:

Here is a little project me and my son have been working on - no wonder I can't get anything done on the 68':lol::lol:

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Pretty cool. Is that for pinebox derby racing? (or whatever they call it now) Or for fun? I like the LED's integrated!

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:lol::lol:
Ya - my son joined Scouts and this is our first Pinewood Derby. They said the parents could do one too - so my son was like Dad you gotta do one - of course I bit and have gotten a little to into it.

We have our race tomorrow so we'll see. I really don't care about the race for me. He did a real cool car too so that part is exciting!

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Cool derby car!
Your coated parts look great.
How much did you spend on the powdercoating?
(If you don't mind saying?)