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Congrats on the trophy! The pics are way cool. I also like those hit and miss engines. So basic and just cool to watch.

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I have seen that chart too. I have both types of coolers fin at the front and the plate has my fan on it at the back.
Thanks Diesel. Ya really cool to watch.

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So last weekend my 2 boys and I went on our annual camping trip. We went to a place an 1.5hrs away called Turkey point this marked our 5th year. We also got to see the most state of the art rehabilitation fish hatchery in north america. They are working to repopulate the great lakes with Atlantic salmon and several kinds of pacific salmon. They release 1.5 million fish a year. They are also the only hatchery in the world growing fresh water mussels, who's numbers are on the decline. We had a half an hour private tour.
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There is also a small 135 car, car show fundraiser in Turkey point on Sunday morning we went to. AD trucks where well represented 4 of them and 5, 56-72 gm trucks where there. The red '54 AD won best truck, I was chatting with him for about an hour. Had a great time.
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'56-'72
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The fish hatchery looked interesting and the car show looked fun.
The AD trucks looked like more stock vehicles. Did they understand how cool yours is?

Those fish the boys are holding look a bit scary.

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Ya the AD trucks where stock rebuilds and are just on the road this year, all but the green one. Ya they all liked mine, nice to see they like both stock and custom. Biggest question was "how did I fit that motor in there".
The fish on the left is full grown 10 year old Atlantic salmon and the right is a med size 2 year old Pacific Chinook Salmon, it can get 3 times that size. I might stick to swimming pools now LOL.

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sounds like a great trip. fish story is great. Glad to see someone cares about fixing this planet we take for granted so bad.

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Very cool camping trip! I never paid any attention to how many teeth those salmon have. Yikes! :lol: We went to a hatchery in Branson Mo where they raise trout to restock their lakes to attract fishermen. It's pretty cool to see the entire process.

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Well the truck broke on the weekend. :whine::confused::censored:
I didn't tell you all till I figured out what happened. My boys and I where driving along pulling the trailer talking about how good everything was working (mistake). Cruising along at 55mph a bang came from the transmission and the rpm went up 400rpm. We pulled over did a few tests to see what was going on. I could move but when I gave it a bit of throttle it let go and sounded like a bag of marbles. So called for a flat bed tow truck. Monday night Joe and I pulled the trans and I took it back to the shop to get fixed again. There was lots of metal filings in the oil. They pulled it apart and just like Joe and I figured it was the torque converter that broke inside for some reason. Not my fault, not my trany shops fault. Converter is getting cut apart tomorrow to see what happened. So my trans shop is going over the whole thing again no other problems in the trans. I should have it back Friday or Monday.
While the trans is out and the truck on a hoist I decided to move my rear cooler (it was under the bed) and found a spot right up front. I'm using both coolers still. It has been really hot here most of the summer so it's great to test all the cooling systems like today it was 91*/104*F with humidity.
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DANGIT

Sometimes those things happen whats your cost?

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Not sure yet, I hope nothing more than a pail of oil.

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That stinks to hear! The project for this winter may be a 6 lug TC swap.

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I'm starting to figure out how I can do that. A billet 6 lug triple disk converter would be great.

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Looks like a fun trip, but that trans problem sure sucks. Lost two in my early '99 PS back when it was fairly new but out of warranty. The converters let go both times. I remember that shaken coffee can full of pea gravel all too well. Good luck with it.

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Dam that sucks....

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Well on a super amazing note my feature on Stance is everything was released today.:metal::bann:
http://www.stanceiseverything.com/20...diesel-52-gmc/

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Congrats on the article! It has some great pictures and is written well.

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Nice summary of a 42 page long build thread loved following along congrats!

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Hey Lower that is an excellent article and very good pictures!
Bummer the trans broke...and you guys are sure making some great memories.

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That's awesome.. great write up... great pictures too

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man your trans broke but at least you can read about your truck! congrats!

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That is a really great article!!
Nice pictures also!

My trans or converter broke too, but I have no article, so you're one step ahead :lol::metal:

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Thanks a lot guys. He took some great pictures and the write up was amazing. It meant very much to me to read what someone I only met a few times to this point, wrote about my truck and thought it was special enough to post on there web sight.
I was told I am getting the trans back Monday. They where waiting for the converter. It's going back in Monday eve.

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Bob... other than your tranny problems, seems like you're having a good summer.

You're spending quality time with your boys. You're winning some car show awards, and that Stance is Everything article was awesome. Good for you man! :metal: