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Nice progress on the truck! You can send your hub caps to Frank and he will cut them and roll them like factory for a nominal fee.
http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...=550876&page=3 Is your phone an android or apple? |
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I have an Android phone, Galaxy S8 Plus |
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I got a 4 1/2" carbide tip hole saw, and very carefully cut out the hubcap centers for 2 fronts. It came out pretty good. I talked to a pin striper and he is going to repaint the caps this evening. I used a spray on chemical paint stripper and removed all of the old paint on them, but I didn't get any pics of that. I'll post some pictures after they are repainted.
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Nice work! That's cheating on painting the caps. :lol: I should have my friend who pin stipes, do mine too. Haha
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The pin striper sent me a couple pics of the caps after he painted them. I'll pick them up tomorrow afternoon. These will complete the look I wanted for my wheels.
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Very nice!
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wow!
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Those turned out very nice!
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I picked up the caps and had to put them on for a look. I think they'll be perfect. I need to eventually get the blue 4wd hub dials too, but I'll just wait until I can find a set someday. I need to get the front clip and doors off next to get them blasted and primed.
And... the pics are upside down again. I've made sure to keep the camera right, and they preview on the phone correct, and when I save them to my computer they show up right, but when I attach them to these posts I never know how they're going to end up. |
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have you run the 23andme dna test? I bet you are of australian decent.
caps look great though! |
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I had some time this afternoon to get my doors pulled back off from the mock up. I had to weld some of the edges where I adjusted the gaps on both doors. The driver door had some rust areas behind the door panel, so I also cut out that and made new pieces. I also had several twisted off bolts to remove. The driver door is now ready to go get blasted and primed. The passenger door is worse on the bottom than what I previously thought. I planned to make a few small patches to repair it, but after looking at it closer, I'm going to replace part of the inner bottom with a new panel. The outer skin looks like I can patch about a quarter sized spot in the front corner and make a new lip section a few inches at the front. I can hopefully get the front clip off and taken apart tomorrow. I have a little welding to finish on the front fenders, then grind and sand the welds. After that is done, I'll have about everything else except the bed ready to get blasted and primed.
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I spent Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday working on the truck. Saturday, I removed the front clip that I had mocked up, and finished a lot of little welding and rust repairs to get everything ready to go get media blasted and sprayed in primer like the cab. Sunday, I got the last part of rust repaired on it, which was the passenger door bottom. Everything is rust free now. It feels good to finally be done cutting out rust and getting the new metal welded in.
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man look at that gal, and shes not hanging from the rafters! :lol: keep it up! its getting warm and time to get these trucks outside. |
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I picked up the doors, front clip and bed steps sheet metal from getting media blasted and sprayed in aircraft primer. I also got the grill pieces and headlight bezels back from getting powder coated. I drilled out the rivets holding the 55-56 grill together so all of the pieces could get coated, then reassembled it with hardware. It is powder coated in the same cream color as the wheels. I plan on doing exhaust, brake/clutch/fuel lines, brake booster/master cylinder, and most of the engine wiring while the front clip is off to make it all easier to get to. I want the exhaust to have a nice tone, but not be too loud, so I got a large Magnaflow 3 chamber muffler. After I opened it, it is large and 3 chamber, but it is also straight through. Hopefully it isn't obnoxious or something. I'll go ahead and build the exhaust system with it and see how it sounds when I start up the big block to break in the cam. If it's too loud, I'll change out the muffler then.
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Their 5x11x22" case mufflers have always done a good job quieting things down for me. I've never messed with the chambered Magnaflows.
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looks like it will be long enough to make a really mellow idle and a really nice rap con brio
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