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Old 03-07-2018, 09:00 PM   #1
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Looks really good. Rad.
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Old 03-07-2018, 11:47 PM   #2
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Wow, truck has a great look with the color combo. Nice!
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Old 03-08-2018, 12:40 AM   #3
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

I too love the color combination. Great work!!! Mike
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Old 03-10-2018, 08:22 AM   #4
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

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killer colors
. Thanks truckfan. I really dig em too.

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I like it, came out real nice. Keep up the good work thanks for the pics.
51chevyman, I appreciate it.

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Very nice! Your hard work and thinking outside the box is paying off well for you. That color combination is very classy.
3drburb. thanks for the kind words.

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Looks really good. Rad.
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Wow, truck has a great look with the color combo. Nice!
A.D. thank you. I appreciate all the kind words. I know being down on the ground is not very popular with the majority of this group. I get that. that's cool.
I just go from one project to the next "building what my brain tells me is cool". built by me, for me,

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I too love the color combination. Great work!!! Mike
This pic is of this truck Last April on the day I hauled it home. Had to stop at the tire shop & fix a flat before I could even push it off the trailer. Been a very busy year. Hopefully by June 1st "El Chapo" (the shorty) will be finished and cruising. Wanting a couple months to sort it out before I drive it to Bonneville salt flats racing and to the "C-10's in the park show in Texas. Gotta get busy again now that it's painted.
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Old 04-18-2018, 10:08 AM   #5
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

The paint on that looks really really good. Really enjoying how this is coming together. Good job, and quick work.
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Old 04-23-2018, 12:17 AM   #6
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Been a busy 13 months. Couple pics showing how low can it go
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

That’s pretty low there.
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Old 04-29-2018, 10:12 PM   #8
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That’s pretty low there.
Yep. When I was doing the fabrication I wanted it to drop plenty so that when I put a bigger wheel on it'll still drop down
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Very low...don’t scrape the paint!
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Old 04-23-2018, 08:39 PM   #10
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Better put some all wheels on there!!
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Old 04-23-2018, 11:46 PM   #11
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Looking good.
That ride height is going to be sweet.
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Old 04-30-2018, 07:23 PM   #12
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Awesome
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Old 05-22-2018, 09:52 AM   #13
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Got my side glass and windshields in place in the last two weekends. Thought i would share a couple recent pics of El Chapo. Even the engine bay is coming out a lot cleaner than the past couple builds i have done. Moved the computer behind the drivers seat helped a lot.
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Old 05-22-2018, 06:28 PM   #14
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

I forgot you were doing the LS. Lol. Everything is really looking great.
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Old 09-04-2018, 04:38 PM   #15
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Well, i don't go on here much anymore, but wanted to take just a minute and share a little bit of good news.
I was finally able to get my systems up and running and have since driven it to two local (about 25 miles each way) little shows. Got to visit with my friends there who i only see at that show.
Still got a bit of work to do (mainly bed floor and interior), but it is done enough that i will be taking it to the C10's in the park show east of Dallas Texas in about 10 days. For those of you who don't know it's a really nice show held in a park with over 850 C-10's from all over. (Google C10's in the park)
Been trying real hard to get it finished, but it will just have to be done enough for now. When i get back home I will have about 60 days to button up my loose ends before Dino's Git Down and Goodguys show.
So, even though most of you don't really dig the lowered trucks, I wanted to share my truck (I call it LCHAPO OR the shorty) pics taken over the weekend.
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

I love the way it came out and color combo. What rim size/ wheel combo are you running?
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Been following your build, glad you posted up some pics of it done, came out great. Have a great time at the show...Jim
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Very well done. Looks great.
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Thanks 51Chevyman. Rims are 20 inch Detroit Steel "Del Rays".

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Thanks oldman3. Wish it was done. bit of work left to do and some things i am gonna re-do, just don't want to take the time now and lose my forward momentum. Wanted to keep pushing forward to make it a runner, so i can go to C-10's in the park. Hoping to have a great time, see some friends, and hopefully make some new friends. I love going to these things and surrounding myself with folks who also love these old trucks. 850 C10's. Can't hardly wait.

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3drburb. Thanks you sir. I am pretty happy with how it is coming out so far. bit of re-do, to do, but, that's what happens when you are a backyard builder. I tell my friends "I do my best, and re-do the rest".
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Looks great. Make sure you drop some pics of that interior once it is done.
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Re: 78 downlow-littledough

Looks killer. If you lived closer I’d be bugging you all the time. Lol. Love a slammed squared.
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Well, you certainly waste no time getting things done! Looking great and your already driving it too, Nice! Puts me to shame to say the least, I struggle to accomplish everything I start out to do LOL! My truck is still wedged into my garage, it had a decent dry and at times warm winter which was a welcome change from where its been sitting the last 7 years.
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