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Old 03-25-2011, 02:11 PM   #451
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Re: my 68 shortbed build

Awesome work, very impressive, love several ideas you have, I am gonna steal them as well, I am building 3 trucks myself, one thing I am doing that I did not see on yours is: I am removing the vent box and vent hole on the sides of the cab, welding in a piece of flat metal and covering over like you did the cowl, there is no vent hole on the side nor is the box there to catch leaves etc and rust out the side kick plate on the cab, when it rains, it runs straight on through with nothing to stop it, excellent work, thanks for the ideas

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Old 03-25-2011, 05:55 PM   #452
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nice looking build, liked some of the ideas you had, cant wait to get started on mine. Looking at eveyone's trucks has got my brain going
keep up the good work
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Old 03-29-2011, 01:45 AM   #453
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made a little progress on my cowl
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Old 03-30-2011, 08:19 PM   #454
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Re: my 68 shortbed build

ordered a new edelbrock 1406 carb today!!!
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Old 03-30-2011, 10:00 PM   #455
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ordered a new edelbrock 1406 carb today!!!
Right on! I love those carbs!
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Old 04-01-2011, 07:57 PM   #456
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Any pics of the gauge panel installed?
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Old 04-06-2011, 11:44 PM   #457
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my new rear tires came in at work today. im going to run a 295/40/20 toyos on a 20x10 wheel. i have 275/40/20 toyos on the front (20x8) i will mount them up next time i drive the truck to work
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Old 04-07-2011, 02:13 AM   #458
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here are some progress pics from painting, what do you guys think!!!!




The smoothie wheels are awesome and set the truck off. But mayby im oldschool.lol...........very nice truck you are doing a damn good job......
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Old 04-07-2011, 05:42 AM   #459
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just read all 19 pages. great pixs. inspirational, makes me feel like getting to work on my 68.
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Old 05-25-2011, 08:23 PM   #460
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was in need of a change for my guage bezzel so i cut up a glove box door, what do you think
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Old 05-25-2011, 09:44 PM   #461
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was in need of a change for my guage bezzel so i cut up a glove box door, what do you think
That looks like a really cool idea. Can't wait to see how it turns out with the gauges.
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Old 05-25-2011, 10:03 PM   #462
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Neat idea! I'm looking forward to see how it turns out too!
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Old 05-25-2011, 10:35 PM   #463
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Very nice! I like it!!!
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Old 05-27-2011, 01:49 AM   #464
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thanx, it will get painted either flat or satin orange and will match my glovebox, the rest of the dash is gloss orange
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Old 06-10-2011, 12:02 AM   #465
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made some progress on the bezzle also built a table for the backyard out of a $10 tailgate at a swap meet
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Old 06-10-2011, 01:00 AM   #466
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Just got through all 19 pages, you have taken your time, and it looks worth it for sure, congratz and great job on the entire thing, I'm going to be following this one.
Oh and nice table!! haha
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Old 06-10-2011, 02:28 PM   #467
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Re: my 68 shortbed build

That bezel turned out pretty damn good.. Nice work on the tailgate table.
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Old 06-10-2011, 10:08 PM   #468
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That bezel turned out pretty damn good.. Nice work on the tailgate table.
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Old 07-04-2011, 07:09 PM   #469
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Re: my 68 shortbed build

where did you find your bed? i am currently looking for a short bed and i cant find any
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Old 07-10-2011, 11:49 PM   #470
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where did you find your bed? i am currently looking for a short bed and i cant find any
its the original bed
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Old 07-10-2011, 11:53 PM   #471
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got my dash parts painted and installed!!! also put a new set of door panels in!
check out my home made paint booth. hahaha

i painted them a shade lighter than the rest of the truck to offset them a little
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Old 07-11-2011, 09:05 AM   #472
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i really dig the instrument cluster..and the under dash gauge pod, nice work !!
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Old 07-11-2011, 09:50 PM   #473
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That dash is killer can we see a pic of the guages through the steering wheel? I guess what im asking is can we see what you see while your looking through the wheel.
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Old 07-12-2011, 12:33 AM   #474
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*****in Tent bro!

Love the dash work too
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Old 07-12-2011, 02:11 AM   #475
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Looks great. I'm looking foward to seeing your truck in Puyallup and checking out all the cool stuff you've done.
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