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Old 09-03-2015, 08:56 PM   #26
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Re: 1973 Regular Cab Dually

thats some sweet literature im jealous!

i also just got some Squarebody Syndicate merch. the 3 pack of stickers. VERY high quality stickers!
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Old 09-03-2015, 11:57 PM   #27
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Re: 1973 Regular Cab Dually

Looks like a aftermarket secondary fuel tank. Probably has a butterfly lever or knob somewhere on the floor (next to hump or just under the front of the seat) to manually shift from the factory tank to the aftermarket tank.
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Old 09-04-2015, 09:54 AM   #28
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Awesome looking truck!! I would love to have one of these as a towing vehicle.
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Old 09-04-2015, 01:06 PM   #29
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Gregs71 you are correct. There are two switches, one on the dashboard (aftermarket) next to the brake controller and another on the floor right beside the drivers seat. Both work but they both have to be switched to the same tank at the same time to work.
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Old 09-15-2015, 07:07 PM   #30
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This truck is like the gift that keeps on giving. When I bought the truck I noticed there were some tools wrapped up in rags behind the seat (or so I thought). Today my curiousity got the best of me so I opened them up to see what was inside. Turns out its the anchors for the overhead camper if you had one. I may be wrong but thats' what I think they are.
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Old 04-24-2016, 03:39 PM   #31
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So for the last couple of days I have been doing the brakes on my truck. The fronts just needed pads and a good cleaning while the rears need everything. Brake shoes, hardware, wheel cylinders, axle seals etc etc. In my attempt to swap out wheel cylinders the new ones are 1/4 wider preventing them from seating correctly and not fitting between the bracket on the backing plate. So I break down the old and the new cylinders to see if the piston sizes are the same so I can rebuild the old cylinders. Well after a good degreasing I realize these may be the original wheel cylinders that came with the truck when new. Talk about character. I just think today's parts are made to be disposed of while the old parts where built to be rebuilt and reused. I hope they don't leak once rebuilt. I look at the casting and think if they could talk what kind of stories would come from the miles these have seen.
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Old 04-24-2016, 04:11 PM   #32
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Its not letting me upload my pictures. Telling me a security token is missing.
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Old 04-25-2016, 12:16 PM   #33
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Wow, that's a very nice truck. Mine also seems to have been a CA truck it's whole life, but has some floorboard rust issues... I hope yours doesn't, I didn't even think to look there with no holes elsewhere.

For pictures, I'd suggest uploading them to www.imgur.com and then img tagging them here. A feature of imgur that most sites don't have is that you can put various letters immediately before the .jpg to resize them, so they aren't huge. h (for "huge") is the size I typically use, I think it's 1024x768, which is a reasonable size for forums. l (for "large) is 800x600, a little small for today's monitors. http://imgur.com/yWP94kU is a picture of my truck that I uploaded. To the right of the image, you'll see a Share This Image section. You'd need the BBCode option, which is:

[i mg]http://i.imgur.com/yWP94kU.jpg[/img]

or, the smaller "h" version

[i mg]http://i.imgur.com/yWP94kUh.jpg[/img]

For both of those I put a space in the middle of img, to not clutter up your thread with pictures of my truck, and let you see what's written. Without the space (as they appear after uploading), they'd appear as images.
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Old 03-11-2017, 01:38 PM   #34
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Re: 1973 Regular Cab Dually

I love that truck!
I just bought a 73 flat bed dually last week.
Have you had any luck with those front rotors though?
Nothing but dead ends for me so far.

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Old 03-11-2017, 03:24 PM   #35
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Super Nice score of a truck and all the documentation as well; So nice!
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Old 03-11-2017, 10:23 PM   #36
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Re: 1973 Regular Cab Dually

HillbillyJr
If I recall the front rotors were available. The back however is a different story. Still haven't been able to find a set of drums but the truck has been on the back burner for now while I work on another project.

Thank you MusicMan70.
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Old 03-12-2017, 11:34 AM   #37
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Well that's uplifting to hear. I would greatly appreciate a part number and/or location where you bought them, as I have exhausted every effort in my search for new or used front rotors for this truck.
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Old 09-03-2017, 09:39 AM   #38
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Re: 1973 Regular Cab Dually

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Any updates or progress on this awesome find?

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Old 09-03-2017, 02:41 PM   #39
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Not much lately. Swapped out the points distributor for an HEI and tuned up the truck. I need to replace the fuel lines (dried rubber lines) on the tank and get the timing set better.
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