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Mike glad to see you back. Your '72 was probably my favorite truck on here and I was really sad to see it destroyed. Will you be at C10's in the park this fall? I got tickets last year and they said they'd honor them this year after it was cancelled so we're planning on being there.

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Thanks Leevon. Yes I plan to be there if I don't have to work but I will will for sure be at the classic truck nationals in June with my new truck. It's at the same venue.

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That's a sad picture. I remember the story of the wreck. Your new build looks like it will turn out pretty cool. You're off to a good start.

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Yeah it was sad. It happened in Nacogdoches not far from you. The truck did turn out good, I'm playing catch up posting the build, the truck is actually finished

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Got to give you props for not beating Castro to death in the street...

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Brother believe me when I say it was all I could do from doing that very thing.

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Signing in to watch! Sorry about the blue truck.

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sad story on your blue truck, I hope you where not hurt! Seems at the speed you were going you could have been knocked around a bit (even in a modern car/truck).

I am jealous of your shop and all that room you have! My cookie cutter house I can barely park my truck in and close the door (long beds take space!). Though I guess I could be worse off an not have a garage at all LOL!

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Thanks I appreciate that

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Thanks, yeah I was beat up a bit but nothing serious. Yes you are lucky, I spent many years working outside on this junk but honestly the photos make it look bigger than it is.

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On to assembly, New stuff starting to go on with all new hardware

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More Progress, this QA 1 kit takes square body spindles. Too bad because at the time I had 2 sets of ECE drop spindles for a 67- 72. 72-disc brakes have the thick rotors, so I bought McGaughys square body drop spindles for the thicker rotors. Looking back now I wished I would have bought CPP modular spindles, so I could put big brakes on later if I wanted to and not have to replace the spindles.

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Progress

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More progress, the rear end is installed. This is a fresh 3.73 with an Eaton posi and I have a Denny’s drive shaft. I only had about a thousand miles on it when I had the wreck. I long hauled HRPT with a 3.08 and no GV OD which I installed afterwards. I still have the complete 3.08 rear end and drive shaft if I ever need or want to swap it back in.

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It rolls

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Getting the plumbing and wiring installed.

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Engine and trans installed

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Here are a couple of pics of the emergency cable clamps which you have to buy separately.

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I reworked the exhaust to make it look better. It’s hard to get this job right laying on your back as when I first built it. It’s easy to get it all lined up straight with no body in the way. It’s a 3” system with Walker Ultra Flows. I cut it apart where needed, rewelded and repainted.

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Almost ready for the body

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I was able to reuse the cab mounts off the blue truck, they still looked like new, but I had to buy a new set for the core support.

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You are making great progress which you are going to have a beautiful truck!! Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing your truck! I wish mine was that far. Do you have any extra parts to sell? Thanks
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Finished up the exhaust, it’s as good as it's going to get.

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I’m using a Dakota Digital dash and wanted to install cruise hooked into the GPS. Here’s where I mounted a late 90’s OBS cruise module. I also have a wide band and incorporated it into the DD dash, you can see the sensor below, later on I moved the sensor to the header, But no photos. More to come.

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Thanks bro, no most parts have been used or sold already. What are you looking for?