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A whole year? Booo. But that Busty's a nice truck, love her curves.
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Don't get me wrong folks, I love Rusty, but I love my daughter more! |
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This is the seat that I’m restoring for someone. |
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Metal wounds not healing
Life's a bitter shame I'm going off the rails on a crazy chair |
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commencing derustolization situation with an abrasive and acid combination
Note: sum of that black residue is old black paint not rust (that's the story we're going with at 11) |
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mandatory stare and compare of the pair
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then we got em quickly into our organic vegan outdoor paint booth before they flash rusted too much
for those of you eagle eyed among you, that is not a trampoline it's the Lawn Eliminator 3000 |
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Your doing a good job Greg! Make sure you lubricate the bearings & wheels.
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and here are the obligatory before and after glamour shots
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OK, enough of the seat already, give it a rest! [... see what I did there]
so now we wait 8 weeks for the new seat covers to arrive [ I'm looking at you USA1 ] what to do? what to do in the meantime |
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so these are my Intellitronix (pronounced "cheap Summit brand") digital gauges
they look fine - or do they? they work fine - or do they? let me walk you through what's going on here (sorry difficult to take pics of them with that stupid round thing in the way in front of them) |
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so in terms of looks aka aesthetics the first thing you will obviously notice is the color mismatch, half of them are green and the other half white
I started out with the four green small gauges thinking, hey it's a green truck, right? well I ended up not in love with that hue if you will, so I bought a white speedo and tach which I prefer, but now they don't match color wise the next problem is fitment, see how both the four small gauges don't actually fill their cavities, as well as the two big ones? that's.... [ahem] ... wait for it... tachy ! |
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now in terms of functionality, as much as prefer to read numbers instead of needles, there is an inherent problem with the tach, the last two digits are fixed and they always simply light up two zeros aka 00
so what does that mean? well the tach will show that you are either idling at 500 or 500 RPM but it will never show you 550 because it can't that second "5" led will never light up anything but a "0" and for LS Tuning that sorta sucks |
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so I may or may not have been stockpiling some new goodies literally over the last two years, begging, suggesting, hinting that's what I wanted for my birthdays or Christmases (ie gift cards, donations, etc. not necessarily the gauges themselves as they are super expensive)
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and thanks to a very generous family and extended family, we finally got a complete set of the AutoMeter Sport Comp II electronic gauges:
that's right folks after 7 years of ownership Rusty will be coming up for sale shortly once we have the new seat and these new gauges in (if you could let me know how much I should ask for it I would really appreciate it, and remember reason for selling is to buy our 17 year old daughter (a straight A student mind you) her first car, some sort of hatchback we think) |
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I like the needle ones better, but that’s just my opinion. And BTW, the tracks turned out awesome
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I would suggest one of the auction sites, like bring a trailer. This thread might increase the value of the truck a bit, so I think it's worth a try. I'm not sure any other squarebody has been this thoroughly documented publicly.
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of course it has new tires, belt, brakes, radiator, fuel pump, shocks, springs, $1K worth of AutoMeter gauges going in, heater core, brand new Lokar shifter, new drive shaft, Hooker exhaust manifolds, Grant steering wheel, etc. but how do you put a price on 7 years of labor I was actually thinking about this the other day while driving to Pick-N-Pull to get something for one of my other trucks, and it was 106° F out, do you want to be out there pulling parts in that heat, but more importantly the time vested in running around from NAPA to AutoZone, to the junk yards, and endless hours spent online researching the parts did I mention I thinned out the LS wiring harness by myself, ha ha |
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This thread has made the truck something of an icon. Some folks would pay a bit more to own a truck that's this well known and regarded already. The question is whether there's enough of those folks to be worth auctioning it publicly. |
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Great work on the seat structure. I've actually shifted to painting with a brush when it's feasible. I feel like the paint will be more durable since it doesn't need to have a high enough percentage of solvent to be propelled airborne. Those tracks came out particularly nice.
I'm probably more an analog guy than digital, so I won't needle you about your gauge choice... I know they said 8 to 10 weeks to get your seat cover but when you look back on it I bet it won't seem like it took much more than a couple of months... |
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Great work on the seat structure. I've actually shifted to painting with a brush when it's feasible. I feel like the paint will be more durable since it doesn't need to have a high enough percentage of solvent to be propelled airborne. Those tracks came out particularly nice.
I'm probably more an analog guy than digital, so I won't needle you about your gauge choice... I know they said 8 to 10 weeks to get your seat cover but when you look back on it I bet it won't seem like it took much more than a couple of months... |
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honestly I am even considering a trade for a 2010(ish) hatchback and a dirty joke I haven't heard yet |
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honestly having this faded strip above the tinted rear slider didn't bother me one bit
the splatter on the plastic is from another project (ie us painting the bench seat frame earlier on, remember?) |
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I just got sick and tired of people telling me I should paint it, so I finally gave in, in my driveway none the less, figure I'll give my HOA something to complain about, ha ha
shown with the plastic torn off but the blue tape still on there Fun Challenge: What year, make and model is that thing in the garage? ... and For Extra Credit: What motor/trans combo does it have and what octane gas am I running, ha ha? (you should tell from the smell) |
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men that's sexy, not to mention it just totally added $12.50 to the value of the truck
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here we go...
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and some parting shots of those Intellitronix gauges
I did mention they was cheap didn't I? |
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Digital Gauges - never been raced!
coming to a Craigslist near you :haha: |
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nothing like a clean canvas
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Man I waited 2 years to try these, whacha all think?
when I picked the Sports Comp II series I was going for the least offensive, I wanted black bezels but didn't want to pay AutoMeter $30 bucks per gauge to paint them black for me, I should know I spoke to their [ahem] "Customer Service" |
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oh gawd nooooooo (he's not going to use that is he???)
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Bruh, wouldn't a Dremel be a wiser choice? Don't you have one?
Why yes, yes I do.... also broken! I swear this stop spinning thing is contagious in my garage |
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so we just use that metal bit to rough out the edges like so, and then we smooth them out with this sand drum thingie and the pink spinner thingie
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