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Is there any chance that Rusty's new owner will be posting on this forum?

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I told him the name of the truck and that there is a thread on this forum, his dad knew about this forum, he has a '69 dime, so I was happy it was going to a Chevy family, they also attend the Intervention truck meet.

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:cong:
I can't believe it sold that quick! the is awesome.

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wife is convinced I could have gotten $12.5K for it

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Aw man, bums me out a little. But I don't mean to rain on your parade, or your daughter's. Good for you, not to be overly attached. At least I got one ride in it, but never with the new motorvation. Hafta save that chance for a ride in Busty ; )

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ha ha, send me your coordinates and we may just show up ready to wrench!

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Man that went fast but it was pretty rust free after you were done and the hard part of making it dependable was done

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I cant believe it is gone well at least this thread will survive, congrats on the sale

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thanks guys, the new owner texted me said he found the forum and this thread and tried to register but it won't let him, it says Registration has been disabled by the administrator?

any idea how we can help him

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I would PM Liz and see if she can help out.

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mission accomplished - 2010 Mazda 3 hatchback [ahem] with a SUNROOF

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Now you have join a Mazda forum

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good one, ha ha and invest in some 10mm sockets, lol

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And the Mazda goes Hummmmmmm.

Good Luck. Too bad about Rusty.

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I know 73-87% of you were here for Rusty and not for me, but if you could show some love to Rusty's dad Dusty I think we could keep the pedigree going! [same bad humor and way more shady work]

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I just confirmed I can't SUBSCRIBE as a new user either I get the same error as the new owner, I will PM Liz and Josh, can some of you try too please so we have strength in numbers

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good morning everyone, my name is Juan. I am Rusty’s new owner and I am blown away by this thread, the amount of work Greg has done is amazing. gotta catch up on reading these 273 pages, I am barely on 88 lol
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run with it!

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Welcome to the site looking forward to the continuing adventures of Rusty. Good thing is you have great documentation on what has been done to trouble shoot any future problems

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Welcome Juan! and welcome back to Rusty.

Glad to see you both here. A lot of us here have had our morning coffee reading the "Adventures of Rusty and The Greg". Enjoy the history.

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Welcome Juan Glad you could make it.

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Maybe a small LS motor and you can call it MADZA

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No she wants sunroofs :lol: he just need a build where he grafts the large panoramic roof off an Enclave from a junk yard on to her car

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Welcome Juan.

You got a tuff act to follow.

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Imagine the size of the folder all this work would create

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Hi everyone I have been enjoying driving Rusty to work all week, truck runs great. The first thing I’ll be doing is restoring the wood grain piece of trim on the dash. I’ll show you guys how it comes out, maybe some of ya will want to get yours restored as well.

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Looking forward to seeing what paints you use. I need to restore the same woodgrain piece on my steering wheel.

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you got a Web Cam in my house or somethin'?

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Hahaha. If Rusty was a Blazer or a Suburban, it would be closer to 91%.

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Hey Juan, welcome! Thanks for joining up and it's great that you're posting already. I look forward to seeing your restoration of the wood grain. Are you a painter by profession?

Yes, my dads a painting contractor and I have been working with him for years. We do interior, exterior, cabinet refinish, epoxy floors, etc...
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Great where were you earlier this year ??? We would have traded straight up, ha ha

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Maybe we can trade for the 71 haha

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I redid the woodgrain on the piece of trim, but I rushed it and the clear coat shrunk the base coat under the stain... I am re doing it but with this weather I am having to wait days in between coats.

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I hate when that happens. It did look good though. Do you think you can just sand the clear and respray?

I ended up stripping it and did it over, I went lighter on the base coat and it’s looking better this time.
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great! that's the best damn looking piece on the whole damn truck now! :devil:

Lol yes, for now. the truck will be going in the shop for some body work and paint after the holidays
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I thought about putting a supercharger or turbo kit on the 4.8, but both kits cost more than a ls2 from a tbss with a t56 set up set up from a local junk yard, so it looks like I may be going that route instead
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What color did you end up using?