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Old 04-02-2021, 11:49 PM   #26
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Slowly but have tickets for the intervention in September.

Carriage bolts are a real pain.
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Old 04-04-2021, 06:54 PM   #27
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Old frame is out.
What a bent up POS
Glad it's out and a couple of Sawzall blades later it's gone to scrap
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Old 04-05-2021, 05:58 AM   #28
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Old frame is out.
What a bent up POS
Glad it's out and a couple of Sawzall blades later it's gone to scrap
Good progress! You said it was kinked and bent, but dude! That looks like a stock market graph or a heart monitor readout or something. Certainly not a frame rail.
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Old 04-05-2021, 08:17 PM   #29
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Good progress! You said it was kinked and bent, but dude! That looks like a stock market graph or a heart monitor readout or something. Certainly not a frame rail.
Glad we decided to trash this frame.
And probably won't be one bolt my kid and I won't have a hand on thru this project
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Old 04-07-2021, 10:09 AM   #30
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That looks like a hard shot!
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Old 04-08-2021, 02:46 AM   #31
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That looks like a hard shot!
Gonna be a project and a half.
Got 6 months to get it together for the C10 intervention in Sept
Nothing like a 500+ mile 1st drive
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Old 04-10-2021, 12:22 PM   #32
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Really beginning to hate a P-19 shock pin.
Had cracks going 2 inches north and south of the right rear shock.
Cut the section out and scabbed in a bit of the old frame.

Also took another piece if the old frame to strengthen up this area
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Old 04-18-2021, 08:59 PM   #33
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After several hours of beating the floor brace into submission.
And a custom brace Bender thing tool
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Old 07-06-2021, 12:34 AM   #34
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1st time in 6 months on wheels
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Old 07-25-2021, 11:32 AM   #35
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Slow going but progress
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Looks great! Do I see some grill choices in the background?
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Old 07-26-2021, 03:53 PM   #37
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Sort of.
Love the 73/74 grilles but also the 81-87 stacked headlights.
Trying to convince ourselves it's a viable project. After the eleventy thousands of project we're already involved in.
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The underside of the tub looks good. What's making you question keeping it?
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Old 07-26-2021, 09:50 PM   #39
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The truck is going to together.
I meant making a 73 grille going in to a 81 up opening project.
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Notch is going in
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