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Old 06-07-2022, 11:43 PM   #1
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

Unfortunately, I have gotten used to that kind of treatment. Better for them to turn you down than to do a bad job.

Things I consider myself lucky when I find someone who knows how to do it- PROPERLY:

-Adjust a carburetor. Actually, to do anything with an engine that doesn't have a computer.
-Install a windshield that uses rubber.
-Align a vehicle built before 1990.
-Crimp an A/C hose.
-Set up a ring and pinion.

It is concerning that everyone who knows how to work on these vehicles are now retiring.
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Old 06-12-2022, 12:15 AM   #2
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More new battery cables.
And side post studs instead of the goofy battery bolts
Finally starts without a major voltage loss.
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Old 06-12-2022, 11:54 PM   #3
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I seveviced the 68 and got it ready for the next big projects for the year take down a tree and help my neighbor take down a house.
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Old 06-13-2022, 09:52 PM   #4
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Hiho Hilo its off and to blast we go
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Old 06-14-2022, 10:20 AM   #5
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Hiho Hilo its off and to blast we go
Congrats, now you can clean up the middle section of your frame

Does the w/s come out, before blasting, are going to use soda or sand

She looks pretty clean, rust wise
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Old 06-14-2022, 12:13 PM   #6
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I sat by it as I am waiting on a parking brake cable and a rear drivshaft section.
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Old 06-14-2022, 07:08 PM   #7
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Finished up the stakesides . All Hickory three coat spar urethane thinking I may have to use threaded inserts instead of just #12 brass wood screws .
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Old 06-14-2022, 07:10 PM   #8
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Nice fits nice and tight looks cool too
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Old 06-14-2022, 10:07 PM   #9
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Congrats, now you can clean up the middle section of your frame

Does the w/s come out, before blasting, are going to use soda or sand

She looks pretty clean, rust wise

hey Jim
all glass coming out tomorrow before blast he has one of the dustless blast contraptions using an aggregate and water pressure she does look pretty good rust wise this was a SoCal acquisition about 10 years ago I resurrected my" I am from the desert" build thread will update there... going to enjoy getting the frame in shape
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Old 06-15-2022, 08:00 PM   #10
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Installed the Laminated OEM windshield i found in the atic of a barn. I believe it was NOS. My first install and went fairly well. Only had to stop and take a time out a couple times. LOL.
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Old 06-15-2022, 09:04 PM   #11
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First time, and you got the stainless trim in? You are the man!
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Old 06-15-2022, 09:10 PM   #12
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First time, and you got the stainless trim in? You are the man!
Thanks! I looked at all the tips from the members over the years and that helped greatly! It would have been trial and error if not for the members here on the board with their knowledge.
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Old 06-16-2022, 09:39 PM   #13
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Finally got around to installing my radiator overflow tank. Wife says it looks like a diamond in a goat's ass. She can be a funny woman at times.
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Old 06-16-2022, 10:16 PM   #14
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Finally got around to installing my radiator overflow tank. Wife says it looks like a diamond in a goat's ass. She can be a funny woman at times.
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Old 06-17-2022, 02:12 PM   #15
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Only thing lately is got the whole truck waxed and cleaned up for some upcoming car shows.
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Old 06-17-2022, 02:56 PM   #16
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Rebuilt 67 vent windows , Chromed by El paso , http://www.electroplatingelpaso.com/

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https://www.autocityclassic.com/1967...ass-6872pkglg/


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Old 06-18-2022, 12:27 AM   #17
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Took a round trip to Natchitoches Louisiana yesterday in my ‘67 GMC…about 300 miles total…truck oil and water level didn’t drop a measureable amount…life is good! At least until the micro-casting flaw in the crankshaft, rod, piston, or whatever that wasn’t measurable in 1967 finally and catastrophically makes its presence known….
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Old 06-18-2022, 08:28 PM   #18
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Installing NOS door handles with the gaskets got from Seth and restored vent windows from Rodger. I don't remember who I got the handles from, sorry!
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Old 06-18-2022, 09:48 PM   #19
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fit tested last night dropped off for paint this morning .....used the 55 grocery getter to transport
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Old 06-18-2022, 11:11 PM   #20
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I've gotten some time off untill I start my new job so I started putting the disc
brakes and power steering set up on my '69.
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Old 06-19-2022, 09:39 AM   #21
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Nice! I converted my 69 as well
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Old 06-19-2022, 11:30 AM   #22
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Went to a meetup in a nearby town and met 72sb in person. That is one really nice little pickup he has! Wandered around looking at vehicles. About 70 years worth were represented. Everything from Model T Fords to '80s Corvettes. What I have yet to do today is go and trouble shoot the truck. It started running lumpy on the way home from the meetup.
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Old 06-20-2022, 05:49 PM   #23
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Dropped mine off at the shop for an alignment at 8:30, picked it up at 11:00. Drove it literally about three blocks and dropped it at the glass shop for a windshield. Hope to get a call tomorrow or Wednesday to come pick it up again.
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Old 06-20-2022, 07:47 PM   #24
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Checked the truck out, yesterday. As I suspected, it's loading up a little. Gonna get a carb kit. Looking for a plating kit, while I'm at it. Gonna make it look close to new, I hope.
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Old 06-22-2022, 07:09 PM   #25
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Rebuilt the carb. $280 for a plating kit, that ain't happening. I have a couple of adjustments to make, but they're going to wait until tomorrow. I can't take the heat under the hood when it's already in the '90s. At least the flooding condition is fixed.
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