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Yup. Ordering a set.If one freeze plug is rotten then its friends also need to go.....
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Yup. Ordering a set.If one freeze plug is rotten then its friends also need to go.....
Many many hours of deep diving on the web, a lot of phone calls and some truly awesome people who have blessed my life in this endeavor.Where does a person "order" all this stuff? Rock Auto? O'Reilly's? Memphis? I'm just curious...
Yes it was. The seller kept that.Nice piece Ken looks like its all there and is that a jeep motor in the bed???
Does Ethel's husband know or even care?Kinda' reminds one of that old joke, "He works all day at the gas station pumping Ethel".
Yes you are !!! after 60 plus years it looks great !!!!Looking at the bed, I am VERY fortunate!
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Just some surface rust to deal with...
Well its about time we get to see who is really building all these projects and what a great job hes been doing while (somebodys) sitting out in the gulf getting all the credit ?????????? I guess they will have to start a child labor union in LA. to get this fella paid !Finally got (re)started on the old girl.
First thing was to remove the bed (unfortunately I didn't weigh it)
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Then I started taking windshields apart to see which one was better and what pieces I could use to make one good one.
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Once I got as far as I could on those, I moved to the hood.
Orbital sanding, degreasing/cleaning and primed.
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Then the bottom...
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Then I picked my boy up and had him working (sweat equity, as this will be his truck) on the fenders
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Then we called it a day to let everything dry...
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