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Top's done, I like.
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Got the new top on, ready for summer
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Kent
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'51 Chevy 3100 Truck
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Hey everyone, Been quiet since my introduction in February! Work got crazy, the truck was in storage for a little bit and I now moved to Ottawa (which unfortunately I don't have a garage anymore :s, I will need to find some place to tinker on this one!) Anyhow, just wanted to update the community and cre...
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project anglia
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im in the process of collecting parts for my new project 1950 anglia im going to build a frame from scratch and was wondering if anyone else had a similar frame plans pics good info for a first timer mounting pionts engine set back 4 link kits that are available i have a strut front end qa1 a ford 9 housing...
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scotty
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1933 Ford Tudor
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i picked up a 1933 ford two door sedan about six years ago. work didnt really start till this winter here's a few pics. From where it started (kind of) to current -- Edited by Windsor on Tuesday 7th of March 2017 11:12:54 AM
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Windsor
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1930 Ford Model A Tudor
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Here is the start of my project. We just bought this car on Thursday of this past week, so it is definitely in it's EARLY phase. My son and I are going to attempt to do as much of this by hand as possible, only subleting the work that we can't do ourselves. From what I was told and what I can see so far, all th...
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Fishhooks
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52 ford project
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Just a few pic of what am working on for a guy that he starded a few year back.
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coupman35
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Years gone by
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-- Edited by Ground Pounder on Friday 1st of April 2016 02:54:53 PM -- Edited by Ground Pounder on Saturday 2nd of April 2016 09:46:40 AM -- Edited by Ground Pounder on Saturday 2nd of April 2016 11:49:30 AM
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Ground Pounder
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Tailgate bench
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I bought a 49 Chevy tailgate off e -bay and added it to a old bench (sides) A friend asked me to build a bench for his buddy His friends name is Sinclair and he likes Dodges I got a Dakota gate for free and built a bench and painted...
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427CARL
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68 Fastback Conversion
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Hey everyone...just joined The other day i picked up a 1968 Mustang coupe...original straight six, 3 speed manual, matching #'s, stole it for $3500! The car is straight and in great condition, easily restorable... But heres the problem...I WANT A FASTBACK!!! Found a doner roof and gonna start t...
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68SPAZ
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The Bucket List
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Ok guys here is the build. 23-27 T-Bucket. History = My Father started this build to give to his grandson, my nephew. Now its my build to be willed to my nephew never to be sold. The hard part is done, rolling chassis, 283 SBC, 2 speed power glide, ford 8" rear end, no drive shaft, no box, no fuel. ...
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Intrepid
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One thats finished(sort of)
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Came across these pics taken last fall while on a short drive. Cant wait for spring now!
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hotrod-steve
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Apachomatic - 1959 Chev. Apache Build
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Here is the truck when I bought it in April 2013 OK. Who played smashup derby with these fenders? Would anyone try to bang these out or should I be shopping? The consensus seems to be bang them out over the winter. This was always my plan. A little bit of dirt etc. on the floor, but atleast there is a floo...
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Turbo inline 6
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Well. I guess it didn't take too long to get this done... car was down for about 2 weeks. The first turbo I had one was not sized right and didn't produce boost until about 4,000 RPM. I swapped that one out for a more appropriate size and now see full boost at 3,000 RPM. Runs pretty good!
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dodgy canuck
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1923 T Bucket
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This I got in trade and fixed a ton of stuff ,in spring going to sell it . Because turning 70 this month and over 240 lbs LOL and these were past cars The Cougar won stock points in 1969 at Windsor drag way .The 1968 won most of the trophies thanks for being allowed to post -- Edited by bubba390 on Friday 9th of D...
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bubba390
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1987 Chevy Camaro Z/28
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Hey everybody,I figured I should make an official project thread for my Z/28, so here it is!I have a rough idea of how I want to do it in terms of sequencing, but I'm open to suggestions. Now to start off, I'm useless mechanically right now, but I'm hoping to learn. The most I can do is change the front bulb...
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51 HenryJ
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Just brought this back from NY. It sat for 3 years after my friend passed and his family decided to sell all 5 HJ's. All original, 6 cyl. Have a bit of work to do then get it on the road.
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henrys57wagon
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My 56 F-100
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Hello everyone, I finelyhave pictures to share of my first build. I started this build which was an ambitious task for me as I knew very little about building cars but have fabricating skills from way back. I bought this truck body 4 years ago, the 56 has always been my favorite style as my dad had an F-600...
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V2addict
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Cummins swapped 98 Chevy 2500
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I recently inherited this truck i know vary little about it actually I'm looking for any info on how to get the tach and speedo working and fuel gauge it was a gas truck converted to diesel the engine I was told was from a 88 bus it has a 6 speed trans which first 3 are insanly low geared was told it wasn't from...
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Rainmandaking
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Plum Crazy
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I brought both of these Challengers back from the dead. I proudly announced to the guys they were Plum Crazy. From that day forward, they called me Statutory Grape!
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Livetodrive
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cleanup-crew-finds-classic-car-treasure/46 chevy
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http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/08/26/cleanup-crew-finds-classic-car-treasure/
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Ground Pounder
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Wondering what you guys make of this?
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Near my house, this poor truck has been sitting outside for the last few years. There is also a 65-67 Mustang hidden in the back. I used to scorn people for not restoring vehicles like this but I read an compelling piece written by a guy in the US who just found comfort having his lawn art. I never actua...
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Livetodrive
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61 Chevy C10
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so - I am not busy enough with the Beaumont build so my friend Rob who owns the truck started on a second build here in my shop as it is for all intents and purposes an identical build - twin turbo 6l with a 4l80e tranny - so why not make two of everything as we go? so this week we got the old motor , front brakes...
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Seeker1056
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mini bike
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so the time has come for me to sell my 1982 Porsche 924 so that there is room in the garage for me and my dads 1959 Morris minor that comes back from winter storage really soon. I learned quiet a lot about cars, how to do things and how to not do things... I did not loose any money on the car, made little bit and t...
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Danielcolburne
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1951 Plymouth
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hello Ontario hot Rodders, today I bought my first "drivable" car, I needed something that ran after i suffered though pushing the Porsche in and out of the garage every day. I also wanted something with floors. I wanted something North American so I could work on it with out a degree in space craft engi...
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Danielcolburne
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My 1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 project.
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I bought this car off a buddy a while back. planning on putting it on the road this spring. it does not need much work. pretty much just cosmetics. Its got the original olds 425. So far I have changed the wheels, did a full tune up and oil change. Rebuilt original 2 bbl carb. But I do have a 4 bbl intake for it, t...
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Front Engine Dragster and other projects
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First of all, thanks again for all the welcomes in the introduction. You Canadian guys must be a bunch of very nice people :) First, a little bit about myself ... the boring part .. Well.., im 36 and live in Norway, and me an my girlfriend/wife have lived together for around 17 yrs now. We got our first kid...
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gasserx
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New ride Home!!!
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Drove up to Ottawa this morning to check this out & "Look what followed me home MA can I keep it??? 69 Cutlass S rag top, nice straight car, heard thru a friend that it was going to be sold so jumped on it before it was advertised!! Need a few small things looked at but all cosmetic. & a good scrubbi...
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dualquadpete
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new headers for the studebaker.
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using circle track headers as a base, bill vilneff and i are building a set of fenderwells. mounting them upside down and cutting and adding primary tubes. one picture shows one circle track mounted conventionally to check clearances before cutting and modifying. inch and a half electrical condui...
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studeshaker
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66 F100 new project
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Well, My daughter has taken over my New Ram as she is just driving now....sigh.....so dad needed something to use as a daily Found great deal on kijiji for this 66 F100 with a 352 good running engine and 4spd tranny...$1200 delivered to my door ...if you watch kijiji then you seen it Plan is to pretty muc...
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knuckles
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Slideshow of my 1950 Plymouth P19 Rat Rod
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http://s1053.photobucket.com/user/Lurch1950/slideshow/
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Lurch
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Family's Rides
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Here's a picture my uncle took of a few of my family's rides. The 1966 GMC is my dad's. The 1941 Willys belongs to my uncle. The 1967 Firebird is my other uncles. Missing is my dad's 1969 Barracuda.
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NorthernRatRodder
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1940 dodge coupe
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I have owned this 1940 Dodge Business Coupe for 15+ years. Plans are a new frame with welder series coil over mustang II and triangulated four link.
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sageygts
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Gokart Projects
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Hi everybody, My names Reid Im 14 years old and I've got 2 gokart projects. Thinking that some of you probably had a gokart as a kid I thought this was good to share. I bought the first one (Sodikart) in April and the second one (Birel) in July. Both of them have been fun projects to date and over that time i'v...
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Reid Fenwick
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Econoline Pickup 1965
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Oscar
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4BT Cummins in 1949 3100 pickup
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Last week Andrew Steckle, of Bronson Line Automotive Zurich, travelled to Ohio and picked up a "complete" 4BT with bell housing and T18 trans ($3050) The 1949 Chevrolet 3100 was bought on a visit to Colorado (3 years ago) I spruced up the interior and added missing windows Engine code...
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Hellcat Eater
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My friend and part time job Boss... Andrew built a Hot Rod that is 1 of none He took the cab from the Canadian Tire Ice truck "project" and a 2005 cab and 1/2 Diesel 2wd and shortened frame added a Quad steer short box and 20 inch Fuel rims with 305-50-20 tires lowered front and added 1/2 to...
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427CARL
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1953 Mercury M100
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I making some progress on my truck. Rear end was pretty messy when I picked it up. Im pretty new to this and learning as I go. The welds and chunks or jagged steel and hockey puck bump stops have all been removed. Just got my brackets I made up tacked into place on the axle and mocked things up. My leaf spri...
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Nickeleye
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68 Mustang
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Thought I'd show you guys what my Dad and my son have been working on. the car belongs to a friend of Dad's who asked him to restore it. dad's friend bought it new. These pics were taken a couple of weeks ago when the car was brought home When was the last time you saw Mustang floors this clean
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wolfman1
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1938 Dodge D8 4d sedan project
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Hi, I bought the 1938 Dodge D8 4d sedan in April 2013 like I wrote in my introduction.I decided to show you guys what I have done so far and write a bit of story how it has went. Also a memo for myself for later reference. The plan is to add here something once in a while if there is any progress or when I face any p...
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Marten's '53 Ford pick up
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Ok everyone, let me see if this will work. First off I am not a computer guys so doing this is really tricky for me so please bear with me. You will see a bit about me in the intro page of this forum. At Christmas time the LOML set up a separate account for me to start building my first hot rod/street rod. My...
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Marten
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1970 Chev 1/2 ton
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, Just found this Chevy sitting behind a steel shop here in South Carolina,original owner truck,in pretty good shape,now the white one has a stablemate.was digging around the old barn on the property and found 2 327/300 hp engines,one is a short block the other a long block with 462 heads,I am not sure...
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Redneck Rydes
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Wiring done dash installed Finally.
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Here's a few pics of my new Speed Hut electric gauges installed. I wanted only 2 gauges and they had to fit the original bezel openings. Speed Hut built gauges in the correct size and they had a GPS speedo which I wanted. Took a bit of fabrication work to mount he gauges so they lined up with the trim...
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Rocketman
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The Family Hotrod Being Reborn
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Well this is my 32 Ford 5-window which was originally hotrodded by my dads cousin back in 1955 in Fort Erie. I have now owned it since 1992. When I first redid the car I had sold the Flathead and put a 283 Chevy motor in it and ran it in grey primer until 2004 when it was taken off the road for a rrar wishbone fail...
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Rob Morrison
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68 Galaxie 500
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I thought I would post something here as it seems a guy only comes to lurk here all the time. So here are a couple pictures of a project I am doing eith my son who is 16. It was a prety rough car but we have been slowly working at it and plan on having it done for summer this year. We started last May and have a bun...
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dave
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My 1959 Edsel Ranger Project.
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Ok, I figured it's about time I started post for my 1959 Edsel Ranger 2 door HT. I guess I'll start from the beginning . I've always loved Edsel's since I was a kid. The first one I ever saw was in a museum. Anyways, back in march 2013 I found one. total wreck, but for what it was, it is worth fixing up to me. I got...
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1978 c10
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i sold my bel air a few months ago and I saw this forsale for a good price so I picked it up. 305 with a three speed auto, fuel pump was bad so I changed it, I think the carb needs a cleaning. needs a drivers side floor as well
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Picture evidence for- Oldguy,69SS454, and Grumpsbodyworks
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Here ya go fellas....... Oldguy always wants to know what's happening in the shop. LOL 69ss454 has posted and reminded me of every time I posted "it will get done" LOL And.......most recently Grumps has had to give me the motivational speech about Chirping birds or something like that!...
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'68 GMC C-10
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I have a '68 GMC 910. Bought it about fifteen years ago and has been a rolling project. I've done a few upgrades but for the most part it has been a good running and driving truck. Last year I got it into my head that I was going to sell it and focus on another project. But first it needed a little help. This is ho...
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IR Mechanik
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my buddies weird truck
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anyways I want to be more active on here so the guy who got me to join this site is building a rare gmc truck, heres a pic he texted me. he says it will be on the road in a week, I think hes insane, he agrees
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41flatty
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Powered bead roller WARNING: Toyota part content
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I built my bead roller about 8 years ago. (Sorry no build pics for it) but always wanted to power it as my wife didn't always smile when I asked to come to the shop at 10:30 pm to crank the handle. Couldn't figure a cheap way to do it until Chris Stapley showed how he did his. A 1/2" reversible drill, a st...
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Lightspeed Mike
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