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New for March
  • How to remove your headlight switch -- Button? What button? -- by Michael "Gibsonflatpicker" Groves
  • Modifying a 1947-1951 front door handle for use as a rear barn door handle -- by Alvin "Achipmunk" Parris
  • Installing a T5 transmission AND keep your foot pedal starter -- It can be done! -- by Steve LeMaster
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    Restoration & Modification
    Shopping for Buying / Selling a Stovebolt Identifying your truck Getting Started Big Truck (be sure to visit the Big Bolts forum, too) Electrical Systems (be sure to visit the Electrical Bay in our forums) Interior (Not here? Well, stop by the Interior forum)

    Windows (Not here? Well, stop by the Interior forum)

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    Engine (Be sure to check our Engine and Driveline forum, too!) Transmission & Driveline (Remember, we have an entire forum dedicated to the Engine and Driveline) Brakes Axles Suspension and Steering General Body Work (Check the Paint and Body forum, too) Rust Removal
    • De-Rusting with Vinegar -- A quick and not too expensive rust removal technique using vinegar! -- by Alan Christensen
    • Electrolytic Rust Removal -- Bust rust the way the pros do -- By Ted Kinsey and updated by Randy Baumann
    • Evapo-Rust -- Product review -- Two Bolters check out a new product in battling the enemy: rust -- by Koolkar and Inky05
    • Low-Buck Rust Removal -- The Molasses Bath -- cheap rust removal for the patient restorer -- By Barry Weeks and crew
    • Zero Rust -- Restoration rust control in the Real World -- By Bill Irish
    Painting your truck (Ahhh ... we have a special Paint and Body shop forum )

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    • 1939 Chevy 1/2-Ton -- Off-frame resto of a pre-war pickup -- By John Milliman
    • 1949 Chevy 4400 -- An in-progress off-frame restoration of a big Advance Design truck -- By John Milliman
    • 1949 1/2-Ton -- An off-frame with an engine upgrade) of an Advance Design pickup -- By John Henry
    • 1951 Chevy Panel Truck -- An on-frame resto of a pretty solid AD panel truck -- By Leila Smith
    • 1951 Chevy Suburban-- Off-frame resto of a unique, and somewhat rare, old 'burb -- by Stu Sanderson
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