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That first time the engine runs is always a milestone on a project like these old trucks.


1949/50 3600 Project
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Congrats. The next milestone wil be the maiden voyage. thumbs_up

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I have a problem where if I don't see some kind of large scale progress, sometimes I start feeling discouraged. So, my wife and I went and picked out paint together a couple weeks ago. Originally I was going to go with a light creamy color with black emblems, and running boards. The wifey just couldn't handle that and talked me into a fancy color. I'm calling it burnt orange. In bright light it looks more orange and in dimmer light it has reddish hues. I like it a lot. Painted the interior a metallic grey. I am still going with the black emblems and boards. I was going to do the cream color in hopes of it not showing quite all the body work imperfections, but oh well. It's gonna be a driver and will be getting dinged up anyway.

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1952 GMC
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1951 GMC 9430 1 ton dually—-Shiny!

1970 Chevrolet C10 - Grandpa’s- My first truck.—in progress to shiny
1972 Chevrolet C20- Rusty- the puzzle box lid for the C10.
1950 Chevrolet 1300- in progress to shiny.
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pauld Offline OP
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We have only 2 days of 70s weather left for this fall season. We are getting rain day after tomorrow and then it gets cold for as long as my weather app goes out. I wanted to get the cab painted so I would have it to work on during our winter. Can't wait to get it mounted back on the chassis.

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1952 GMC
Starting with a basket case
In the Project Journals
1967 GTO
1967 Firebird
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Looks great, I know what you mean about getting the cab back on the chassis, I only have mine in primer but I did mount it and hope that I can paint it in place.


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Wow! Love that color. Nice job!

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Looking good! The cab will keep you plenty busy for quite some time!


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pauld Offline OP
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Well I managed to get the cab mounted a while back. Having a lift made it seem an easier task. I'm not very good at documenting all the steps but I haven't been spending a lot of time on it either

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1952 GMC
Starting with a basket case
In the Project Journals
1967 GTO
1967 Firebird
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Had to do some fanagaling to get the carb linkage hooked up using the original gas pedal setup. Many beers and lots of staring at it helped

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1952 GMC
Starting with a basket case
In the Project Journals
1967 GTO
1967 Firebird
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