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Offline roundhouse

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Won second place at truck show !
« on: October 16, 2017, 08:12:36 AM »
This is my 19 yr old sons daily driver
   When he was 15 we Told him we'd give him $5000 for a car if he met certain academic goals
  ( becoming fluent in a foreign language )

He wanted a Stepside 4 wd , 4 speed squarebody
 We wanted a rust free one
Found this one in AZ

He's done a lot of work to it ,
LS transplant , NV-3500 five speed , NP-208 t-case, axle swap , suspension lift , and just finished the FatMat on the firewall and floor and Vintage Air install

He did almost all the work himself ,
Including the LS wiring harness mods,
Welding up the exhaust , even vacuuming the AC and charging it with 134

Been to several cruise ins and two  shows

Got "best new truck" at one and 2nd overall at another



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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2017, 08:46:45 AM »
Hats off!  Like the pusher bars, those can be pretty hard to find.

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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2017, 11:34:17 AM »
Fantastic, Hang on to that Gem.

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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2017, 11:44:38 AM »
Cool!   8)
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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2017, 02:34:39 PM »
More pics


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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2017, 03:27:45 PM »


Randomly stumbled across a couple of rare parts

4 spoke 15" wooden steering wheel
The only one available for sale in the US,

And a set of 10" wide, 8 lug  slot mags for 15" tires

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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2017, 06:05:29 AM »
It wins 1st place in my book with those aluminum slotted rims. I've never seen them in that size before. Very  cool.

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Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2017, 01:33:05 PM »
It wins 1st place in my book with those aluminum slotted rims. I've never seen them in that size before. Very  cool.

Thanks !

Saw em on Craig's for $200

They apparently were made for 3/4 tons with drum brakes
We had to grind a good bit off the front calipers to get em to fit

And they were really really dirty
We spent a whole day cleaning em
  Using every kind of chemical and scrubber we could find

  What worked the best was using a brass wire  wheel in a drill with lots of dish soap

Followed by all the usual aluminum cleaners and polishers

Never could  find a proper light bar for a Stepside squarebody

This one was about 6 inches too narrow and we cut it and spliced in some pipe

No idea what truck the light bar was originally for
It was made for a Stepside that's about six or seven inches skinnier than a squarebody
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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2017, 09:48:56 AM »
This is my 19 yr old sons daily driver
   When he was 15 we Told him we'd give him $5000 for a car if he met certain academic goals
  ( becoming fluent in a foreign language )

He wanted a Stepside 4 wd , 4 speed squarebody
 We wanted a rust free one
Found this one in AZ

He's done a lot of work to it ,
LS transplant , NV-3500 five speed , NP-208 t-case, axle swap , suspension lift , and just finished the FatMat on the firewall and floor and Vintage Air install

He did almost all the work himself ,
Including the LS wiring harness mods,
Welding up the exhaust , even vacuuming the AC and charging it with 134

Been to several cruise ins and two  shows

Got "best new truck" at one and 2nd overall at another


Good job!


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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2017, 12:22:58 AM »
Now, that's fantastic! Congratulations on the win!  :D

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Re: Won second place at truck show !
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2018, 08:16:43 PM »
Awesome build!


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