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Title: The restoration...
Post by: oldredtruck on April 09, 2009, 02:17:12 pm
a few pics...
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Post by: hotrod24 on April 09, 2009, 02:19:59 pm
hey man can you make the pics larger  ;)
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Post by: oldredtruck on April 09, 2009, 02:32:57 pm
tell me how and it will be done...I was fixin to add some more also - enuf to show progress but not be too darn boring...gimme the scoop on how to do it and I will make it happen.
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Post by: hotrod24 on April 09, 2009, 02:37:42 pm
go to photo bucket and load your pics there and go to your right to the last one and click on img code and copy and we love pics you will never make us bored

or if you want you can just resize them

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=6428.0



Title: Re: The restoration...
Post by: Captkaos on April 09, 2009, 02:49:20 pm
You can resize them by following the instruction on this link:
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=6428.0
Title: Re: The restoration...
Post by: oldredtruck on April 09, 2009, 03:04:46 pm
okay - one more try...thanks for the patience...
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu226/tlandis_01/bedrotisserie-1.jpg)
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu226/tlandis_01/motor.jpg)
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu226/tlandis_01/truckminusbed-1.jpg)
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu226/tlandis_01/bedliner-1.jpg)
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu226/tlandis_01/bed2-1.jpg)
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu226/tlandis_01/cabchassis-1.jpg)
(http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu226/tlandis_01/door-1.jpg)
Title: Re: The restoration...
Post by: oldredtruck on April 09, 2009, 03:06:31 pm
looks like my photobucket resize didn't stick...
I will work on this or delete it and follow the step by steps from those of you waaaay more puter literate than I
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Post by: Captkaos on April 09, 2009, 03:43:30 pm
Dont resize in photo bucket.  Let the forum size it for you.
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Post by: ccz145a on April 09, 2009, 03:58:34 pm
gloss and depth on that door even at this resolution is amazing! cant wait to see a "real" pic of it!
Title: Re: The restoration...
Post by: oldredtruck on April 09, 2009, 06:35:37 pm
I'll work on the pics when I get home tonight...

Thanks for the paint compliment...it's Dupont Chromabase...
The orig code was 72 red...when I sampled it in the Dupont it looked "purply" - not good...
sooo...we did a chromagraph dealywhopper on a buffed out spot and it's alot redder ( 24 years of fading...)...I get alot of oohs and ahhhs on the paint mix...
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Post by: 69byrd on April 09, 2009, 10:53:14 pm
It looks awesome even with the little pix.
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Post by: Stantonss on April 10, 2009, 11:44:56 am
Sweet work man... Where is Arcadia from Tulsa?
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Post by: oldredtruck on April 10, 2009, 01:09:56 pm
78 miles SW ---right on old 66...borders Edmond on the East...
ever heard of "Pops" - the place on the highway with the big soda bottle out front...I live like 3 miles straight North of there...
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Post by: Tezjoe84 on April 10, 2009, 08:45:03 pm
78 miles SW ---right on old 66...borders Edmond on the East...
ever heard of "Pops" - the place on the highway with the big soda bottle out front...I live like 3 miles straight North of there...
Heck, you're only about an hour and a half or so from where I live... Ardmore.
Title: Re: The restoration...
Post by: oldredtruck on April 12, 2009, 12:29:06 am
another attempt...I hope it works...it is darn late!!!
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Post by: oldredtruck on April 12, 2009, 04:12:51 pm
more pics - after this go-round - I'll use the canon and the software it works with...
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Post by: oldwhity on April 12, 2009, 06:58:51 pm
Hey old, what size tires are those(front and rear)?
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Post by: oldredtruck on April 13, 2009, 06:25:53 pm
thanks for not baggin on me for the duplicate post too... I will get it together someday!
anyway...
I had the wheels made by Stockton Wheel... the fronts are 15x6 and the backs are 15x12...Chevy C10 Rallyes
got reg old uniroyal city drivers P215 on the front and big Hoosier Pro Street Radials on the back...the tire height is 29 and some change - the width is??? ( really big?) - i forget...anyway - the rims appear stock - they sell em that way - I just had to mix up the paint and squirt em'...I can use my center caps and beauty rings...I am tryin to do an 80's version of a 50's version hot rod ( minus the wide whites...it just wouldn't work on this bodystyle)...that's how my warped sense works at least...
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Post by: CoggedBelt75 on April 13, 2009, 08:00:50 pm
She is looking real good!!!
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Post by: oldwhity on April 13, 2009, 08:47:38 pm
That'll look sharp! Looks like an early to mid-thirties 2door sedan in the background. Is that yours?
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Post by: oldredtruck on April 14, 2009, 08:58:55 am
there are 8 cars in the room...the one you see is prob a friends 34 "pasture" find...
a few folks call that room "the candy store"....

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Post by: oldredtruck on May 18, 2009, 03:21:58 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2tJqnQJX_I

had the exhaust put on right after this... - at least it started right up ...good pressure...
with the pipes and mufflers it sounds alot nicer!
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Post by: oldwhity on May 18, 2009, 06:33:31 pm
Sounds good!
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Post by: oldredtruck on May 18, 2009, 09:40:50 pm
3 PICS...HOME COMPUTER - NO GUARANTEES ON SIZE
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Post by: oldredtruck on May 26, 2009, 10:06:06 am
 Truck is home now...
2" more coming down in the front prob this week...
got a tach,springs, floormats and some upper radiator hose reconfigure stuff coming...( what I have doesn't work too good...)
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Post by: JohnnyMac333 on May 26, 2009, 11:30:57 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2tJqnQJX_I

had the exhaust put on right after this... - at least it started right up ...good pressure...
with the pipes and mufflers it sounds alot nicer!

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. What pipes/headers/mufflers are you using?
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Post by: oldredtruck on May 26, 2009, 12:07:30 pm
  2 1/2"  Flowmaster 40 series - equalizer tube - turndowns right before the rear axle...
She says it's too loud...that means its about right!!
Thank you for the compliment.
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Post by: Novadiecast on May 26, 2009, 04:37:03 pm
 She says it's too loud...that means its about right!!

I will second that one!!!!
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Post by: CoggedBelt75 on May 26, 2009, 08:09:09 pm
Looking good!!!
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Post by: cubicdollars on May 26, 2009, 08:32:49 pm
Great Looking truck ;D I love the stance and color!!!
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Post by: Flamingbig10 on May 26, 2009, 08:35:46 pm
nice truck
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Post by: oldwhity on May 26, 2009, 09:08:17 pm
Looks great!
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Post by: 69byrd on May 26, 2009, 09:18:19 pm
Awesome looking truck and sounds great too!!
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Post by: oldredtruck on June 18, 2009, 10:53:51 am
now A DRIVER! ( I don't think I'm done tho...it's a sickness!)
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Post by: ccz145a on June 18, 2009, 10:59:01 am
Gorgeous!
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Post by: cowboy63645 on June 18, 2009, 05:11:27 pm
Absolutly beautiful!!  The amount of work that you put into it shows, thats for sure!!
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Post by: bigkountry on June 18, 2009, 06:04:33 pm
That is one fine looking truck you have there! Congrats
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Post by: Laderhosen on June 20, 2009, 02:24:55 pm
now A DRIVER! ( I don't think I'm done tho...it's a sickness!)

This is my new desktop picture....  :o

Really nice truck.
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Post by: oldwhity on June 22, 2009, 10:26:00 pm
Shweeeet!!!
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Post by: Skunksmash on June 23, 2009, 05:45:37 pm
I would go ahead and put some of that chrome stripping down the side. If not, some uh, person at wal-mart will just open their door into the side of it and, uh, make you very angry.
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Post by: 78 Chevyrado on June 23, 2009, 08:57:04 pm
That thing is tight!  Great job!  I like it without the side trim, it suits the truck nicely.
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Post by: oldredtruck on June 24, 2009, 11:12:42 am
thanks for all the compliments...it is rewarding to get them!

fyi... no side trim - that stuff fades - and wouldn't look good on her the way I got it now...

The truck WILL NOT GO TO WALMART EVER!!!!!...that solves that...
I have learned...you can park out in the back forty at Wal mart - nobody around for a hundred yards - go in for 5 minutes - come out - and some goobers will have surrounded you with their beat up minivans, old beat up tauruses and maybe a lawn mowing truck and trailer...they'll all be so tight around you that you have to go in thru the window... therefore...I will prevent from applying side moulding and the incident from ever happening by just taking my wife's car to Wally...she won't notice the dings anyway...
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Post by: Skunksmash on June 24, 2009, 05:32:51 pm
lol. Yeah that used to happen to me a lot when i had my mustang all fixed up. I eventually came to the conclusion that people want to look at the car, so they just go ahead and park next to it so they can get out and admire it for a minute. When they should have just drove all the way around it once, and went and parked somewhere else. Very annoying. You can kinda help it a little by taking up all 4 parking spots. Just park on the intersection of all 4 lines. But if i had my truck all done, with no door ding strip, yeah i probly wouldn't try it either. But really, wal-mart is just the main one. Anywhere you go it can happen, and i just don't like dents all in my new bodywork.
Title: Re: The restoration...
Post by: oldredtruck on June 29, 2009, 03:34:25 pm
 entered it in a show on Saturday - she got a class award trophy for trucks...very unexpected
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Post by: Captkaos on June 30, 2009, 05:39:23 pm
NICE and well deserved!
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Post by: oldredtruck on July 30, 2009, 08:52:27 am
 got my plate a couple of weeks ago. It describes my personality as well as old red...
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Post by: Dirtydog on July 30, 2009, 04:57:41 pm
Ha I love the plate, and the truck.
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Post by: GMCtruckinNDN on July 31, 2009, 08:13:54 pm
That's awesome, great job! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by: 1983stepside on July 31, 2009, 11:22:05 pm
ya man thats a nice truck i cant wait to get mine done to show you guys 8)