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Discussion in '1947-1954' started by mylow53, Mar 13, 2007.

  1. mylow53

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    Looking good, Greg!

    I love the bed!! And the hood!! That's gonna be one hellavu an awesome ride! Thanks for the update!
     
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    Greg!

    That's kickin' some major butt!!! I hope mine is 1/4 that nice!
    With your primer avatar, I can just imagine how slick that sucker will look dressed in ..orange-ish red? Thump-Thump!:cool:
     
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    Wow!

    Looking awesome. I think the inside of your fenders look smoother than the outsides of mine. That's going to be one sweet ride.
     
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    Incredible! Thanks for the link. I saw that you shortened the seat by 4". That looks great. What year/vehicle did the seat come from?
     
  8. mylow53

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    thats a re-pop from glide engineering.
    http://www.glideeng.com/
    i asked the upholstery guy to make it's shape as original as he could. the new seat came with the foam that looked too modern.
    GT
     
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    that looks great! thanks for all the pictures! man what a lot of work you did! glad to see that you are driving it now:D
     
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    Looks kool, even if it is shiny!:eek: I could never go that low, Iowa roads would eat me alive, lucky dog!:D I will use mine as a working/towing truck too, so going that low is out of the question, but I sure do love the way yours looks!
     
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    agreed thats why i have the air bags... it will go up pretty high if you need to. I've seen lower, but the modifications to the stock frame are major so i believe this is as low as you can go without too much in the way of mods. in the previous pict the transmission support is actually on the ground. heres a pict of the top floor.
    GT
     

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    exhaust and tires

    Greg,
    the truck looks great. just thought i'd share this with you.back in the early 60's i dumped my exhaust out directly in front of the rear tires (possibly a little closer). after a 400 mile road trip in the hot summer,i noticed that the tread was about 2/3 gone on a set of new rear tires. i'm sure that rubber compounds are better now. just some food for thought. again, your truck looks great.
     
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    ouch! I hope that dosent happen to me. i think the angle will help. so far the only issue is the amount of dusk it kicks up into the deep rim. i want to move the exaust but i have some larger technical chalenges to get it over the hump
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