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    AD parts for sale

    [updated:LAST EDITED ON May-20-03 AT 02:23 PM (CST)]Leftovers from my truck: Steering column/box/pitman arm; big rig oil filter assembly...
    Thread by: hedgehog, May 20, 2003, 0 replies, in forum: Truck Parts for Sale
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    5 *%# COATS!!!

    Paint 'em. I hosed everything with primer (which doesn't seal out water) and kept them in the garage. Sure enough, they rusted; back to the...
    Post by: hedgehog, Dec 22, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk
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    47 gmc frame

    Unless your frame is bent, broken or rusted beyond repair, I would not try to replace it. I have seen hack jobs go horribly wrong when you put...
    Post by: hedgehog, Dec 17, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk
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    Advice 4 ChvyDty, shoppng-challengd

    RE: Advice 4 ChvyDty, -challengd [updated:LAST EDITED ON Dec-01-02 AT 08:59 PM (CST)]There's nothing mystifying or terribly difficult about...
    Post by: hedgehog, Dec 1, 2002 in forum: Classic Parts of America Talk
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    New guy has questions

    AutoTrader has a sister publication, TruckTrader, that has some good listings from time to time. In this area there's a newspaper called Little...
    Post by: hedgehog, Nov 25, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk
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    Another question

    The only reason I can see to avoid a 5-window is if the glass is broken out. I drive a panel truck, so visibility is non-existent and therefore a...
    Post by: hedgehog, Nov 25, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk
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    New guy has questions

    [updated:LAST EDITED ON Nov-25-02 AT 12:44 PM (CST)]I have a '55 first series GMC 250 panel. The parts that I can use from 1/2- or 3/4-ton...
    Post by: hedgehog, Nov 25, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk
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    restoring to original

    The fact is, any repaint, even stock colors, is a second place trophy at the show. It's your truck, your cash, your labor. Paint it any color...
    Post by: hedgehog, Aug 9, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk
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    Stripping (no not like that)

    I had great results from a product called Citristrip. It's an orange slime that you brush over the paint, then about 20 minutes later you can see...
    Post by: hedgehog, Aug 5, 2002 in forum: 1960-1966
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    LOWERING MY 51

    I'm not an engineer, but it seems to me monoleaf springs on an otherwise stock AD truck would increase the body roll due to reduced spring rate,...
    Post by: hedgehog, Jul 29, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk
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    LOWERING MY 51

    Chevy half-tons from '73 to '87 are supposed to be a bolt-on IFS replacement for your straight axle. This will lower the truck some, and give you...
    Post by: hedgehog, Jul 26, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk
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    Trying to check on backorders...

    Craig, I don't know if you got the email I sent, but I'm trying to get some info on a pair of door seal retainers (03-062) from order 389544 and a...
    Thread by: hedgehog, Jul 26, 2002, 1 replies, in forum: Classic Parts of America Talk
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    1948 gmc panel truck headliner

    I have a '55-1st 1-ton panel, and I had to make my own headliner. Since these were cargo vehicles, the headliner was a pressboard sheet that...
    Post by: hedgehog, Apr 7, 2002 in forum: General Chevy & GMC Pickups Talk