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Old May 30, 2011 | 12:03 AM
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Working on this pile of truck


Getting started on disassembly




Sick *** 28" tires




drivers side battery tray and my fuse box


trimming the wiring up


at the time the interior looked like this




working on the getting all the undercoating off :suicide:

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Old May 30, 2011 | 12:04 AM
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less holes.








in primer


now to get this


to hook to this





And thats where I'm at. Hoping to drive this ******* in July. July 1st would be nice but very unlikely. Still have too much money to spend and too much work to do.
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Old May 30, 2011 | 12:12 AM
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Firewall cleanup is looking really good, what motor is going back in?
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Old May 30, 2011 | 04:36 AM
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Damn i love that truck! Just fuggin awesome Luke!

Firewall looks great,

Wiring sucks ***!

You puttin in a diff. steeering column? ?

Thats a big project for sure, Keep the info/pictures comin.

Def one of the best looking 88-98 trucks ive seen.


And i didnt see one beer bottle in the pics? Why you hidin that ****? LOL
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Old May 30, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by 95 bright teal
Firewall cleanup is looking really good, what motor is going back in?
Five point tree

Originally Posted by TIM Z
You puttin in a diff. steeering column? ?

Thats a big project for sure, Keep the info/pictures comin.

Def one of the best looking 88-98 trucks ive seen.


And i didnt see one beer bottle in the pics? Why you hidin that ****? LOL
Yessir. Gotta change the bracket on the firewall to the newer one so I can run the 95+ column.

lol
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Old May 30, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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Good looking project. I really like the solid axle swap
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Old May 30, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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^^^^ Thats more like it Luke!!!!!
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Old May 30, 2011 | 05:21 PM
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Damn i love that obs, you should put the same combo i got in it! 408 with a Pt-88 and it will sling some mud.....Nice progress and yes alot of beer will be consumed with all the head scratching times you will have on it.... Ive been there haha
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Originally Posted by JoeyGC5
Good looking project. I really like the solid axle swap
That was last spring. Im looking forward to next year and hopefully not doing much to this thing.

Originally Posted by Swerve7rpm2000
Damn i love that obs, you should put the same combo i got in it! 408 with a Pt-88 and it will sling some mud.....Nice progress and yes alot of beer will be consumed with all the head scratching times you will have on it.... Ive been there haha
I can send you my shipping address where you can send a 408 to! lol

Im going to be buying the same radiator you have soon hopefully.
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Old May 31, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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what's your rims tire size combo
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