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You might want to try one of these to previous discussions. http://p15-d24.com/topic/36119-installing-speaker/?hl=radio http://p15-d24.com/topic/27822-motorola-610-t-restoration/

(gulp) Hope mine is straighter when it's done!

Thanks guys. I guess it's a lot like life. Long term plans need to be visions, not the details you want them to be. Working hard toward that vision puts you in a position to react to any opportunities that arise. It's certainly not a Gas Monkey Garage build. Two weeks. LOL.

I wait. I'm impatient. But I'm not in a hurry. I contradict myself and am consoled in hiding within that. We are still in the frame shop but I don't press my man for dates or even a reason why a weld should take so long. I make an excuse to myself that he just got hit by a garage door. In fact, he just went for knee surgery today because of it. Whatever the reason, he is busy. I use that to buy myself more time. But really, I'm just afraid of getting the frame back and done. I think about having it back a lot. The next steps and what it means. The work that is ahead. The planning that needs to be executed. To put it in real terms, when the frame is done we have just the brakes and fuel before it moves on its own. Having it move on its own scares me. I think that realization of the truck in three dimensions will completely change the character, priority and commitment to - what turns out to be - a recreation. There are now tens of things to worry about that were beyond the horizon before. New things to plan for. To budget. To learn. To get right. To worry for. The day when it is done and we call it complete looms in front of me. Not having a truck to work on deeply concerns me. This is my ode to Paul in a obviously poor descriptive 17th century poem using an analogous device between the build and my daughter, and my nod to Tim for his continued help perusing an old and nagging dream in reality with my father. I can never thank either of you enough.

What a career. RIP

Thanks - learned something there. The old Gerstner toolboxes used them but not rounded at the clamping end like that. So much to know, so little time.

You're a part hoarder. Don't try to sugar coat it. Here is the something I would ask you to put into your formula. It's not just a sale you make every time you do what you do with these trucks. Its a relationship built. The creation of trust that wasn't there before. The spark that inspires countless others. An infectious passion that keeps people going. The saving of heritage and history. Dealers and eBay wolves don't have any of that. Oh, and our price for the springs is firm right? LOL

I have yet to see one of those rivets. What's the purpose of that and where is it used? And personally, I think I would make GGdad's even if I had one. Something about making tools yourself that appeals to me.

By the paint job that looks like a spring special. Sure you want to cut it? Bet it's going to be awesome.

I remember the day I brought home a newish F250 without going through the wife. Mad as hell until I told her it had a 460 in it. Still in love after 27 years.

I'm not a mechanic but I have read some posts on this site that spoke of a backing plate on the distributor, and the fact that it could prevent the centrifugal system from operating. So that when you got to 30mph, the timing doesn't advance so you just kinda get stuck where you are at idle. Or was that just in the 30's?

Back in the day when working in manufacturing, ANY change was a different part number. Even if it was color. There is also a rumor of some companies who would create a new part number with no changes so they could track new -vs- replacement part stock. Not sure how true that is.

That truck is going to be fantastic - I can see it now. Keep looking forward.

As I am always looking forward to the next thing wrong with mine, were they expensive? Who did you source them from? Roberts? Thanks Mike

Last truck you'll ever need and you will have no shortage of advice from this site. I know, they keep me going. Welcome aboard.

Yeah - granny gears and Farmers go together I think. My family did potatoes and later dairy. Throwing hay while the truck road itself just makes sense.