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    Momma car Plymouth Fury III

    Well since I got the GMC back together after the suspension swap we went and got momma car. It's a 1965 Plymouth fury III that is her dad's car he got out of high school. It's a original 383 4 speed 2 door hard top. It does not have the motor or tranny in it right now but the motor is in his...
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    The 64 rework

    Well the last few months I've been reworking the ol 64 GMC's appearance a little. First off I tore the front clip off of her and pulled the engine for a refresh. In the process I found my bad oil pressure problem. Crank needed turn down main bearing were shot! If some of you remember this engine...
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    '05 Durango

    Need some opinions on a 05 durango.. Our 96 tahoe has 295k on it and i just don't know how much longer its goin to last. Our local dealer has a 05 durango ST, 2wd, cloth, with the 3.7 V6, 100k.. Just wondering if the V6 is worth a shit or if anyones had problems with the 05 durango in general...
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    '64 GMC gets new grille!

    Thought i'd post a pic of the new to me grill! And my other find a 50s caddy air cleaner!!
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    Need a little help please. '93 K1500 not running right.

    I got a 93 k1500 silverado from my step father. We had to put a new radiator and water pump and all that goes along with it cause the water pump broke and the fan ate the radiator. We got it put back together works great. Now I'm fighting the truck not getting very good gas mileage at all...
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    Rearend ID?

    As you guys know i have been gathering parts to do my brake up grade on my 64 gmc. I have all the parts for the front disc brake up grade and have decided to gowith the 5 lug bolt pattern so i can buy all my parts in the future over the counter using factory parts instead of haveing to order...
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    1964 GMC upgrade plans

    Well the other day i was talking to my step father about what he did with the rest of his 85 c10 that he had turned into a pickup bed trailer after the front engine bay caught fire. He has had the front frame section that hed cut off in the metal pile for the last few years now. Wel I've been...
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    '96 Tahoe problem

    Hi all i kno i haven't been around to much lately but i got a problem with my 1996 chevy tahoe. Tonite the gf was goin to run up to the store to get some stuff for supper and she started the tahoe. It started up just fine, but after it started the starter keep trying to ingage after it had...
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    Lake Scott Rod Run

    Well we had our first day of our car show in town today. I cleaned up the 64 and put her in the show. :thumbs: Tomarrow they well be doing the poker run and awards. And we have a chance to win a set of tires or a transmision. So wish me luck and yes i will post up some pics that i took tomarrow...
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    Score for the '64

    Well the other day on nextech classifieds i seen a guy trying to sell around 100 vintage bumpers for $25 each but you have to take the whole pile. Well in one of his pics in the ad was a 63-64 factory rear chome bumper!!:thumbs: So i called him and asked since it was not in the pile of bumper he...
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    Just thought id share

    I found some old paint jobs i had drawn up when i had my 97 chevy thought id share some for laughs! :lol: they are just copys out of magazines that i drew over. I ended up goin with the one on the bottom of this one! I really liked the top one on here but decided not to do...
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    Help me pick a color!

    Ok all ive been trowing the idea around of painting my 64 gmc. I lke the primer but i know it will not hold up for long. And having the top black sucks!:lol: As you all know this is what it looks like now. I like the hotrod look so im thinking flat/ satin black. but not sure what color to do on...
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    Making me a dash panel

    Well as some of you know if not all of you? :lol: Ive been thinking of putting aftermarket gauges in the ol 64 GMC. I decided to go with the Equuse 7000 series gauges (black face chrome ring). So today i cut up my other dash panel and made me a cardboard cut out of what i wanted. Then i ran out...
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    Equus gauges

    Has anybody heard of these gauges before or know some one that has used or is using them? http://www.iequus.com/Product/Gauges/ only in the 7000 and 8000 series gauges do they offer speedos, tachs, oil, temp, volts, and fuel. 6000 series gauges 7000 series gauges 8000 series gauges...
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    Automotive gauges

    Do any of our sponsers sell gauges? Im thimking of making a custom dash for the 64 gmc. I like the white face gauges and i dont want to spend a lot right now. im looking at the sunpro gauges. my fuel sending unit is a 0-30 ohms cp8205 volts cp8206 mech oil cp8207 mech temp cp8029 fuel gauge...
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    64 GMC exhaust

    As promised here are some pics of my exhaust i got put on the GMC. Sorry i didnt have a sppon at the shop or i would have used one. :lol: And sorry i didnt put them stupid echo tips on it if you want it to sound good then put something under the hood to make it sound good!!:lol: and a few to...
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    I'm happy now! But not really?

    Got the exhaust on today! :thumbs: sounds good too. Will post pics tomarrow i hope as long as all goes ok. 2" all the way with glass packs. But now for the why im not happy. My last grand parent gma. Just passed last night so that puts a BIG damper on my joy of getting the 64 on the road...
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    Not happy!

    :fume:Well as some of you may know i was sapost to get my exhaust put on the ol 64 gmc. Well i took it up to him last nite so he could start on it first thing this morning. Well as it turns out my exhaust manafold on the right side is no good. I didn't see the crack. :fume: So he got ahold of...
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    Getting darn close to being on the road!

    Well as some of you know i did my taxs last week. Well i got my state refund back. :thumbs: So today i went a bought all new lug studs for the wheels. 24 of them. :ohnoes: And i got a new napa battery. Then i went down to radio shack and bought a package deal on a kenwood stereo with aux jack in...
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    64 Update

    Well just a quick update before i hop in the shower. This week even with the cold weather i got all the tranny lines put in and hooked up. So while it is now about 9:30 here and i do not have the exhaust put on. I am goin to wait to fire the ol girl up. So tomarrow i will get to do that. Will...
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    Trans in!

    Well as some of you know. Igot my trany built for my christmas present. Well we finally have a warm enough weekend forme to work in the garage. So yesterday a got my rear mount welded up, rear u-jount put in, and got my shift linkage in the mail. So this afternoon i got it put in the truck...
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    '64 update

    Well i got thre best pesent for chrstmas this year. She gave me the money to rebuild my tranny for thr GMC:thumbs:. My cousin started on it yesterday at his shop. So i'm think next week sometime? But i told him no hurry. :thumbs:
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    Who do you think will take the championship?

    So with one race to go who do you think will get the championship?:dunno: With only 3 points seprating Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart its any one of them championship to lose.:dunno: personaly i'd like to see Edwards pull it off just because he has never won one before. P.S. I'd do a poll but...
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    Raybestos 64 GTO-R

    I got my latest issue of OLSKOOL RODZ. and in the back it has a section call new kool stuff. Well they were talking about this car Raybestos brake and chassis '64 GTO-R sweepstakes. I thought it was kool so i thought i'd share!:thumbs: raybestosgarage.com if you like to try your luck:dunno...
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    1955 Jag

    looking on nex-tech a little while ago and found this!! its a 55 jag:thumbs: http://www.nextechclassifieds.com/listings/view/200155/
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