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    my little truck (heavy pics)

    well my grandpa bought this truck new off the lot in 88, he drove it around town pulling a trailor and all over their land down in folkston ga. So beings im 24 now its been around my entire life. its the first truck i ever drove. my grand pa died about 7 years ago and left me the truck and a small car tralor. well at the time all i knew about customization was i wanted a mini truck. so i bagged the back and lowered the front not long after. it worked but it wasnt the best lookin thing. i drove it around the block a few times and parked it unsatisfied with the results. i parked on the trailor and it sat for a few more years. untill i tried my hand at it again. re did the 4 link to a pete and jakes. still unhappy i put it pack on the trailor and there it sat untill this summer, i met up with my buddy josh, who ownes a little shop called draggers alley. well wanting to do as much as possible with good guidance, instead if jumping all in and building a full frame for this thing i just did a backhalf and bagged the front for now. any ways enough talk

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    more progress bein done this weekend, should have it ray to roll. then on to raisin the bed floor

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    nice work

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    Impressive work - btw, this needs to be in the 2nd gen threads as its a 2nd gen truck. Keep up the great work!
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    thanks guys, yea sry about that clicked in the wrong section. thanks to who ever fixed it

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    got alot of little stuff took care of rear brake lines, wired, gas lines and plumed etc.

    all thats left is calipers then raise my bed floor and ill be on the road

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    got some more done today rolled it outside and started raising the bed floor
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    Looking very nice, I like the shaved oem bumper

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    thanks guys. yea lots of people run the mitsu bumper so figured id do something different. so i shaved up a stock one and got really lucky and found a valance in near perfect condition, hammered on it a little bit and it was good as new.
    i took the day off from the shop today. but i did get the bed cut out and mocked up yesterday ill try to post some pics up

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    bed floor droped and tacked in place. now 6847392 million tack welds to do. and build some sidewalls
    we just got a new shrinker/stretcher so no telling what all ill wind up doing to this bed

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    Dude, That is awesome! Glad to see another bagged truck. Keep those updates coming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by curtislow89 View Post
    bed floor droped and tacked in place. now 6847392 million tack welds to do. and build some sidewalls
    we just got a new shrinker/stretcher so no telling what all ill wind up doing to this bed
    You should use the goo stuff they use on new BMW's, they tack weld everything then a robot comes along and applies this stuff (I have no idea what it is) to the body panels and it's glued together. It's some bad ass shit what ever it is. Go look under the fender of a new car. I bet it's made in China so we should be able to figure out what it is. Once you have it structurally welded glue it....
    This truck is going to look nice when done..
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    thanks sergio, not much more progress this last week or so. moving into a new place and my dog was in the hospital.crazy week needless to say.

    and idk about glueing my bed together. ill stick to good old fashion welds. might have sounded like i was complaining but in all honesty nothing is more fun to me than doing fab work.....ok maby layin sparks at a hi rate of speed but thats a given

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    hey guys ben gone a while sorry had tons going on. to catch yall up i had the truck going and on the road for about 2 days.....then my pos stock carb started sticking really bad. so i parked it. well yesterday i found a donar truck thats efi. so i picked it up for 500smackers. starting the swap today have the intake pulled off mine now. wish me luck as im doin it all by myself

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    well it works if anybodys interested. wound up awaping everything including the head, complete wireing harness exaust manifold and all. but i got the timeing just right lastnight and its purrin like a kitten.

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    Wow what a great build! What front bumper is that? Mazda b series bumper?

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    thank you sir. its a oem d50 bumper just all smoothed out

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    Your welcome! I see now what you did. Just looked at mine next to a pic of your's. Really looks good!!

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    thanks guys, well a bit of bad news, i converted to efi. pulled entire wire harness, the whole 9 yards. got it done and tuned up and runnin likea champ. same day i spun a crank shaft berring......... so thats where im at and dont have the heart right now to fix it, so its kinda ben put on the back burner till fall,

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    Quote Originally Posted by curtislow89 View Post
    thanks guys, well a bit of bad news, i converted to efi. pulled entire wire harness, the whole 9 yards. got it done and tuned up and runnin likea champ. same day i spun a crank shaft berring......... so thats where im at and dont have the heart right now to fix it, so its kinda ben put on the back burner till fall,
    That sucks! ! Sorry to hear that curtis.

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    lets see some pics of the front...

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    For some reason, I think your grandpa loved his truck more then what anyone knew and giving it to you has carried on his legacy exactly as he planned. He must of knew that you would be the best person to own what he really enjoyed and treasured. You got more then a truck there, you have your grandpa too, so cool!

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