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The pics are not in order, my apology in advance:

 

So these are from today. The sandblaster has just texted to let me know he has couple spots to do and he was done. I went and inspected and comfirmed what I necessited to be done. Bill will be around 1000$. Some areas are purposely left untouched as I have body work to do on them and will use a sander anyway. Hopefully I will start bodywork by next week when I get filler and glaze from a reputable brand. But for now I have to redo the corners and the "third light" zone. I also want to re-hook the bed with the spare truck I have(spare bed is not salvageable). As well as use the spare tailgate which has slightly less work on the skin and support frame.

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I came accross the first set of 1600 emblems in 3 years so I jumped on them. Silly PO or PPO prolly removed them...

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In preparation for bodywork I got the following.

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Put new crank, bearings, pistons, rings and rods to replace mostly because of this.

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Then because of this

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...and difficulties to get the proper timing setting, I decided to get a new timing chain

At the end of October I was rebuilding my engine. Lucky me and my ignorance, I broke one rod bolt due to wrong torque spec. Fortunately, one good fella one here is sending me a new pack of bolts and nuts, still waiting tho.

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I already have two spray guns from Canadian Tire. But because I want to avoid instrument problems, I will splurge on a reliable gun. Im going with Devilbiss FLG670 for the basecoat and clear and will use my cheap guns for primer if I have the right needles. Before everyone jumps in to argue: yes I will be painting my truck myself. I am not spending 9-10K on "professional" skilled labor...

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Well the day finally came for me to lose all my progress on this forum. gladly i saved them all on my phone. So long fuckbucket! P.S. Ive done alot of metal work. Ill show once its done and that ive found a new hosting site.

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I can see. The only pics I can't see are on posts 10, 11, and 12, but those look like they were from a different hosting site. 

 

Check post #335. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/54932-photobucket-ratsun/page-17

I believe using this extension in Chrome is what allows me to still see photobucket pictures. 

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