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Old 01-16-2011 | 08:32 AM
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rebuilding the truck

well over the past 9 months i have been restoring my truck, i bought it a few years ago and living in michigan was not a good thing for her at all, i decided to completely tear her down and fix it up, new paint, all new body, redid the exhaust , new interior, pretty much everything i wanted to share it with everyone and show some pictures as it is getting to the end of the road and she is gonna be back to driving status here soon and i cant wait,
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Old 01-16-2011 | 02:09 PM
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Salt is a killer. I'm about due to do that myself, gotta work on my body skills a bit first though. It is rewarding to see it come back nice though, I had a 98 1500 that was stolen and used to drive through garage doors and steal everything inside. When I got it back it was pretty beat up, but with a little elbow grease I got it back in good shape. Still kinda miss that truck, as I see it all over the place. Can tell by the rear quarter thats still in primer. Good job.
Old 01-16-2011 | 03:50 PM
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Yea I can't wait been alot of work, I love the color I can't stand to see it not rollin my 4cyl wrangler is getting pretty annoying I miss my truck, should be all done in about 2 weeks, yea im not tht great at body work either pays to have friends that can do that kind of stuff, once I get it rollin again I will take much better care of it than the last guy who had it.
Old 01-16-2011 | 07:38 PM
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what color is it, looks awesome.
Old 01-17-2011 | 10:06 AM
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Its called cyber gun metal. Love it looks even better in person I can't wait to see it in the bright sun, it looks almost camalean its sweet
Old 01-17-2011 | 10:35 AM
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I was going to comment on that too, please more pics when it's done!
Old 01-17-2011 | 11:54 AM
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thanks guys of course pics will be up here as soon as i can.
Old 01-26-2011 | 03:34 PM
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well guys wanted to update everyone, things are going good been putting on my new stuff while the body is finished up, put my new air dog 2 165gph pump in (its amazing) body and paint and everything should be done within the next week, getting pretty excited here, and my buddy came back home recently he is going to do some "custom" tuning on my p-pump he is a diesel mechanic and learned some tricks so the truck should be ripping up the roads here pretty soon
Old 01-26-2011 | 03:50 PM
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That color looks sweet, man. Can't wait to see it all back together!
Old 01-26-2011 | 06:46 PM
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That color looks sweet, man. Can't wait to see it all back together!
thanks me to i cant remember the last time i was this excited
Old 02-03-2011 | 02:16 PM
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hey guys update on the truck, everything is painted except the bed and the driver fender, putting my new manifold in today and buttoning up the gauges, interior is going to be assembled tonight, and should be rolling on monday and getting the new tires, and leveling kit, i painted the motor grabber green let me know what you all think.
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Old 02-03-2011 | 06:52 PM
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Truck looks great, the Motor...................brrrrrrr..........
Old 02-04-2011 | 12:39 AM
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Would stick to stock(ish) colors on the engine too, unless your repainting everything. Truck looks nice, need to do the same to mine after this winter..!
Old 02-04-2011 | 08:14 PM
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i love grabber green, i painted my old four wheeler that color. my friends, well everybody hated it but everybody's got a right to complain. i'm about as jealous as a guy can can be over this truck and this thread has started at least a couple fights between me and wife. keep posting, looks great
Old 02-04-2011 | 08:33 PM
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Yea man I love the color most my friends don't like it but like I tell them it ain't ur truck but your allowed to have your opinion, sorry about your wife me and my girl have had our share of fights about the truck to, lots of time spent working on her makes her pretty jealous, I will keep up the posts thanks for everyones support and everything


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