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Finally took Ol' Red out for a drive!

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Old 05-24-2014, 06:54 PM
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Finally took Ol' Red out for a drive!

Bought her last May, started the rebuild in August, and finished it up in December. Record snow, then the rain rain rain came! Today was my first opportunity to get the old girl out of my back garage and on the road for the maiden drive. So far so good, nothing too major to do (fingers crossed).
Here are some pics I took after I gave her a bath and a five mile drive.

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Looks great - well done!
 
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Old 05-24-2014, 07:15 PM
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Absolutely stunning. Are the specifications, mods, listed anywhere?
 
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Beautiful job Wally. Congratulations on the first drive!
Lucille is a beautiful truck also, but Ol Red matches your house better.
 
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Congrats. Nice truck
 
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Very nice and a lot of work in a short time , But where is the distributor ? Don't see it on the front .
 
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Originally Posted by raytasch
Absolutely stunning. Are the specifications, mods, listed anywhere?
Here's an album that shows all of the work without boring you, thanks!

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Very nice and a lot of work in a short time , But where is the distributor ? Don't see it on the front .
hmmm... must be the angle of the photo shot... it's there

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Your truck looks great. I wish we could get some of your rainy weather.
 
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Your truck looks great. I wish we could get some of your rainy weather.
It's crazy how one place has too much rain while another doesn't have enough, wish i could send it your way.

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Beautiful Job!!
 
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Originally Posted by Jolly Roger Joe
Beautiful job Wally. Congratulations on the first drive!
Lucille is a beautiful truck also, but Ol Red matches your house better.
Lol... I never thought about that.. leave it to you!

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It looks great, nice work
 
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Thanks for sharing. Nice job even if the distributor is in the rear of the engine,
 
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ATTA BOY! looks great. Congrats on a very fine job.
 


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