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Old 06-01-2012, 10:46 AM
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Drove her out of the garage today

Pulled her out of the garage for the very first time today. I really need to work on the front end alignment . I went up down the driveway a few times.

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Old 06-01-2012, 11:14 AM
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I had to do the same thing, My alignment was so far off it was scary! Im pretty sure the shop manual says to set the toe in about 1/16" max for an overall toe of 1/8"
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 12:13 PM
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Always a happy day when it rolls! Like the looks.

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Old 06-01-2012, 12:22 PM
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Old 06-01-2012, 12:25 PM
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Good deal! I really like the wheels on it.
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 12:38 PM
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Congratulations! very nice. Good feel or what? At least you have doors on it. I drove mine around the cul-de-dac with only the cab - no doors or fenders. I've see guys here driving theirs with no cab, just the chassis and sitting on a bucket sitting on a piece of plywood.
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 01:04 PM
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Lookin good! That's exciting.
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 01:33 PM
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Congrats Jack......I could only imagine the feeling, I bet the smile was from ear to ear!
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 02:03 PM
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Congratulations! She looks great!
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 02:03 PM
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It's a happy day! Congrats... Looks great...
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 02:38 PM
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Great milestone.......that should get you super motivated to finish it!!!!!
Your truck is looking great!
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 02:46 PM
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Well, you got it moving, Why isn't it done?
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 02:53 PM
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Good deal! I really like the wheels on it.
Same here, especially the spinners, reminds me of the wheels I ran on my 67 Mustang!
 
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Old 06-01-2012, 05:15 PM
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Very cool, .....it keeps getting better
 
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Looks amazing...nice job man
 


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