My '65 3/4 ton progress
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My '65 3/4 ton progress
Hello everyone!
I have made a little bit of progress since my last post, and today I took the first steps towards my fall/winter project.
the stock drums and single master cylinder have been the thorn in my side since I started driving the truck. sometimes they pull to the left, sometimes to the right, but generally they are just lousy. at some point I want to make the old girl turn a quarter mile quicker than 22 seconds, but the saner voices in my head decided that I should probably make the truck stop before I make it go.
So today I went on a very loud 150 mile trip to pick up this stuff!
So I am ordering new pads, shocks, brake lines and I will be getting the rotors resurfaced. My question is, since I am swapping these I beams in, do I need new coils? and what are the best bushings I can put on this thing?
here's another picture from when I got lost in colorado recently. was a blast.
I have made a little bit of progress since my last post, and today I took the first steps towards my fall/winter project.
the stock drums and single master cylinder have been the thorn in my side since I started driving the truck. sometimes they pull to the left, sometimes to the right, but generally they are just lousy. at some point I want to make the old girl turn a quarter mile quicker than 22 seconds, but the saner voices in my head decided that I should probably make the truck stop before I make it go.
So today I went on a very loud 150 mile trip to pick up this stuff!
So I am ordering new pads, shocks, brake lines and I will be getting the rotors resurfaced. My question is, since I am swapping these I beams in, do I need new coils? and what are the best bushings I can put on this thing?
here's another picture from when I got lost in colorado recently. was a blast.
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sweet truck, very clean, good to see IMO a REAL rear bumper...ok im biased thats the exact bumper i have on mine! hard to believe they stuck the almost revamped front bump. on the rear till the late 70s ...wait the extra cost for mirrors is a bigger wow lol
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I just need to figure out how remove the right leafs and get that right but that is a project for much longer down the road.
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The downside to those bumpers is they typically are bolted to the side of the bed where they wrap around. If you do get rear-ended, it can transfer the force into the bed sides and create a lot of collateral damage that doesn't always happen if the bumper is independent of the body work.
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The downside to those bumpers is they typically are bolted to the side of the bed where they wrap around. If you do get rear-ended, it can transfer the force into the bed sides and create a lot of collateral damage that doesn't always happen if the bumper is independent of the body work.
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On the topic, do you guys have any recommendations for front end bushings?
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