Started the Crew Cab
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Started the Crew Cab
With all the cold for the last little while, I pulled the battery out of the Crew Cab and let it sit out the cold undisturbed! It's been mild the last couple of days so I put the battery back in and tried to start it. well, it started like it ran the other day!! Nie and smooth, choke on, warmed up and choke off!! Went for a little ride and it was just like it never stopped!!! Gotta love that truck! Was considering selling and getting a newer diesel in a couple of years, not sure now though! Rolling down the road, get a wave from a driver of a new SD! I don't know.....Was going to do the woode bed and interior this year, but heading overseas for 6 months in June, so some plans will have to wait!!
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Nice when that happens, it starts up and is ready to go.
You have the wooden deck or a factory pickup box? There is pictures of both in your gallery. I didn`t have time to go thru the whole gallery set of pics....
You have the wooden deck or a factory pickup box? There is pictures of both in your gallery. I didn`t have time to go thru the whole gallery set of pics....
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I bought it with a wooden flat-deck, put a short box back on. so that's how it sits now, but the amount of rust and dents in the box makes it about the same price to fix as to build a nice looking flat deck. So, it's back to the flat deck
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A flat deck can be quite nice, painted steel on the outside of the wood, a little polished aluminum trim, looking good.
Plus a deck is more bullet/dent proof then the factory box. I prefer a deck for a work/play truck.
Plus a deck is more bullet/dent proof then the factory box. I prefer a deck for a work/play truck.
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I personally prefer the look of the truck with the proper box on it, so I'm going to be real careful when I build the wood bed. I don't want something that's going to look gross in the end. But at the same time it'll have to be a bed that I'm not afraid to load things onto. Silverbullet, when it's all warmed up it sounds real good. Nice rough idle, with both pipes singing!! When the flatbed goes on, I'm redoing the exhaust to lose some of the funky curves that are in the pipes now and going to run stacks with turnouts.
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It depends on skills, equipment and a good design as to how nice a deck can be. Flaman Sales have some really great ones but the cost is pretty high. An idea is to look at some commercially made flat deck for design ideas.
I have a friend who does fabrications for a living, he`s very reasonable, to layout a deck for me. I finish the welding and do the painting. I`m lucky to have welders and all the other tools for that.
I have a friend who does fabrications for a living, he`s very reasonable, to layout a deck for me. I finish the welding and do the painting. I`m lucky to have welders and all the other tools for that.
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I'm thinking 2x6 wood planking with a steel surround, into a diamondplate rear bumper that will extend down to the hitch. Close the rear view, lights and plate through the plate, with room for a rear facing winch mounted between the frame rails, fairlead through the bumper. Haven't measured everything out yet, so we'll see about the wich etc. Maybe mount it behind the cab, under the bed and run the cable under the bed through the plate. We'll see.
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Yeah thats good to hear i like to see it all done up when its finished i saw one cool truck in moose jaw at some place a few years ago it was a 73-75 F350 Dually with a grain box pretty neat find...