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54 minutes ago, mattb73lt said:

Ha-Ha, No, just some elbow grease and polish!!

your messin with my head  aren't you.!!  NO WAY  the black tanks from original found truck in woods were chrome under that paint. 😱 and if they were ;; darn that's A LOT OF ELBOW grease. LOL

53 minutes ago, mattb73lt said:

I know someone was asking about aluminum polish quite a while back and  I can't recall who. But, this is the two products I just ordered that we tried a few weeks ago at my friends shop. Both are made by Alumaclear and the only place I was able to purchase them from was on their website. I have been using a product called Zephyr 40, but that stuff was leaving the aluminum cloudy unlike the Alumaclear. It leaves a much clearer final finish. I did the radiator and driver's tank with it today and spent about 20 minutes on each. This was just the blue Ultra Fine product. I'll try the green stuff out later.

same fuel tank but chromed ????  

On 7/30/2023 at 3:37 PM, mrsmackpaul said:

Vlad I think the heat from the motor causes most of the issues, all the different materials are heating and cooling at different rates, this causes the paint to crack

A lot might have to do were the truck operates and how long it operates for 

A hour driving off to a truck show as compared to 12 hours at -40° c or +40° c

 

Anyway it's a few weeks until that stage is reached 

 

Paul 

important note you forgot;;; the wonderful condition of the roads in good  ole U S A . speaking of course east coast side . think that's the purpose of steer axle floatation tires ; don't get stuck in the many huge pot holes  LOL

On 7/17/2023 at 6:11 AM, mowerman said:

Yes, true story everything is really expensive these days. It doesn’t matter what it is. Got to save a buck wherever you can good luck bud

went to a hobby shop yesterday (1hr drive). walked into be met with attitude and ignorance from workers. talk about price increase !! a plastic model which used to be $11.25 (few yrs back I know); was $86.49. quality very poor.  I bought 3 different ones  $49.95 and $59.99  plus one more. out the door with 3 plastic models $186.35. needed not 3 models but the different parts they had. fuel tanks etc. no one does resin parts for big rigs anymore (around here)

22 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

one of those in the shins not bad;; see the threaded part of pedal ! gaining momentum for a hill I stood up - process of powering down the pedal  it snapped .!! you know how a male s bike has the bar !!   bar came in contact with the "boys" BEFORE  foot touched the ground. 

23 hours ago, mowerman said:

I wonder how they would feel if we had a day just for men that love women hey, it’s the men that love women parade day. Yay ha ha

do we have to include our wives ????🤣 LOL

On 7/25/2023 at 8:04 PM, Joey Mack said:

where in Maine?  just curious..  Jojo

10miles out of holton . 95 all the way up to exit 302 . off rte 1 - can't remember the towns name now; darn !! cabin/ farm one mile off rte 1 , beyond beautiful= no electricity. wood stove in center of cabin for 4 am coffee. I pitched a tent in the woods between some trees to lessen the possibility of moose walking over it. 

how was the pizza ?LOL 

not up to date on CT 's latest rules and regs. one thing I found a few yrs back was to put +not for hire= on my FA hino . pulled a 10 ton gooseneck trailer with two farm tractors out of Maine. was pulled on the Maine scales and the Officer never inspected any paper work once he saw the not for hire label. think it also helped when he showed interest in the old tractors.

On 7/22/2023 at 2:45 PM, Craig N said:

Making progress. Pulled the windshields out of the box today and broke one. Pulled one out of the red truck. Got them all installed anyway. Boy, that lock strip is a pain in the ass.  Adjusted the passenger door latch, slammed the door and broke the passenger window lol. I’ll pull the drivers window out of the red truck, someday, and replace. Got the fenders and grill shell bolted up today. New brake chambers got out on this week.  Brought the driver seat to the upholstery shop this week, should get back next week. Got all the fluids changed.  Got the air box mounted up.  Whittling down the list. 

after you installed the window lock strip; hopefully there wasn't a lot left over= unless you had a brand new piece. many times installing the strip it is pulled into place ending with excess. it should be pushed in . stretching it out will have it contract later leaving a space and possible water leak.

On 7/23/2023 at 5:44 PM, Mark T said:

I never would have guessed  Brocky is 78.  Holy cow.   

might be interesting to start a '70's "club"on here. I'm in at 72.  are there any '80's personal on here ??? 

On 7/24/2023 at 8:53 AM, Geoff Weeks said:

 After cancer surgery and years of working on other equipment, I am more or less done. I still do most of my own, but when the wife's daily driver needed a fuel tank, it went off to the shop. I put new tank straps on it, but no way was I going to try and drop the tank on my back.

 I have to pull the power unit from my Saab Turbo to replace the transmission, I have been putting that off for over a year. Either its too cold, too hot or another project takes precedence. Now that I have the brakes, driveshaft and fuel tanks done on my '42 K so I have something to drive, I am running out of excuses for not getting the Saab done. 

After every big job, I tell myself "no more!" if something else needs doing, either pay someone or it doesn't need doing all that bad!

seems you wrote your 59 yrs old. heck you have  many more good yrs of wrench pushing left . at 72yrs old survived cancer surgery in '13 and open heart surgery in '15 = tack on 50 +plus yrs of wrenching  == I am qualified for "i'm more or less done ".  it's a bitch when I drop something and can't bend over to pick it up. i've been saying "no more " for yrs - now i have no choice . was asked other day + you work on side ?  first time ever I said NO.  waiting on parts for a friends farm tractor  as I write though. 

On 7/14/2023 at 10:03 PM, mowerman said:

 And yes, it’s certainly not the fine  nation I grew up in I think, if I was rich, I would just get out of here altogether… Bob

your not alone on that idea of haulin a-ss outta here. trip to NH (for a funeral) ; I bought many lottery tickets with high hopes. won't buy in CT and get taxed to death. didn't win anything  :tried. a little known fact ; while bush was "hiding " in FL at a school ; convenient  cameras were there as 9-11 and twin towers were falling;;;; he has a large ranch in Australia = for his get away from the USA.

great to read all the positive on road test . when bravely doing a highway run ; did you have rear flaps  on?    That's a perfect picture for a calendar . body head board going full cab coverage or partial ?  body and proper pinstriping ; you've created a masterpiece. 

this proves there are some "sick puppies " around here . LMAO

17 hours ago, mowerman said:

Yes fellas it seems like we were more happy in the 70s I was talking to a buddy of mine. I grew up with while back who runs a body shop he says you know I have to work harder now than I did in the 70s I said yes, we all do And Larry I watched somebody do that one time it wasn’t my bike or my tire. Somebody at the service station kept pumping air into their tire until it blew out. I don’t know when this kid thought he was going to quit pumping it was kind of funny to watch, but at the same time I felt sorry for him at 10 years old . ….   Bob

think things "were more happy in the 70s" ;;; the 60's were a total blast :for the most part . never forget nov.22 1963 . majority of 60's were muscle cars/ music/ and driven movies .LOL AND B model Macks 

17 hours ago, Brocky said:

I think Nu Joisey had the last fuel people to fill your car or truck??? I think there was a state law against self service?????

N J didn't allow self service for many yrs, not sure when it changed . I do my best to stay out of NJ. first solo driving route was NJ . 45ft /day cab . yrs before G P S also, had things called road maps.

44 minutes ago, The Rubber Duck 006 said:

I'm just old enuff to remember we had a Fleet Wing gas station that pumped your gas for you. 

you sure missed A LOT of good (simple) times. back when things were fun, not damaging .