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Got sidetracked a bit Sunday helping out a buddy. He is building a '67 small window C10 and wants the rear window to go up and down. He brought his window and gasket material and we bend up some "L" pieces so he can build the new window channel. Ran them thru the HF 3 in 1 to get the bend and then thru the shrinker\stretcher to get the curve. Took about three hours to get them to a point he can sweeten them up and get his channels made.
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This truck is going to be a cool build.

I got around to ordering the springs for the coil overs this week. Got them thru Speedway, they were on sale and, with free shipping, I saved a bit of cash.
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Mocked up on a shock. I also got the Thrust bearings that go between the spring and lower seat.
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Instead of welding on the brake tabs I decided to go with these bolt on guys. I think this will be a lot cleaner on the frame. As you can see I have them bolted down already.
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I did have an issue with these though. As received the hole for the brake line was to small. I had to drill them out with a 5/8ths bit to get the line to go in.
This was one of the straight tabs I had been using.
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This was the hole size in the new tabs...
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.025 makes a big difference here.
Mark