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    Metal plate front wheel wells

    I actually looked it up online for Phoenix and they said a larger amount that I thought couldn't be true so I picked 6 inches. If we get a good storm, I could see it, otherwise, not a chance in .... I am sure your dryer than me but to give other people on the board an idea of how dry it is...
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    What new tools have you got lately?

    Recently scored a transmission flushing machine and a stand up computer stand. I am not sure how the computer stand will work in a garage while working on cars but figured I would try for $30. Trying to read diagnostic information, schematics, etc is sometimes awkward . I normally use my 14"iPad...
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    Metal plate front wheel wells

    This ten fold. Here in AZ with our 6" of rain a year, they are rusted out and you have to fabricate patches for them
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    Wife’s new toy

    My buddy John scored this one sitting on a street with for sales signs in LA a couple years back. Yeah, it's a real one. https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/amv-prod-cad-assets/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/International-Scout-SS-II.jpg
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    Replacement Seat Opinions

    I always like the look of a Snowden seat with the bolsters, plaid material and distressed vinyl. The vermillion in the one plaid they offer pulls from the 2 tone stripe kit on mid year squares. Not inexpensive optioned the way I like but nails the look I want. https://www.snowdenseats.com/
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    I have been chasing a low voltage to the fuel pump issue for a while, mainly because I just don't want to deal with it. I have not had time to drive it anyway. As I was metering the harness at different areas, I found 4 different butt connections from previous work along with a discolored power...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    I have never had a job quite like this, they treat everyone extremely well. We were almost a billion dollar a year company, the CEO sat down with my wife and I at our first company function a couple years ago and we had a civil, quality conversation about the business, I was blown away. Mind...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    My work had a car show for its employees last Saturday. It was a nice time, catered, 2 bounce houses for the kids, music, tents, chairs, they did it right. Maybe 12 cars entered, only 6 showed up. I didn't win, the lime Z06 and the service managers '62 Suburban tied for first and I don't know...
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    New to Trucks- Want to Purchase a patina project

    Facebook Marketplace but away from the Southwest, everybody around here is pretty proud of them. I would start looking in Bakersfield CA and work north. Also the southern states, Tennessee, Georgia, Carolina's, etc. I agree with Grit Dog, that farm fresh looking patina truck is an anomaly...
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    New to Trucks- Want to Purchase a patina project

    I can appreciate what you are looking for and I get wanting to nail the look but the truth is I would highly suggest buying somebody's done or near done truck. Having been working on one for the past couple years, what you think it's going to cost, times it by 2 and add another 15-20% just in...
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    Experienced masters, please provide restoration guidance

    Having just put one back on the road after over 10 years in a field, I will add my .02 I was fortunate being able to do most of the work myself as it would not have been cost effective otherwise. I think your $10k budget will be quickly blown out of the water from all the stuff you didn’t think...
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    LMC vinyl headliner vs USA1 perforated vinyl headliner

    USA1 stuff is usually high quality BUT, verify they have it in stock and a shipping date before giving them your card. They play a game with using your money while they wait for the product from another vendor which, during my several experiences with them, can go into months before it ships...
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    Adding weight and insulation to LMC replacement doors

    I am going to do this before I button up the inside of the doors for good. I planned on using a butyl sheet or 2. Back in Austin, I drove a 560SL Benz roadster for a couple years and one of the things I enjoyed most about the car was the vault like opening and closing of the doors. They had...
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    What have you done to your square lately??

    For the first time in over 3.5 years, I actually used it as a truck. Didn't work on it, it wasn't a test drive. It was weird. The wife and I took our cats to the vet then picked up propane for the grill and stopped at a storage place I keep. As I sat at the light with all the late model shiny...
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    New RockAuto discount code

    I recently tried to place an order only to find out that RockAuto no longer conducts business in Arizona due to a sales tax issue. The state of Arizona claims they owe the them over $11 million in uncollected sales tax revenue even though they neither own or rent property, have no physical...
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