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    Help with identifying Chassis Number Stamp

    C = Chevrolet 6 = 1976 model year J = Janesville assembly plant 152559 = serial portion of VIN
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    Paint name & code

    If it's a 75 it's got a later hood on it (with the bump at the front). K
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    4 speed saginaw for 60$

    I had my reverse lights wired to a toggle as well. That way I could hook up the trailer at night. K
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    Paint name & code

    I believe you are correct. I'm saying that sample truck is about a '78; looking in the generic info packet: www.gm.com/content/dam/company/no_search/heritage-archive-docs/vehicle-information-kits/chevrolet-trucks/1978-Chevrolet-Truck.pdf It shows 23U as "Hawaiian Blue" and 20L as "Lite...
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    4 speed saginaw for 60$

    Yes - you would gain one gear. (!) Plus the "fun factor". I'd do it. The Saginaw is a sweet little trans. You'd have to do something for a shifter, assuming you are now column shifted. Hurst makes a number of (what used to be) inexpensive floor stick shifts. There are a bunch of different...
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    Repopped Fender Badges-where to buy quality badges?

    Heh heh (from the "Funny Stuff" thread):
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    stealth

    Thank you. I painted my Farmall in the garage and that was 30 years ago and four houses ago and I'm still finding stuff with red overspray on it. K
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    stealth

    Doubling back to these pictures: did you paint it right there, where it sits? How did you manage all the red overspray? K
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    Craziest antitheft idea yet.

    My house is configured such that the front attached garage is under the second floor master bedroom. It is finished out nicely, clean and dry, so I usually keep the GTO in one spot next to my wife's daily driver. I was visiting with a friend and we were discussing our various man cave...
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    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Ok - here's my story: When I was a development engineer at the DPG I worked for a ruddy Irishman named Dan M. His wife's name was Barb, and she was as wide as she was tall (which wasn't very much). She had a hard time getting up into these full size trucks, especially 4wd, so the boys made...
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    Want to bag 79. But also want to keep it around stock.

    Are you asking what is "F44 RPO"? www.gm.com/content/dam/company/no_search/heritage-archive-docs/vehicle-information-kits/chevrolet-trucks/1979-Chevrolet-Truck.pdf F44 is heavy duty chassis equipment. In this context a "Big 10". K
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    Want to bag 79. But also want to keep it around stock.

    Agree with cut coils and relocated spring hangers. Did dozens of trucks that way over the last 45 years. Both of these were done that way. The red truck went 30 years and 200k miles as a daily with no issues. Total cost: $1.38 for some grade 8 bolts/nuts, plus a front end alignment. K
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    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Bah - you just climb right on up in there - K
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    2 tone paint line

    For the 80's version the stripe itself forms the upper boundary. In fact, in the assembly plant the stripe was applied first. It had a mask attached to it so that the secondary color was sprayed over the stripe and all over the ecoated side. Then the shape was masked with paper and the...
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    Hanging I-Beam from ceiling joists

    I'd tie it to the top of the walls if I could, to drive the load to ground in that way. K
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