What have you done to your square lately??

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Scored a replacement hood for the dually. Straight and factory orange to match! 150. Need to clean and polish. Will probably paint the underside and install the reinforcement strips before getting it on the truck.
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get some underhood sound/heat pad that upscale trucks got for it too
 

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Cleaned in and around the wheel wells/undercarriage. Brushed, wiped, applied Super Clean, wiped again, and then hit them with Chemical Guys Bare Bones spray.
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Then spent about 15 minutes "detailing" some of the drivers side of the engine bay.
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Trying to spiff it up a touch more than normal for truck night themed cars show on Saturday here in Modlothian. Central Car Club Council of VA is putting it on. Forecast says rain that day, so it might get postponed.
 

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Drove to Bedford VA to the D-Day Memorial since tomorrow is June 6. The little town of Bedford suffered the highest per-capita losses on D-Day - 20 young men. Great memorial.

Beautiful drive, about 50 miles round trip. Blazer did great.

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What?!!! You guys weren't afraid to drive a vehicle that far with out an LS swap?!!! That's just crazy!Everyone knows they'll break down as soon as you get on the highway!
It is crazy, I know.
Trusting an old truck with the young lives of the kids.
But the dang'd old truck is such a loyal thing.

It was having starter issues where it would only crank the engine over maybe one and a half times before the solenoid would stop.
Once we got fuel in the carb, the big block would just start right up even with the truncated starter cycle.
I did make sure there was another functional starter sent with them.
Gotta love those factory mini starters from the junkyard.

Yesterday, Max swapped the backup starter into the truck and it functions like a champ.
 

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Recently I put some vinyl/plastic/rubber protectant-treatment on the tops of my door cards hoping to bring some life back. It put a little sheen on, but they are extremely sun faded. I think I definitely need to dye or paint them again. I am fairly certain these door cards are original to the truck. I looked on line and found several brands/products. I searched on this forum as well and read a few things.
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I am hoping you all could recommend something that you may have used that worked well. And, if anyone has done this to their red to burgundy range interior please let me know some details.
 

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Recently I put some vinyl/plastic/rubber protectant-treatment on the tops of my door cards hoping to bring some life back. It put a little sheen on, but they are extremely sun faded. I think I definitely need to dye or paint them again. I am fairly certain these door cards are original to the truck. I looked on line and found several brands/products. I searched on this forum as well and read a few things.
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I am hoping you all could recommend something that you may have used that worked well. And, if anyone has done this to their red to burgundy range interior please let me know some details.

This has worked great for me and lasts pretty long. But like any of these you'll have to reapply from time to time.
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I used it my interiors in the 84 and camaro. It's not greasy so there's that.
 
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This has worked great for me and lasts pretty long. But like any of these you'll have to reapply from time to time.
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I used it my interiors in the 84 and camaro. It's not greasy so there's that.
Cool. Thanks Doug. This is a protectant correct? Are there any of these that use dye to add color back to my faded plastic/vinyl?
 
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Cool. Thanks Doug. This is a protectant correct? Are there any of these that use dye to add color back to my faded plastic/vinyl?
The pics in the Amazon description show amazing differences. I think I want to check this stuff out.
 

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Cool. Thanks Doug. This is a protectant correct? Are there any of these that use dye to add color back to my faded plastic/vinyl?
I've seen ones with black dye but that's it. I used the bulls garage on my camaro engine bay plastic too and it's held up well.

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This has worked great for me and lasts pretty long. But like any of these you'll have to reapply from time to time.
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I used it my interiors in the 84 and camaro. It's not greasy so there's that.
Can I see more pics of your Pyle speaker setup please?
 
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82sbshortbed

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Can I see more pics of your Pyle speaker setup please?

Really sound great! 4 ways too. Looks like they changed the covers since i bought them a year ago. Can't beat the price either. I just have them in 6x9 boxes.
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Someone asked me to make them a 6 switch mount that bolts to the dash. I am very particular with how I design stuff so I quickly sketched up a plan and once he said he was good, I 3d printed it.
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Sorry for the weird angles, the cab is on its back with no floor pan. This is printed in ASA, so it should hold up to the heat and UV. I think it doesn't stand out that bad and the best part is it used existing holes. The nuts are pressed into the part so all you have to do to install it is screw it in from under that dash.
 

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