did an oil change last night...

been driving her today.

 

Never was into those tilt beds. But done right they can look pretty crazy.

 

Today I finally started my truck after rebuilding the engine... and went to the gas station to put some gas in it.

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congrats man!

 

Yea Grats Mega!!! I finally figured out the rough/high idle and now shes running smoove as butter. Tmrw, bolt down the bed, hook up lights, throw in the drivers seat and take a damn cruise already!!!

 

Thank you guys, and today I installed my "new" wheels just to see how it's gonna looks like in a couple of months. I still need to repaint and polish 'em.

 

They look sweet Mega, what color are you painting the truck and rims? I got mine on the road today!!! She's leaking exhaust and is loud as ****, but we be cruisin, cant wait to see how the headlights look tonight after work

 

are they multipiece wheels?


try to polish the lips first and see if there's a place you can stick notecards or paper in between the spokes and lip if you wanna paint them. makes it easy.
any close ups of the wheels?

lol nice looking truck, going to paint up the grille?

 

Naa Cinnammon, i just had the blue rattle can laying around and got spray happy, i was bored. Im gonna order a new grill cuz this one has some cracks on the lower part. Im hoping to have my buddy do the cab, bed and doors soon, to get it ready for paint, cash flow is low tho, damn Jersey insurance is costing me $4k for the year!!!

 

give it some time man!

my grille was hella cracked from an accident several years ago. I superglued it. lol

 

i found a decent lookin one on ebay, there were only really 2 types for my year

 

I'm going to paint the truck with the factory yellow color, but I'm very far away from doing that because I need to find another bed first, mine is full of rust and holes right now, for the rims I'll keep the silver look.
Post some pics of your headlights working!

No, they're factory crown victoria BBS 16x7. I already painted a pair. I'll be posting some pics later or tomorrow morning.

 

nice. I have 16x7.5's on my truck (unknown knockoff wheel brand though)

 

Today I got alot of progress on reapholstering my seat. First time doing this so it has taken a little while but it should be nice when it's finished. I'll have pictures soon after it's finished

 

got my exhaust welded up and my **** is sounding sa-weet!!! gonna take her camping tonight with my lil jump off, lol

 

yeeahh i did my exhaust too..i got 2inch straight piping from the stock manifold to a 2 1/4 magnaflow.Sounds awsome, just have to finish up the tail pipe now

 

I bet it sounds great! I have a magnaflow too, sounds clean (but I have an exhaust leak, i need to fix!!)

 

Took my baby up for a camping trip, 160 miles, w/o a single problem, well xcept for the occasional scrape of muffler cuz its only sitting 2" off the ground for the time being. Got a set of Hedman 4to1 hedders, 2.5" pipe straight to the 44. Im just glad i got her all back together and running perfect. That Flowmaster Super 44 is LOUD as hell though!!! lol

Ride with me... Id turn my speakers down...lol VID_20110731_144548.mp4 video by Blasito08 - Photobucket

 

It looks great! Red and gold always match.

Today I finally put the rims on the truck... A little coverage of the before and after of my wheels.







I know I need new tires but I couldn't resist...

 

dude! she looks PRISTINE! hopefully you can pick up some security lugs! don't want anyone to take those babies. And careful with some of those tire shines, they could help dry rot the tires if you use a low quality one. the Meguiar's tire shine will help endure tire life if you're looking into the shine

AND I SPY A DATSUN!! is that a 240Z? I looooveeee the S30's!