Thread: 53 Is back from the Body Shop

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Originally Posted by stovens

Is the wood for a glove box? Also where you'd get the hush mat?

I'm betting the wood is for the bed floor and he was notching it per say, for the bed strips to secure the bed floor down with.

Seth, great work on the truck! It looks awesome. It'll only get better with the new wheels and tires! That's good to hear on the mat. That's on my list for some day!

It's looking Very Nice.

Congrats.

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Thanks guys, Ryan is right, the wood is for the bed. I got the hushmat from amazon, not cheap but worth it. Right now I'm in keystone sd, right by the faces. My boy likes to do a lot of hiking which could be bad for me.

Enjoy your trip, and stay safe hiking. I saw on the news last night that in NE Iowa an 8 year old little girl fell off a path 60 or more feet to the ground and was life lighted to the hospital. Stay safe out there in those trails!

Tried photos from phone, they'll have to wait till I get back

Safe travels!

Truck looks great. Should be a good driver as well. Enjoy the vacation.

Back from the Black Hills, I'll post pics on the lounge forum.

Learned a lesson today, changed out rear wheel spacers and made sure everything was good and tight on all the rims. Well, I was driving it down the highway today with my boy trying to figure out my overheating problem ( which is still a problem ) and I noticed a vibration at about 50 mph, up to 65 it went away and below 50 it went away. Thought I would just cripple it home the last couple miles and turned on our gravel road and about 3/4 of a mile down going about 20 , the rear drivers wheel decided to leave us and we came to a quick stop. I swear everything was tight but the evidence says otherwise, always double check things. I hate to think how it would have ended up going 65 down the highway and letting go.

Wow! That's pretty scary!! Any damage to the fender? Did you figure out why it came loose? I've run spacers on various vehicles for years with no issues. Well, if it had to happen, I'm glad it was at 20mph and not 65!!

Eesh. I had that happen to me on a 64 C10 I had just bought. Maybe lug nuts should be on a new vehicle check list. Glad you were limping along. Mine came off at about 35 mph and rolled into the woods.

I hope there was no damage!


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I don't think it was the spacers, I know the bolt holes on the rim weren't the nicest or the lugs very nice. Maybe they worked loose or maybe I only tightened one side. Thankfully there is very little damage to the fender. A little tire rash on the inside is all.

Glad you're OK and glad the truck is too.

I broke an axle on my 46 at about 65 on a 4-lane road (it's a long story). It was a wild ride.