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06-09-07, 09:09 PM
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| Rusty runs or my moment of joy today
Ever have one of those days with your cruiser where months of angony seem worth it just because of one small thing?
Today after months of sitting in pieces my cruiser has its fenders, aprons and bib reinstalled, reconnected coil wire and battery and dropped the fuel lines into a 3gallon gas can and after about 5 minutes of working the key IT STARTED!!!  
It has not run in about 2-3 months and I can only say that it has made all the work I've been doing feel so great! It is far from complete but man it sure was nice to know that it is closer than it feels 
Anyone have one of these types of moments with their cruiser that made a long project seem like it was only a few days?
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06-09-07, 09:21 PM
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06-09-07, 09:22 PM
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06-09-07, 09:24 PM
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| congrats dude!
yer, mostly with old chev trucks.
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06-10-07, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by nat  Where are the pics | gotta grab the cam since I put the body back on, I'll find the body off pics in a few
EDIT: Still need to get some new ones but here's what I have from a few weeks ago. Further pics will be found in my next buildup thread
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06-10-07, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Gold Boy congrats dude!
yer, mostly with old chev trucks. | you mean the K5 my husband worked on for months and that I was already secretly wondering how I would ever get a non-running hulk of steel out of our beautiful garage.......... 
it felt great when he started it again after a LOOONG winter
yeah, it felt greater to re-start my cruiser after re-wiring it
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06-10-07, 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by projektdotnet gotta grab the cam since I put the body back on, I'll find the body off pics in a few
EDIT: Still need to get some new ones but here's what I have from a few weeks ago. Further pics will be found in my next buildup thread | hey, all that counts is it's baby BLUE 
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06-10-07, 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by DSRTRDR hey, all that counts is it's baby BLUE | gonna be green when it's done
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