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CCT 68 GMC Shortbed Project

Here's the '68 GMC on a trailer behind my '05 GMC
17968719 Posted March 25 2009 02:36 PM by John Gilbert

   Mama's little baby loves shortbeds! Here's the '68 Jimmy on my tandem trailer getting hauled out of the orange grove and headed to its new life as a shortbed.  

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Flatulent Cows Kill Kyoto Coyote

Bargain Buy Now Happy Wal-Mart Boom Bust Pop
Posted August 17 2008 11:32 PM by John Gilbert

Let's see what kind of goofy Google ads pop up with one. One thing is for sure this is the last time I drink coffee before I go to bed.

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Custom Painters Are All Crazy

The Psychology oF Color
Posted July 27 2008 08:43 AM by John Gilbert

I guess just like the pot can call the kettle black, I can say all custom painters are crazy. And while I'm at it, should I mention we are lazy too?

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Alternative Fool... Er, Uh, Fuel

Flex-Fuel S10 Update
Posted July 15 2008 08:47 PM by John Gilbert

Alternative fuel, or fool? I don't think I mentioned this in my last blog, but my little '00 S10 with a 2.2 four-banger dynoed with 149 horsepower to the rear wheels on Nitrous. After I drove away from the dyno my "Check...

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Specific Non Gravity

Super Light Battery, Will It Help?
Posted July 10 2008 02:56 PM by John Gilbert

It's not a knee-jerk response, but I have a side project going right now its a 2000 S-10 I bought eight years ago. The little bugger has a 2.2 4-banger with a Tremec 5-speed.

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Hands-Free Driving Means Look Ma, No Hands!

California Hands-Free Cellphone Law As Of July 1
Posted July 1 2008 09:57 PM by John Gilbert

Today was the first day of California's Hands-Free cellphone law. While most people went out and bought a Bluetooth, I'm using the cheap headphone thing that came with my Blackberry... I call it a Bucktooth.

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A Little Something I Forgot About IRS Rearends

IRS Bad, Worse, Or Better?
Posted June 28 2008 03:43 PM by John Gilbert

Independent Rear Suspension is not a subject that is new to me, but I have to admit there's a few things about it that I had forgotten.

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The Thursday News

June 19 2008 CCT Thursday News
Posted June 18 2008 09:10 PM by John Gilbert

Posting a weekly update on here every Thursday to share with Custom Classic Trucks' print and online readers what we are up to behind the scenes has been something I have wanted to do since 1964.

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Things You Will Never See On Here Again

Best Baked Potato Recipe
Posted June 16 2008 04:00 PM by John Gilbert

Okay, first I want to thank all of you folks that expressed enjoying a certain amount of comic relief by reading the blog on here about clam chowder and the different ways it can affect a celebrity consumer's metabolisim....

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Fake, Or Right From The Factory?

Fake, Or Real?
Posted June 15 2008 10:40 AM by John Gilbert

As the editor of Custom Classic Trucks, some people might jump to the conclusion that I'm only interested in customized classic trucks.

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