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October 2009 Issue Of Custom Classic Trucks Hits Stands 9/15/09
25730182 Posted September 11 2009 04:53 PM by mpayne

Coming out on newsstands Tuesday September 15 is the October issue of Custom Classic Trucks so get to your local grocery and book store and pick up your copy.

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53 Ford F-100 apart at Super Steve's

53 f-100 is in the barn
Posted April 23 2009 10:23 AM by John Gilbert

 I was slated to head over to Super Steve's yesterday and help Steve pull the '53 F-100 cab off the chassis, but I twisted my back working on my '79 Chevy C10.

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'53 Ford headed for the July '09 issue

53 Ford F-100 Project Truck
17553496 Posted April 21 2009 04:30 PM by John Gilbert

 You guys have been seeing the '56 Ford F-100 chassis with the Volare frontend showup in the magazine's tech features in such hits as "Rust is Creepy" to name one. Well, now you get to see the '53 Ford F-100 body...

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68 GMC almost ready to chop

68 GMC Update with more flicks
17255995 Posted April 2 2009 01:17 PM by John Gilbert

 Here's a proverbial boat load of more shots of us hauling the '68 Jimmy out of the orange grove in Riverside, CA.

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The Blue Screen Of Death

Evil, Wicked, Mean & Nasty
Posted August 19 2008 06:18 AM by John Gilbert

This is the first week that I've been back in the office in over 3-weeks, and now it's time to eat lamb and honey like a Pagan god raising up out of the asphault working at Wal-Mart in the plus-sized woman's department......

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Home, Home On The Road

Cat Litter Box All Night Newsboys
Posted August 14 2008 08:32 AM by John Gilbert

Nope, I didn't get fired. I've been on the road for 3-weeks that's why I haven't been around on this here website thing... Is that proper English... whot cares?

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Earthquake Smirthcake, I'm going To Louisville

Earthquake Jello Watch Zappa TV
Posted July 30 2008 05:49 AM by John Gilbert

"I don't care if there's an earthquake, get back in the building we have a magazine to finish." Okay I don't want to get fired for being insensitive, but it sure crossed my mind as people were running out of the building.

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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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Long But Not Forgotten Articles

1971 Chevy K5 Blazer, 1951 GMC Truck, 1956 Ford F100
1971 Chevy K5 Blazer, 1951 GMC Pickup, 1956 Ford F Posted July 23 2008 04:40 PM by mpayne

I guess somethings just get lost and forgotten, but not these trucks. For some reason these three truck features never made it to the site. Thats no problem there here now, come check them out.

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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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A Full-Size That Gets Great Gas Mileage

Future Shock '88 Longbed A Wrongbed?
Posted June 30 2008 06:27 AM by John Gilbert

I'll get to the gas-mileage part; but Cool or Uncool is the question. Form follows function is the answer. Or is it, when the subject is longbed vs: shortbed?

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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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Too Many Editors In Chief Ruin The Pie

New Guidelines For Reader's Rides
Posted June 27 2008 02:02 AM by John Gilbert

Me thinks, someone was a victim of too-much potty training as a child: There's no chronological rhyme or reason to the order things appear on Custom Classic Trucks' Website. That said, totally disregard the uptight...

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Ignore The Clues An You Loose

Primer Crimes From Satan's Rust Bucket
Posted June 18 2008 08:11 PM by John Gilbert

It's pretty bad when I can spot a real dog with just a few crummy photos on the Internet. Nevertheless the supply of people that fall for a rusty heap thinly veiled under primer never seems to dry up.

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Here's How Brown Cow

Polish Chrome Like A Pro
Posted June 18 2008 02:19 PM by John Gilbert

I'm not quite sure how I associated Jack in the Box onion rings with cockroaches, and steel wool in my mind just now, but I did.

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