Pre 84 Trucks 1st gen pickups

Did a couple of little things to my truck.

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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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Did a couple of little things to my truck.

Nothing big, but important to me. My rear slider rattled, and the latch was broken, so I pulled it out, and made a solid rear window out of some 1/8" smoked Plexiglass. No more rattle, and it looks great. The other big improvement is having one key that fits all the locks. My gas door has a key lock, which I didn't have a key for, and I didn't have a key for the doors, somebody changed the doors at some point, to doors without a vent window, and didn't bother to change the locks out. I took the door lock to the lock smith, and he made me a key for $18.00. The truck came with an extra steering column, and the door lock key fit it, pretty lucky. I swapped out the ignition key cylinder, and rekeyed the lock for the gas door. Now one key fits all the locks, I'm happy. Dean
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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nice! its always the small things that make ya happy!
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 09:06 AM
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sounds good...i also changed my door locks....they use to open with almost any key....lol
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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i need to work on my locks, they all open with any key but its really hard to un lock the drivers side from the outside. it dosnt matter right now because its not runnin at the moment. i bought a wreck, rebuilt a ton of stuff and drove it for a while but now it sits. theres always somethin else to work on.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:51 PM
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cool stuff

only thing about the plexiglass is that is stratches easy & cracks on impact..suggest you have a headrest
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ocdropzone
cool stuff

only thing about the plexiglass is that is scratches easy & cracks on impact..suggest you have a headrest
I know, I've had plexiglass back windows before, and as long as you're easy with it, it holds up. I do have headrests, the seats are out of a Honda Prelude. Thanks, Dean
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 06:09 PM
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i need to work on my locks, they all open with any key but its really hard to un lock the drivers side from the outside. it dosnt matter right now because its not runnin at the moment. i bought a wreck, rebuilt a ton of stuff and drove it for a while but now it sits. theres always somethin else to work on.
Autozone has replacement door locks, I think they quoted my around $50.00. I was going to go that route if the locksmith couldn't help me.
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