Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Just cleaned up the hub and painted it

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Nice!!

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Thanks tj, all my suspension rebuild parts should be coming soon so I can finally button up the crossmember and get it under my truck:metal:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Just picked up these brand new replica 39 Ford taillights with blue dots from the local classifieds for $40:metal:, and there're LED! These will go on the backs of the rear fenders

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Those should look real good!! Nice score.

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Thanks bill, I an planning on going al the way with these and doing something completely different and unique. Here is exactly what I plan on doing, found the pic on Facebook. I'll build some pods that match the lines of the fenders and French them in

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Just finished putting some parts together. Greased up the wheel bearings and put them on the hub then cleaned and painted the dust shield and bolted on to the painted spindle and slid the rotor and hub on. Now to move on to the control arms.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

And I also got my package in today from summit, bushing and boots for everything from moog and energy suspension

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Today was a difficult filthy battle in the rain but I made good progress. I removed one of the upper control arms and with a torch and air chisel and multiple hours I finally got the bushings, sleeves and shafts removed from the control arm.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

I remember doing this......

Good news on the bushings arriving too.

New parts play a major role in mojo and rebuilds.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Yep it sure is hard work but will be worth it in the end when it's done. Only a week left of school so as soon as it's done I'll be making lots of progress almost everyday and should have the suspension installed within a week or two from then.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

I remember doing that with my 66 last year....not fun at all. haha But when it came to painting and putting it back together it was well worth it:chevy:.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Yep not fun but when I'm done the underside will look like new and it'll be worth it.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

A couple 60-66's from the local Father's Day show.


66 panel converted into burb

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

61 Apache owned by a guy a couple years older than me

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

65 swb

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Got to work today after school and got all the control arms and other components removed from the crossmember

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Then I cleaned it all up and got some gloss black rust paint on it

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Nice!!! Wish I coulda gone to the show last Saturday in Medford but I had to work. :waah:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Thanks tj, well at least your making money to put into the trucks:chevy:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Awesome work on refurbishing the front brake parts and suspension! Will be bringing the rig to shows in no time :chevy:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Nice work Nik. I enjoy checking on your build because you're always getting something done. I like the tail light idea too. Very cool

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Thanks Anthony, at the Father's Day car show on Wednesday friends kept on asking why it wasn't at the show and I said just wait until next year, it'll be here it just may not look pretty.:lol:

Thanks Dale, good to see you back here and yep there's no slacking off going on around here, just gettin er done! Hope you have a fast recovery and can get back out in the shop working on the twisted sister and your 67:chevy:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

All that hard work is starting to pay off.
Cross member looks great.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Thanks bomp, you're sure right about the hard work paying off. People late to the party are still accepted:lol:. I've also been watching your Steiner build and am really enjoying it.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Keep up the good work, amazing progress and you are seeing shinny new paint, which is always a good thing!

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Those tail lights will look awesome. Everything is coming along.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Thanks Craig, yep shiny new paint is always a good thing. School is out this Friday so from then I will be making lots more progress and getting the crossmember installed soon.

Thanks Ben, yep the Taillights were an idea I got from Facebook, I've never seen anything like them so they'll definitely stand out

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Got these 61-63 gmc hubcaps from my neighbor as a gift. After I stripped the multiple coats of paint off I found that they are actually in really good shape. I don't mind running gmc hubcaps on a Chevy, at least they're not f*rd:lol:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Those are Ultra Cool.

Never even seen them.

Great gift.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Yep they are pretty cool. Turns out that they are from a 73-75 gmc not a 61-63. They have a vey similar look though. Here is what I thought they were

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Here is what the ones I got will look like when done. It doesn't bother me, they are close enough and still cool looking

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Wrapped up both of the upper control arms today. New energy suspension bushings, sleeves and balljoint boots. Painted them up too look all pretty. Been having trouble getting lower control arm sleeves out, any tips would be appreciated.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Also cleaned up and painted the $15 Swaybar and installed the new moog Swaybar bushings so that when I'm ready to bolt it on its all ready to go.

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Hey Nik,

How's the progress coming on the 62?

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Hey Anthony, been Getting lots of things done just haven't been posting lately.

The lower control arm sleeves were in ok shape but I had new ones in the kit I bought so I thought "well if I have them might as well use them" and boy they were the most difficult thing I have ever done on my truck. After about 4 hours of hammering and air chiseling I got them to collapse and come out. For the other 3 sleeves left to do I decided to just use the old ones as it wasn't worth the effort to change them

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

And then got the control arm all cleaned up and painted with the one new sleeve in there. Once I finish the other lower control arm I'll get started on pulling the old suspension and putting the new crossmember in:metal:

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Could you use a press on those?

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Not really, there isn't anywhere to press on. If you pressed them they would only go like 1/8" until whatever block or cylinder you're using would hit the control arm. I suppose If you had a cylinder that was exactly 1/16 smaller than the sleeve itself then you could use that with a press but I don't have that or a press

Re: A 15 year old's project. Rusty 62 stepside
 

Well plans have changed like they usually do, I was trying to avoid pulling the motor and work around it but I decided that it would be best to remove it so I can install the crossmember much easier and it'll give me the opportunity to clean up the engine and make it look pretty with some paint. It's amazing how nice and simple these trucks are, in 30 minutes I had all of this removed, radiator, core support, grille support, grille and all wiring removed. I'll be borrowing a neighbors engine hoist and pulling it out in the next couple days