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

Thanks and yep it will sure be a change, but I change that I like :chevy:

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

Love the hood! Looks awesome. Kinda jealous, I would like to have one for my rig, really dig the look. I have a hood and it works, so got to direct the funds to getting her running hahaha.

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

Thanks Anthony, I've got a 62 hood that is really nice if you want to replace yours

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

Been working on putting my engine back together and cleaned and painted up the distributor and vacuum advance, it used to have a 1/4" of dirt and grease covering it.

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

Nice work. Now she just needs to go back in so you can drive the ole girl.

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

Thanks bill, it'll be a while before it gets back in as I still need to install the new crossmember and build some motor mounts but I'm getting there:chevy:

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

Hey Nik,

Distributor looks nice. What's the plan for your motor mounts?

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

Thanks Anthony, I will be building something like this

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

That'll be a nice set of motor mounts. :chevy:

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

Yep they sure will, I should get started on them in the next couple days

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

Started to dig into the new hood today. It's rusted right through in this spot, even the part of the inner brace is rotted out, and this is the good side of the hood:no:

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

But before I repair that I decided to do a little custom work, this seam looked a little ugly to me so I thought I'd fill it in and blend it all together. The before:

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

And not quite finished but I'm getting there, it's feeling pretty smoooooth:four:

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

And then I finished off the day with some fancy artwork on the side covers. I outlined the pre existing bodylines with the green implement paint

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

While I have the core support and engine out I figured it was the best time to fix the rust in the other inner fender. The drivers side I did allready almost a year ago. So here's what I'm dealing with

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

So I cut it all out and prepared it for welding

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

And here's the finished product, needs just a skim of filler and then I'm ready to paint:metal:, progress may slow down for the next month as I am going to be now working full time :( but at least I'll be getting lots more money to put into the truck $$$!

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

Way better than the way down here, beer can and tar! :lol:

Nice job!

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

Thanks bill, yep sure a lot better than a beer-can mechanic's job:lol:

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

Yep, now you'll know how it feels to put in 40 hour weeks. Plus Saturdays sometimes. lol But, I've found motivation in working a little each night. Gets me a bit closer. Looking good bud. :chevy:

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

Been working on the truck lots lately just been lacking in updates. I removed the water pump and thermostat to clean the front of the block and then I painted it up

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

And then painted up the water pump, thermostat, fan, pully and harmonic balancer and got it all back together

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

I painted the little indent on the timing chain cover blue to match the stripes on the rest of the engine

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

With a couple of tries I was able to master the double flare, this is for the vacuum advance line

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

And then I picked up this cool old spotlight from the late 40's that someone has already switched the bulb out to 12volt and it works great and Chrome is in pretty nice shape as well, best of all it only cost me $20:chevy:

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

02

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

03

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

Engine looks great.

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

All the little details are looking good together. Now you can scare the deer with your spotlight so you don't hit them.

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

I always say, "It don't matter what the truck looks like long as you have a perrty engine." lol Looks great man! And spot lights rock! I have been able to pick up 2 so far. One a GM and the other an S6 universal.

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

Thanks Craig, took a lot of work to get it this nice

Thanks bill, the details are what make the vehicle different. And yep now that whitetailed buck will see me coming from a mile away!

Thanks tj, your sure right about a Pertty engine! This spotlight is a unity s6 almost identical to the factory 60-63 spotlight, just a little earlier.

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

Spent some time disassembling and polishing the spotlight and boy does she ever shine now! Chrome came out way better than I ever would've thought

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

Very nice. :metal:

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

I have one as well.

Desperately want it on my truck but in two minds about cutting a hole in my cab.


Probably will fit it though.

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

:metal::metal::metal:

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

Thanks bill
I say just go for it, holes can always be patched later down the road if need be.
:metal:

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

Well after contemplating about the motor mounts for a while an I decided after all to adapt the front mount to the new crossmember. So the first step was to take a bunch of measurements and then grind and drill out all the rivets to remove the perch from the crossmember, this was quite the chore but I finally got them all out. Next I will finish the last lower control arm so I can begin the crossmember swap.

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

And the perch

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

Engine is just about all buttoned up, I painted and reinstalled all the little odds and ends, she's looking good! Also ran some other lines

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

Can't wait to see that thing start up, great work.