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I have a perfect "62" grill surround that I'll probably sell off to some one that needs that year instead of hacking it up. I have a good later one for my truck.

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Got my new mufflers put on today with new down pipes. It sounds good but maybe a little too quiet. I had to drive it to the shop without a bed, bumper and no lights. :lol: Made it there and back without getting arrested!

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I have to go pick up lumber and strap it to Cecilia tomorrow morning bedless, lightless, and with a huge honking bumper sticking out. Plus a baby in the cab. :lol: It's good for the ol' ticker I guess, looking out for the coppers!

Today and yesterday I got in my new scaler that Vernski made me buy, my Leno recommended gear oil, and new rear brake shoes. I won't be able to put them on until next weekend but it's pretty cool opening boxes. :mm:

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I snuck out and got some door panels at the junkyard and put them in storage... So the wife wouldn't see them. .. some time you just have to hide the parts...
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Bench bled the master cylinder and bolted it on the booster and cleaned up another throttle and detent cable bracket I found in our parts. Cleaned all the bolts to put the front sheet metal back together and etched them.

rg

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Cut ground and chiseled 22 welds the previous owner decided needed to be there to hold the bed on after doing a steel floor conversion. Apparently he was allergic to bolts! LOL. And did not own a square. bed was off to drivers' side about 1 1/2" and 1" too high in the back.
Anyway, bed is off, Suburban tank w/ EFI in tank pump is ready to install tomorrow.
yesterday, installed the alarm and worked on fabbing up power door locks. Not satisfied with the result, but will get it worked out.
other than that, we've just been enjoying it!

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I'm getting my wood tomorrow but I'm strapping it to the top of my car. :lol: At least they are cutting the boards down from 16 feet to 8 for me.

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New latch and controls installed. Mocking up a set of Nu-Relics power window units...marking for the window crank switch cutouts.

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installed harley halogen headlamp looks real good alot brighter ,i will try to post pics

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Dollied some dings out of the inner fenders and touched up the primer before putting the driver's side inner on the truck. Rubs on the steering shaft coupler so I have to figure that out yet... could be it needs the firewall tab bolted up to get straight for clearance sake.

Flared and routed the brake lines down to the proportioning valve - done with tubing for now and ready to bleed brakes.

rg & ray~ray

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Adjusted the rocker arms and drove my truck today. Found some bad lifters and lobes on the old tired cam. Still does great at 4300 rpm!:lol: Love cruising at 2500 rpm I reckon that's about 45-50. Good-ol-chevy!

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Love the straight 6! Looks like a stock 292???

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yep , 292 motor. just got done for the night . put new motor mounts on right after work. gonna hit it hard tomorow. put brakes back on, steering box and shaft back together , power steering and hydro boost brakes. we'll see how far i get on it tommorow.

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WARNING! If you are restoring a really rusty truck - the following pictures may upset you!
I stripped the top of the dash and the perimeter of the windshield down to bare metal. I didn't find any rust! Wooohoooo! Look at how nice the flange is! I expected to find some pitting but it looks like new!
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Lugnutz you are very lucky to have such a rust free truck!! Gonna save you lots of time and money!! Mine has a several places that are questionable in the areas you showed
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Started to install my bed strips. What a pain in the ass doing it yourself. Would it kill them to make the bolts 1/2" longer so it is easy to thread a nut on?

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Man, you sure are right! I knew when I saw this truck that it was a great resto candidate. It has plenty of dents though. No matter, I like learning new skills.

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Amazingly lucky to have a truck that old and no rust. cool.

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I got the Raptor Liner sprayed on the bottom of the cab.

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pdxhall,
That looks really nice! The Raptor instructions say a gallon will cover 125 SqFt. How much should I buy to do the bottom of the cab like you did? Did you use 2 coats? I see that it has a medium texture so I'm wondering if dirt clings to it or does it wash off pretty easily?

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The painter for my '60 Mr. Art put a rubberized coating on as well. I had planned to do that and forgot to ask him to, but he does this on all restorations.

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Earned my truck a pair of modern side mirrors by making my friend Martin a cubby hole/glove box inner in thin steel.

Pics later.
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power window motor on my 87 gmc...sigh...

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Suburban tank mounted under rear of bed w/ new sending unit( O'Rielly's sells an Equus brand universal- $30 and works great with GM)

All unnecessary bed ribs removed from under the converted steel floor.
rear coil springs removed, air bag mounts put on and bags installed.
Bed back on and is now square and level with the rest of the truck.

Calling it a day, going to float in the pool with a cold one and enjoy family for the rest of the holiday weekend.

Wishing you all a great holiday, as well!

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Not much done today, but still a result that had me chuckling, as I did something new again, making it up as I went.

Which is something I always like to do.

My mate Martin who is doing up a 1965 C10 needed a glove box inner, as his original had long since rotted away, being made from paper mache, or something similar.

I had volunteered to make him a new one from ally plate or thin sheet metal in exchange for the side mirrors he had removed from his truck a few months ago.

Started by rummaging around the garage till I found a good base to work with. The back of an old steel filing cabinet (I think that's what it was) that was probably around 1mm thick.

Next up, empty out my glove box to see what I am working with.

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Removed it by unscrewing 5 screws.

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Laid out the steel plate, carefully copied all the reference points on the made glove box, then connected the dots with a red marker and also shaded in the areas that needed cutting away.

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One Angle grinder, a 2mm blade and three minutes later we have this, still needed working back with a hand file to smooth off the edges.

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At this point I went up to the house to make a coffee, and then walked back to behind the garage where we grow our vegetables, and where I planted a Conference pear and Star King apple tree two years ago.

Last year each tree presented me with two fruits, this year the pear has retained about 15 pears and the apple tree has about 25 apples which range in size from what you see in my hand, to some a bit bigger still. These apples are pleasantly sweet from the smallest to the largest, which pleases me immensely. So I ate a few apples, feeling very smug, then came back in to carry on with the box.

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Back in the garage the next session of rummaging started, to find the right bits of wood to use to bend the plate to shape.

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Once all the sides were folded, it stayed in shape without any encouragement. I WAS SURPRISED.

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I then quickly clamped, and tack welded the tabs rather than rivet them as mine has been done.

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Ground back, the last job was to give it a coat of primer, mostly as rust preventative. Martin can paint the outside if he wants. I know he wants to carpet the inside with thin automotive carpet.

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I then hoped onto the bike and rode the 15 miles to Martins to deliver and collect......

Got there, and he had removed the heavy agricultural bumper from the truck and had just finished welding in a new rear roll pan, which looks great.

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After a chat and him sparaying some red oxide primer over the new roll pan, we lifted and refitted the tailgate, which I have to say fits nicely. Still needs some fine tuning.

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Last thing once we had stood back, enjoyed it, and gotten the approval of his wife, Amanda, was for me to grab my well earned mirrors and come home, as I still had some jobs to do at home as well.

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And that is where today with the truck ended.

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Pulled the carburetor to begin the rebuild, much to the dismay of the resident mud daubers... got the bed out of the way. Should have a 4x4 frame ready to post in parts for sale before too much longer!:chevy:

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Drove my first 50 miles since buying it in March, today is a good day. Lol.
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Didn't have lots of time to work on the truck, so I constructed a burp bottle based on this article. White was the color of the day, came out to under $20, including new hose for the hook up.

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Very cool Grizz - great tech on the glove box ;^)

I seam-sealed the 62 windshield flange area at the cowl and A-pillars and tops of the door openings.

Repaired the PO's gun rack mounting holes in the cab's interior panels (one went all the way through and was poking out the back of the cab above the window - ouch down at the car wash!).

Sprayed some epoxy primer... sorta then ran up to my buddy's paint shop to see what the heck was up with my HVLP gun... it was more of the guy holding it than the actual gun's fault.

One thing this build is teaching me is IF YOU DON'T USE IT - YOU WILL LOSE IT.

Pulled some major tree-limb dents out of the cab roof on the DS and filled those areas to smooth them the rest of the way.

Fun day with my son in the garage.
rg & ray~ray

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All the pictures in my build thread, but finished my Dash Cluster rebuild today.

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Pulled the lights, grille, bumpers and mirrors off my 1966 C-10, prepping it for primer grey and then a coat of a light tan. Now, time for a wash and roughing up the old Dark Yellow paint.

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This actually happened about a week ago, but I bought my old truck back after 7 years!

66 GMC 3/4. Looks like it was stored in a time capsule. Seven years ago I put in a fuel injected 350 and 700r4. Doesn't run currently, so I took the opportunity to begin stripping ALL the wiring, as well as ordered a new computer system and wiring for it (Megasquirt to replace the stock ECU).

Looking forward to continuing where I left off in College!

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Drove my truck today and put a new intake and exhaust gasket in, that cured my exhaust leak.

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Congrats on repurchasing your old truck, and in good condition. That's a real rarity. It certainly appears to be a beauty.

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Sorry for no pics, but today I cut off the old farmer bumper, and dry fit my rear pan, Ill paint the areas and assemble tomorrow.

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Still no pics Ricky? I'd like to see this!

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Don't forget to make another useful dent puller for flat panels; was taught to me by an old-timer body man. Drill a hole, approx. 3/8-inch, in center of a 12-inch X 2-inch piece of flat steel(1/4-inch or a tad thicker) about halfway the length. Drill a small "pull-hole" into dent. Screw a metal screw into this dent-hole. Place hole of flat steel over the screw with length of flat steel flush against the body. Using a claw hammer, pull gently until dent hits the flat steel. Drill and pull successive holes as needed. It's hard to pull the dent too far, this way.
HTH,
Sam

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This looks great.

Question: the overflow fitting on the rad cap neck runs to the fitting on the bottom of the burp bottle but what does the top fitting on the burp bottle hook into?

Thanks!

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Looks like it might be the breather hose on the top fitting and it doesn't attach to anything. AMIRITE?