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Got the 68 and 77 in the barn for winter 72 has to go to my other garage.

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Played garage Tetris to pull the bed off again and finish up the exhaust work, add some hangers and V band clamps.

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More paint work done on the K10 Shorty

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Nice looking trans cross member Cornerstone!

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Thank you. I actually made one from 1x3 tubing, you can see it in the bed of the truck in the second picture, but I didn't like how bouncy the trans was. I know I could have simply adding some more structure to it, but the time involved to do so was more valuable than the cash to buy the new one from MetalTec that is currently in the truck, and it's stout for sure. Very nice product. I just need to get everything test fit, then remove it to get a coat of paint on it.;)

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Refurbed the dash for my daughters 68 truck today.
Took it a part and cleaned it and painted the iside Chrome spray paint. Installed new LED bulbs. I used pipe wrap and put inside for the lens cushions and also to block out the light from bleeding through. I used black tape around the steering column area to stop it from shinning through there as well.
They also dim down. :chevy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYEE6VDmwo0

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Tanks in, put in the driver's side shoulder belt, found some rust under the carpet I need to look and paint.

Gonna try to button it all up tomorrow.

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Does this count?
Hauled our pops 78 stepper cab with his 68 to the shop that is doing his restoration.

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I'll count it ;)

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I installed new grill moldings and headlamp bezels.

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that really turned out super nice

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Visited the K10 shorty at the paint shop. Getting closer.

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Thanks we got the cab off the LWB frame also and have the short frame sitting in the waiting area. We started blasting some small parts for it after I fixed the blaster cabinet.:chevy:

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It was a good weekend. My springs showed up. The big girl is gettin down.

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May sound crazy to some but I skipped opening weekend of modern gun deer season to get the rear frame section rust encapsulated and painted. Not sure she I’d see another two days in a row of 65-70 degree weather.

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That color looks great!

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Got the freshly rebuilt TH400 put back in the truck yesterday. My body realizes it today.

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That old girl is looking good!!!

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Nothing as exciting as many of yours, but I did get some general stuff done that I wanted since I bought the truck.
Changed plugs, wires, cap and rotor.
Converted points to Petronix Ignitor III. Did my best to keep factory look and thanks to advice here, kept the factory wiring (just wrapped it all up) in case I want to go back to original. Put the all the parts in a box and leave them in the truck.

Also, thanks to great advice from this board I changed my glass fuel filter to a metal one.

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Wiped down the smooth exhaust manifolds with some solvent, blew dry with air and got a couple coats of high temperature cast iron paint.

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I switched from my summer wheels and tires to my "snow" wheels and tires today. I don't store the old girl for the winter but drive it whenever it's decent outside

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Nice..I posted about the same on my Blazer yesterday in the blazer forum. I made a panel to cover the gap in front of my radiator and behind the core support .

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Got my Truck back from the Painter.

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That's a nice color you selected for your truck. It's a good feeling when you get one of your projects back from the paint shop!!!!

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That sir is a good looking truck!:chevy:

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I did some painting of small parts and I did some grille work on the 68. I think it's going to be fine once I clean it up and sand it down and primer it. The ramp truck makes a nice work area to by the way.
Oh I fixed my neighbor's tail lights for him on his 94 truck. He had no tail lights when he showed up. When he left he had all his lights working.

I had to work on the spot light on the ramp truck to it wouldn't come on. Had to take it a part and clean the contacts inside the light fixture and inside the handle. I also sprayed it down with lithium grease to make it move better. :chevy:

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Installed the transmission, radiator and power steering hoses. Also installed the transmission dipstick, new filter and new pan cover.

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Installed wiring harness today in hopes of test firing my engine. Also I temporarily installed the cab and front clip to ascertain where my computer, airbox, and battery will eventually go. I’m not sure if I want more of a factory look or a custom look under the hood.

Man, it feels good to look at something that resembles truck instead of only pieces of a truck!:lol:

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This week I wet sand and buffed the truck. Yesterday I painted the seat cover for now. I struggled with a color to eventually do my seat. I think black leather would be fine.

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What year are those saddle tanks off of?

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picked up a replacement motor for the GMC. 350 with camel hump heads. It was in a T-Bucket but only ran a few hours and he replaced it with something else. Sat for a couple years. I'll put a different cam in and new accessory brackets on and $$ dictates what else.

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Started to reassemble the 71 K10 shorty.

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Decide it would be fun to pull my vintage camper with my vintage truck.

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Cool! :metal:

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Painted my seat belts to finish my cheapo seat and seatbelt resto.

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Your seats and belts look awesome! Great job!

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Put new bushings in my trailing arms and put them back in. Ordered springs, trac bar, spring retainers, and shock relocation kit from summit. Tore down drive shaft for paint, u joints, and. center bearing.

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Got all the new weatherstrip and seals installed. All the glass back in and polished some chrome on the K10 shorty.

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Looks awesome

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Looking good, gonna be a complete truck soon.