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Heater box is looking nice! Are you going to change out any of the seals? Looking forward to seeing some pictures of the rear end coming together. Keep up the good work!

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Thanks Anthony, the seals were actually in really good shape so I just cleaned them up and put them back in, I should have an update on the rear end later Today

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Over the past few days I've been working hard on the rear end, I got the backing plates off, pulled the axle shafts out, measured backlash, pulled the carrier, removed the ring gear, measured pinion depth, measured pinion bearing preload, removed pinion yoke and pulled out the pinion. The axle housing is now completely empty, I'm going to replace seals and likely the carrier bearings. Over the weekend I'm going to trade the 3.07 ring and pinion for the 3.73. Then before I put it all back together I'm going to clean it up, move the trailing arm mounting pads, put on the later backing plates with larger brakes and then paint it

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The housing

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I also made some progress yesterday on the power steering conversion, I cut out this section of the frame to reveal the internal bracing behind the steering box, the problem with this is that one of the bolt holes for the new ps box lined up right on the bracing

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So I cut out the loop part that interferes and patched it up with some flatstock

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Another pic, tomorrow I'm going to be working on making an adapter/spacer plate for the steering box simular to the one captainfab makes

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Used the metal lathe at the school shop today to make these spacers that will be a part of the power steering box adapter plate.

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Did lots of cleaning on the framerails, also for the new gearset that I'll be installing in the rear end soon

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

Awesome! Frame is looking great. What are you going to coat it with?

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Thanks Anthony, so far I've been painting lots of stuff like this with rustoleum gloss black reduced through my gun, has a nice look and is really tough, plus it's way cheaper than say por15

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

Coming along nice.When there is a will there is a way.You make it happen.

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Thanks man, I'm trying to get as much as possible done this fall before it gets too cold to do anything. I want to have it on the road this spring.

On a different note I finally got my paint, I'll show you guys some pics and info on it tomorrow. I'm planning on getting the firewall painted in less than a week

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your front end is looking good . I cant wait to see the color your painting your truck ..
I used rustoleum semi gloss black on my buddies frame off 65 C-10 rebuild that im doing for him.
I just painted his cab last week 2000 S-10 indigo blue base clear .
and I did the whole interior with semi gloss black rustoleum .
now I have to do the doors for it next.

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Thanks Jim, this'll just be a regular old single stage as its not going to be a show truck.


So here it is, my friend that is an industrial painter ordered it for me as this paint isn't available to the public. It's cloverdales industrial speed enamel that was custom mixed to match the original glenwood green that still remained on the covered part of the gas filler. He has painted many trucks with this and had amazing results, really tough stuff.

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Another

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Paint!!! :metal:

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And today I finished up my power steering plate, copied the captains design on this except for moving the top rear hole further down, without it moved down it was lining up above the frame rail.

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Another pic

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And then I drilled a different hole in the steering box to accommodate the slimmer 60-62 framerail.

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Oh yeah! :metal:, firewall should be painted very very soon, just today I completely stripped the firewall of all the nuts, bolts, screws, and wires etc. Tomorrow I'll be sanding and prepping it for paint

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Same color as on my 305 v6. :metal:

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Hey Nik. I like the paint color. You really are making great progress and you fabricate most of it yourself. I'm impressed

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Hey Nik, beauty colour! That is really going to make the truck come together. Man I have been woundering what the heck I'm going to do for paint, not to impressed about the paint off the shelve here in Canada. What did a can of that colour mixed run you? Maybe you could ask your bubby if he would be able to get it in that Neptune green?

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Maybe that's a sign that you need to paint crustine this colour lol

Thanks Dale, I thought the original colour really suited the truck. I'm trying to learn to do everything myself not just to save money but also to become a more skillful builder.

Thanks Anthony, it was $47 per gal. unfortunately my buddy is moving this week to the kootney's which is 3 hours away so I don't think I'll be seeing him in person anytime soon and he has to order it through his work, plus it might be difficult to get the paint from me to you. However you can actually buy pretty good paint at Napa for a little bit more money, the Ppg/ditzler colour code for 503 glenwood green is 42977. I'm sure you could get Neptune as well.



So today I got the mounting pads/brackets cut off the rear end and then welded them on in the correct location for 60-62

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A closer pic

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Nice progress on the truck! This is the paint I had before I did my makeover. I loved the look and got a bunch of complements on the paint. They even have your color just in satin. I think it's $1999 a kit. I sprayed it in my garage. Just giving you another option.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psugouzvbq.png

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Thanks John, that paint does look nice however the paint I got was much cheaper, for 2 gallons of paint, two quarts of hardener and more than enough reducer it was about $220

Can't beat that price. You found a good deal!
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Oh I know, I'll be driving it everywhere and it's going to get scratched, so the beauty is that it will be single stage so I could easily repaint a single panel for next to nothing and have it looking like brand new again!

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I got the rear end completely cleaned up and then I sprayed it with some rustoleum, turned out good enough considering its going to be under the truck. Today I spent a few hours on the firewall and it is pretty much ready to be sprayed, I should get it sprayed in the next few days depending on the weather.

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

That is a big improvement on the rear...looks good!

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Thanks for tuning in Doug, it does look much more presentable, I could've made it look nicer but I didn't want to go overboard since I'm going to be taking the truck on lots of dirt roads.

Today is another beautiful day, looks like the firewall is going to get some paint after school today! :metal:

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It looks good there mate!

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Thanks bill.



Big step today, the temperature was decent today so I finished the prepping on the firewall and got it completely sprayed. It turned out really nice, almost flawless, tons of work is finally starting to pay off! :metal:

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A close up, the finish is nice and glossy!

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:metal:

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I also did some work at the metal shop in my school, I turned this piece of aluminum on the lathe and polished it up and it looks almost like Chrome! It's going to be part of the missing bracket that allows me to mount my unity spotlight to the window pillar

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

nice work the firewall looks great

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Morning Mate

Been keeping an eye on you.

Great progress as always.

Also with being back at work and writing up my USA Road Trip report the last few weeks, I just did not reply to many threads.