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Nice parts day you guys had. Good to see you can still find trucks like ours in yards.

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Hey Nik, that was some good finds in the salvage yard!

I've been enjoying your build and gotta say I was really impressed when I figured out you are doing most of your work outside. Wow! Your dedication is awesome.

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Nik. You are a hustler and your build is fun to watch come along. You got ambition for sure.Use what you learn and pass on the teaching's in the future.

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Yes, just as it was on the 60-62's from the factory

Yes, they are definitely starting to get scarce, I'm glad I found this spot though.
Thanks Doug, yes working outside when it's zero degrees isn't fun but I just layer up in some warm clothes and do what I have to do, I'm not gonna let a little cold weather stop me :chevy:
thanks, I try to just keep on pushing and pushing so that the truck gets done, I'll be so happy When I'm finally able to drive it.
Thanks for tuning in everybody

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Nice finds! Frame is looking good!

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Thanks tj



Things have been slow lately because of weather like this, but this evening I went outside and braved the cold to get some work done

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I got the control arms, spindles and brakes installed on both sides, the springs will go in at a later date when I can get access to a spring compressor.

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Then I loosely bolted up all the steering linkage and clamped the idler arm to the frame just to get an idea of how well everything is going to line up.

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Everything is lining up great, there is just the right amount of clearance between the centre link and crossmember, about 1/4" or so. Next step is to clean up and paint the steering linkage, then finish welding up the frame where the steering box mounts

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Wow, and I saw a post a guy was complaining his shop was 40f....gutsy progress!

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Dedication ! !

Well done.

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Progress!

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We Canadians don't get cold, the maple syrup in our blood keeps us warm:lol::lol::lol:, thanks
Thanks rian

Oh yeah :metal:

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Before I painted my firewall I removed this little ID plate. I've been soaking it in vinegar for the past couple days and gave it a quick scrub with some steel wool, it removed all the rust and dirt very well, looks almost like new.

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Do you have a source for the proper rivets ?

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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.[/QUOTE]

Looks like a good match !:metal:

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I have ones that are kinda close to the originals, if I can't find the right ones I'll just use what I have.

Yes it was! Thanks again Al for doing me the favour on the paint, can't wait until I actually get the whole thing painted up

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

Hey everyone, I've been busy with end of the semester exams for the past two weeks, and I just wrote the last one yesterday. So the progress continued again today. 60-62 trucks had two different styles of clutch return spring for some reason. Mine had this style, which interfered with the clutch master cylinder linkage.

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So I got the different style spring from my buddy (sspeed66) and installed it today.

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I also installed the mirror I got

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The reason I needed a new one is because the old one was kinda messed up, at some point in the trucks life the arm broke and someone bolted a piece of metal to the two pieces to hold them together.
I've been working on something big for the past month or so, in the next day or so it should be finished up and I'll post some pics of it for you guys to see

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Oh and I forgot to include this Chrome horn I just picked at a garage sale for $10, from some kind of 70's semi truck. It's super loud!

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No school today so I got to work on the truck. But first I did some rust repair to a door for my dads suburban, here is the door with both the bottom corners cut off.

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And here is the patch panel I made all welded in

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The backside

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Your skills really are coming along in leaps and bounds mate.

Doors look great.

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And here is the big thing I've been working on for the past while, a bracket to add a power steering pump to the 261. This took a good bit of time to design and lots of time to build with trial and error. But now I think I've finally perfected it. The bracket itself uses bolts from the water pump, thermostat housing, exhaust/intake manifolds, and one head bolt, all of it is made of 3/16 plate. I have to say it's way stronger than it needs to be, This bracket could easily support the weight of the engine of it had to.

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Another view, you can see that it shares a bolt with the intake/exhaust manifolds.

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Has a very nice smooth finish after the weld was taken down

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Where it attaches to the head bolt.

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A view from the top of the engine

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Then I basically made two steel tabs and bolted them to the front and back of the pump, I then welded these tabs to the main bracket. This is the point at which it will pivot. I still need to make another piece with a curved elongated hole that allows the pump to have adjustment.

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And here is a picture of it from the front with the pump mounted.

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Another

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Now I know some people will say that you can't drive a ps pump off of the same belt as everything else, but I see otherwise. Since the ps pump will take the most effort to drive I mounted up high in a way that it will have lots of belt contact, plus both the pump and alternator will be adjustable so I will be able to get the belt very tight, so I see absolutely no reason the pump will slip. As far as the alternator goes, it doesn't have a lot of belt wrap but it should still easily be enough since an alternator drives much easier than a ps pump. Here is a thread where someone did power steering on a 235 with a one belt system and it worked out just fine for them, and there pump wasn't even adjustable. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=657913

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Very nice looking work. Your idea sounds good to me since they are run with a single belt in a serpentine system.

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That bracket turned out great! I bet you'll be just fine running a single belt for the whole system and it looks like you've got room to mount a simple idler/tensioner pulley later if needed.

Keep it up! :metal:

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Great job man! :metal:

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

Excellent work on your bracket! Well done!

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Nice job on the bracket. Looks very professional.