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Here is some progress from the weekend. I decided to build a short throw shifter for the t5. First thing I did was drive the pin out of the hole and drilled a new hole exactly 1" above to move the pivot point up 1". Here's a pic with the pin in the newly drilled hole
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Then I built a spacer plate out of some 3/16 plate I had laying around. It is exactly 1" thick to offset the amount I moved the pivot point by. This was very time consuming to cut, use the hole saw slowly and weld the two together. It would have been much faster to use aluminum but this is what I had and I made it work. Now all I need are some bolts that are 1" longer and it'll be done
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Progress has been slow lately due to the heat, but this evening I got all the bodywork on the rear drivers side of the cab all wrapped and sprayed it with some old paint to keep the surface rust off and so I could see my results.
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I'm pretty satisfied with the metalwork and bodywork that I have done on this corner, this is what it looked like when I bought it. It had a very large dent/crease and the door was sticking out past the rest of the cab by at least a 1/4"
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And this is how perfectly flush the door is now, closes with the push of a finger as well
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your doing some nice work there .
I want to work on my 65 C-10 but I'm still building my friends 65 C-10 for him , I'm doing the cab for his now. it's on a cart on it's back I am getting ready to prime the roof this week , it's all clean bare metal with all the bodywork done . |
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This is certainly a Rock n Roll build, you just keep on progressing.
Good job on the cab side. |
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You done good son!
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I think you'll like the shorter shifter throw... and nice job fixing that big dent.
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Looks great! Nice job! :metal:
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I started to begin tackling the passenger cab corner today, I cut the skin off and here is what I'm going to be dealing with. It's a tad bit worse than the drivers side, I'll start work on it tomorrow |
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Nice work on the cab corner.. Looking good I know what your saying about the heat the humidity is up here making it feel hotter.. Keep up the good work...
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Great job on the body work Nik! Your really getting a eye and a hand for it. Can't wait to see what you do next :metal: keep up the good work!
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Hey guys progress will be slow for the next two weeks since I have lots of exams to study for but I brought my rotors in to school today and turned them. They're nice and smooth and look like new, they still have lots of life left on them since the 78 gmc only had about 60,000 miles on it. Here's a before
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And here they are all finished up:chevy:
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Just cleaned up the hub and painted it
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Nice!!
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Just picked up these brand new replica 39 Ford taillights with blue dots from the local classifieds for $40:metal:, and there're LED! These will go on the backs of the rear fenders
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Those should look real good!! Nice score.
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