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It seemed never ending, probably 20 hours or so of detail sanding...

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I started out Fathers day getting out to the garage and priming on my truck! WHOOO HOOOO! I can't believe it, the very first application of primer or paint on the rebuild, WHOOO HOOOOO!

I found a sandblaster and will call them but I am thinking more now into just doing it myself. After all, this SPI primer takes any crap all away once you spray it, I mean look at the inside of the cab, it's perfect now. :D

So I was done by 9:30 this morning and took a little ride in the sun with my 65 Gran Sport. It hit me that I need a photo of the car in front of the house I sold in 1986 that gave me the money to buy it. Sooooooo, here's the story. I sold this house in a divorce for $115k. Splitting the money with the ex I made $8k and splurged and bought the Gran Sport for $2250.

Now the sick part, this house, it's worth very close to a million dollars now! Maybe even a million but certainly $900k or so. Yep, wish I had that instead of the car!


Brian

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And I have to tell you if you are doing any painting or priming this is a MUST HAVE gun! I have a whole arsenal of spray guns, some costing many hundreds but this stupid $40 gun just blew my mind!

I got it for primer only, polyester primer actually, it's got a 2.0 tip. I went to prime the inside of the cab and have another for general priming that was going to grab but saw this and the tilting cup and it hit me how useful this may be. Now mind you, I don't believe I have ever even used this gun where I moved the cup out of it's normal position. I just thought it moved and it mounted that way because it was an odd gun, it never occured to me that you could do what I did today.

I rotated the cup to spray the gun upside down! OMG! Look at the photos of the areas down in the bottom of the cab corners. I looked with a flash light and was blown away that it was TOTALLY coated inside there!

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...726739341.html


Brian

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my hands ache just thinking about sanding that hood

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I got the fender buttoned up early this morning. I haven't put the headlight in yet but its sunny and hot so no worries there. I haven't run the truck in two weeks. when I turned the key it fired like it had been impatiently waiting on me. drove it to the gym and to run a couple of errands. we are about to go to lunch in it. having the fender back on had taken a great deal of the rattles out. im trying to focus on my interior systems but I need to get the front valence and bumper mounted so it looks like a whole truck. that's going to be a huge pain in the a$$ though due to my clipped subframe. so we will see when that all starts. after lunch im going to let it cool off and then I will start my bracket. going to take a little work. I have to grind a tiny bit and will need to move the fuel line a couple inches but I don't think its going to be difficult. having said that im sure ive cursed myself into a three week job to install 4 bolts.

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Finished the battery mount. Side post to the rear. Cables run down the back and down the firewall.

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You better mount that battery straight or all the acid is going to run out! :lol:

Brian

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Your not kidding. This is driving me crazy. Wont post an upright photo.

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Now it's correct so my joke is stupid. LOL I rather have joke wrong than your picture so cool! :metal:

Brian

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I get caught with the same issue. Not going to have any nice clothes left at this rate.

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drove the death rattle all day. I fall more in love every time I drive it. I didn't get any work on the truck done. I did clean out the garage which will lead to better work later on. well I guess I did a tiny bit of work if you count prep/research. I took the new a/c bracket out and held it in place and went over the directions while looking at the motor. I already knew I was going to have to move the fuel line over a couple of inches but I will also have to cut the alternator bracket spacer to allow the a/c compressor bracket AND the alternator bracket occupy the same mounting hole the on the head. that means im going to have to get a bolt that matches all of the a/c compressor bracket bolts for the alternator. I believe I found a winner though. its supposed to rain all week here so maybe I will get some work done during the week.

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I went to an antique swap meet and even though it was a non-automotive event I miraculously found a set of inside door and window handles for my AD, and a pair of tail lights.

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Now that's cool, and probably at a better price. I plan on running 53-55 Corvette tail lights. I have one I bought years ago and now all I am seeing are pairs of them on ebay...for the $500-900 range! Repro lenses are even $125! So being I have the one I need to get another and I just bought a rough as hell bezel for $40. We will see what I can do with that and then will only need the lense.

Brian

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Tested all my gauges for proper operation, installed a rheostat behind the dash for final brightness configurations.

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okay.. I got out to start on my compressor bracket. I didn't get as far as wanted. mistakes were made along with messes. I had to lay my alternator to the side. easy. then I started following the installation instructions. the first step is to grind a small area. did it. install the cradle on the top water pump bolt. done. remove 1st manifold bolt. done. here is where it gets messy. I needed to remove the heater hoses from the manifold and water pump just to have some room to move. coolant everywhere. its a disaster in my garage. got that handled. the bracket sits just about right but I have some more work to do. I need to make 2 spacers and make sure my belt lines up. the good news is that the bracket will work on top of my alternator bracket. im stoked about that.

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I was BEAT today at work, fell asleep in the lunch room! And I love my five minute a day plan, that's all I was going to do, clamp the seat riser in to place, that was it. Well, I got it all welded and ground and the front brackets welded in, it's done!

I then went out for a 2+ mile walk! :metal:

Brian

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Raised my truck on jackstands and had my wife step on the brake pedal while I spun the wheels. My brakes are now fully functional!

Between the faulty proportioning valve, adapting GM hoses to Ford calipers, and the inevitable leaks, what an ordeal these brakes have been!

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First drive after the new paint.

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Dang, That looks good.

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So cool! :metal:

I remember reading an article in the old "Rod Action" magazine back in the seventies about taking that first drive and how all the busted knuckles are forgotten. I wish I had a copy of it, it was really well done.

Brian

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I really like that color

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Well I can't claim this as my first drive that would have been '06. I pulled it out of my parents yard in '05 when my dad passed away. It had sat for 25 years in pieces and I had it driving a year later. I've had it together (and apart) many times over the last 13 years.

Also my first ride in this truck was as a newborn, my parents brought me home from the hospital in it back in '78.

It did feel pretty good taking it out on Father's day.

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Thanks, I'll be in your neighborhood this weekend. There's a vintage trailer rally up at Riverbend Campground. The whole campground will be full of vintage trailers and there's an open house on Saturday if you're interested.
I'll have my truck and camper there.

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OMG that is so awesome it's crazy! I have a license plate off the 50 Olds I came home from the hospital in 1959. Wish I had the car but that license plate is a treasure of mine.

Brian

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jweb, cool truck and great story...Jim

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I had a meeting for work 50 miles away that was 3 hours of mind numbing crap, got home after 10 pm and got out to the garage for my five minutes! I punched and drilled holes in the cab and in the panels I am welding in at the cowl at the bottom of the hinge pillars. WHOOO HOOOO!

Brian

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Looking very nice, great color and story.

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Started my wiring tonight, guess this counts as my 5 minutes.

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My 5 minutes was to go pay for the PPG paint, over $1000/with tax for a gallon of paint and nothing else....:tim: and I need 1 1/2 gallons minimum!

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You work pretty fast!

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So I got my hinges in, hopefully the pilot holes I drilled after mock up will have alignment pretty close when the doors go on. I also checked the function of the door jamb switches and the door solenoid circuits, turns out the power supply to the relays is only hot with the key on. Not good. Would it be a bad idea to run the wire to one side of the "red-battery" terminal on the HL switch? The relays and an auto resetting circuit breaker are mounted inside the left door jamb. A 10ga wire feeds power to the HL switch so it should handle the current draw ok. Connecting it there would sure be convenient.

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Beautiful work!

Brian

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Thanks, any thoughts on the wiring question?

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I worked more on the a/c bracket. I did a first mock up. the compressor and alternator are going to work great on the same side of the motor. im stoked about that. I need to get the correct length belt and do a full mock up but its going well. I need to trim the original spacer from the alternator to allow the bracket and alternator use the same mounting hole. I also need to make a spacer for the arm that goes on the manifold. I used stacked washers for the mock up but I will cut a real one. good progress today.

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Better than me, I gave up and switched to the painless wiring push/ pull switch. Made more since for my wiring set up. I could not for the life of me get the OEM switch to work. Here is my new switch wiring if you can make anything to work with what you have, googled this.

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I don't know but I can toss it past my brother, he is the wiring expert that I refer too.:metal:

I got the right kick panel welded in! I was going to have them both, that was the plan. But a family movie night won over that with "Cars 3" and we had fun, what a fun movie.

Brian

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Painted the springs in preparation for hood installation. Discovered some automotive genius in the truck's past had welded one of the hood spring mounting holes closed - why in heck would anyone do that??? I drilled out the weld and retapped the hole.

Proceeded to fabricate a shift selector lever in anticipation of installing my floor shifter. The 1-1/2" left offset will help place the shifter in a comfortable position.

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That is a couple of 5 minute evenings. Last night was just bolt ons. Wiring was fabricated the night before. I only wish I could wire that fast, I would be almost done..

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Been working away on the fitech install. Should be installed this weekend if all goes well.

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So awesome, Makes me wish at times that I had kept my inline 6. Maybe in the next project.