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

thank you very much! I owe all my knowledge to my dad since I starting helping him restore his two cars when I was only a couple years old.

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

Good work bud! Looks good! :chevy:

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

thanks bud

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

I'm checking in on this build. Cool truck.

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

Thanks

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

Got my rear step bumper off the other day it must weigh 150 lbs! In some spots the metal was 1/2'' thick. I m currently building a new one. Pics will follow soon

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

Finished up the welding on the bumper. It's a front bumper that I got for next to nothing. I shortened it 18 1/4'' in the centre and welded strips on the back side for strength and filled all the bolt holes with weld. This should make some of the factory guys scratch their heads:chevy:

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

New bumper mocked up

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

Looking good

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

Thanks rusty. Next step will be making mounts for it.

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

Picked up an 18 gallon 69 nova tank to go under the bed. Got it with a sending unit and a locking cap for really cheap. Looks dirty, but the inside is like brand new. The top of the tank will mount between the frame rails with a couple of inches hanging under the frame but that will be covered by the bumper and the tank will be black so it should be unnoticeable. It will fill through the bumper and be covered by the license plate on a hinge.

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

Great work on the bumper looks good

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

Thanks, I could of bought a rear stepside number but I would have the big gaps since mine is a longbox, plus it'll be unique.

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

Since Its starting to get pretty cold outside, the bodywork will slow down but I have been researching about swapping to a t5 and I'm going to look at one for sale sometime soon. Updates will follow if I purchase it.

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

Snow has Landed!

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

Nice start here for the long haul my 57's under snow too ;)

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

No snow in my parts of Oregon. lol Just rain and then the sun comes out and it drops into the low teens.

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

Leaky Slave cylinder rebuilt and looking pretty

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

Very cool build. Be sure to thank your dad for letting you work on stuff with him. I never worked on anything with my dad but I'm definitely including my boys on my burb build.

Keep up the good work. I'll be back for sure.

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

Thanks Andrew, I'm very lucky to have such a good dad. Make sure to get your boys invoked in your burb. It will be a great learning experience for them.

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

I can see the light!
This is a household light socket that the po put in. I put a 12 volt bulb in it and it works!

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

That's so cool. Years ago I used to use a five watt bulb in household socket hooked to my CB radio. It would light up when you talk or modulate. Really neat way of testing the radio.

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

Thanks, Sounds like a good idea

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

First day of Christmas break, so I got busy. Built a 1bbl to 2bbl adaptor plate out of aluminum. Ported and polished the inside so it should flow pretty good. Then I got started on the linkage, the pic below is the pedal assembly after I flipped the arm so when I give it gas it pulls instead of pushing. Then I built a rod with bends that goes from the pedal arm to the carb. Here's a video: http://youtu.be/PU0i3WgsB0Y

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

Nice work on the linkage.

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

Looks good. That a carb off a gmc v6?

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

Thanks guys. No the carb is a carter that I got for free from my dad's plymouth sine he went to a 4bbl.

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

Made a cross member to put between the frame rails for the gas tank straps to bolt to. I will weld it in place later today.

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

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

Made some gas tank straps

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

Cool, has the carter seemed to make a difference?

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

Not a huge difference but defiantly helps

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

Ok no pics right now but I finished all of the gas tank straps and mounts and bolted the tank in. Now it's time to pull it back off and get the bumper mounted so I know where to cut the hole for the gas filler.

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

Started working on mounting the bumper. Built one of two brackets that will be welded to the bumper and bolt to a piece of angle iron that will go inside the frame rails. I made the holes oblong so that the height of the bumper can be adjusted.

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

Number 2 is finished. The old set of files is sure getting a good workout

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

I found this inside my radio

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

Nice work on the bumper brackets. Did you really make the slots with a file?

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

X2, Nice work. :chevy:

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

Thanks guys. Yes I made them with a drill press, a hacksaw but mostly files. Took a while. Times like these when a cnc plasma cutter would come in handy:lol:

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

Installed my Christmas present! Sun pro super tach 2.
I'm impressed with the quality, compatibility and look.