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Wound up with a little free time and sunny weather over the weekend, so I got a little work done on the parts truck. Got the front crossmember ready to pull (only 4 bolts left holding it in place). Also got the cab ready to pull, bolts are out and everything keeping it attached to the frame is now gone. Not too much, but a little progress for a couple hours of free time.

BTW: post #600....if anyone keeps tack of things like that. :metal:

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3-1/2

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was it difficult or did you use junkyard apts.

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I thought it was quite easy. I used a CPP mounting kit, which has the mounting plates, and steering column attachment. The power steering box was from a 81 chevy 3/4 ton. I haven't installed the pump yet. I just can't decide on a bracket set up for the pump and alternator.Attachment 666300

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just got my aftermarket aluminum radiator today, if the weather is better this weekend I will figure out how to mount this thing, it has 4 nice mounting bosses on the front but I may use the saddle style

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where did you get the radiator at

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had mine primed this morning!

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Boy...so much happening on the Burb daily now. Today we got the engine compartment inner fenders painted and the front, behind the grill painted, the inner hood area painted, some of the interior parts are now primered, the dash primered and a lot of the front chrome grill polished.

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Wet and damp day... perfect for working on the truck in the garage...

Pulled the final screws and bolts, and got the inner fenders and radiator support off.

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Not too much. Painted my vent window assembly and brought it over to the glass shop, im getting my rusty compete doors' guts transferred over the the solid door shells im going to use. I got my steering wheel pulled so I can work on the column too. I mostly got the truck outside and put a cover on it, unfortunately my parents vehicles have the shop spaces reserved for their cars and trucks. I also put the fan on and bought a new battery, and ran the truck for a minute before parking it.

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Went to move the truck, found out mice had chewed the electric lines to the air ride in half. jacked it up, put jack stands under it, went to jack up the other side and some how it rolled forward off both stands,crushing the jack under the truck. Parts store, new jack, fixed wireing, old jack in trash, called it a day.

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Lessee... I removed the rear bumper, worked on a fender dent, fixed the driver side window regulator, took her for a spin

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walked in the garage... stared... and drooled! ;P :D

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better on the jack than you...
i thought about mine a whole lot... im a college student its my finals week next week, cant wait to get outta here got a box of parts waiting at home :D

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Installed valve stems in my new front wheels, and with great reluctance I removed a little over an inch from the right side gas pedal ledge. I’ve been considering this modification with great hesitance since I ruined a perfectly good Moon pedal years ago. I had to cut away so much to get it to work it looked terrible in the end and replaced it with this one.

Although I preferred it cosmetically before the trimming, it is much more user friendly now allowing my foot to rest in a more natural position. I'm not sure a casual observer would know if didn't come this way.

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/769/post01d.jpg

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went for a nice little cruise

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:d

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That looks uncomfortable to me to begin with, I've always had my heel on the floorboard and just my toes on the pedal. I guess thats one of the various driving techniques that people can alter like your hands on the steering wheel.

Anyways looks good, I love your truck, mostly your interior, the retro tach on the dash, and the seats that look like old chevelle buckets, your 4 speed shifter and also whatever you call whats on the bottom of the door panels... just be advised I may steal a few of your ideas on my build. HA!

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In a drag racing application I imagine the shoe positioning edges were handy to keep your foot located on the pedal, but for a street application they are somewhat inconvenient. I also drive with my heal on the floor, and the arch of my shoe clears the heal cup on the pedal. Trimming the right ledge just allows more flexibility on where the foot can be placed on the pedal.

Feel free to lift whatever ideas you can use. That’s what I did. I grew up reading about all these ideas in magazines when I was a kid. And the stuff on the door panels is called tufting, diamond tufting, or diamond tuck. In vehicles it dates back to the horse and buggy days since it didn’t require any sewing. It’s folded fabric held in place with buttons and staples. In the late 60’s it became popular again along with diamond patterned stitching, which is much less labor intensive than real tufting.

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MAN THATS A SWEET LOOKING TRUCK!!!
Looks like my old 66

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Mocking up some new ideas for inner door panels on a set of junk doors, when done will post pics, but I`m in the very early stages of it now.

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so i tore the carpet off the ceiling of my truck today and started striping the adhesive off not a whole lot of fun bit has to be done. i was wondering since i bought this truck why it only had one sunvisor but i noticed today it looks like it came from the factory like that. so did these trucks only come out with one visor?

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That install came out great!! Nice job!! It matches the rest of your truck.

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Maybe it was an option. My 64 has just the driver side.

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Yes one sunvisor was standard. Just like no arm rests, no lighter, no heater, no radio, etc. Everything now taken for granted as standard was an extra cost option. My 1960 GMC only came with one sunvisor, but the original owner did add the optional front turn signals, and rear turn signals as two separate line items!

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i guess thats why new trucks cost 30,000. you get two sunvisors and blinkers.lol so if i want two sunvisors do i have to drill that big hole in the cieling or do they make reproductions with that in mine?

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Yes you get to drill that big hole in your ceiling. And I don't think anyone offers dimensional instructions. I made a pattern off the driver side, flipped it over and triple checked everything. Then you get to be real careful so you don't dent or drill through the roof skin.

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sounds fun how could anything go wrong ha ha

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In 1960 the following were options:

Pass. Side Miror
Pass. Side Sun Visor
Delux Heat (with defrost), Cab had heat, but no defrost Option
Ciggarette Lighter
Glove Box light
Key Locked Glove Box
Rear Bumper
Day/Night Mirror (flip toggle to tilt mirror upwards)
Clock
Tach
Bumper Gaurds
Radio
Door Arm Rests
Directional Signals
Hazard Flashers
Windshild Washers (manual floor pump)
Oil Filter (1 qt. canister)
Left hand Door Lock
Hood Ornament

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Wow signals as an option..... I did not know that

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What I find incredible is the front and rear signals were separate line items. And these weren't the accessory type that bolted on the sides of the hood and fenders, they were just standard internal steering column blinkers connected to the standard parking and brake lights. The individual part numbers listed here on the original window sticker from my truck:

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we need to start cool facts of the day thread i think todays winner goes to markebo1
thanks for the info

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I filled it full of mesquite branches and hauled em over to my dumpster

nice having an 8' bed ;)

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I somehow fixed the blinkers from not blinking by installing a thermostat into an otherwise empty housing. In the process, my fan decided to no longer work now that I have heat.

The fan worked and the blinkers didn't blink before I pulled the thermostat housing. How those are related, I have no idea.

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Now you clearly understand the joy and logic of working on old trucks! It does sound like you have an intermittent ground somewhere in the front causing these random problems. Sometimes holding your tongue in a different position helps cure some of these issues! :lol:

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I am getting power to the fan, so I think it is a ground. Is there a common ground that the fan uses since it's only a single wire hookup?

I hope to redo ALL the wiring soon since I want to get started on the interior. Just keeping it legal and on the road is the goal at this point.

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I got so tired of chasing electrical gremlins in my last car I went overkill on my truck.

1. The battery is grounded to the engine block with a 1 gauge cable.
2. A 4 gauge battery cable connects the engine block to the frame.
3. From the bolt connecting the battery cable to the frame, another 10 gauge wire runs to a common grounding bolt on the radiator support under the passenger side air deflector. All forward lighting and the electric fan ground to this bolt.
4. A similar wire runs to the rear, and all rear lighting grounds to this wire where it's bolted to the frame rail.
5. Again from the engine block where the battery cable connects, another 10 gauge wire runs into the cab and is bolted to the pedal support. All dash lighting and gauge grounds connect to this bolt.

All of the electrical systems have a wired return path to the battery. It’s worth the couple of extra dollars in wire and the time it takes to string it, in exchange for never again having to deal with random electrical problems.

The problem with the factory setup is that many electrical devices depend on sheet metal connections through the body to close the circuit back to the battery. Additionally, many of the original wired grounds are severely undersized. For example on my 1960 the original headlight grounds were 20 gauge. All the headlight wiring has been replaced with 14 gauge on both the power and ground sides resulting in dependable performance.

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Kudo's Markb01 most of my problems electrical on my truck were bad grounding the connections seem to coroad over time in these old trucks...Vernski:metal:

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Thanks, dude! Sounds like my next weekend is already planned.

The first thing I did on the truck was buy an appropriate sized battery, replaced the clamps, then replaced the ground wire from the battery to the block. I will run some new grounds and clean some stuff up.

While on the topic of random wires, WTF is this?
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There seems to be no power going to it, so I assume it's a redneck attempt at a ground. I haven't traced the wire, but it runs down by the trans.

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got the trans cleaned and primed (boring)
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