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Tore the steering column apart on my 63, welded up the inner shaft (deep grooves from no bearings in the column) then sand blasted the outer shell and repainted it satin black. Now searching for a steering wheel. :metal:

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Reinstalled my rear bumper and mounted up my new carb. I still have to tune it for a/f and idle, that will be tomorrow morning. Im also going to get the bench out of a 69 GMC tomorrow and installing it. The seat will be free, Im selling my buckets in my truck for $20 which is what the bench costs. I also need to rewire my tail lights
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Pulled bed and bed wood today, will drop the frame off for some sandblasting and powder coating next week

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Lakeroadster I like the Camero dash and hood scoops. Are you putting a wood cap on the dash or a padding strip? It will look cool either way...Vernski

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Took 64 to rod run in Port Fairy about 200 klms round trip plenty of nice cars there , the pickup ran a treat , now to sort getting rego.

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Thanks Vernski. The plan is to make a wooden cap that screws to the dash and then put vinyl over the wood. This makes a dash pad that looks similar to factory ones that were used.

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Had ordered a new top end kit to install. Was going to do most of it in with the eingine in the truck. My Dad came over to help.

Well, ended up pulling the front clip, and the motor, and am in the process of installing a new top end kit....

Clean/paint engine and front frame rails....

oh, and have to have it done by Tuesday afternoon when my wife gets back.....

so I have a block with new cam/ getting ready to paint, then install heads, and intake, the put everything back together....:metal:

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That dash is really turning out nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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My buddy and I got to work on the disc swap this weekend, and completed it just in time for dinner last night. Wife was a little peeved, as I told her it'd be a day, day and a half tops. Oops. If it wasn't for all the runs to the parts store, I'd have made it. Got it done though, at least the front. Back discs will have to wait until I can re-drill the axles for the 5x5 pattern. The difference in braking is...amazing. You press the pedal and it just stops!! I think my truck just made it to the mid 70's in braking tecnology:lol:
The CPP kit is pretty top shelf. Had to make new lines for the front (to separate the front and back circuits) and still have to drill the firewall for another couple mount bolts, but otherwise everything was bolt-on, particularly the spindles and disc setup. Good times. Also threw in the ECE drop springs, so with the 2 1/2 drop spindles I am now at 4 1/2" total drop in the front and 4" in the back, with what I think is just the right amount of rake.

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Nothing exciting like a blower install just new brakes shoes, can anybody tell me where I can get decent brake shoes, the last set I had on my truck were heat checked bad, rivited but started falling apart, this set I replaced Sunday one side linning had separated from the shoe itself, ( glued not rivited) thats what prompted this brake job was the unusual noise while stopping. First set from Napa, second set from autozone.......new set from napa again.:metal:

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AC Delco shoes are usually very nice, as well as Raybestos (still American made I believe)

As for me, more cutting, grinding, welding; It never stops!:waah:

At least I have another ride for the summer :metal:

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Smacked my shin on the frame rails as I was walking through the dark shop to get to the fuse box. :cuss:

I did start soaking the bed and cab bolts in JB Parts Blaster (similar to WD-40, but seems to work a little better). Next time I can get a spare set of hands to my shop I'm gonna try and get all those bolts out. Then all I need is an engine hoist and the cab and bed will be off. :metal:

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Installed:

front sway bar

fuel pump and return line

rear brake line

tv cable transmission

started trans cooler install

new thermostat

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took the steering wheel off to get to the turn signals, and took off the top of the heater box.

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brushed some snow off of it and said i was sorry.....

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rebuilt a gmc grille. all new hardware, retaining rings, and headlights

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Sunday: Pulled the crappy seat out that came with the truck. Removed the jerry-rigged speaker box out. Tried to mount the new seat to the stock brackets but needed some flat bar to make adapters so will git er dun next weekend. Found a 1/2" wrench, kitchen knife, 2005 high school football schdule, a pay stub and two packs of rolling papers under the seat.

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finally brought mine home after having it sit at my brothers house. went needing some work came back in primer and a little lower.

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I put in the bench seat so I could sit in there and make "vroom vroom" noises... does that count? If not I worked on fabbing my motor mounts. Putting a 250 where the 235 used to be.
:smoke:
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Thats a pretty cool looking truck.

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Dig the supremes!:D

I had a set on a previous car, and sounds like I may have a deal worked out with the new owner to trade them back :metal:

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Pulled the engine back out!!!! as the builder used too long of a bolt on the balancer and it was not tight. Thus I have one huge POS... Starting over bought a 400 block and I get to reuse my heads intake and carb, headers, valve covers and oil pan. The rest is wiped out. Crank had .018 thrust, it took out the rods, pistons, Crank..well it had a craked key way so it was junk already. Block was not 30 over but 60 over.. He is out of biz and no one can find him..

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I have my truck off the road for a few weeks to get some stuff done.

The battery is being relocated under the bed on the passenger side. I got the box built for it last night and hope to install it tonight and wire it up.

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put in my new tilt column tommorow steering wheel and hook up electrical. the steering wheel is a red mettalic wheel from mooneyes

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Pretty much finished the chasis, starting on the cab now, cleaning the bottom on the outside, will sandblast tomorrow, then will work on the floor on the inside, will repair rusted out places. POR-15 it then undercoat it next weekkkkk

http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...55794128_yZNmN

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here are pictures of new column and steering wheel

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i like the it gimmy

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Man that wheel looks good. Is that a Lokar shifter?

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Started working on the cab top and bottom of floor, rust is not too bad.......stuck the black bed wood in the bed just to see how it was going to look.....Kieth

http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...56429338_SNvTB

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took the heater core off and started to clean it out.......hmm do you think this is why the heater did not work ??

http://kieth.smugmug.com/Trucks/66-G...56508564_UKF6o

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:haha:.....looks like you cleaned your yard with it!!!

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naaaahhhhh, looks clean to me!

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Lokar 23 inch shifter, mooneyes steering wheel

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Blew out the left front wheel cylinder and creeped it home with no brakes.

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Welcome to the forum. The good news being you made it home.

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I bought my truck back from a friend today after trading it to him for a '72 Harley project about a year ago. It's in a million pieces but it's actually in better shape than when I traded it! haha

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Fabricated and installed brackets moving the fog lights 1 ¾” forward and down ½”. They had been mounted on top of the bumper, nearly in contact with the G & C grille letters. This blocked the view of the letters and made it difficult to clean the letters and the lamps. The new position also makes the lamps look more “important”. The brackets also permanently align the elevation, allowing deletion of the adjusting swivels. To properly align now all they need is left to right positioning. The best part was the project only cost $1.68 for some new nuts and bolts.

Here are a few before and after shots:

Before

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After

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7995/bracket01.jpg

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http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6263/bracket03.jpg

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Just got back from the painter and he has the clear shot on the upper sections of the cab and dash. We're getting close boys!! The finish will be semi-gloss, the clear was still wet.

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It looks beautiful in high gloss as well!

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Bought a split bench seat off of craigslist. My bench is shot, needs new foam and a cover, which would cost more than the truck itself did, so I'm gonna use this one. Upholstery and foam are good it seems to be pretty comfy, almost as comfy as the the fact I got it for 20 bucks!

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...0116111510.jpg