Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Marked the doors for the Porsche mirrors I got, made a list of things to still be done ( it's still pretty long but mostly one or two day jobs ), patching and filling holes in the lower cowl by the cab mounts to make sure I don't get water where I don't want it. Looking forward to getting to the paint shop.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I took the '47 to the junk yard today to get parts for my other truck. You should of seen the guys eyes at the junk yard when he said "we won't have any parts for that truck". well, duh, priceless. :)

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I finally built my trans xmember and got the hole in the firewall drilled for the LS engine harness to pass through to the cab. Next is lengthen some of the wires and get the ecu and fuse panel mounted.

-Panelrodder

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Started to pull mine apart to get it blasted so I can send it to the body shop
Attachment 1195136

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I got my seats mounted. I used the third row Tahoe seats mounted on some early 80's electric seat frames. Wired up my headlights, tail lights and brake lights.

I took the truck out for the first time today. Went out for dinner and it got dark. Turn lights on and made it about 200 yards before they started flickering on and off. Of course a police officer was right there.

I disconnected it from the switch on the side of the road and hooked it up directly to the fuse panel ran with the lights hot all the way home. (20 miles)

After I fix the lights the right way I need to hook the heater up.

Still nice to drive it finally.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

looked sadly at my truk :(
not coming out of the garage until salt season is over

i admire you guys that work outside in sub-freezing temps.
just not my style any more, i'm getting soft in my old age :D

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

can you post picts of the 3rd row seats?

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Worked on tranny tunnel:smoke:

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I will take some pictures in the morning and post them. I need to fab up some sides to hide the rails and mount the seat controls.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

It has been about 65 degrees out here. No rain yet just a few bad windstorms ripped through here.

I think I am going to sand and rattle can primer the truck just to protect it until this summer.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

slow time of year for me so re-doing my interior in my 46

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Next round of parts are arriving, also going to do a winter garage clean up to get organized for the spring push to getting it drivable.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

installed a coolant overflow tank

http://www.planetgrooveonline.com/images/of3.jpg


http://www.planetgrooveonline.com/images/of5.jpg


http://www.planetgrooveonline.com/images/tilt2.jpg

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Ordered interior fabric, got lucky, it is commercial grade furniture fabric and I found an auction on ebay for a mill end that has twice as much fabric for 1/3 the cost.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I like it!

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

nice fabric!

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I assembled my sand blast cabinet and started on small parts cleaning, got the cab off yesterday and ready to start the engine swap

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I finally got the 1949 to my house. Started it today but still have not unloaded it! :)

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Drove for the very first time on a public road since the build, well not today but a few days ago, first time posting on this thread so cut me some slack ;) Edit just noticed 2nd time :o

Anyways straight to the Servo or as you guys call it the Gas station, for a fill.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Congrats on the first drive, they are always the best, nice ride...Jim

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Yesterday gutted the interior fabed new seat mounts & installed Dynamat.
Today the new carpet goes in & it all goes back to gether

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Fabbed the heater lines.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Oil change. Was due for one. It'll finally be nice enough (no salt) to go back to daily driving it tomorrow.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I finished making my floorboard templates out of cardboard. I also managed to remove all of the front suspension. I found someone local that is going to buy it from me.


Marc

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Great picture Red Foreman, seeing pictures of these trucks in public is so inspirational since usually most of our pictures are in workshops.

Case in point, those following my build thread, know I'm upgrading to an over drive. Since there very little information on these as I was considering purchasing one and I take a lot of pictures, I'm show my progress.

Gear vendors unit, I read as much as I could. I found no problems with the strength and longevity of the over drive itself. I did however find some had issues with it behind a four speed, which I do not have, and some had issues with the unit that allows you to create a 6 speed out of a 3 speed automatic.

The negative remarks I saw were from 5 years ago, I believe the bugs have been worked out of the auto programmer since then.

Basically, it attaches to the back of the trans using an adapter for your application.
http://i1139.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2d57dc16.jpg

I don't want to hog the thread with pictures, but I do have more posted on my build thread.

1957 Chevy truck re-rebuild. Yes Ogre, I should have listened and put my build thread here already, we never listen, sorry.:lol:

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

We flashed the old 216 today.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Looking good Red, nice to see it on the road.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Whoopee, the windows arrived in one piece, thanks again.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Bit of sandblasting today

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Bought a new air compressor today and ready to start sand blasting

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I did an oil change on my suburban today.

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/...21/image-4.jpg

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

I cut, fit and tacked my drivers door to fit the chop. :four:

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Moved the 55 in front of the garage to start pulling it apart this weekend!

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Installed new tubular v8 motor mount on my 57 3200 set my 327 in place and checked the degrees on the differential and engine both match, took some time but a good set up when dropping in a v8

Re: What Di)) You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

lost both sets of keys to the expedition. drove the truck from round rock back to kingsland where we are moving to. 57 ran great, no overheat, 2200 rpm at 60, 2500 at 70+, alt charged, oil pressure way up there. Wife was along (she has sworn never to ride more that a mile in it) complained about the shaking and rattling.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Fab'd up a pair of exhaust tips, Just mocked up in pic bet I did get them done before I packed it in for the day

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Also got my tonneau cover on and fitting right last weekend, still have to play with the actuators to get the stop position right and still have to rotate the drivers rear tail light, was seeing if I like them with the point up or down... going with up

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Big brown truck deliver my upolstry fabric. Rolo is giving it the eye thinking about how much fun he will have with the cardboard tube. All I need now is warm weather.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Nuthin. Spent today at my daughter's house installing baseboards over the newly installed laminate flooring we've been putting in the entire house the last few weekends.

I wish I could get back to my truck. Tax return coming fairly soon so I'll have some funds to make some progress.

Re: What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?
 

Received my carb insulator and ceramic paint is 14 days cured now. Now more parts to put on engine. Still in teens here in Boston - too cold.