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Came home from work this afternoon and did some more sanding inside my box. It as a bit rough inside so we are going to smooth and repaint as a welcome home to the new wood bed. Here is one inner bedside I am working on.

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Had to take the cover off, charge the battery, and start her up as far as operating temperature before she went back to bed....Too many
"better-do-'ems" today...

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Corrected my head lamps , found out the po had the headlamp buckets switched. There is a right and a left side to them. Identified with a L and R. :)

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i replaced the rubber fuel lines on my truck

I used Gojo lanolin hand cleaner on all the rubber bits under my truck.

I scraped about four lbs of grease sand and rocks off of my trucks frame and drivetrain.

I sucked about 2 gallons of bad gas out of my trucks fuel tank

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Cleaned up the more of the grime today. This is the third time around with the scraper, p washer and gunk degreaser.
I almost feel bad about washing away the years of frame saving greasy tar like goop.

Lying in the wet greasy grass too blast the underneath isn't any fun. But I did reveal a Chelsea plate on the pto.
Think im Almost there MAYBE one more time around.

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made a custom gage bracket for my new auto meter gauges.

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So clean!!! Nice work.

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I ordered a factory style tach conversion for the instrument cluster, a new bezel, a door jamb switch harness, courtesy light harness, a new engine harness with HEI support built in and a new temp sending sensor. The temp gauge in my cluster has never really read the temps quite right, always reads low. I think this is because the sending unit is for a 1976 engine/truck (came with the sb400 I installed). I'm guessing 1976 gauges were calibrated differently. I hope to be buying new bucket seats soon as well.

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Put some advanced safety feature in the truck. Out with the bench seat in with the power Sebring Convertible seats($50 half off sale at the junkyard). I also picked up a f-250 jumpseat off craigslist for $40 that needs to go in. I cant find a pic of the bench but oh well.

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Those seats look good.

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new c10 project, leave the way it is or full restoration?? Ideas

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Thanks, they were a steal. I had to pull apart the passenger side seatbelt and rebuild it because it was stuck due to the accident. But everything went smooth, just about 10 minutes of my time and fiddling with the internals. I now need to figure out how to make a little extra room for my legs. I am 6ft and I lost about 2 inches of room. Next step is disc brakes and then getting parts for the LS swap to fit in the truck. The donor silverado is waiting patiently to be torn apart.

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Leave it.

Drive it.

Enjoy it.

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Ditched the chrome alternator and painted the billet bracket.

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I am almost finished with my Electric Vacuum Pump install, just have to wire up the relay and test it out..... I also finished wiring up the electric power window crank switches on the modded window regulators, (I had to move the crank stub forward 3/4" forward to align with the door panel holes) since I was at it, I cleaned up the wiring and drilled the holes to pass the wiring through the hinge pillar and door, now to install some conduits, rubber or what ever works, I think the braided steel ones I made are too rigid, they walk the rubber grommets out of the holes I cut, oh well, something that won't be seen too much any way.
I also finished my Van tilt steering column the other day, and once I get my power windows in, I can finish up the weather strips/vent windows, etc.. and start driving this bad boy! Pictures to follow!
Have a good one!
Ben
:metal:

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Started getting my new Boyd tank installed and adjusted the valves.

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got the speakers out from under the seat and the kick panels in what a difference . going to have to do something with the interior doors when grumpy new door panels get here that sky blue aint going to cut it . originally was planning on pulling the doors and stripping them out when I get ready to paint the outside so I didn't paint them when I did the rest but now with all the rest mostly finished its going to bother me that they look so bad

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Just dropped off my seat to have it patched. 2006 Silverado seats, driver's side has a hole in the fabric and into the foam, he said it may be done tomorrow, I hope so!

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Today the cab got insulated, next on the list is heater by-pass valves to stop the flow of heat through the blower. This pic was before all the seams were taped up. All told less than $50.

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Finally had the time to diagnose my lack of horn. Connection point under horn was filthy and simply needed to be cleaned.

Dual horn setup, one horn working, one horn not working. Soaking the non-working horn in WD40 to see if that clears up the issue.

Either way, got a working horn. Better than leaning out the window and yelling at bay area drivers.

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I installed the same seat but with the head rest I love them. The only thing is if you use the procar seat frame that is made for our year trucks, they are really high. My head was about a inch and a half from the head liner and I couldn't see out my door window without bending down a little. The frame is nice and sturdy. I shortened mine two inches. Work s great now.

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What is the height of your seats, I measured mine in the cab to be 15" from floor to top front of seat, the ones I'm planning on putting in are 13" measured the same way, I thought of making a frame that would bolt into the cab using factory holes then allowing me to use factory holes in the new seats while raising them between 2 to 3 inches.

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Picked up a set of these 8 lug accuride wheels yesterday from a local for less than a case of cheap beer.

I wouldn't pay any more than that for f#!d parts.
They cleaned up nicely though.
Even though it won't be correct(not much on the k will be) I'll spray them with some leftover 526 from my 67 build.

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Just need to paint all the frame work, but all fits.

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Horns are pretty easy to re awaken ~ you need a good battery and test light , test for continuity , if there's continuity *slowly* tighten the adjuster screw until the test light goes out then back it off -barely- until the light comes back on , mount it and test it ~ the adjuster is really sensitive , a 1/10th turn is a lot .


I always recommend using a relay in heavy current consumers like horns .

The older ones , you can drill out / grind off the rivets and polish the contacts , , re assemble and adjust to suit .

Remember ! : a horn will not sound correctly unless it's solidly mounted .

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Metaldoc, more info on this setup please!

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Fabricating mounts & brackets on the BBC.

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I used the original center holes to start. Re-drilled the cross members 6 1/8 on centers out from there. Welded nuts in all the holes. 1 1/2 x 3/16 flat bar as hold downs drilled 5/16 holes through. 5 3/8 x 1 composite deck board. I'll be using 1/4 x 1 allen cap screws from the top. I cut the boards from 12 foot lengths.
8 x 12' composite
10 x 1 1/2 x 3/16 flat bar
200 nuts, bolts

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Dang nate wish I would known that before I chucked all the horns I had that didn't work highs and lows....live and learn.

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Seriously!?!

A sharp looking truck like that and you're just gonna post one pic on this forum?

Let's see some more pics of this beauty!

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Drove 320 miles round-trip today in my 67 SWB to get a hood, grill and fender from forum member Inlandsurfer. I need these to replace the onse my son damaged when he smacked a pole.

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Yeah ;

Me too ! .

I used to chuck 'em back in the days when new ones were cheap but I never really liked the sound of the new ones , once I began taking apart and repairing old , dead and discarded Klaxons (motorized ah-OOO-gah) , I decided why not take apart a pre war BOSCH vibrator typ horn , then I began to experiment much to the dismay of everyone else wherever I worked , my Son , Ex Wife , Brother , Neighbors , etc. , etc. because I save them by the box full and rarely does any vehicle I have , ever use the original horns.....

My Base Model C/10 had the DeLuxe dual horns I stripped off some abandoned junker somewhere...

It takes a gentle touch but it's worth the effort IMO .

Lastly , when selecting horns , choose two horns that toot off key individually , when they both blow at the same time , they harmonize and sound musical ~ try it ~ .

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-j6UGygoVw
made it go under its own power for the first time

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Sanded the inside of the bed for the last couple of weeks, and also prepped some new parts. It got the first coats of primer today by my friend Justin, and now the sanding starts again.

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Did your son survive after he told you he wrecked the truck? :haha:

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Tell me you have an instructional video too. Let's see the final deal when complete. Those boards come slotted already on the sides? Looks great!

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Yeah, but just barely...

BTW, that is a picture of him with the tan truck in my avatar.

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last 3 days actually got both quarters the hood and upper cowl all sanded to bare metal and primed . found way too much bondo going to be lots of work ahead

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I wire brushed the inside edge of the cab openings to get rid of the old glue from the weather strip, primed and spot painted them. Also got the top Da sanded ready for primer, seam sealer, and paint. I utilized an impromptu paint booth, the beech tree beside my garage!

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Cancel spring wouldn't stay in place, I think a piece of the plastic broke off. Added a little jb weld to keep it in place. Tried to clean the speedo cable to get odometer working but problem must be in the trans gear. Aligned the hood a bit. Tightened the right valve cover was leaking a little in the rear.

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