What did you get done this weekend?
 

I didn't do a ton this weekend. I managed to get my heater box installed, haven't had one in about 6 years. As you can see from the picture, I still need to tie up all the loose ends with the wiring, and need to run hoses to the core. It's not much to look at, but here's a pic anyway.

What did you get done?

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Removed and replaced the front seat and door panels
Pulled the bed
Wire brushed the rear frame
Painted the rear frame
touched up some spots with paint
Kicked the tool box while carrying the bed, creating a gash in my leg
removed and painted the AC ball mounts

Other than that... not much.

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Friday I did yard work hoping to beat our backlash from almost storm #10.
Yesterday I installed my Grand Cherokee Electric Fan and modified shroud. I also spent a lot of time yesterday and today working on body panel adjustments, mostly doors. It's so much fun for alignment when you have a mutt. :rolleyes:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...19#post2371419

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I need to watch that thread more closely Bill. It looks like you're going through some of the stuff I will eventually be going through.

I know what you mean about mutt parts, I've been through that on a friends Firebird.

I have a set of doors off my old 67 panel that I'll be modifying to fit the 68, but the funniest thing right now is that the passenger door on the 68 right now fits great, and the drivers door doesn't. The passenger side door is not original to the truck, the drivers door is :confused:

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TJ, today I wished I had kept my original doors. I got these a while back because they had were already repaired. It looks like they were not done real straight either. Oh well live and learn.

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I installed radiator, ran battery cables and welded header collectors. I am waiting on markVIII fan, lokar linkage and I am done.

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Truck wise I just replaced my drivers side door pins and bushings. But after I took the door off 4 or 5 times to get the gaps right it took a awhile.

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I finally got all the brackets welded on the backside and got the dually flares mounted on 67 C-30. I had to do a little grinding here and there to get the fit perfect, but now there flush all the way around. Now, I've got fab up some braces for the bedside and the falre, and then take them back off and get them stripped down, sandblasted and POR-15'ed on the backside. I've also got to decide whether to use seam sealer or fender welting between the flare and bedside. I've also got to weld paches in and remove the side markers since this a '67!

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Here's a few shot of the whole truck. It really won't look right until I get the outside wheel put back on, but I took it off to have room to work.

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Scraped and wirebrushed front suspension parts,worked on the garage a bit,cleaned a spare bedroom and worked on finishing the home office I have been redecorating.Also,carried the dogs to the groomer and made a trip to NT to buy some more wire brushes.Pulled the inner fenders and cleaned the deck.

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I finially got around to installing my Custon Audiosound stuff. From LMC I ordered the radio with CD changer controls and a 10 disk changer and the kick panel speaker set. Everything works and sounds great! The other pics are of my buddy bucket console. I installed a dual 12V port setup in it. I know it's a sin to cut into a set of buddies, but myself, I'm not a purist. I do what works for me. I have plans for the factory cigar lighter as a secutiry option.....Mikey

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Sorry here are the pics

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well..friday..went down to the greyhound to catch my bus that ended being an hour late left at seven in the evening finally to head down here to flordia..got here at 11 am..went riding around with mom and dad to there new house to sign the papers..been laying around here helping them pack the garage and other then that wish i was wrenching on my 71 with my woman by my side in the south carolina country i call home

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Patched a hole in the floor

Replaced a few body mounts

Painted the frame where the gas tank is going with POR15

Also sandblasted and painted all the gas tank vent lines.

Painted myself a little also. all in all a very productive few days.

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not to much truck stuff, but did the the 2nd garage cleaned, lots of yard work, gutters cleaned again, got the 49 charged up and took her for a quick spin and today is my anneversery ( 7 ) years, with the wife wooohooo... next weekend is all truck stuff

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Saturday I had to stick around while I got a new furnace and A/C system installed. Too windy to fish today, not enough weekend to do any big projects so I backed the 72 out and washed it. Then I washed the truck. Then I realized I've never had them all clean at once so I backed the convertible out for a picture or two.

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removed the hideous stepside bumper. since I was under there, I cleaned the rear main harness up a bit and soldered some wires back. looked over at the right rear wheel and I was leaking brake fluid. uh oh, bad brake cylinder. changed that (plan on totally rebuilding the brakes this winter so this was a bandaid).

fished out the passenger side rear view mirror bracket and while I there cleaned the door thoroughly.

cleaned up the wiring under the dash.

BUT the best part was that I was able to find something that was able to cut through 38 years of oxidation to a very nice code 504 medium green metallic. then a light buffing and viola! beautiful factory paint on my no rust Wyoming stepside.....

and my wife and I got to spend a lot of time with our 6 month old son. That's always the best time spent!!!!

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I started putting my new headers (Heddman Elite), got one side done im gonna try and finish after work Monday so i can get it to the muffler shop to finish the exhaust.

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The wife and I celebrated our 1st anniversary.

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Congratulations! I got the motor I'm gonna put in my truck home. A 350 out of a '79 Blazer. I have to figure out what I can take off for pollution control stuff.:o

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Well...I have been working on phase I of my build for the last 5 or more weekends (I know, I'm slow) at my b-i-l's shop. I've gotten the bodywork off the '72 C10 chassis and have started removing body parts from the '68 GMC and moving them over to the '72 chassis. Phase II will marry the '68 body (after going back over it) and chassis back together after I've completely built the '68 chassis from the ground up with mostly modern parts.
I've got it ready to move the cab next weekend, and start attaching the steering, brakes, fuel system, etc... and hopefully after getting around the linkage and wiring conversions....fire it up.

Based on the underside of the truck ('68) I expected the cab floor to look good...but was still pleased (read: pleasantly surprised) to find the floor is as nice as it is.

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I started work on my manifold removal. been through a half a can of PB Blaster. Some are coming along nice.. Others...

I thinking I will have to have off the air injection stuff for enough clearence to get to the other bolts. that crap is nailed in as though as the other stuff. I have a buddy that will be welding up the holes in my doors this weekend.

was thinking about just keeeping stock style horns, but a little taste headers might be in option.. actively seeking opininons there..

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i hung drywall in my basement all day... not near as much fun as i could of had in the garage

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My daughter and I took the '72 for breakfast Saturday morning, I got a haircut, then yard work.

Today I flew out of DFW to Kansas City for work. My highlight was finding out that my rental car is a new Mustang...it is alot nicer than the Nissan's I usually get stuck with. So much for working on the truck this weekend...

Glad to see what y'all have done...good work!!!

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I got alot of nothing done,,,,truck or other wise.

I did throw my engine and tranny back in, just to get it off the patio. Other than that I didn't do anything all weekend,,,,,was kinda nice actually.


Frank

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Here is wishing you and the little lady the best.

esll. :)

john.

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I finally got my new 2003 wheels mounted on the truck without doing any mods.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...0/HPIM1467.jpg

I even got the center caps on the rear by stacking lug nuts.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...0/HPIM1471.jpg


Now I have to get rid of the old ones.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...chpsgrrear.jpg

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I'm sick or working on my truck, so I put 150 miles on it this weekend instead :D

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Went to Dallas on Saturday and bought a 1986 Mazda rx7 with 70,000 miles on it :)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...3/DSC00801.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d3...3/DSC00812.jpg

Then on Sunday help my friend put his motor in his 1959 Edsel...(dang fords, lol)

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Four years ago in a moment of stupidity I sold my owned since brand new 1995 Z28 convertible. 406 cubes with a set of Lingenfelter heads. Luckily I made the guy I sold it to promise if he ever decided to sell it he had to call me first.

How lucky do I feel he called ? - Real Lucky - I'll never make that mistake again.

http://www.gangforward.com/albums/19...20000512_1.jpg

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Gathered the accumulation of parts together and put them in less than 40 different places. Okay, two. Gotta do an inventory before it goes under the knife in October. Not gonna cut anything, just give it a makeover.

Oh, put up some stuff for my wife, mowed the yard, worked on the next-dor ladies' mower, watched the grandson play football and then spend the night....just general stuff.

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Better than last weekend when I flipped my racecar...numberous times. I sat around recovering from what the Dr. called a torn meniscus and Lateral Collateral Ligament. (lateral collateral has to be the coolest ligament in the whole body just because of the name)

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I got the dash cut out for the glove box, I sure hope it is right!!! :lol: I also got the top and bottom edges of the door milled flat this morning, and now I'm just waiting for the 1/8" ball mill to get here so I can cut the grooves in the front of the door. I got started on the frame work that will attach to the back side of the dash to give the sheetmetal rigidity as well as a place to attach the hinge, the catch and the glove box itself.

I also finished welding up the perimeter of the dash itself, along with the new piece along the bottom.


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1190502275
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1190478675

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That is a SWEET ragtop!

Is that a recent pic? He took real good care of it!

My uncle had a red 95 Z28 he bought brand new and sold it back in 99. He still kicks himself every now and again for it.

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Loaded the 70 with my in-laws broken gazebo , Maple tree wasted it.
covered firewood stack's(lots of maple)
rode to Anacortes and back with about 10-12 people , great day for my end of the season ride . Saw some cool stuff

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From personal experience, people from Craigslist are flakes 90% of the time...I sold a 94 truck front clip 3 wks ago. Buyer took the grille and left $200 deposit. He agreed to come Sat , 8-8:30am, showed up 10:15, no phone call. So I called his cell, got his voice mail. So I left. I had gone down the road to buy a tire for a trailer spare and my wife called and said he was there. Turned around since I knew he had cash HAHA I wanted to go pick up the rolling chassis before it got too hot WRONG! It took him nearly an hour to pull the hood (!) so I had to step in. He and his cousin had a crescent wrench and a bad set of Walmart starter tools, so I broke out the air tools and proceeded to blow ther minds. I can take stuff apart QUICK. I had the whole clip off in about 30 minutes. I had to take it apart so that he could haul it in the back of his truck because of a ladder rack ARGH!



FINALLY left around 1pm after a quick lunch, left to pick up my latest purchase Sat afternoon about 1 1/2 hrs away (South of Austin, I live NW of Austin)

72 C10 SWB rolling chassis
pretty good SWB fleet bed pass side perfect, no rust anywhere, driver side top rear corner bent from wreck original green paint
patch panel if I need it for DS of fleet bed
72 Cheyenne Super tailgate one dent i top, all chrome CHEVROLET letters ther, chrome handle cover, center section behind letters good, top piece on both sides of handle bent
72 Chev hood (supports rusted in a couple of places but top is perfect )and cowl panel (perfect)
72 sliding rear window
2 80's rally wheels
4 80's "turbine" mag wheels, 2 on truck, 2 loose, nice shape but unilug
Original style wiper arms and blade holders
3 pcs Cheyenne pedal trim
2 Cheyenne rear sid markers
2 72 parking light housings and lenses
all for $350


I forgot my come along and seller said I could borrow his to load the chassis. I proceeded to hit myself in the bridge of the nose with seller's come-along because I was lifting it up over my head to clear his his tailgate ( couldn't lower it because latch was stuck) and wasn't paying attention, the handle was missing the plastic grip and it swung down and got me when I lifted it over the tailgate. It cut it open pretty good. No stitches, luckily, but bled like a stuck hog. My neck hurts more than anything from jerking my head back when I got hit. DUMB ASS!!!

I got home in time to watch last half of UT route of RICE, drank several beers, took a shower, went to bed.

Sun went to San Antonio to see wifes dad. He just got out of the hospital after a blood clot in his leg. Got stuck in traffic on I-35 for 1 hr, never did see the wreck...