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Sport/Truck · 05-13-2007, 11:02 PM

I removed the hood, fenders, etc in preparation to paint the engine bay.
I also did some yard work for the wife….just in time for Mothers Day!

s/t

cstm68 · 05-13-2007, 11:04 PM

got the truck primed and ready for blocking
and got my dirtbike out and ready for the summer !!!!

Sport/Truck · 05-13-2007, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cstm68

got the truck primed and ready for blocking
and got my dirtbike out and ready for the summer !!!!

Dirt bike! Cool.

Have you ever tried observed trials? I got into this 5 years ago and love it. Wish I got into this when I was younger.

http://www.nmtrials.org/
s/t

Big D · 05-13-2007, 11:44 PM

I got almost all the bolts removed from my C-20 in preperation to put the body on the K-20 chassis. I'm amazed that every bolt came out of the front clip without a fight. 2 of the 4 cab mounts has to be torched out as well as all of the bed bolts.

Next week I'm getting 3 helpers pull the body off, Woo Hoo ! finally making some progress!

Redaddiction · 05-13-2007, 11:46 PM

I bought a 67 front clip minus the hood and started stripping them down to bare metal.

jsbgump · 05-13-2007, 11:48 PM

I did some wet sanding on the truck and actually put gas in it a drove it some also

**SactoJim** · 05-13-2007, 11:53 PM

I'm in the middle of wiring the whole truck with a universal harness from EZ wiring.......going good so far....no electrical fires!!

mvfd70 · 05-13-2007, 11:56 PM

I just purchased a parts truck off eBay a couple hours ago. Going to get it this week.

heavy71chevy · 05-14-2007, 12:08 AM

detailed the pt cruiser and sat in mine getting some insperation,,what i want it to look like done..i think im going for the sixties muscle look..67-69 camaro buckets..corvette steering wheel autometer gauges all in orange in white

**FleetsidePaul** · 05-14-2007, 12:12 AM

Between all the mama's in my life I got nothing done...Wife, Mom, and Wife's Mom...whole weekend gone makin women happy

OhNoJoe · 05-14-2007, 12:16 AM

I pulled the 292 out of my 72 burb got some parts from a board member and look at a hot tub for the wife... it never ends

67CHIP72 · 05-14-2007, 12:32 AM

Didn't get much done this weekend, but I hooked up my original AM/FM Push Button thanks to board member Huck on Friday night. I also got my boy ready for anymore California wildfires that might pop up. Check out his sweet hairdo

sodak69c10 · 05-14-2007, 12:31 AM

i helped clean up fire damage at my automotive technology intructor's in-laws house, then vegged on the couch and watched the nascar race

brak · 05-14-2007, 12:42 AM

I finally got something done...

Removed my front clip, pulled the engine and tranny (TH350), used the pressure washer to remove 30+ years of dirt and grime from the suspention and frame, Reinstalled engine with 700r4, installed power steering (much easier without front clip), installed tilt column, removed underhood wiring (was all melted inside the fender), reinstalled front clip using new sheetmetal (fenders and inner fenders).

WHEW!!! and i wonder why i'm so achy and sun-burnt (working in the driveway).

all i gotta do now is repair my wiring harness, and I can drive my truck for the first time, and i've owned it for 5 years (that's a story for some other time)

ronh72c10 · 05-14-2007, 08:44 AM

Spent the weekend aligning the doors and getting the outer rockers in the the right position. Finally welded in the rockers which completes the cab work!!!!

I also spent alot of time preassembling the front clip to make sure that everything aligned properly. Lucky I did so because I found out that the guy who welded in the passenger fender tip really botched it because it was off by almost an inch! Started work on fixing the original as a replacement.

Ron

gmc1969custom · 05-14-2007, 10:42 AM

Changed the fluids and greased my John Deere, and then drove the 69 up to town to run some fuel through the Q-Jet.

**LockDoc** · 05-14-2007, 11:17 AM

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I finished stripping the parts off the '72 that I want so I can get rid if the rest of it. I may put the rest on the parts board but there isn't much left....

Also started sorting and tagging parts so I can remember what they are and where they go....

LockDoc

CUSTOM 72 · 05-14-2007, 11:23 AM

Filling The Roof Seam Finishing Puddy On The Box Rails And Hope To Have The Cab In Primer Today.

dmsteele92831 · 05-14-2007, 01:43 PM

Installed my front and rear sway bar after painting them. Also Dynamatted my drivers door.

RetroSBK · 05-14-2007, 02:02 PM

Cruised Friday night, so that nix'd any work then! lol

Pulled the hood and hinged to blast and paint 'em, then decided to rewire the engine compartment, hide the wires and fit them all into shrink tube and get rid of all that damned split loom. Had to order more shrink tube tho... Dummied up the brackets to mount the new condensor, and finished the CAD file for the Sanden compressor brackets we are going to make a run of...

Spent the rest of the weekend working on the racebike for next weekend...

OLDIRON69 · 05-14-2007, 02:03 PM

Not much, put my new door handles on from Mike's bump and grind I got, much nicer when you can open the doors without fear of the button falling out!

Mt Man Chad · 05-14-2007, 02:10 PM

Worked with lots and lots of wood!

Planned down 1500 feet of 700 year Old Growth Douglas Fir. It came out of the old wood mill in town, soon to be a Timber frame house....

Arms are still numb!

va_tlc · 05-14-2007, 04:41 PM

pulled a 3.73 rear end from a 75 3/4, in the process from pulling it from my friends got into posion ivy.... thats some itchy s&$#.. rite there. pulled the hubs off. just as i figured someone ran em down on the rivets. so took em to a friend to turn down, ordered spring perches . ohh and scratched about every two minutes,

**70C10Toejam** · 05-14-2007, 08:19 PM

installed PS pump and box. but not the right pressure hose or pully, thought the pump lined up with the second pully, but NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did some hardcopy research at the store and fingered out the part number was right, the part in the box was wrong.

still sitting on one stand.

jamis · 05-14-2007, 08:43 PM

Prep and painted the inside of the rallies. Drove 8 hours round trip to pickup some new fleet bed sides.

05-13-2007, 11:02 PM	#1
Sport/Truck Sierra Grande Club Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New Mexico USA Posts: 2,433	What did you get done this weekend? I removed the hood, fenders, etc in preparation to paint the engine bay. I also did some yard work for the wife….just in time for Mothers Day! s/t __________________ 1971 GMC Sierra Grande, 1/2 ton short wide, original 4 bolt 010 020 block & heads. (matching #'s). 383 stroker, SMI q jet 750 cfm, Lunati Voodoo 60102 cam, Scorpion roller rockers, Spin Tech pro street mufflers with X pipe. Last edited by Sport/Truck; 10-04-2007 at 08:10 PM.

05-13-2007, 11:04 PM	#2
cstm68 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: shoreline, wa Posts: 1,565	Re: What did you get done this weekend? got the truck primed and ready for blocking and got my dirtbike out and ready for the summer !!!! __________________ 68 swb fleet bagged on 20's 327 with 4 speed http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=223308 2014 Chevy 2500hd duramax CCLB

05-13-2007, 11:44 PM	#4
Big D Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Dunlap, IL Posts: 308	Re: What did you get done this weekend? I got almost all the bolts removed from my C-20 in preperation to put the body on the K-20 chassis. I'm amazed that every bolt came out of the front clip without a fight. 2 of the 4 cab mounts has to be torched out as well as all of the bed bolts. Next week I'm getting 3 helpers pull the body off, Woo Hoo ! finally making some progress! __________________ 68 GMC 64 1/2 Mustang convert A bachelor's life is no life for a single man." - Samuel Goldwyn

05-13-2007, 11:46 PM	#5
Redaddiction LS1 Lover Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 474	Re: What did you get done this weekend? I bought a 67 front clip minus the hood and started stripping them down to bare metal. __________________ USMC

05-13-2007, 11:48 PM	#6
jsbgump Gone Fishing Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Texas 76135 Posts: 12,361	Re: What did you get done this weekend? I did some wet sanding on the truck and actually put gas in it a drove it some also __________________ 68 Chevy Short Fleetside LSX Swap Under Way 3.73 posi 2.5/4 drop Frame of resto has been started 2022 Hyundai Tucson Limited 2019 Chevy Traverse Redline Edition Wifes Ride Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post3483616

05-13-2007, 11:53 PM	#7
SactoJim Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,970	Re: What did you get done this weekend? I'm in the middle of wiring the whole truck with a universal harness from EZ wiring.......going good so far....no electrical fires!! __________________ 72 Cheyenne SWB Fleet Nut & bolt frame off in progress...99.9999% - supercharged 383 - 4 wheel discs - relocated fuel tank - My Build Thread

05-13-2007, 11:56 PM	#8
mvfd70 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Opdyke, IL Posts: 775	Re: What did you get done this weekend? I just purchased a parts truck off eBay a couple hours ago. Going to get it this week. __________________ 1978 Chevrolet Silverado 3/4 ton 400 small block. 2000 F-250 Powerstroke 2002 GMC Yukon Denali XL

05-14-2007, 12:08 AM	#9
heavy71chevy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: antreville, south carolina Posts: 873	Re: What did you get done this weekend? detailed the pt cruiser and sat in mine getting some insperation,,what i want it to look like done..i think im going for the sixties muscle look..67-69 camaro buckets..corvette steering wheel autometer gauges all in orange in white __________________ "Dixie Destroyer" 71 C10 LWB Fleet Future Blown Prostreet Monster

05-14-2007, 12:12 AM	#10
FleetsidePaul R.I.P. E.S.L.L. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kernville CA./ Lake Isabella CA. Posts: 11,419	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Between all the mama's in my life I got nothing done...Wife, Mom, and Wife's Mom...whole weekend gone makin women happy __________________ 1971 Custom C/20 1970 CST 20 1970 C/30 Flatbed 1983 C/30 Dually 2015 Corvette Z51 2021 Corvette Z51 1991 Cadillac Hearse 1982 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz 2000 Porsche Boxster S 2020 Jeep Gladiator 1973 VW Thing 1973 Plymouth Satellite wagon 1963 Baja Bug 1959 Bug Dune Buggy 1970 Baja Bug 1987 Jaguar XJ 350. R.I.P. El Jay R.I.P Jessie. R.I.P Grumpy. Every day is a gift from God.

05-14-2007, 12:16 AM	#11
OhNoJoe Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Springfield Illinois Posts: 182	Re: What did you get done this weekend? I pulled the 292 out of my 72 burb got some parts from a board member and look at a hot tub for the wife... it never ends

05-14-2007, 12:32 AM	#12
67CHIP72 STOLEN Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orange County Posts: 1,022	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Didn't get much done this weekend, but I hooked up my original AM/FM Push Button thanks to board member Huck on Friday night. I also got my boy ready for anymore California wildfires that might pop up. Check out his sweet hairdo Attached Images __________________ In Search Of

05-14-2007, 12:31 AM	#13
sodak69c10 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rapid City, South Dakota Posts: 285	Re: What did you get done this weekend? i helped clean up fire damage at my automotive technology intructor's in-laws house, then vegged on the couch and watched the nascar race __________________ ,Clint LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES 69 C-10 short stepside 406 sbc, 02 YAMAHA WR250F, 07 SUZUKI SV650S, 81 Grand Prix 355 sbc, 81 XT 500 YAMAHA

05-14-2007, 12:42 AM	#14
brak Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MinneSNOWta Posts: 1,381	Re: What did you get done this weekend? I finally got something done... Removed my front clip, pulled the engine and tranny (TH350), used the pressure washer to remove 30+ years of dirt and grime from the suspention and frame, Reinstalled engine with 700r4, installed power steering (much easier without front clip), installed tilt column, removed underhood wiring (was all melted inside the fender), reinstalled front clip using new sheetmetal (fenders and inner fenders). WHEW!!! and i wonder why i'm so achy and sun-burnt (working in the driveway). all i gotta do now is repair my wiring harness, and I can drive my truck for the first time, and i've owned it for 5 years (that's a story for some other time) __________________ 2003 GMC Sierra 1500 WT 1995 Nissan Hardbody 2016 Hyundai Veloster Turbo DC2 (SW/AW) Clyde W. Harvey USN "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" Winston Churchill Last edited by brak; 05-14-2007 at 12:44 AM.

05-14-2007, 08:44 AM	#15
ronh72c10 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada Posts: 978	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Spent the weekend aligning the doors and getting the outer rockers in the the right position. Finally welded in the rockers which completes the cab work!!!! I also spent alot of time preassembling the front clip to make sure that everything aligned properly. Lucky I did so because I found out that the guy who welded in the passenger fender tip really botched it because it was off by almost an inch! Started work on fixing the original as a replacement. Ron __________________ 72 Chevy C10 (rust repaired, starting body work) 72 GMC 3/4ton 4x4 72 Chevy C20 Suburban 38 Ford Tudor Humpback Sedan (from the darkside) 67 Pontiac Parisienne 55 Studebaker Commander 2dr Hardtop (Starliner) My Youtube channel with Video Updates!

05-14-2007, 10:42 AM	#16
gmc1969custom Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canton, TX Posts: 210	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Changed the fluids and greased my John Deere, and then drove the 69 up to town to run some fuel through the Q-Jet. __________________ 1969 Custom w/Turquoise Interior. 75k miles, 350 Auto, (Almost) All Original Last edited by gmc1969custom; 05-14-2007 at 10:44 AM.



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05-14-2007, 11:17 AM	#17
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,423	Re: What did you get done this weekend? - I finished stripping the parts off the '72 that I want so I can get rid if the rest of it. I may put the rest on the parts board but there isn't much left.... Also started sorting and tagging parts so I can remember what they are and where they go.... LockDoc Attached Images __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

05-14-2007, 11:23 AM	#18
CUSTOM 72 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: winfield bc Posts: 54	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Filling The Roof Seam Finishing Puddy On The Box Rails And Hope To Have The Cab In Primer Today. __________________ 1972 c/10 Custom, Long Box, 350 Small Block, Auto 3 Speed, Custom Wood box, Full Air Ride, 3" C-Notch, 20" Front & 22" Rear Tires, Snow White Paint, PT Crusher Handles,

05-14-2007, 01:43 PM	#19
dmsteele92831 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: SoCal Posts: 191	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Installed my front and rear sway bar after painting them. Also Dynamatted my drivers door. __________________ 1968 c10 Chevy 2005 Infiniti G35 2006 Subaru WRX STi

05-14-2007, 02:02 PM	#20
RetroSBK Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Camarillo, CA Posts: 64	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Cruised Friday night, so that nix'd any work then! lol Pulled the hood and hinged to blast and paint 'em, then decided to rewire the engine compartment, hide the wires and fit them all into shrink tube and get rid of all that damned split loom. Had to order more shrink tube tho... Dummied up the brackets to mount the new condensor, and finished the CAD file for the Sanden compressor brackets we are going to make a run of... Spent the rest of the weekend working on the racebike for next weekend... __________________ 1970 C10, shortened long bed, Alum Headed full roller 383 (with Victor, 750DP, stainless rockers, behive springs, CNC ported heads) TCI SSF 700R4, 4.10 Posi, Bagged on C-Notch and 2.5 spindles. Air Cond, black out tint, satin black paint, custom interior, rolling low and not so slow...

05-14-2007, 02:03 PM	#21
OLDIRON69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ben Wheeler,Texas Posts: 992	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Not much, put my new door handles on from Mike's bump and grind I got, much nicer when you can open the doors without fear of the button falling out! __________________ 05 2500HD 6.0 excab 69 LWB-Gone but not forgotten! 68 Dodge Charger 383/727 69 Dodge Charger-440/4spd

05-14-2007, 02:10 PM	#22
Mt Man Chad Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oakridge Oregon Posts: 1,865	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Worked with lots and lots of wood! Planned down 1500 feet of 700 year Old Growth Douglas Fir. It came out of the old wood mill in town, soon to be a Timber frame house.... Arms are still numb! Attached Images __________________ 68 CST SWB - Gold/White 50th anniversary /TH350/Buddy Buckets/3.73 Posi/dogdish caps. 68 K10 Burb - Gold/White 327/SM465/NP205/3.73 "Daa Burb" build thread Last edited by Mt Man Chad; 05-16-2007 at 12:52 PM.

05-14-2007, 04:41 PM	#23
va_tlc Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: VIRGINIA Posts: 905	Re: What did you get done this weekend? pulled a 3.73 rear end from a 75 3/4, in the process from pulling it from my friends got into posion ivy.... thats some itchy s&$#.. rite there. pulled the hubs off. just as i figured someone ran em down on the rivets. so took em to a friend to turn down, ordered spring perches . ohh and scratched about every two minutes, __________________ 1969 rs 1966fastback 1969swbc/10 2006gt 1972swb4x4

05-14-2007, 08:19 PM	#24
70C10Toejam Hellasick Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Death Moans, IA Posts: 876	Re: What did you get done this weekend? installed PS pump and box. but not the right pressure hose or pully, thought the pump lined up with the second pully, but NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Did some hardcopy research at the store and fingered out the part number was right, the part in the box was wrong. still sitting on one stand. __________________ I keep two MAGNUMS in my desk. One's a gun, and I keep it loaded. The other's a bottle and it keeps ME loaded. I'm Tracer Bullet. (Calvin and Hobbes) This life was a test. It was only a test. If this had been an actual life, you would have received instructions on where to go and what to do. RED meat is not bad for you...FUZZY BLUE/GREEN MEAT is bad for you!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUILT FORD TOUGH WITH CHEVY STUFF--sticker at Goodguys Last edited by 70C10Toejam; 05-15-2007 at 12:32 AM.

05-14-2007, 08:43 PM	#25
jamis F.A.S.T. president Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 1,883	Re: What did you get done this weekend? Prep and painted the inside of the rallies. Drove 8 hours round trip to pickup some new fleet bed sides. __________________ F.A.S.T. President and Founder Fabricators for the Advancement of Sawsall Technology "A fear of the Sawsall is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity." ~Sigmund Freud, "General Introduction to Psychoanalysis"

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