What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[arturo7]

Assembled the front axle, including the new rotors and calipers.

[JWright3632]

Good Lord 55MetalMonkey, you werent lieing!!!! I took inventory on parts and decided what Im using and what Im not so I can start getting mine mocked up. Also got my .060 over 92 roller 350 block back from the machine shop, sending my stroker rotating assy. to the machine shop tom to get balanced....

[Dodger]

Got one side of the painted wheels on today. Not sure about them yet. All a bit black with the tyres and rims together maybe. Will have to see if I get used to them. White walls may break it up nicely I think.



Pulled the water pump and whilst I can't tell absolutely if it is stuffed, there is a noise when I spin it and no resistance at all. There is no play in the bearings but at $100 I thought I'd be safe and throw a new one in. My pet hate is a hot running engine so I'll avoid that at all costs!

Old one:



Old and new parts:




Thermostat housing and thermostat are old and disgusting. Will replace them as well.

Flushed everything out and seems to be all clean. Back together tomorrow.
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[Rednek13x]

Got new wheels today, Hope they work. Need a small spacer in the front, some different lug nuts. But i think they look pretty decent!

[fabguy]

With the help of my close buddy leonard we Aligned the cab, front end, and bed.
Wet Sanded to 2K grit, buffed, polished and hand glazed roof, cab, dash, front end. OH MAN my arms are killing me.
Then moved onto mounting the front bumper. The truck is coming along nicely

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by fabguy

With the help of my close buddy leonard we Aligned the cab, front end, and bed.
Wet Sanded to 2K grit, buffed, polished and hand glazed roof, cab, dash, front end. OH MAN my arms are killing me.
Then moved onto mounting the front bumper. The truck is coming along nicely

that is good to hear

[Rude Dude]

Worked on the doors yesterday just wanted to share a little on a tool my brother recommended to buy and it work great. I have a harbour frieght stud gun and the stud pullers sucks big time, the wheel that holds the studs strips out very quickly after use. My right door was dropped by previous owner (look like a 2nd story drop) and the damage was extensive it buckled the bottom of door and pushed the outter skin up so much so that I was thinking of buying an outter skin and new lower panel. This got be thinking why not use my new tool and fix it so I cut the bottom of door which gave me access to inside skin and using a hammer and dolly I straighten the door as best I could. Then after straightening and welding the bottom I used the tool to finish the rest. I am sorry but I forgot to take pictures on outter stud work but I got pics of the bottom. If you need the tool just google it stud leveler I highly recommend it.

[OrrieG]

Rear license plate bracket and trailer connector mount.

[Rude Dude]

Here is a youtube video on the tool if anyone interested. P.S. Not affilated or selling this product just saying it works good.

Stud Lever - YouTube

Originally Posted by Rude Dude

Worked on the doors yesterday just wanted to share a little on a tool my brother recommended to buy and it work great. I have a harbour frieght stud gun and the stud pullers sucks big time, the wheel that holds the studs strips out very quickly after use. My right door was dropped by previous owner (look like a 2nd story drop) and the damage was extensive it buckled the bottom of door and pushed the outter skin up so much so that I was thinking of buying an outter skin and new lower panel. This got be thinking why not use my new tool and fix it so I cut the bottom of door which gave me access to inside skin and using a hammer and dolly I straighten the door as best I could. Then after straightening and welding the bottom I used the tool to finish the rest. I am sorry but I forgot to take pictures on outter stud work but I got pics of the bottom. If you need the tool just google it stud leveler I highly recommend it.

[broey]

degreased and pressure washed the frame and camaro rear axle, removed anything else I could and got everything loaded up to bring over to Dinos house for the One N' Done party!!

[NEWFISHER]

Adjusted the Lokar shifter and went camping 3 hours from home in the hills. 250 was a rockstar and the 700r4 is the cats meow.

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[agnes the dog]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Adjusted the Lokar shifter and went camping 3 hours from home in the hills. 250 was a rockstar and the 700r4 is the cats meow.

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So cool! Would love to have an old aluminum camper to pull. You need some vintage folding chairs. You know, the plaid kind that make the backs of your legs look like waffles! :-). Great set up!
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[arturo7]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Adjusted the Lokar shifter and went camping 3 hours from home in the hills. 250 was a rockstar and the 700r4 is the cats meow.

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I am jello

[arturo7]

Marathon day in the garage. Ran into a couple as yet unsolved obstacles, but got a lot accomplished nonetheless.

Not the least of which was to get the frame laid down and start hangin' springs.

[NEWFISHER]

I'm jello on the 6 lug disc kit. Could have used that today comming down the mountain.
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[Russell Ashley]

The latest Hemmings Classic Car mag had an article about campers and I saw this pic. I thought I'd post it since there's been some interest lately in old campers. Shows how much fun camping can be, LOL. Newfisher, is this you?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/i...cons/icon7.gif

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Adjusted the Lokar shifter and went camping 3 hours from home in the hills. 250 was a rockstar and the 700r4 is the cats meow.

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That is too cool! The more you post about the 250 the more I like it!

[Coach529]

Originally Posted by agnes the dog

So cool! Would love to have an old aluminum camper to pull. You need some vintage folding chairs. You know, the plaid kind that make the backs of your legs look like waffles! :-). Great set up!
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Awesome!!

[ruby57]

Hey that's a picture of me and the wife... Larry, Daryl or Daryl (I cannot recall which one) took it quite a while back.

[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

The latest Hemmings Classic Car mag had an article about campers and I saw this pic. I thought I'd post it since there's been some interest lately in old campers. Shows how much fun camping can be, LOL. Newfisher, is this you?

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/i...cons/icon7.gif

No thats not me, I would be the one cooking, cleaning, packing, unpacking, setting up, etc

I love to camp, my wife loves to come along....reading between the lines

[OrrieG]

Aligned the drivers door. All is well except rear lower corner is up about 1/8". If i adjust it so that lines up the front pull in. It was always out before, I blamed it on bad hinges and latch. Now I think the door got tweaked.

[focusedontheprize]

Placed the order for the rear shocks so I can get that mocked up this weekend to finish the sway bar and crossmember. Ordered my oil gauge line and day dreamed for a bit on driving this sucker

[mknittle]

I put a new regulator on the welder. and now I can get restarted on my motor mounts.

[OrrieG]

Fought the door some more, it is a little better. Decided to wait until I hang the fenders and get the ws installed to see how that affects it. Almost acts like the upper window frame portion has been bent in a little, but I cannot see any sign of damage (metal wrinkles, etc.). Reminded myself I drove it 20 years and not to get to wound up about it. Also got the right belt for the AC so I can finish the adjustment bracket. Trying to tie up loose ends.

[1-ton of fun]

Originally Posted by mknittle

What would you like to know?

any tips on how to get everything aligned right so the motor mounts are in the right places, just a couple inches back? did you cut out a piece of the cross-member below the plate?