To Do lists, Frustrations, and Findings. What are yours?

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Montierth

I think the frustration comes from the repro parts that don't fit or that are inferior. I love the process involved with our trucks. Keeps my brain working!

Gotcha on that. I've been keeping away for repro as much as I can. Been a while since I've felt that, but I know the feeling.

[Happy_dan]

Originally Posted by special-K

Gotcha on that. I've been keeping away for repro as much as I can. Been a while since I've felt that, but I know the feeling.

Boy I can really relate to this. Replaced floor, trunk, quarters, tail panel etc on my 73 Camaro and even though I bought from what was supposed to be the best, nothing fit without a lot of work. Especially the tail panel, had to finally have body shop bail me out. No fun on repo stuff.

[Montierth]

My problems have been seat cushions are to hard and too tall, front bumper brackets are wrong on GMC with power steering, 2 fuel sending units have had leaking floats, many of the replacements sheet metal parts are way off, many of the nut/bolt and screw body kits I have bought were too long or looked totally different. All that said, I love working on my truck. It is a strange drive to always be researching, and working on it. Now that I am driving it I notice more items to address.

View this AM from my office. Got the front bumper on but still needs to be tweaked a bit.

[Happy_dan]

Nice view!

[HO455]

Originally Posted by Montierth

Holy cow that is awesome! never thought of doing that. How is it attached? Any other photos? Also do you have 2 horns?

I can get another picture for you. It is bolted on. If I remember correctly reused some existing holes and drilled one new one.
Yes there are two horns. A PO installed a second one. My guess it is off a squarebody as the jumper wire is GM.

[Montierth]

Originally Posted by HO455

I can get another picture for you. It is bolted on. If I remember correctly reused some existing holes and drilled one new one.
Yes there are two horns. A PO installed a second one. My guess it is off a squarebody as the jumper wire is GM.

My truck has 2 horns and is factory wired for 2. My SPID notes 2 horns. One is for low and one I think for high sounds. Funny because my truck was a Canadian factory built and the horns say made in canada. I have a horn from another 1970 C30 I owned that was made in USA.

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by ncpetersc

Darn! I have a highlander truck, and I'd love to return it to that plaid.

You can get the plaid material from SMS in Oregon ( attached link ) and I think they can even get you a complete cover with the scroll vinyl and plaid material so all you'd have to do is remove your original cover and instal the new one. The plaid material on my pictured buckets is from SMS.


http://www.smsautofabrics.com

[HO455]

Originally Posted by Montierth

My truck has 2 horns and is factory wired for 2. My SPID notes 2 horns. One is for low and one I think for high sounds. Funny because my truck was a Canadian factory built and the horns say made in canada. I have a horn from another 1970 C30 I owned that was made in USA.

As far as I know 1967 trucks did not have a second horn option available. The brackets on the two horns I have are different so the horn could be off of just about anything.

[fourspeedwagon]

Originally Posted by Montierth

My truck has 2 horns and is factory wired for 2. My SPID notes 2 horns. One is for low and one I think for high sounds. Funny because my truck was a Canadian factory built and the horns say made in canada. I have a horn from another 1970 C30 I owned that was made in USA.

I had an ‘85 Riviera that had the “quad horn” option. I pulled it off before I sold the car- sucker sounded like a freight train bearing down on you. Haven’t decided what to put all those horns on but I’ll enjoy it when I do.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by fourspeedwagon

I had an ‘85 Riviera that had the “quad horn” option. I pulled it off before I sold the car- sucker sounded like a freight train bearing down on you. Haven’t decided what to put all those horns on but I’ll enjoy it when I do.

I've always wanted to do a "Cadillac horn" set-up in a truck and never did. I need that on my '72! It only has one working now. Sounds more like a "Huh?" than a "HEY!".