Be Gentle. . . I'm an Amateur.

[Groyd]

Wires. . .Wires. . .Wires!

[Groyd]

Radiator and Fan, hopefully in their permanent residence.


Moved the alternator with a bracket from currentperformance.com. Replaced the attached camaro reservoir with a Corvetter remote reservoir.


I cross threaded my high pressure line for the power steering pump, so none of the lines are in their permanent place just yet.

[Groyd]

I got all of my fenders back from the shop a couple weeks ago, I went with dark metallic green. They are waiting to wet sand them until they are bolted back on the truck. They did wet sand a couple spaces to give me an idea of what they looked like. They've got my hood right now. I welded in the center of it before I dropped it off (forgot to take a pic).



I thought they did a great job cleaning up my cadillac tunnels.


Hopefully this truck will be running enough to pull it up on a trailer in a few weeks and get it painted.

[flatbed51]

Hey Matt looks like you are making some good progress. All that wiring would drive me crazy. Don

[Groyd]

Originally Posted by flatbed51

Hey Matt looks like you are making some good progress. All that wiring would drive me crazy. Don

Luckily my cousin has been doing most(99%) of the wiring. I would be completely lost if he weren't helping out at this point.

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice progress! That green should pop nicely!

[Groyd]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Very nice progress! That green should pop nicely!

It's the color code for 02' Chevrolet trucks. My dad and uncle ended up talking me into it, and I'm very happy with the way it looks.

[Groyd]

I looked everywhere I knew for a metric thread file or a 16mm die. Fastenal, Autozone, O'reilly's and couldn't find one. I ended up at O'reilly's getting something else a few days later and saw on their counter that they loaned the kit. The guy that worked there didn't even know they had it (or what a thread file was). It worked like a champ and saved me about sixty bucks.

[Groyd]

Anybody know how much spacing is supposed to be between the cab and bed, or is that dictated by the space between the fender and the running board?

Is there supposed to be a small gap between the running board and bed to keep them from squeaking or should I get them as close as possible?

Thanks,
Matt

[flatbed51]

Originally Posted by Groyd

Anybody know how much spacing is supposed to be between the cab and bed, or is that dictated by the space between the fender and the running board?

Is there supposed to be a small gap between the running board and bed to keep them from squeaking or should I get them as close as possible?

Thanks,
Matt

Hey Matt, don't know if this will help or not. It is from 63&64 Bowties 53 ~ S10 project . Don

[Groyd]

That's exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks.

[not2oldchevy]

This does not look like an amateur to me, looks like a pro. What kind of motor mounts did you use? Thanks Bill

[Groyd]

Originally Posted by not2oldchevy

This does not look like an amateur to me, looks like a pro. What kind of motor mounts did you use? Thanks Bill

Thanks!
The motor mounts that came with the ez swap kit were for a sbc, so I just got some ls-sbc plates that mount on the engine.
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[oldman3]

Read your build today, nice job on everything so far, keep at it......Jim

[Groyd]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Read your build today, nice job on everything so far, keep at it......Jim

Thanks, I'm trying. I just had my first kid a few weeks ago, so I've been slowed down. I'll try to get some new pics up this week.
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[oldman3]

Originally Posted by Groyd

Thanks, I'm trying. I just had my first kid a few weeks ago, so I've been slowed down. I'll try to get some new pics up this week.
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Enjoy that new born, their only small once, us old farts can wait.....Jim

[flatbed51]

Congratulations on your newest addition Matt. My youngest son left June 27th to the United States Air Force. Man it seems like only yesterday that I was teaching him to drive. The following picture was taken the day he left. He was not to happy that he was not going to be here to help work on the truck. Don

[Groyd]

Originally Posted by flatbed51

Congratulations on your newest addition Matt. My youngest son left June 27th to the United States Air Force. Man it seems like only yesterday that I was teaching him to drive. The following picture was taken the day he left. He was not to happy that he was not going to be here to help work on the truck. Don

Maybe when he gets back, he'll have a sharp looking truck to drive around. How long is he going to be gone?

[JTKimothy]

Geez, seeing the work you've done, you're definitely no amateur! That would be ME!! Although I am a pediatric nurse, if you have any questions about your newborn, I'll be more than happy to chat with you Then you can return the favor by talking me through restoring my 50 Chevy! Congratulations!!!

[Dieselwrencher]

Great work on the truck, and congrats on the little one!

[Wheelie]

Originally Posted by Groyd

Wires. . .Wires. . .Wires!

Pink is key power, green is temp sender, blue is oil pressure sender, big purple is starter sol., big red is starter positive, cut off the rest and drive it!

[flatbed51]

Originally Posted by Groyd

Maybe when he gets back, he'll have a sharp looking truck to drive around. How long is he going to be gone?

He is signed up for an 8 year tour. That may give me enough time to get the truck done.

[Groyd]

Thanks for all the comments and compliments everybody.

I did have some time when I was off work for a couple of weeks to do some little stuff. I lowered the bed 2" to match up with the running boards. I moved my rear axle forward 1 1/2". I got the radiator hoses hooked up and the driveshaft cut down about five inches and balanced with a new u-joint.





I thought I got a great craigslist deal on some 16" rally wheels. I sanded them down and painted them flat black. Visions of whitewall tires were in my head. I measured the center so I could go buy some bullet centers to go with the trim rings and decided to make sure they fit on the truck first (something you think you would do before you handed over cash). Turned out they were 5 x 5 bolt pattern instead of 5 X 4.75. Excitement had taken over when I was buying them I measured backspacing, diameter and width and I didn't even think to measure the bolt pattern. I assumed all 5 stud GM wheels would be the same. Lesson learned.





In case anyone was wondering, I went ahead and stopped by the shop that sales the bullet center caps and they said that they've never seen a set of stock rims that would work with aftermarket bullet style center caps. I had never really seen them, but they acted like they're really popular. A few months ago I had seen a picture of this truck and fell in love with them.

[mcbassin]

Very cool project! Hope to see it in person some time. Subscribed

[Warrens69GMC]

Bullet wheel covers

http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Bullet...vers,3092.html