Nik's 62 build

[62stepside longbox]

Oh and even though I won't be picking it up until June or July I thought I would show you guys this hood I just bought from a friend a couple hours away. A 60 gmc hood for the 62! I have always loved the look of these beautiful ugly hoods and now I finally have one. I first really started liking them when I saw namloc's 60 gmc "the snortin bull".
Here's a pic of it, the guy bought the complete 60 burb for $500 cdn. But when he started digging into it he found the entire floor and roof were mostly rust along with most of the other panels. So unfortunately his only option was to part it out.

[BFoley]

Fender is looking great. The more I think about it, the more I think I may have to borrow your tailgate cable solution...

[AJCK87]

Sweet hood! You got a GMC hood on your Chevy and I have a Chevy hood on my GMC...may be a trade is order....hahaha

Your fenders are really coming along!

[TJ's Chevy]

Looking good! Dang there's parts I want off that burban! lol!

[62stepside longbox]

Originally Posted by BFoley

Fender is looking great. The more I think about it, the more I think I may have to borrow your tailgate cable solution...

Thanks Ben. The tailgate cable do work really well, feel free to copy.

Originally Posted by AJCK87

Sweet hood! You got a GMC hood on your Chevy and I have a Chevy hood on my GMC...may be a trade is order....hahaha
Your fenders are really coming along!

Thanks, I have a nice chevy hood on mine but liked the gmc 60-61 gmc more. I actually bought it from a friend in comox bc (on the island).

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Looking good! Dang there's parts I want off that burban! lol!

Thanks tj, unfortunately that pic is a week old and all the parts have been pulled from it and it was just scrapped. R.I.P.

[62stepside longbox]

Started to tear in to the rear cab mounts/cab corners and no surprise lots of rust, here we go again. First I cut the cab corner off to gain access to the cab support. I started to cut out all the crap.

[62stepside longbox]

The metal guard that goes under the cab corner is done.

[62stepside longbox]

And the door gap was horrible before. The door stuck out 1/4" past the cab corner and did not close well due to the cab being hit years ago and badly dented. I was able to make some relief cuts in the rear door pillar structure and bend it and weld back in place. Then I did some modifications to the door latch and now the door closes with the push of a finger and has nice gaps. Here's a video http://youtu.be/m1CdteSUyPk

[62stepside longbox]

And working outside was quite enjoyable today. It was 25 degrees Celsius or 77 Fahrenheit with sun and blue sky's

[TJ's Chevy]

It's been Super nice weather here this whole week and I haven't had any time but for school and work. haha! Oh well. Summers coming. Hope ya get that cab corner done ok.

[62stepside longbox]

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

It's been Super nice weather here this whole week and I haven't had any time but for school and work. haha! Oh well. Summers coming. Hope ya get that cab corner done ok.

Thanks, Yeah I'm prayin for summer to come as well. I'm sure il do fine on the cab corner

[60chevyjim]

did you get it running good yet ?

[62stepside longbox]

Originally Posted by 60chevyjim

did you get it running good yet ?

No unfortunately I haven't had time to mess with it. I know exactly what the problem is now. My neighbor is a mechanics teacher at the college and let me use a tool for testing vaccum leaks. It's pretty much like a smoke machine you would see at Halloween. I hooked it up to the vacuum line and blocked the carb opening off. I saw a little bit of smoke coming from where the manifold bolts to the head. The head and manifold are both straight and clean so it is the gaskets fault.bill (Palfstep70) said he had a similar problem back when he had a straight six and solved it by getting a high performance gasket that was much thicker. Do you know of any king of gasket maker that will handle the heat? Thanks

[62stepside longbox]

Finally finished the bodywork on the fender. I just sprayed it with some old paint I had laying around to prevent surface rust. I also adjusted the torsion bars to the height I wanted.

[Palf70Step]

Good to see pieces going back on her.

[60chevyjim]

the fender looks good . I need to do mine like that .

[62stepside longbox]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Good to see pieces going back on her.

Thanks. Yes it is starting to look more like a truck again

Originally Posted by 60chevyjim

the fender looks good . I need to do mine like that .

Thanks Jim I'm pretty happy with the end product.

[TJ's Chevy]

Wouldn't even know the fender was modified unless you had a tape measure or a SUPER good eye. lol Nice work.

[Classic v6 GMC's]

Fender looks good!!

[collin70k/20]

Keep up the good work man!

[62stepside longbox]

Originally Posted by TJ's Chevy

Wouldn't even know the fender was modified unless you had a tape measure or a SUPER good eye. lol Nice work.

Thanks tj, i was going for a stock look.

Originally Posted by Classic v6 GMC's

Fender looks good!!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by collin70k/20

Keep up the good work man!

Thanks man!

[65sub]

TJ 's right about the fender mod. Very subtle custom work Nik.

[62stepside longbox]

Originally Posted by 65sub

TJ 's right about the fender mod. Very subtle custom work Nik.

Thanks Dale.

Cut more out of the cab corner/support area and attempted to fit the new cab support but the stupid thing is made completely wrong, looks like they'll be getting a strongly worded email about their worthless junk they call quality parts. Last time I'll ever and I mean ever buy repop panels.
See how the area that attaches to the inner rocker is the wrong angle.

[62stepside longbox]

So I made a relief cut and bent it then filled the open area with new metal. It fits pretty good now

[collin70k/20]

I am going to admit your truck is probably my favorite in the 60-66 chevy forum area! You are definatly making some progress keep up the good work man!