What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

They make the complete blade but no refills . Even though the blade can come off just like the originals makes no sense

No sense to us, the Consumers. For the Company to only sell the whole Wiper makes perfect sense to their Accounting Dept.

['68OrangeSunshine]

So a coworker, who's been helping me work on my 71 Jimmy, called me this morning to say he saw my Jimmy on Facebook and listed for $3400.
Well, since I paid $3750 in 1995 for it, I'm not taking a loss. Not for sale at all.

EDIT: For some reason, I could not upload a pic captured off Facebook, I put it in 'Drive' on my cell phone. I can pick it up when I Manage Attachements, and select it. File name is, ''bogusfacebook'' but when I push upload images, it drops out.
IDK

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

So a coworker, who's been helping me work on my 71 Jimmy, called me this morning to say he saw my Jimmy on Facebook and listed for $3400.
Well, since I paid $3750 in 1995 for it, I'm not taking a loss. Not for sale at all.

EDIT: For some reason, I could not upload a pic captured off Facebook, I put it in 'Drive' on my cell phone. I can pick it up when I Manage Attachements, and select it. File name is, ''bogusfacebook'' but when I push upload images, it drops out.
IDK

Here's the photo of your Jimmy. Looks like it was taken from quite a distance.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Thanks Pat. They would have taken the shot from the street. About 60 feet back and slightly higher elevation. Judging from the shadow angle, it was shot in the morning. Probably some landscaper or pool guy.

No one's been banging my door with $3400 in their hot little hands.

I'll have to make up a NOT FOR SALE sign.

[mr.mud1]

today i shifted from working on a 59 Bel Air for a customer,work on my own newest project and hours and hours of quality time on the lawn tractor,to get my 72 truck off the trailer in the corner of the shop where it's been all winter,to get it cleaned up for it's first car show of the year tomorrow in Truro,Nova Scotia,about an hour and a half from here.wouldn't you know it,the weather man is calling for rain?oh well,as they say,don't like the weather wait 10 minutes.i'll look outside tomorrow and see what i'm doing,car show or 59 Bel Air work?

[72c20customcamper]

Show today in my town was nice not having to drive an hour to a show . But that’s what I get for living in the sticks . Was cool and cloudy but a good turnout

[zicc1835]

a few of us attended the Fire company in my town today to benefit a injured fireman

[Chevys4life]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

today i shifted from working on a 59 Bel Air for a customer,work on my own newest project and hours and hours of quality time on the lawn tractor,to get my 72 truck off the trailer in the corner of the shop where it's been all winter,to get it cleaned up for it's first car show of the year tomorrow in Truro,Nova Scotia,about an hour and a half from here.wouldn't you know it,the weather man is calling for rain?oh well,as they say,don't like the weather wait 10 minutes.i'll look outside tomorrow and see what i'm doing,car show or 59 Bel Air work?

I like your rear bumper. I can't wait to find one for my truck. I hope to find one this year at the all truck meet.

[72c20customcamper]

Investigating an odor in my 72 . Really bad one I found this guess he got stuck and couldn’t get out . Took the inner wheel house out and got the heater box removed and was surprised there was no nest . Just this decaying mouse snapped a few shots down the inside heater box and it was very clean . I love taking things apart on my west coast trucks . Nothing broke and I just used a Milwaukee cordless 3/8 ratchet.

[eneg688]

New tires & wheels

[72c20customcamper]

Decided to paint the inner wheelhouse since it was off . Some surface rust but no rot and this is the battery side which tends to rot away faster than the drivers side.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Finished the Jeep 4.0 and stuck my head under the hood of the C10 for the first time.
It’s unreal how much room and how few thingies there are under there.

Also funny how fuel and even flame under the hood of the Chevy doesn’t really freak me out, but that 4.0 showering pressurized gas onto a hot manifold and cats made me pucker big time
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EWQ16...?feature=share

Anyhow, starting on the drippy water pump

[72c20customcamper]

All cleaned and painted . Installed today and now I’m wanting to take off the drivers side and paint it looks terrible . And that’s how it starts going into snowball mode.

[1967GMCC20]

Dash update, need vac decal next.

[1967GMCC20]

Dash vac guage install update, need vac decal next.

[68isgreat]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

today i shifted from working on a 59 Bel Air for a customer,work on my own newest project and hours and hours of quality time on the lawn tractor,to get my 72 truck off the trailer in the corner of the shop where it's been all winter,to get it cleaned up for it's first car show of the year tomorrow in Truro,Nova Scotia,about an hour and a half from here.wouldn't you know it,the weather man is calling for rain?oh well,as they say,don't like the weather wait 10 minutes.i'll look outside tomorrow and see what i'm doing,car show or 59 Bel Air work?

Sweet truck!

[68isgreat]

I installed a slip yoke eliminator and custom double cardan driveshaft on my 68 k10 from Tom Woods driveshafts. My chassis is basically done now:

[brandnew72]

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[brandnew72]

Kindig door handles installed. The shaved doors from the PO were a hassle. I've had shaved doors but couldn't get these right after many tries.

The Kindig handles work very well, just have alot of bodywork left where the PO used body filler around the handle area. All good because I can get in the truck easy now! Bodywork over the next week to get it looking decent.

I'll throw some pics up soon.

[Eddie70]

Looking good @brandnew72 !!

[brandnew72]

Thank you! The PO did a number on those doors and I accidentally cut the drivers hole on the line, so more bodywork to get that looking right. Almost wrapped up the Drivers side today.

[dave6672]

Comet washed the 67 yesterday and used rubbing compound on it today. It's a poor, old, darker red repaint over the original 514 red. Not sure what someone was doing with the passenger side bedside, but oh well.

[brandnew72]

Drivers side bodywork done. Tedious but ended up looking good. Passenger door should go better.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by brandnew72

Drivers side bodywork done. Tedious but ended up looking good. Passenger door should go better.

Looking good, but I'm curious why you have a gas cap there? Most guys who shave door handles also put the tank in the bed.
Now I'm no proponent of ditching the back-of-the-seat tank. I've had two trucks with the tank forward of the axle, [a '67 K/10 Sub and a '71 K/1500 Jimmy] and fuel flow and fuel pump issues come with the territory. And those are Factory installations.
Mechanical fuel pump works just fine in my '68 C/10 Stepside.
Good on you for having the guts to keep the gas behind the backseat.

[brandnew72]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

Looking good, but I'm curious why you have a gas cap there? Most guys who shave door handles also put the tank in the bed.
Now I'm no proponent of ditching the back-of-the-seat tank. I've had two trucks with the tank forward of the axle, [a '67 K/10 Sub and a '71 K/1500 Jimmy] and fuel flow and fuel pump issues come with the territory. And those are Factory installations.
Mechanical fuel pump works just fine in my '68 C/10 Stepside.
Good on you for having the guts to keep the gas behind the backseat.

Honestly I considered moving it but read that it can be a pain for the reasons you mentioned. I bought the truck with shaved doors and it had a myriad of issues with the factory latches and I just got fed up with them. My last pickup had them for years and I had no issues.

I may look into a flush gas cap soon but I doubt I'll move the tank.