'69 GMC Build Thread.

[samwise68]

Well. time for an update.

i got my sheetmetal! w00t!

i was on the way to visit my girlfriend when my mom called, saying that a UPS guy had just struggled and awkwardly put a very large box with LMC Truck on it, on our picnic table in front of the house. let me tell you, i was half tempted to turn around and go back home to see my parts. haha.

so i now have rockers, inner rockers, cab corners, locking gas cap, and door sill's.


they forgot to put my bed bolt kit and rocker plugs in the box however, so i have to call back monday when the shippers are in, i guess? -shrug-. they were good about it saturday morning.

i also send out a money order for a set of headers (Thanks Teeitup (Randy)). and those should be on the way soon and such.

however,

i haven't gotten much of anything done this weekend.

Saturday was cutting a few trees down and slowly accumulating firewood, followed by minor repairs on some of the family cars with Dad.

Sunday was welding the front end loader up on a neighbors backhoe. a 4 hour job for my dad and i...talk about tedious. but! it was a nice change. i almost forgot what it was like to run a nice bead on thick metal...haha.

and thats about it.


this week should prove to be productive, or atleast i'm hoping.

i need to finish fabbing up some sort of inner fender for the bed yet, just to keep junk and water from splashing too far up on the side, i guess. lol.

then a few patches, just to cover some holes in the floor and sills to make it solid-esque. and hit it with some paint to slow the rust. and..that should be it for the underside.

then it'll be flipping it back over, and stripping, smoothing, primer, paint..etc.

all while dismanteling the rest of the truck to get rid of rust with my fresh sheet metal, and then smooth, prime paint...etc etc.

and while the front clip is off for the new fenders, i'll cleean up the engine bay as much as i can in a short period of time, a splash of paint, put the headers on, and strap it all back together for paint and tags.

followed by the most important step.

ENJOY IT! drive and haul and haul and drive. and just like having an old truck.

so. thats where she sits now.

stay tuned!

it's about to get interesting...lol.

-Sam.

**EDIT**

i decied to post a pic of the stuff that i've accumulated in my bed room in preperation of body work.



there's Oliver Green tractor paint, along with patching red oxide primer, and same style white, and hardener. a can of Bondo. a spray can of rust convertor, a spray can of undercoating, a gallon of paint thinner, mixing cup, and cheese cloth. this doesn't include tools and such that are in the garage...just the stuff thats special and stays in the bedroom with me. hah.

okee, later days.

-Sam.