'69 GMC Build Thread.

[samwise68]

once again, a picture-less post. i need to upload the ones i took tonight. but, i'm beat tired, so it'll have to wait. haha.

as far as progress, well, started to dismantle the cab to start on the lower sheet metal and all that nonsense.

pulled up the what looks like original rubber floor mats, and insulation, to find a good sized tire inspection hole...area...type thing. kind of a downer, since i had high hopes. haha.

then took the seat out, which was going swimmingly, until the last bolt on the back inside drivers side decided that it wanted a round head, instead of a hex head. so, that was quite a hold up. ended up brinding the backing nut off, and i'll just have to weld a new one on...not a big deal.

then, attempted to unbolt the seat belts. that was a complete and utter failure. backing nuts didn't come loose...nor did the heads round..but rather, it was so rusty that the plates the nuts were welded to decided to spin off. yeahh. not lookin' so good is it? the same thing happened when trying to get the bottom gas tank bolts out - backing nuts broke loose.

so, needless to say, tomorrow if i get a chance, is going to be a day of begging someone to spin a wrench, while i hold the other side, or vice versa. heh.

and thats about it.

curse the Rust Belt I say!

pics to come soon...not that it's going to look good...lol.

-Sam.