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

[OregonNed]

Ignition switch changed out and overall cleaned up for this Saturday's next car show.

[72c20customcamper]

Got the inside of the cab ready for paint . There were runs on the dash and back panel. The runs were actually in the primer .

[72c20customcamper]

Got some more done on the cab. Not going to be able to paint till at least Sunday . Going to pick up mom tomorrow and Saturday is my granddaughters 1st birthday party. Tailgate and dash pieces are all sanded and ready for paint . The roof was really weird lots of what looked like drips in the primer and very thin paint . Need to hook up the oil pressure gage so I can move it into the garage for paint. I have the cluster apart to repaint the bezel and needles .

[72c20customcamper]

And I finally got a grommet that fits

[LNP]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

And I finally got a grommet that fits

Awesome!!

[67C10Step]

Steering wheel upgrade thanks to the wife. Birthday present.

[LNP]

Nice! Happy Belated Birthday

[Grumpy old man]

Originally Posted by 67C10Step

Steering wheel upgrade thanks to the wife. Birthday present.

Looks Good ! Every time Mrs Grumpy comes home and sees another box from Fed Ex / UPS or Summit she says "Did I get another birthday present ?"

[LNP]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

Looks Good ! Every time Mrs Grumpy comes home and sees another box from Fed Ex / UPS or Summit she says "Did I get another birthday present ?"

hahahahaha

[68bowtie]

I trimmed in my carpet today and installed the dash pad and belts. The ACC carpet was a damn good fit in general, just a bit more wrinkle than I’d like over the trans hump. But I can live with it. I expected way worse.

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by 68bowtie

I trimmed in my carpet today and installed the dash pad and belts. The ACC carpet was a damn good fit in general, just a bit more wrinkle than I’d like over the trans hump. But I can live with it. I expected way worse.

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NICE!!! Don't know that I personally have ever seen that color combo on these trucks.

[67C10Step]

68,
Let me be the first to say that looks fantastic!

[67C10Step]

Double post

[68bowtie]

Thanks guys!

[72c20customcamper]

Got the inside and various other parts painted today . I never made it to my granddaughters party . Picked up mom on Thursday and she developed a bad cough Friday . Sure enough tested positive for Covid so she’s staying till Friday at least . So I worked on the truck yesterday and today .

[72c20customcamper]

Couple more

[LNP]

Sorry to hear about your mom getting sick. Truck lookin good. Nice paint job

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by LNP

Sorry to hear about your mom getting sick. Truck lookin good. Nice paint job

She has only a cough slight fever Friday night but that’s gone , All in all pretty mild been three full days and I’m not showing any symptoms but waiting till wed to go out and about .

Thanks I really like single stage on a use truck no need for BC/CC . Also helps having a good gun . I replaced my old Seta with a Tekna Pro Lite not cheap but sprays sooo nice. Now on to the doors and fenders yay! Sarcastically

[LNP]

Yea I say not cheap $600 gun. I got the 3M Accuspray paint gun to do my truck. It worked real well.

['68OrangeSunshine]

I installed a new Cigar Lighter in my '68 C/10 Stepside. The old one shorted out when the spring-loaded positive tip of a plug [going to a recharger solar panel] broke off and crossed the ground to the hot. Fried up a lot of wires under the dash. I had the Dash Panel and Heater Controls off or hanging down to get a good look. While the Red line feeding the Cigar Lighter burned its insulation off, none of the other wires near it were burned. Some had charred lengths of Cigal line stuck to them. I chackefd all the lines, and reinforced any singeing with E-tape. T prevent a repeat, I spliced an inline fuseholder w/ 15 A fuse between the Cigar tab on the fuse block and the lighter socket.
While I had the Speedo cable loose, I disconnected the other end at the SM465 -- pulled the flex cable out of its sheath and dusted it with graphite lube. I think I noticed a 2 Mile bump on the Odometer. It was reading 234 before. After I reassembled the Dash, Ash Tray, Heater Controls and tested the Cigar Lighter for function, the Odo read 236.
Go figure?
Since my Fuel Gauge has been reading Empty lately, I'm dependent on accurately guessing my mileage and fuel intake level.
I did a 20 mile run to test and check my systems and the Cigar socket, as a port for my GPS. I still notice a little wobble in the Speedo needle at 60 MPH (indicated) [62 GPS]. I may need more miles to settle in and read right.

[a Good Man]

Before & after

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by a Good Man

Before & after

Pretty truck .

[72c20customcamper]

Dash is coming along . I used duplicolor Arizona Beige for the column and the top of the dash it looks the same in pictures but is much darker and I put a two wet coats and then misted it to kill the gloss.

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Dash is coming along . I used duplicolor Arizona Beige for the column and the top of the dash it looks the same in pictures but is much darker and I put a two wet coats and then misted it to kill the gloss.

AZ Beige, Huh? Looks a lot like the old interior Irridescent Fawn Poly they used a lot in '67 and '68.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

AZ Beige, Huh? Looks a lot like the old interior Irridescent Fawn Poly they used a lot in '67 and '68.

The dash itself is Saddle fawn poly as is the rest of the truck . The Duplicolor is a couple shades darker hard to see with the lighting