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

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

That's very nice! My FiL put a vacuum gauge in the tach location and a tach up by the A-pillar on the dash pad. I'd rather have the tach where it belongs and the vacuum gauge in the unused hole, but there is a trans temp gauge in front of that. I'm old and don't have your energy. It'll probably be like that when my son inherits it.

...and I don't think I'll ever run that BBC over about 4500 RPM.

The addition of those gauges to your truck tells a story of what your truck has been through. I know next to nothing about the history of my truck. I wish I did!

[novaX522]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

Installed an 8k tach along with a modified OE lens. Designed the text based on the stock 5k tach and then had a local shop print it on there for me.

The tach looks amazing!

[novaX522]

Had 3 friends meet me at my place after work to pick up the truck box and set it back on the frame. I got the box bolted back down. I have new 2” drop springs installed in the rear. It looks better already. Looking forward to getting the front springs done and some 31” tires on. I think the truck will look sharp.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

got my heater control back together and back in, sits a little crooked, but I'll deal with that later. Did some CAD(cardboard aided design) work on the glove box, should start bending metal tomorrow for that

[Speedracer39]

Installed vintage air unit under the dash and duct hoses and a few more pieces of kilmat.

[Extended Power]

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[Extended Power]

Applied my 0-8000 rpm stencile from PJMORELAND.
Scared I was gonna fog the lens with the spray cleaner I used, but it worked.
Thanks Patrick.
The tach went from busy and completely off, to clean and properly centered.

[Casper42]

Originally Posted by desert-rat

Installed new cab and core support bushings. Took 4 hours. Yay me.

OH! good to know! I plan to do the same, soon. Lucky for me, I already found out my front cab bolts are not spot-welded, and there's no rusted on nut/bolts as my truck was garaged for most of it's life. My bushings aren't bad, but thought it's a good time to redo.

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by Extended Power

Applied my 0-8000 rpm stencile from PJMORELAND.
Scared I was gonna fog the lens with the spray cleaner I used, but it worked.
Thanks Patrick.
The tach went from busy and completely off, to clean and properly centered.

Nice!!

[SRU1436]

Originally Posted by Ole Blue 71

2/4 drop complete

Which kit did you use?

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Played with paper dolls: First cardboard template for the glovebox interior(traced from the remains of the original) wasn't really working great for tracing out the sheet steel parts, so I started over with some skinnier stock.
Also working through a Fusion360 tutorial for bent sheetmetal parts so I'll be able to make a grown-up drawing.

[CAMAROBOY68SS]

Got a decent clip of the new motor this morning. Finally got some dry (but cold) weather to get some more break in miles on the new combo

1968 Chevy C10 new 327 idling - YouTube

[CAMAROBOY68SS]

Odd double post, but truck ran great. Loving the 5 speed on the highway.

[Jiggers72-GMC]

It sounds healthy and it looks great man, well done

[Casper42]

Struck down, dead center, a jay-walking pedestrian in a red suit

(Holiday parade and lighting festival in the 'burbs jut outside Seattle)

[novaX522]

Originally Posted by CAMAROBOY68SS

Got a decent clip of the new motor this morning. Finally got some dry (but cold) weather to get some more break in miles on the new combo

1968 Chevy C10 new 327 idling - YouTube

Gorgeous truck! 327 sounds great. What cam?

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Started bending metal for glovebox. I've never bent metal before and it's going about as well as I should have expected

[novaX522]

Tore the front end apart. Rotors and calipers were new, everything else is in need of replacement. Made a list of parts to order. Cut the rivets off upper ball joints and got them out. Will need to get a tool for the lowers.
I have 1” drop springs, The original springs had 1” rubber isolators, so the front will sit 2” lower than before.
Excited to get this back together and see how it looks.

[CAMAROBOY68SS]

Originally Posted by novaX522

Gorgeous truck! 327 sounds great. What cam?

Just a GM L79 327/350hp cam.

[Rust_never_sleeps]

Originally Posted by Rust_never_sleeps

Started bending metal for glovebox. I've never bent metal before and it's going about as well as I should have expected

....and for the other end of the todo list, windshield seal leaking prodigiously :-|

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by novaX522

Tore the front end apart. Rotors and calipers were new, everything else is in need of replacement. Made a list of parts to order. Cut the rivets off upper ball joints and got them out. Will need to get a tool for the lowers.
I have 1” drop springs, The original springs had 1” rubber isolators, so the front will sit 2” lower than before.
Excited to get this back together and see how it looks.

It may not sit a full 2 inches lower depending on how much the coil is fatigued. I put 3 inch drop springs in my 68 it went down a little over 2 1/4 inches fronts were sagging 3/4 of an inch from age

[novaX522]

Originally Posted by CAMAROBOY68SS

Just a GM L79 327/350hp cam.

Nice choice. Do you have camel backs to match?

[novaX522]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

It may not sit a full 2 inches lower depending on how much the coil is fatigued. I put 3 inch drop springs in my 68 it went down a little over 2 1/4 inches fronts were sagging 3/4 of an inch from age

Wanting to fill up the gap between tires and fender. If there is too much gap after putting 31x10.50-15s on, I’ll go with a drop spindle.

[CAMAROBOY68SS]

Originally Posted by novaX522

Nice choice. Do you have camel backs to match?

oh yeah. This motor came with a wicked set of 186 factory 2.02 heads. They were really ported at some point on the intakes and the exhaust ports were slightly smoothed up. Stainless valves and screw in studs. Then the intake is a 69/70 Z28 over the counter piece (only difference was a little bowtie on the rear runner behind the carb.)

[novaX522]

Originally Posted by CAMAROBOY68SS

oh yeah. This motor came with a wicked set of 186 factory 2.02 heads. They were really ported at some point on the intakes and the exhaust ports were slightly smoothed up. Stainless valves and screw in studs. Then the intake is a 69/70 Z28 over the counter piece (only difference was a little bowtie on the rear runner behind the carb.)

That is great! Cool truck with an equally cool engine!