Build Thread-Project 1 color

[RCbowtie69]

keep up the work & pictures coming

[Dano69c10]

Thanx for the feedback RCbowtie.

Today pulled the front crossmember, what a gigantic PITA!
Ended up making a giant mess on the floor of the garage (tools, brake fluid, grease and crud etc.), destroying all brake lines from the cab forward and had to bend (destroy) the fuel line to get a socket to one of the crossmember bolts.

[Dano69c10]

Here's some of the progress pics, after the mess was cleaned up.







Tomorrow; drop the rear suspension, finish gutting the cab (removing e-brake and driver-side vent).

[nibs]

I like progress like this! Where at in Ontario are you? Im just across the street in Rancho

[Dano69c10]

Originally Posted by nibs

I like progress like this! Where at in Ontario are you? Im just across the street in Rancho

I'm by I-10 and Mountain Ave. I just read your build thread, it's inspiring man!

Dano

[Dano69c10]

Dropped the rear suspension from the frame. The panhard bar bolt was crazy locked on, but finally broke it free. The trailing arm bolts let me use my new 3/4" drive 1 1/8" socket and breaker bar. Surprisingly the trailing arm bolts weren't too bad to remove. Of course I rounded off the bolt fitting for the brake lines and had to end up destroying the line. Brake-lines and I do not have a good relationship. Here's some pics;





Also finished gutting the cab. I'm going to separate the cab from the frame next. Tomorrow I have to return to work, from my Christmas vacation, so finding time to work on this will probably be impossible until my summer vacation.

[nibs]

Originally Posted by Dano69c10

I'm by I-10 and Mountain Ave. I just read your build thread, it's inspiring man!

Dano

No joke?! I have a really good friend that lives right off 4th and mountain. Thanks for the compliments! Yours will get where you want it soon...

[RCbowtie69]

hey Dano69c10 u r looking like u r making a little progress,i see it's has been really cold up there,keep the pictures coming.

[Dano69c10]

Removed the trailing arms from the rear axle. Luckily it was an easy job, I heard of trucks that had the u-bolts rusted to the axle tubes or the nuts were rusted to the u-bolts and the owners had to cut off the u-bolts.







Cab is now officially gutted.

[Dano69c10]

***This thread will be put on hold for a while.***

The '69 LWB truck has be dismantled and put into storage. I will be moving the cab and rear axle to storage. The rear frame was sectioned and sold out. I will someday start cleaning and painting parts and slowly get it back together.

In the meantime, I'm gonna go through my storage unit and any extra parts will be going on the board for sale. Maybe I can finance my project that way since I have 2 storage units of parts.

Dano

[RCbowtie69]

Just checking up on your build,love the video on the rockers panel replacement,keep the pictures coming & keep on truckin''