1972 GMC Mis-Represented

[leftybass209]

Originally Posted by Cash3481

Here is an addition Ill be doing to both trucks...

Its a larger break pedal made by a friend and member here on the board.

Mike

That's pretty cool. Form and function. Your interior color scheme is unique and i'm diggin' it. I'd say keep up the good work, but something tells me you're already on it. Best of luck!

[96Indyram]

Sweet builds. If you ever need a extra set of hands, give me a shout (PM). I am right down the road and around the corner from ya. ( Clearwater ks)

[p_rubottom]

Glad to see your getting it together! Should be driving it by July right?!

96indyram, I'm must be your neighbor then. I'm in Clearwater.

[Elliot949]

You are so far ahead of me that I will never catch up... LOL... I am going to go with the ECE trailing arms... Man your frame is looking great... you will be together in no time... I still need to get the trailing arms, Pan Hard Bar, Differential cover, and fuel tank... Then I have to get the Differential blown apart and have it rebuilt and painted... Along with alot of mods to be done to the Chassis... You will probably have a running driving truck by the time I get the Chassis completed...

Let me know if you need some help...

Dan

[Cash3481]

Originally Posted by leftybass209

That's pretty cool. Form and function. Your interior color scheme is unique and i'm diggin' it. I'd say keep up the good work, but something tells me you're already on it. Best of luck!

Thanks. If I only had another $20K laying around I could blow.

Originally Posted by 96Indyram

Sweet builds. If you ever need a extra set of hands, give me a shout (PM). I am right down the road and around the corner from ya. ( Clearwater ks)

You and Preston need to come over for free pizza, beer and a build day some Saturday. Lol

Originally Posted by p_rubottom

Glad to see your getting it together! Should be driving it by July right?!

96indyram, I'm must be your neighbor then. I'm in Clearwater.

If I could get you to help with paint maybe...

Originally Posted by Elliot949

You are so far ahead of me that I will never catch up... LOL... I am going to go with the ECE trailing arms... Man your frame is looking great... you will be together in no time... I still need to get the trailing arms, Pan Hard Bar, Differential cover, and fuel tank... Then I have to get the Differential blown apart and have it rebuilt and painted... Along with alot of mods to be done to the Chassis... You will probably have a running driving truck by the time I get the Chassis completed...
Let me know if you need some help...
Dan

Can always use help but I need to get the other cab here to mock up all this interior. Should have it here this weekend if everything goes as planed.

Thanks to all for the encouragement.

Mike

[Low Elco]

Excited to see all the swappin' goin' on!

[96Indyram]

I am game for a build day. I always like working on vehicles and meeting new people.
I have never been much of a beer drinker... unless its really hot outside. But i sure can kill a 12 pack of
Drpepper. Lol

[sduckworth13]

Mike, you have great build going here. The interior you redone looks great.

[Cash3481]

Originally Posted by 96Indyram

I am game for a build day. I always like working on vehicles and meeting new people.
I have never been much of a beer drinker... unless its really hot outside. But i sure can kill a 12 pack of
Drpepper. Lol

If your working... the drinks will be in the fridge.

Originally Posted by sduckworth13

Mike, you have great build going here. The interior you redone looks great.

Scott,
Thanks for the compliment. I love driving "Miss Represented". I'll need to freshen the bronze trucks interior up but it's gonna be a really nice driver with the 6.0 liter.
The other truck will start showing itself in the next week or 2 as I get the cab home and mock up the interior. I'm negotiating the 6.0 LQ9 at the moment. I'll get it announced if I get the deal squared away.

Mike

[96Indyram]

Cash3481
Any chance this truck ( or both) will be on the road and ready for Blacktop Nationals (august 22-24)? LOL The reason I ask is my wife just asked me if it was possible to get her Grandpa's old 66 panel on the road and take it there to show.
I haven't even got it to our house to start on it yet!...good grief.

Good luck on the 6.0 negotiating!

[Cash3481]

Originally Posted by 96Indyram

Cash3481
Any chance this truck ( or both) will be on the road and ready for Blacktop Nationals (august 22-24)? LOL The reason I ask is my wife just asked me if it was possible to get her Grandpa's old 66 panel on the road and take it there to show.
I haven't even got it to our house to start on it yet!...good grief.

Good luck on the 6.0 negotiating!

"Miss represented" will be on the road but not painted for sure. all I need for her is the motor/tranny. I dropped off the rear end today for the posi. I'm going over to tear it apart to save a few bucks and detail the housing before the install.
"Board build" will be on the road and drivable Because I already have almost the entire cab insides in the garage in boxes. As for the body... Cab will need the final bodywork and paint prep to be ready for paint. I have the fenders grill core support and tons of stuff in there ready to go.

I'll load some pics of the hoard for these two trucks in the coming weeks.
As for now, I have a graduation parts next weekend and promissed I'd sell things of to clean up the yard before we have 200 pople here.

Wish me luck and I'll be sure to load some pics.

Mike

[Elliot949]

Who is doing the build on the Rear diff...

[Cash3481]

Sam's Friend is doing like 3 or 4 of them at the same time.
Hes doing Sam's race car, another guy or 2 and my posi. I agreed to tear it down for him to save me some money that way I can detail the backing plates and install new bearings prior to the rearend build bonanza.
Ill get a few pics of it when it happens.

Mike

[Elliot949]

I need someone to do the rear on Class Act

[Cash3481]

Sam's guy knows what he's doing. There's a reason Sam has all those trophies! Lol

Mike

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by Cash3481

Sam's guy knows what he's doing. There's a reason Sam has all those trophies! Lol

Mike

If you can txt me his info so I can contact him about doing mine I would appreciate it... Have a Groovy Day...

[Cash3481]

Well its been a few weeks since I posted. I wanted to have the suspension completed by now but life happens. Now that graduation is behind us since the last update I built a fence around the wife's 40X60 garden and installed sprinklers along the perimeter. Additionally I bought 5 trucks and finally detailed the suspension parts I installed Friday and Saturday this week.
You can see I drilled the trailing arm rivets out and flipped them over to gain the pinion angle back from the 6 " drop. Did I say I needed some new drill bits? LOL That process is pretty straight forward so hopefully the work is worth the effort. I read about the idea on another thread and it looked like a good idea.
I previously mocked up, detailed and installed the front suspension this weekend and I can tell you it always helps to read the directions. I initially installed all the cross shaft seals backwards and didn't notice it until I installed everything... at least I'm consistent, right? Pulled it all apart and did it right, I think! I need to get the new P/S box tomorrow and detail it for installation this coming weekend along with the rotors, brake calibers, sway bar and sway bar brackets. If you're following along I initially used a smaller bolt in the front cross member and have since used larger ones that fit plus I reamed it slightly larger for an additional size bolt so it would be as secure as possible.
It's nice to see it almost ready to roll! So, I get a little more excited for each milestone. The rear end needs the posi unit installed and I'm going to try and have it done this week if my friend has time to do it for me. If he doesn't I may buy the caliber/gauges required and do it myself. I'll get the rear end brake lines with the spring around them this week at the local parts store along with all the fittings to get it installed and detailed so wish me luck...
Enjoy the pics and if you see me doing something wrong speak up so I can fix it cause this will be no trailer queen. I'll be driving it so it needs to be correct AND safe.
Good Luck with your project!
Mike

[Elliot949]

Hey Mike... can you get a better pic for me of the upper A-Arms where they mount to the frame?

[Cash3481]

Dan, it's already together! I can get you one from another front end at SAMs or maybe I can find one on here.
Mike

[96Indyram]

Looking good!

[Cash3481]

Well... posting and showing slow progress seems to work at keeping me driven. Even if its not a lot it seems to be working.
Last night I installed the d/s rotor, bearings and dust caps. Then threw on the rollers with correct size tires. Hopefully the rear end will get rebuilt this coming week, but until then I'll use a spare to get this thing rolling.
P/S box will get picked up this week and detailed for installation.
Enjoy the pics.
Mike

[Elliot949]

Are you having the PS Box Rebuilt here locally?... If so who are you using and did you go with a tighter ratio???

[mcbassin]

Chassis looks great!

[Cash3481]

Originally Posted by Elliot949

Are you having the PS Box Rebuilt here locally?... If so who are you using and did you go with a tighter ratio???

Dan,
Im getting one from Rock auto. THere is a 3-3.25 to1 ratio and a 4 to 1 listed on the site.
LARES Part # 1074 Power Gear; Reman $80.99 $50.00 $130.99
4 turns; Works w/ Lares Steering Coupling Assembly 201


LARES Part # 1075 Power Gear $86.79 $50.00 $136.79
w/ 3 - 3-1/4 turns


A-1 CARDONE Part # 277501 {#3893469} Reman. Power $85.79 $75.00 $160.79
Inline filter available

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Chassis looks great!

Thanks Mike! Im trying...

[thelonerife]

Kickin it bro.