What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[Haggis]

Took some pics of it and the younger brother.

[wreckedchevy]

Originally Posted by BADAZ chevy guy

So, it didn't pass inspection. failed because of one ball joint and there's no windshield washer.

sorry to hear that man I'm glad we don't have inspections in MT they would probably seize my truck and throw me in prison

[88fordf150]

Did this yesterday. I removed my floor to install a new one.

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by 88fordf150

Did this yesterday. I removed my floor to install a new one.

Been there done that... LOL..

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Took a drive and ended up at the locally-owned burger joint. So, what's a guy to do? Sit outside and eat a burger....Watch the truck.
I parked far enough away. Then, the folks with walkers decided to descend upon RAT.

Freaky how that happens.

Got two "Nice Truck"s today. That always makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

[Tom Vogel]

[QUOTE Then, the folks with walkers decided to descend upon RAT.

Thatll be US pretty soon Bill. Then you can park in that blue spot!

[Ridgeclimber]

We got the hood, front fenders, ash tray and radio delete plate painted today. Then we got the doors and the step wells primed yesterday.

[Mr Handy]

Broke into a Napa auto parts yesterday...

A friend and I were out making the rounds and pulled in to get some gas, right next door is the Napa, so we walked over to se if they had a few parts. Sigh said open so we walked in. 2 steps through the door and the alarm started going off. We stopped, looked at each other and looked around. I checked again and the open sigh was lit up and the door was definitely unlocked... We stood there for a couple minutes the lights in the front were off but the lights in the back were on. The phone rang and my buddy answered it " Napa auto parts" it was the alarm company. He told the lady on the other end what happened and that we were not sure if there was anyone there, we suspected that the store was empty, but we were unsure. After that we left and didn't wait for the cops to show up... I am guessing whoever "locked up" will be in pretty big trouble.

[88fordf150]

Originally Posted by Mr Handy

Broke into a Napa auto parts yesterday...

A friend and I were out making the rounds and pulled in to get some gas, right next door is the Napa, so we walked over to se if they had a few parts. Sigh said open so we walked in. 2 steps through the door and the alarm started going off. We stopped, looked at each other and looked around. I checked again and the open sigh was lit up and the door was definitely unlocked... We stood there for a couple minutes the lights in the front were off but the lights in the back were on. The phone rang and my buddy answered it " Napa auto parts" it was the alarm company. He told the lady on the other end what happened and that we were not sure if there was anyone there, we suspected that the store was empty, but we were unsure. After that we left and didn't wait for the cops to show up... I am guessing whoever "locked up" will be in pretty big trouble.

Probably have you on video. Just hope that some young cop isn't looking for his first B&E case. lol

[Mr Handy]

Originally Posted by 88fordf150

Probably have you on video. Just hope that some young cop isn't looking for his first B&E case. lol

I'm not worried. If we are on tape we are definitely in the clear.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by Tom Vogel

[QUOTE Then, the folks with walkers decided to descend upon RAT.

Thatll be US pretty soon Bill. Then you can park in that blue spot!

Right you are, Tom.

And lots of days when I first roll out of bed, I feel like I should have a gold-plated blue placard.

[68anthony]

I got my caliper brackets cut out and ready to install.

[ChevLoRay]

I brought my '69 chassis home from my son's house. He didn't want me to do that for the past couple of years...fearing I would sell it and all my other stuff. It's painted and totally apart. Gotta get to work!!!

[ironbutter]

Got the left half of my Skayjacker lift in, UPS lost the right spring, should have it tomorrow...

[68anthony]

Caliper brackets installed.

[Daman]

This all started last weekend.

I blacked out the grill a bit. I didn't want it all black but to darken it up a bit


I liked that small mod so I pulled off the emblems to darken them up a bit. All black was too much so I matched the body color. I don't have pics of the medium olive but they didn't really work so I went to the paint store to get something else. They suggested mixing without the metallic.


On the fender. Still not sure I like it yet


The last thing I did Saturday was fix my under hood light. The fuse was broken so I drilled the ends out

[In The Ten Ring]

Today I learned a little about tube bending and a lot about patience.

[66pnl]

Well, wasn't today exactly but over the week end disassembled the inst. cluster, replaced the speedo and cleaned, painted and detailed it every thing.

[TwinsSpeedShop]

Finally got it lowered!

[ekgguy]

Did this over the weekend actually. I got my gas tank installed finally.

[jdean]

Spent a couple hours pulling the hubs, brakes, spindles, and all the brake lines off the front of the 74 to transplant into the 69. Anyone know if I can just replace the 69 balljoints with 74s and slap the spindles in? Parts store didn't have any 69s to compare to.

[VWNate1]

I don't know but I think there was an older thread that covered " disc brake up grade " and went into this in great detail .

You *might* have to change the tie rod ends too .

[BugzC10]

Installed DRL module and Taylor wire seperators.

[jdean]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

I don't know but I think there was an older thread that covered " disc brake up grade " and went into this in great detail .

You *might* have to change the tie rod ends too .

Thanks, I forgot to mention it's a c30 i'm working on. Every steering joint on the 74 was shot, and one sleeve wasn't even tight, so I figured I'd replace everything on the 69 with new 74 steering components, I'll have to check to see if the pitman arms are the same or not. One thing about it, I'll have front discs and a hefty sway bar up front now

[VWNate1]

You're welcome .

I know this has been covered in extreme detail before , you just need to spend some time looking up old build threads to find it .

It's pretty simple as long as you're able to replace ball joints .

IIRC Square Body GM trucks are where you go for the parts necessary .

Remember , your '69 has the vastly better metal A-Frame pivot bushings.... rubber sucks .

Me I'm a Luddite in addition to a Dinosaur so I want to upgrade to the standard 2-1/2" drum front brakes used in Suburbans and optional on pickups ~ I find rusted out Suburbans in Pick-A-Part all the time but have been too lazy to yank the full setup , including backing plates and hardware .