What did you do to your truck today?

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

I hope you guys aren't getting sick of my Camaro Dash posts....
.

Don't dare stop until you're done! Inquiring minds what to see this thing finished. It's so unusual and looks great. I would never have thought this dash could be made to look good in a Model A, but it certainly does in yours. I never got past wanting a 59 Impala dash, but your project should inspire a lot of creativity from others with similar talents.

[Vernski]

[quote=lakeroadster;3754336]I hope you guys aren't getting sick of my Camaro Dash posts...


Well although I tend to like the stock look I think your Camaro dash and Alan's 59 chevy dash are the coolest thing I've seen in awhile for our truck's. So you
got my vote!---Vernski

[Turkey]

Finally got insurance!!

[lakeroadster]

Thanks to 198plus, Marekb01 & Vernski for the encouraging words!

I get maybe 6 hours a week in the garage so progress is kind of slow... that and I tend to overanalyze everything.

[panelrodder81]

Not today but Saturday. I pulled my engine and transmission. Cut out my manual trans xmember. Pulled the drive shafts. Started on replacing the mufflers while I waited for my auto xmember and torque converted to show up. Got my HEI installed on the new engine. Have all the parts now to head home after work, in about 45 min, and then head to the shop to put it all back together and measure for my drive shaft that I can get made/adjusted. And hopefully by thursday I can drive it home.

Sucks when you buy a truck that "runs great" and it burns up the rings on at least four cylinders within 24 hours. Sucks even more when the P.O. won't take any responsibility for it! Oh well, I'm getting a Vortec motor and a fresh TH350 out of it... oh and about a grand out of pocket!

-Panelrodder
1953 GMC Panel
1964 Chevy 3/4 Ton Pickup
2007 Pontiac G6

1979 Yamaha XS650 Bobber

[DWright]

got my x-member swapped. next to come (tonite) is p/s.still waiting on ***************** to send me some fittings so i ca intall my dominator 2600's in th front....

[scotts62]

Very cool!

Is the last pic after the suspension upgrade?

[DWright]

Originally Posted by scotts62

Very cool!

Is the last pic after the suspension upgrade?

yeah, thats with the '79 crossmember and aired out bags in front. still have the rear to do. it wont be as low when i replace the flat tires though.

[sams60gmc]

Originally Posted by DWright

yeah, thats with the '79 crossmember and aired out bags in front. still have the rear to do. it wont be as low when i replace the flat tires though.

Very cool. That's inspiration to get my butt in gear. Do you have any pictures of your front mounts?

[panelrodder81]

Got my engine in place last night. Tranny too. Almost got the crossmember in place but ran out of time. Going back either tomorrow night and/or thursday night to get more done. Need to drop off my drive shafts tonight to get the front one cut and a new yoke for the th350 added and then balance the whole thing. Found out my exhaust is in the way of the xmember so now I need to figure out a solution there.

-Panelrodder
1953 GMC Panel truck
1964 Chevy 3/4 ton long bed
2007 Pontiac G6

1979 Yamaha XS650 Bobber.

[ravens65]

well... finally got the rear fenders primered and installed, hard to get anything done since I took on a new job. They are working me to death , went to naples fl , then jacksonville fl, then to ocala fl . two weeks with one day off ,enough about that . I love the look of the 41-48 tail lights mounted in the fenders , never cared much for the stock tail lights that looked like an after-thought. I'd like to say hi to all my friend on this site, no i haven't forgotten about you guys . next time that I go out of town i'll take a laptop so I can keep in touch Eric

[Vernski]

Hey Eric I like the look with those taillights very cool.---Vernski

[DWright]

Originally Posted by sams60gmc

Very cool. That's inspiration to get my butt in gear. Do you have any pictures of your front mounts?

which mounts are you referring to? motor or bag mounts? i'm using the motor mounts from the '79 and the bag mounts were ordered from the good people at ***************** specifically for the '79 crossmember.

[Turkey]

Originally Posted by ERIC BUFFARD

well... finally got the rear fenders primered and installed, hard to get anything done since I took on a new job. They are working me to death , went to naples fl , then jacksonville fl, then to ocala fl . two weeks with one day off ,enough about that . I love the look of the 41-48 tail lights mounted in the fenders , never cared much for the stock tail lights that looked like an after-thought. I'd like to say hi to all my friend on this site, no i haven't forgotten about you guys . next time that I go out of town i'll take a laptop so I can keep in touch Eric

Nice tail lights!! Mine's legal now, so you might see me driving through Clermont on the way to Webster.

[ruffrida2005]

Hey Eric good to see you get some work done on the truck. I hear ya on the one days off thang. Hope they dont kill you at the job.

[protrash64]

Originally Posted by DWright

which mounts are you referring to? motor or bag mounts? i'm using the motor mounts from the '79 and the bag mounts were ordered from the good people at ***************** specifically for the '79 crossmember.

I'd like to see a pic of your motor mounts if you get a chance to take one. I need to use the same type in my burb....I'd like to see how they mount in there.

[DWright]

Originally Posted by protrash64

I'd like to see a pic of your motor mounts if you get a chance to take one. I need to use the same type in my burb....I'd like to see how they mount in there.

i'll try to snap some pics tomorrow. they mount about the same way the stockers would to the crossmember but they sit about 1" above the frame rails and spacers need to be made for them to work.

[ruffrida2005]

The 73-87 mounts are taller because the frame is taller then the 63-72 correct.

If anyone needs some V8 mounts I have a pair that has nothing wrong with them that I'll sell.

[DWright]

Originally Posted by ruffrida2005

The 73-87 mounts are taller because the frame is taller then the 63-72 correct.

If anyone needs some V8 mounts I have a pair that has nothing wrong with them that I'll sell.

good lookin' out.

[427mike]

Warmed up the garage so I could go out and look for the small bracket that I lost last year. Looked at my baby and then went back inside. Took maybe all of 20 minutes. Winter is cool and yet, its cold !

[silvervic99stang]

installed a distributor on it and set the timing the best i could....drove it about 2 miles down the highway, it drove well but at hard acceleration it would stall out a little, I have a leak on my stock carburator need a new one for my 292

[LILRED66]

We made a little more progress on OLRED66.

[ruffrida2005]

Your going with a dark stain Red.

I got my SD wishbone in today so I started mocking it up a little, wont really be able to mess with it till this weekend if I get some gas for the mig.

[SCOTI]

We set the steel floor back on the frame to determine a plan of action on the fuel fill piping. Since everything 'looks' ok, I decided to start cutting up the floor so the filler neck has a nice, smooth & flat surface (for the gasket). I got some steel tacked in place but not much more. My buddy needed to get home so we yanked the bed off again to store it against the wall/out of the way.

Tonight, I picked up some of those car dollies to use as casters for moving the bed floor in the same upright position it's stored. My plan is to center the floor on the dollies & ratchet strap F/R to each side of a dolly. I'm hoping their low center of gravity will allow me to scoot the floor along w/o anyone's help as I work solo alot & moving a swb steel floor isn't easy.

[ss69bowtie]

Technically yesterday now I bought my first 60-66 truck.
66 GMC short bed, fleet side, V-8(now newer crate 350) big back window.
99% rust free, 95% straight, 97% mechanically sound, 96% complete, and about 50% assembled. I'll throw up some "before" pics pretty soon, not that I'm going money-pit with her.
Immediate plans: rear wheel cylinder and air up flat so she moves.
fix dent on back of roof and a few little dings so I can primer her.
Install glass, trim, lights, pretty much put humpty dumpty back together again.
put a panel in bed so I can throw crap in there without losing it, and tires.

Eventually: Front disc conversion and booster
power steering
Replace Saginaw with a T-5 I have sitting around for Overdrive.
Tow hitch
Rear roll pan
tach

Thanks in advance for the tech info. I've already started doing my homework.

If I had a signature I'd probably tell you something about my blown 57" Chev.