my build

[drman929]

Very sweet looking truck. Ready to see the finished product!

[Shock_Me]

Man that's gonna be a nice one! Bet you're getting excited to see her done. I know I am!

Pete

[barthmonster]

VERY inspiring build. You are getting a heck of an education from those doing the build with you (Dad & Uncle). I hope to do my son's '67 we just bought as nicely as yours. I have some time, he is only 10. His will be Hugger Orange & white. We REALLY want to see pics of the final product... Keep up the good work...

[clemson71guy]

thanks for the kind words
we havent done nothing to it today, but we did get the radatior and condencer so i guss thats juss more parts to add to the list to put on.
but the other day me and my dad made these..there going to look pretty sweet once we polish them up and paint read inside the bowtie.

[70c10]

Looks awesome!. You are very lucky to have a truck so nice!

[clemson71guy]

ok so today we dident get much done (man im tired of saying that) haha
but we cut out some cardboard for the plate were going to make to go over where were goin to cut the dash to dress it up a little bit.
We alson cut some card board for the kickpanels were going to make. and we TRIED to get the radatior to fit but what do ya no...it dont fit

[cstm68]

what are your plans for the kickpanels

[clemson71guy]

well if we have enough time we plan on putting a speaker and a tweeter in each one. but if we dont have time i guss we could buy the ones out of LMC
or put the speakers under the seat.

[clemson71guy]

ok so today we went and welded all the holes in the bed where the trim was and started some body work but dident get far
but we did get the proportion valve in today from inline tube...but i dont think were ever going to get the brakes done.
o well maybe it will get done by the time im 30

[clemson71guy]

ok well today we got more parts...and yesterday we ordered once peice windows from brothers
we also got the new heater core in and all the new gaskets in and everything in place


and we cleaned and painted everything

heres some of the parts we got today

oh and heres the billet steering colum kit i got for freee


ok now where was i.....oh yea the seats are going to be here tuesday so we can take them and the door panels to an uphulstry shop..
yeah thats about it for today
tomorrow we hope to get all the air duct hoses hooked up and ready

[clemson71guy]

well today we put the new face plate on the ac control and cleaned and painted someother parts on it

and now where trying to figure out how this firewall pad goes on.

so thats it for now..
if we get the pad right we might hook up alll the hoses and put the vents and desfroster stuff in today.

[clemson71guy]

one more update for the day
we got the ac control bolted in but not hooked up

we also got the firewall pad squared away and the gas pedal back on and we was going to finish it up but it got dark
oh and heres the famous picture

i juss dont know how to turn it black and white..

[Andy4639]

Very nice build. I hope my son will take a interest like you on the 71.

[clemson71guy]

ok well we dident get anything done today
but the seats are coming in from wilimington tomorrow so we will see if they are usable or not....they were free also
were still wating on dynamat to come in so we can lay it and put the gas tank back in..
and i guss when the one peice windows get here they will be going in and we will be getting door panels made
then we will get some speakers and put them somewhere
and that should about do it for the cab
due date is Feburary 1st!

[andrewt2]

man im so excited to see this truck done. you guys are really doing a top notch job! get off the computer and back in the garage! lol

[clemson71guy]

thanks im excited to see it get done to
but we got the seats today and my dad is going to make some brackets to adapt to it so they will fit

[clemson71guy]

dident get anything done today but we fabbed up some things to mount to the seat to make it fit.
and we made a face plate to go over the radio to hold it better..we just have to sctotch brite it to get all that blue stuff off

[clemson71guy]

oh and i forgot to add that my windows that i ordered from brothers are on backorder and probally wont be here till the end of december

[clemson71guy]

got a few things done today..and we also took somethings out
well first we was hooking up the ac control rods to the switches when we realize one of the arms broke..so we get the aluminim welder out and try to weld it and it dident work so were still trying to think of somethings to hold it together insed of spending 130 dollars for a new one
we got some more ac stuff hooked up and we cleans up some more
and we got one of the bed sides looking good and in primmer
so its startin to move a little quicker

[clemson71guy]

today was a good day
we worked on the bedsome more and primmered somemore
we cut the firewall so the fuse block would fit..and put a few scratches in it


then we took the brake booster off and painted it red put it back on and decided we dident like it. so we took it back off and painted it black and we was happy. so we got the brake pedal hooked up to the booster and the proportion valve hooked up and the line on it.


and we polished the plate for the radio


and heres one juss cause it look cool

[ChevyDude]

Nice build Dude!!! She's gonna be a beauty!!! I'll be watching!

Alex

[pocoloco71]

I just read thru the whole build. A wonderful truck in the making. It is nice
to see a young fella want something and wait on it and work for it. My dad
lost the battle to the bottle and I never had this type of experience. It was
nice to share yours so far. You may or may not know it now, but you and
your dad are not only building a truck, your building much more than that
with each other. Carry on...

[Chevyman63]

Originally Posted by pocoloco71

I just read thru the whole build. A wonderful truck in the making. It is nice
to see a young fella want something and wait on it and work for it. My dad
lost the battle to the bottle and I never had this type of experience. It was
nice to share yours so far. You may or may not know it now, but you and
your dad are not only building a truck, your building much more than that
with each other. Carry on...

Very well put Pocoloco, I couldn't agree more!

[clemson71guy]

thanks
well today i had to go to school but my dad went to the shop and sandblasted some parts and found some stainless steel and made some mounts for the seats.
we also cut the dash and got the radio in.. and yeah thats about it for today
tomorrow after i get homefrom school i will put the front bumper on and the lights in it and maybe run a wire or two?
and it looks like the dash has a scratch in lhe left side above the radio..but its just the sticky stuff left from taping it off.

[Rokcrln]

Your truck is looking great! I might get some time before the end of the year to start paint on Low Buck. Hope it turns out as nice. Keep them comming!

Kevin
LFD Inc.