Boppa's old yeller truck

[bigguy69]

Looking good
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[c10327]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Everyone seems to! Odd, it was kind of an afterthought, it was just lying there on the motor and we were gonna shoot a bunch of small stuff anyway. I like it too.
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Painted mine today !! used ppg dcu2002 1st time , but it looks Great an the stuff flows out increadable !! will post pic;s soon

[Low Elco]

Hope it came out well!
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[Low Elco]

Small update-After the mad thrash to get to paint, took a few days off. Plus, it's been 105+ ambient for several days now. Cooled off on Friday, sanded and rubbed the whole top of the cab (solvent pop and a craze), the tailgate (small run), the cowl (solvent pop), and the front fender (solvent pop, small craze and dry spot) Painting in the heat gave us some issues, but nothing a little tennis elbow cant fix! Modded my processes a bit, the stuff looks great after finish polish.

[Low Elco]

Well, got the truck finished late last night. Rubbed out nice! Boppa came out for a bit today, said he was having withdrawals and needed a fix. The heat knocked him down pretty quick, though. It was back to 105 today. Got the shop cleaned up and a bunch of stuff put away. I did notice, one more round of touch-ups and small stuff and I can put the paint stuff away, that's a good feeling! Anyway, here ya go-

The mess this morning, it had to get handled.


Not bad- note the reflection in a yellow door!


Oy, this mess!


Next issue-the bed runs downhill from the cab. A 1/4" spacer seems to make it better. Taped off to show the height difference.


Off by exactly 1/2" pass side and a bit more on the drivers. We'll hopefully make us a mini-bodylift and fix all that up and cinch er down this week.


Thanks for playin' along!

[bigguy69]

Looks awesome
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[67cheby]

Looking good, do many people font line up body lines , nice job working on getting them lined
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[Low Elco]

Thanks, but I had to. It didn't look right, and it was bugging the red hell out of neighbor Jay and I. Hoping to get the spacers ordered today. Gonna be another hot week, but I gots stuff to do!
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[Low Elco]

So, we were presented with the gift of a low 90's day today. So, I took advantage of it. I called the local metal supplier and had them cut 2 1/2" round alum. bar stock 1/2" thick. Then I drilled 'em out here at the house. Many thanks to the lovely Wife, who picked them up on her way home. Then, we loosened up the cab and core suppport bolts, picked the whole shebang up one side at a time with a floorjack and voila! Instant bodylift! Lined up just great. We also squared up the body on the frame a tad and bolted 'er down for hopefully the last time. Looked so good, we didn't like the passenger fender fit, so we added some shims. Much better now. Really wish the core support was a good bit further forward, but we'll see how it comes out. Crapped out for tonight. Here's the pics-

Drilling the spacers-


Main mount fit-


Back mount fit-


Final alignment-


Mai the Wonderdog sez- It's good!


Supposedly hot as blazes tomorrow. Checking stuff off of the looooong list, but hey, this was a biggie, and I'm glad it came out as well as it did. Thanks for playin' along!

[c10327]

2nd times a charm !!! 1st time when I painted it was 95dgrees in the shop an had alot of solvent pop in haze in the clear . re did it last thrusday an it was 78 dgrees wooooo alot better ...

finished the cut an buff on the cab yesterday looks like Glass . used ppg dcu2002 High solid clear , this is great stuff an flows out like a river alot of work 22 hrs on cut an buff ..

[Low Elco]

Looks good!
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[c10327]

Thanks . it's been a long road as I am doing it all alone , but not to sound like a wine ass , lol yours looks great !! an your progress has been pretty quick , today I got a new windshield installed an my new front bumper & grill , did the pre fit on the grill before paint an glad I did as it needed alot of tweaking here an there . the old Chevy has a face an new Head lights ..

tomorrow the rest of the glass will go in an it's on the the back body to get it ready for paint , should be a hell of alot easier than the cab as it has all new panels ..

[Low Elco]

Looks good! Wish mine was moving that fast.
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[jlsanborn]

Old Yeller is looking sweet man - nice work!

[Low Elco]

Thanks, I'm tryin'- got the ebrake and speedo cable hooked up last night and got some wiring cleaned up and researched the wiring diagram. Knocking stuff off the list.
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[Low Elco]

Just got in- fixed gas door, fabbed up new mounting solution for it, stripped and etch primed it, fabbed alum bed spacers, picked up chrome steel grille surround, 72 insert, bow tie, 72 bumper, and 72 grille center support. Guess its a 68/70/72 now! Also wired up the lockup in the trans and the electric choke, which appears to be dead. progress!

[Low Elco]

Boppa came out last night- tightened drivers door gap, routed out holes and got core support down and squared up front clip dead on. Uncle Matt took Boppa to a salvage he does bidness with and got a seat from an 06 Silverado, a better third brake light, and the pigtails for the efans. Time to fire up the welder!
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[68GMCCustom]

subscribed!

[jlsanborn]

Think Boppa will lay a fat patch in front of the house for the Youtube when you're all done!? That'd be classic man!

[Low Elco]

Ha, he says if he won't The Kid will! Last night got fuel gauge wired and bed reset, Boppa got seats out of an 06 Silverado, (they fit awesome) and got bed set shimmed and squared. Boppa came out today and we got a bunch of parts ready for paint in the morning, got carpet dye and a fan control kit ordered, and scrubbed and pressure washed the carpet. Quitting early to go to dinner and see Ted with momma. Have a good night!
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[Low Elco]

Ok, an update - Ted was hilarious! Boppa came out today and sorted out all the taillight mess, we now have bed grounds, wiring, a trailer harness and LIGHTS! I also repainted the tailgate and cowl, and a lot of assorted hardware. Should be doin some assembly this week!
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[Low Elco]

I forgot-got the gas filler permanently installed and the radio packed up to be hi-tech reworked in NJ.
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[litew8]

Found you on page 4 of the forum, hope everyting is ok

[Low Elco]

Thanks for lookin'! Been getting stuff done a bit at a time, nothing pic worthy. Got gas door fixed and a nut plate built for it, bunch of ancillary electrical, installed 3rd brake light tonight, Kid got 95% of the wetsand/polish splooge off it, etc. Cowl, tailgate, and gas door and the tailgate hardware have been painted and polished. Blood sugar we think, has kinda gone nutty in the last week, been hard to get it in gear! Have quite a bit of prep done, hoping to make strides this weekend. Thanks again!

[Low Elco]

Oh, dyed carpet tonight. Should work.