Project - '69 4x4 named "Patches"

[silver7]

Love the thread! Keep it up.

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by ffp00ch214

Wow incredible job keep it up.

Originally Posted by silver7

Love the thread! Keep it up.

Thanks guys. It's a work in progress for sure.

[msgross]

I like the groovy diamond pattern, i'd just dye those and call it good!

22 degrees in GA? yikes.. I had 8 degree in NY yesterday... but that's normal

[Old School Kid]

What are the plans for the seats? Still lurkin! Best of luck with the cab,can't wait to see it...

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by msgross

I like the groovy diamond pattern, i'd just dye those and call it good!

Uhhhh NO!

Originally Posted by Old School Kid

What are the plans for the seats? Still lurkin! Best of luck with the cab,can't wait to see it...

Hey Taylor. Good to hear from you. These seats are a direct bolt in replacement for the stock bench seats in the 67-72 trucks. I plan on getting them fully restored one day. I can't decide if I want to go with the stock 67-8covers or go with a custom pattern.


Here's a restored set with the correct 67-8 pattern.





This has been on my "special" list of things of get for a while. I'm just happy that I've got a set now.

[msgross]

nope, that's the 67 pattern.. the 68's where like these... 67/68 were the only years to have buddy buckets but they are still cool, for a Marine!

I'm thinking a black suede (or dark gray) insert with black leather outer trim... of course i'll go with that until I get a quote then it will be $300 repo vinyl!

[sdailey]

Ok Flyboy, thanks for the correction on the patterns. I'm just so used to grouping the year models together when I talk about these trucks.

Being that my truck will be painted medium olive I'll probably just go with the basic black covers as well. I wouldn't mind having some covers with some scroll work in them like on the 69-72 buckets, but I haven't seen any off the shelf covers like that for the 67-8 buckets.

[my67chevytruck]

looking good Shannon.... Wish i had a neighborwith auto body skills like Allan. Good luck with your build.......

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

looking good Shannon.... Wish i had a neighborwith auto body skills like Allan. Good luck with your build.......

Thanks Heath. Trust me I owe alot to Alan for the help, guidance and support that he's given me with my truck. He's a good guy and we help each other out all of the time. I couldn't ask for a better neighbor.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by sdailey

Thanks Heath. Trust me I owe alot to Alan for the help, guidance and support that he's given me with my truck. He's a good guy and we help each other out all of the time. I couldn't ask for a better neighbor.

Back at cha.

[doug70]

I read through your thread and wanted to say what a great job you are doing. I just started a 71 K20 and hope to follow your thread closely.

Doug

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by doug70

I read through your thread and wanted to say what a great job you are doing. I just started a 71 K20 and hope to follow your thread closely.

Doug

Thanks Doug. So being that you read through my entire build you should have a list of things not to do to your truck now. It's been a great learning experience for me that's for sure.

Any pictures of your truck? Have you started a build thread yet?


Good luck.

[wancosc356]

Subscribed! Nice progress on the truck! Keep at it!

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by wancosc356

Subscribed! Nice progress on the truck! Keep at it!

Thanks Michael. I wish I was done by now, but you know how that goes.

[wancosc356]

Originally Posted by sdailey

Thanks Michael. I wish I was done by now, but you know how that goes.

Haha. Yep. I haven't even started on my build and I wish it was done by now. Although, I have built it many times in my head and it gets done pretty quick. Hopefully when I start mine, it will go the same as in my mind. Maybe you should try.

[sdailey]

Well, the wheels of progress are still slowly turning here. The sandblaster called me this past weekend to tell me that he is finally up and running again after dealing with a faulty injector pump on his compressor. So now we're just waiting on some nicer weather before I get my cab blasted.

I've been half heartedly looking for a "factory" style steering stabilizer for a little while now and after some help from some members here I was finally able to order the correct one. I have '72 Blazer axles in my truck now and they have a tab mounted/welded to the front axle where the stabilizer mounts. For some reason I was having the hardest time locating the correct setup and the local "4x4" shop wasn't much help either.


Here are a few pictures of the style stabilizer that I was looking to replace.






Here's the new one that I got from Rancho. Part# RS97325 (On a side note all of Rancho's shock are now painted silver instead of white.)





This "kit" includes the studs that go through the eyes of the shock and mount to the bracket on the axle and the bracket that mounts to the tie rod. I'll just have to re-use the old u-bolts and bracket that clamps to the tie rod.


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[sdailey]

I got a visit from the man in the brown truck yesterday.

This thing was sealed up tighter than Fort Knox.





24 screws later I finally got the lid off.



10 lbs of packing material



One hell of a packing job. It's nice buying from people that go through this much effort to ensure that the goods arrive undamaged.



What was in the box you ask?






















A fully rebuilt floor shift tilt column.




I've been wanting one since I started my build, but $500 for a rebuilt column was hard to swallow. I've been searching craigslist and e-Bay for a while now off and on hoping to find a "cheap" one but I haven't had any luck. When I did find good "deals" I never had the spare cash to pull the trigger.

I found this one on e-bay and watched it for the entire 7 days figuring it would be snatched up at any minute because he had a "buy it now" price that was cheaper than what I've seen used/abused tilts going for. I finally bought it on the final day of the auction and after several emails to the seller confirming that it was a true truck tilt and not a converted van/auto tilt.

Even with shipping I still have less than four bills in it. It also came with new tilt and turn signal levers.

I thought the seller was a member here, but when I asked him about the site he said that he had never heard of it. So maybe he'll join in the future. He said he's been messing with 67-72 trucks for years now.



Stay tuned bodywork should be around the corner. I hope.





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[msgross]

nicer weather? does he need to be in shorts or something?

I just got 30" of snow this week... that's a lot for PA..

[my67chevytruck]

c'mon stop slacking Shannon.....

[wancosc356]

Nice find on the tilt and the guy packed it awesome too!

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by msgross

nicer weather? does he need to be in shorts or something?

I just got 30" of snow this week... that's a lot for PA..

Well it's been raining every other day here lately and we did have snow flurries all day yesterday.

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

c'mon stop slacking Shannon.....

I know... I know...

Originally Posted by wancosc356

Nice find on the tilt and the guy packed it awesome too!

Thanks Michael. I'm pretty proud of the tilt column myself. Yeah, the guys packing job was outstanding.

I got your pm about the blasting. Thanks.



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[my67chevytruck]

Shannon, does he rebuild tilts on the side?

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

Shannon, does he rebuild tilts on the side?

Heath he may. I didn't ask him directly about that. I looked at his past feedback and auctions, before buying my tilt and saw that he has sold a few auto and floor shift tilts in past auctions. All of the feedback about the tilts he sold was good. He may rebuild one for you if you ask him.

PM sent.



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[msgross]

Ebay username?

[sdailey]

Mike his username is "57dgd".