'67 step-side replacement rear bumper

[Richard8971]

Ok guys, I'm gonna take Kyull67's lead and post a pic of me so you guys can put a face with the work. sad huh?

The car is a '48 Ford 2 door coupe we had just painted. The guy on the left is Fred, my business partner in the body shop. I'm the goober on the right (closest to the door)...

I'll post more pics of the progress soon, I got the power brakes working and the power steering in too!

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[67ChevyRedneck]

Ain't you done yet?

She looks great! Can't beat orange/white with some chrome!

[Richard8971]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Ain't you done yet?

She looks great! Can't beat orange/white with some chrome!

Heck no I ain't done! Will I ever be done???

I won't really be "done" until my 283 is rebuilt and installed. Everybody and thier monkey keeps telling me to build a 350. No thanks... A nicely built 283 is a strong reliable engine. In the meantime, I need to rebuild my brakes, my right rear grabs too hard (can't seem to get it adjusted correctly) and I have a leaky cylinder in the left rear brake. My transmission leaks as does my rear main oil seal on the engine. Im not in a big hurry to replace the front drums with disc brakes. Who needs to stop safely anyway?

My distribitor I believe is off a tooth. (At least according to my next-door mechanic) I can't seem to set the timing correctly. My truck is running kinda sluggish, if I retard (or advance, as the case may be) it too much, I have pep but its impossible almost to start when it's warmed up. Guess it's one or the other for now...

As much as I love the older trucks, I am often reminded of the fact that my truck is truly over 40 years old. Getting the bleed valves open on the brakes was a nightmare. I thought I was going to strip most of them or break them with as much pressure I was applying to get them to open up.

Still need to get my rims on too. I'm just waiting for them to arrive. Thanks for the complements!

Later for now, Don

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by Richard8971

In the meantime, I need to rebuild my brakes, my right rear grabs too hard (can't seem to get it adjusted correctly) and I have a leaky cylinder in the left rear brake.

If you have a leaky left rear cylinder, and a right rear is grabbing too hard... there may be nothing wrong with the right rear, it's just that it feels like it's grabbing 'cause the left rear isn't doing much. I'd fix the left rear first and the right rear may be just fine

[Richard8971]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

If you have a leaky left rear cylinder, and a right rear is grabbing too hard... there may be nothing wrong with the right rear, it's just that it feels like it's grabbing 'cause the left rear isn't doing much. I'd fix the left rear first and the right rear may be just fine

I do believe you are correct sir... I figure I'll go ahead and replace the drums on the rear and pads (and rebuild the left brake caliper) sence they are getting old and look like they need attention. The front brakes look like they are in better shape, so I'll do those later.

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[Richard8971]

You guys might like this one...

I took the truck on some errands yesterday and when I came out of the hardware store a couple of older guys were outside in the parking lot discussing how nicely I redid the cab to fit a smaller rear window...

As I walked toward my truck they stopped talking and asked if it was my rig. I said yes and they complemented me on my sheetmetal work on getting a small rear window to fit...

I asked why they thought I had did a refit and one of them said, "Well, my '71 had a large back window..."

Well, you know the rest...

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[kyull67]

Silly regular people. I've had several people say things like, "Hey that's a nice '74 pickup you've got there." And then argue with me about what year it really is!?