What did you do to your truck today?

[earl84]

Tincan66, if that works out with the Mustang window motor, that would be a great thing to bookmark for a future project. BTW, I really get a lot of good info from your posts, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
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[donthekawguy]

Cleaned up the cross members and got the wheel tubs off the bed. I should be getting the wood for it next week. I got all new bolts and the strips are powder coated so I'm almost ready! I do need to make a couple of small welds but no big deal.

[Andice]

Installed new door check on passenger side, installed half of the new firewall insulation pad, installed new headlight switch and aligned the steering wheel.

[Vernski]

Originally Posted by Andice

Installed new door check on passenger side, installed half of the new firewall insulation pad, installed new headlight switch and aligned the steering wheel.

Andice dam nice truck there..Vernski

[Chevy Fleetside]

I went up to my shop space and picked up one of the beds I have so I could just bolt it together and put it on the truck just to make it look a little more complete. I dought I will use it in the end but I just wanted something on other then looking at the frame.

[vin63]

Finally got around to making the tailgate modifications and replaced the chains with a tailgate link set up. It's an old set of Mar-K links that I had laying around for several years. The hardest part was digging out my tailgate from under the pile of parts in the attic of my shop.

[65Gregg]

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[earl84]

Finished with installing a tachometer and a refurb of my gauge cluster. Used the knowledge from several on this board to install the aftermarket tachometer, changed the ammeter to a voltmeter, and a freshening up. Also, changed the Tand'm Lock light to a Park Brake light in preparation for another mod I saw elsewhere on the forum. This place rocks. Pretty happy how it all turned out.
Not the greatest pic, but you get the idea.

[tincan1966]

Since the passenger side window regulator broke this morning, I removed it and played around with it a bit and found that a '95 Ford Mustang power motor is a decent candidate for a power window conversion. I had one laying around collecting dust.
Need to fab one small bracket and will take pics and test it out tomorrow.

Also started removing the bed- previous owner installed a steel floor and not a bad job, has 3/4" tubing to correct for the wood thickness. HOWEVER, in their infamous wisdom, decided to weld the bed to the frame. luckily , it's only tacks on 4 of the cross braces. But apparently they were half blind or didn't own a tape measure- bed is off to drivers side about 1 1/2". We'll square it up and bolt it on. Also going to mount my Suburban tank permanently under the bed. it's been temporary in the bed until we test drove the EFI for a while.

[tincan1966]

You are welcome Earl and thanks for the compliment. I like to build a lot of my own parts or at least try. Nothing wrong with the kits that are out there, just like to try myself. These window motors are $25 ea with lifetime warranty, so if the bolt in thing works, it'll use OEM regulator and retain OEM adjustments and fit. These motors are also very small, and these windows are 1/2 the size of the Mustang.
I have no grand illusions of mass producing these, but will pass along pros and cons with pics when completed.

I am also working on adapting the '88-98 Chevy truck wiper motor to the'64-66in order to use the turn signal mounted wiper/washer switch. The OEM is a constant positive with negative trigger operation, while the later model is a positive trigger. I have one working, but needs refined. Again, will post pics and pros and cons after more testing.

[robber grin]

It's my son's 16th birthday and we have been busy working on the 62 together.

He stripped, primed, and painted the burp-tank and bracket. We reworked the DS bolt tab of the rear cross sill that had broken off at the spot welds.

Mocked up the bed box on front and rear sills only and as I feared tires rub.

It was a good day anyway -
rg / ray~ray

[bmwhitt]

Won top 5 out of all 60-69 trucks in Ardmore TN at the show Saturday in granddad's old truck. He would have been so proud!! My buddy's 65 C10 that was his granddad's won too!! Pretty awesome day!

[mud.man.rj]

Grampa trucks are rulling, good for you guy's.

[robber grin]

Originally Posted by bmwhitt

Won top 5 out of all 60-69 trucks in Ardmore TN at the show Saturday in granddad's old truck. He would have been so proud!! My buddy's 65 C10 that was his granddad's won too!! Pretty awesome day!

Congrats! That's awesome to see y'all actually enjoying your trucks and winning too.

We tried to clean up our homemade wide whites a bit more with some 80 on the DA and went for the mount and balance on the back two to check if the 15 x 6 factory rims we just got back from powder coating with 235-75-15's work.

We got plenty of room now and shouldn't have to trim the inner fender lips.

plugg'n away - rg & ray~ray

[joedoh]

solved my primer/mismatched body panels/hail damaged hood problem





all the front end and doors are going to swap over. the bed is already white. every piece of side trim is there (some inside the truck). super score.

[robber grin]

Added trim rings to the new wheels.

Using the Capt's stuff for inspiration I made a booster mounting adapter plate out of 1/4" plate for my 78 burb booster/master and trimmed the top of the booster bracket down - then cleaned and primered the booster and the adapter. Blacked out the tranny cooler while we were painting

Booster sorta looks like the mother ship hovering over Youngwood.

y'all take care -rg

[endlessearth]

LOL! Yes it does.
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[LT1 Burb]

Drove it 600 miles, got just over 18 honest mpg on last tank.
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[lasher78]

put on new wheels they came with tires, not really diggin the 4x4 stance now but one thing at a time i guess.
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[Swed]

I have been working on my leaking steering gearbox, so dissasebled the thing and installed new seals. Next step is to go and pick up a 70s steering column that I got from a friend

[groundbound64]

I installed my new chrome mirrors, chrome outer door handles and lock cylinder, new door control and removed the grill and bumper.. Was going to install the new chrome grill and bumper but my headlamp wiring is getting old so I decided to upgrade that first.. This pic is grill/bumper removed
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[robber grin]

Looks good wayno!

[wayno]

Originally Posted by robber grin

Looks good wayno!

Thanks robber - sanded down the firewall and the interior and put down some color - trying to decide if I want to go with the classic white on the top of the cab.

[ACK]

Originally Posted by wayno

Thanks robber - sanded down the firewall and the interior and put down some color - trying to decide if I want to go with the classic white on the top of the cab.

White would look real sharp with the color you selected. Very nice.

[hemifalcon]

(repost from my build thread..)

...been awhile since I've worked on the 'burban.. So--my motivation level is up and spread amongst my '61 Biscayne, '48 Ford and the old 'Burb.. I spent a bunch of hours today plug welding various holes drilled over the past 48 years on the interior floor and panels.. I then decided that there was no way to make the "cut-outs" on the rear roof gutter area look good. So--I set out to repair them. They ended up looking really good--I'm very happy. I considered this to be a pretty difficult repair due to the need to MIG so close to the body-roof seam without getting any stray boogers stuck in the seam, while satisfactorily making the repair. Here's the before and after. (Passenger and Driver's side were hacked the same..)





And after..









Now--I'll have to put new drain slots/holes in.. What are they supposed to look like and if anyone has a picture to display their approximate location-please post it here.

This is the front A-Pillar drain..


And-the drain hole/slot above the first side window..