My 66 Service Truck Build Thread

[LostMy65]

I went ahead and put new shoes, cylinders, springs, and seals on this 14-bolt as long as I was putting it in. It's all mounted and u-bolts torqued to 175.
I went ahead and put in new u-joints also.
Emergency brake cable is also all hooked up.
All I have left is the the brake lines, and then bleeding.
I will do that this weekend.

My wife is anxious for me to get this thing rolling so I can go get 3 tons of wood pellets for the winter - they're on sale at wilco.
Yeah, Sure... she says the truck is ugly, but still wants me to get it going to take care of things on her honey-do list.

I also hope to get out to see jimmydean next week to pick up his rear bumper.

I'm reading up on patch panels, and had a question;
If I get this:
http://www.topbananaparts.com/servle...c-truck/Detail
Will I not need the inner rocker panel because it's already part of it?

(from 198plus's thread:

Originally Posted by 198plus

Some progress this evening finally, inner rocker's zipped up.

[Captainfab]

That is correct. You will not need a inner rocker in addition to that piece. I'm really glad they came out with that piece for our trucks. That one piece covers the majority of the rust issues with our trucks without having to buy 2 floor sections and only use a portion of each. This piece also makes it easier to keep that area straight, versus welding 2 pieces together.