1970 Project Build

[Johnnyfever]

When I admitted it I think I was more angry than embarrassed. It was an exercise in anger management and metal work. I bought them from a large truck parts vendor at the Charlotte Auto Fair. The are GM15008R and GM15008L and the box says KeyParts. I was very surprised by the fit.

[67c10rustbuket]

DONT RUN OVER YOUR DOOR Seam sealer looks like it works well. Lookin' good!

[Johnnyfever]

Finished the Turbo 2K in black. Looks like a HOTROD black and shows any kind of flaw in the surface. Southern Polyurethanes makes quality products. I was shocked at how well my door blunder ended up after the repair.

[67cheby]

oh that stinks....nice repair though !

[Johnnyfever]

I test fit the hood with the fenders and cowl last night. I think everything is pretty well lined up and I'm ready for wet sanding. The hood doesn't look exactly right in this picture, but the latching system isn't in place either.

[Johnnyfever]

I finally started the wet sanding this past weekend with 400 grit and durablocks. Very time consuming, but very worthwhile. It's amazing what defects show up during a wet sanding that you may have never seen. I had an old repair on my cab roof show up along with a a few low spots on the hood and doors. I skimmed these but didn't take any pics. Next is another coat of 2k primer and another wet sand......I feel like the "time to make the doughnuts" guy.

[Johnnyfever]

I also think I have figured out the mystery behind all of the holes drilled into the inside of the cab, both above and below the rear window. I have a picture of the upper holes on each side of the dome light. I'm pretty sure that this truck, like many others in the '70's, had a gun rack in it. Do they even sell gun racks these days?

[RCbowtie69]

Just checking on your build,sorry about the door & your repair look good.Keep up your hard work & keep on truckin''

[Johnnyfever]

Picked out the base coat/clear coat. Going with the Dodge truck blue. It's almost the original medium blue poly, but a little deeper. The remnants of the OK City tornadoes are supposed to be here on Sunday so we will see what happens.

[Johnnyfever]

And before my next prime coat I wanted to get the AC hole cut. Yes an A/C cab conversion....it's hot in the southeast. I took forever to make the first cut and measured a million times. I did not want to ruin the dash.

[Johnnyfever]

And here's the finished hole and the finished product. Very tedious work, but I like the old factory A/C look. Now I only have two more to cut. I found it pretty easy to drill the curved section out and use a cutting wheel on a dremel tool to finish the hole....and then more tedious work with a file to get it to fit perfectly.

[Mustard72]

Nice. I didn't know they made conversion kits for non-AC cabs. Even in northern WI AC can be a good thing, especially when the truck gets used primarily in the summer. Where'd you get the kit?

[Johnnyfever]

It's not really a kit, it's just the original repro vents from Brothers and they (from what I understand) can fit into the vintage air system.

[Johnnyfever]

It was a long night last night. I have 4 coats of base on the cab and the hood and I'm hoping to finish everything today. What does everyone think about this blue?

[Mustard72]

I've always really liked metallic blue. Yours looks pretty dang nice, at least on my small phone screen.
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[Johnnyfever]

The storm that passed through Oklahoma City passed by while I was painting. Looked pretty wild off in the distance. A tornado touched down about 5 minutes away, but it wasn't going to stop this paint job. I shot the clear on and was floored by how nice it looked.

[Johnnyfever]

After I cleared the paint I waited on it to dry to the touch and moved it outside and the before I knew it (I was busy clearing more parts) the dew fell and fogged the hood, roof, and cowl so it's in the hot sun today. The Auto Custom Carpet kit came in to my dealer today also. It's in the sun to relax the wrinkles from shipping.

[VA72C10]

Looks great!

[67c10rustbuket]

Paint looks great! You can keep those tornados. We don't want any more

[Johnnyfever]

I bought one of the gas pedal adapters a while back from LFD and finally decided to do the install. Instead of the 71-72 pedal I decided to use the 1996 Chevy Tahoe/Silverado pedal - oddly the triangle bolt hole pattern for gas pedals did not change until 2000. The Tahoe pedal requires a little modification, but I like the pedal. I also shortened the Tahoe throttle cable to use on pedal through the firewall and it works great. As far as modifications go I had to increase the bends at the red and green arrows and bend the lever part of the pedal over at the blue arrow until it aligned with the hole (white arrow) used to attach the firewall pad. This hole was drilled out to fit the Tahoe throttle cable.

[Johnnyfever]

And then the back window. I used my old original back window (since it was in great condition) a precision gasket and original stainless surround that I sanded with 1200 grit sandpaper and polished with a table top buff wheel. The 1200 really cleaned up the scratches and stains and it looked great without polishing, but I polished them with a table top buffing wheel anyway. Install secret is the 1/4" nylon rope and to do the bottom or top that has the corners first - bottom on the back window, top on windshield.

[Johnnyfever]

And on to the windshield. The same thing here with the 1200 grit sandpaper and buffing wheel on the stainless. This windshield is new. I picked it up in Buford, GA at AutoMetalDirect.com - great fellas up there. And of course I used a precision gasket and a 1/4" rope.

[Johnnyfever]

Welder died so I picked up a new one! Looking forward to improved welding. After talking to a few people including 67c10rustbuket, here she is. She's used - 2 yrs old, but mine now.

[Johnnyfever]

I also spent yesterday evening installing FatMat and carpet to get ready for seats today. I wanted complete coverage with FatMat.

[Johnnyfever]

The ACC carpet fit like a glove. I would recommend them to anyone else installing carpet.