What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[AussieinNC]

Finally...some time on Old Blue...

truck has sat idle for a few years now while I worked on other projects, mostly for other folk...

Purchased this 1967 LWB 2WD V8 about four years ago...put it on the shop, ripped off the bed and doors and seat to clear out mice nests...and there it sat...until today.

Checked the oil and coolant...
Bypassed the ignition circuit and starter circuit by removing firewall plug...
Pulled carb and cleaned out the junk...no gasket set available so I reused the old ones...
Added a temporary fuel supply system and primed the carb....(original 2GC )
Turned her over a bit to get some oil circulating....
Connected power to Ign circuit and away she went !.....

No smoke
No blowby
Let her warm up for about 15 minutes...darned thing sits there and idles !

Some times it nice to work on something just for yourself...

Pics coming later...

Nearly time for football!!!!

[NewBayColony]

Put a NOS door latch from Riverside Truck and Auto Parts in Milliken, CO. I enjoyed talking to John and his assistant there while my part was being retrieved for me. Now my door opens and closes properly.

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This!!!!

Getting ready for the first trial fit on the new Porterbuilt chassis.

[72c20customcamper]

Just worked on my new 68. Truck has been sitting a long time. It would start and then starve for gas after a couple of minutes. Let the pictures do the talking. Shame is the owner put a new tank in 2013 and it's full of rust.

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by robs71

I finally got my so called shop truck running this week..My current engine builder I have been using since 1980 has retired...so I bought a BluePrint 427 sbc..Has a warranty so I thought I would try one..heard good and bad...A friend of mine has just put a full season of 1/4 mile racing on same motor and has had 0 issues.Off to exhaust shop then to get some old school weathered lettering....I wil post pics after it is lettered up...Anybody in Pa or surrounding states that needs a good sign painter to do lettering on there vehicle shoot me a pm and I will get you the info and show pics of work he has done for me....Rob

you have a link for that SBC 427
thanks
jz

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This

[72c20customcamper]

Cleaned up the instrument cluster. Before and after

[72c20customcamper]

Now I need to spray the column . In search of paint color again

[ohboy321]

Today I replaced a broken rocker arm stud. I first attempted the job with the head still installed, but ended up pulling the head off yesterday. I first tried cutting new threads and using stacked washers to pull it out, but the threads gave out before it started moving. While still in the truck, I then tried welding a stud on top of the broken one to use for pulling it, but wasn’t able to get a good weld, mainly because of the location and my inexperience with welding. Welding in an assembled motor is scary, so I pulled the head, removed all the valves, and then was able to get a good enough weld to pull the broken stud. I tapped the hole, threaded in a new stud, reinstalled all the valves, and will start putting the motor back together tomorrow.

This is the second stud that broke after installing a mild lift cam (.454/.454) last year, and based on the location of the break on both, which was just at the base of the threads, it looks like the slots in the stock rocker arms were not long enough causing this issue. I now have new rocker arms with longer slots and should know if I solved the issue soon. Pictures are the first stud that brok and the second one I pulled today.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine

As I recall from the info packet from Chevrolet Heritage, GM tended to make the shortbed stepside trucks half-ton, and the longbed ones three quarters.
But if a buyer specified he wanted a longbed half-ton, or a shortbed 3/4 ton, they were more than happy to build it for him.

Short bed 20?

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Short bed 20?

Don't remember ever seeing one, but theoretically possible.