A '54 named Busty

[Gregski]

I absolutely love how that one turned out, I really wanted to do this to the grille before realizing how beat up it was, plus these are indoor kids so they should be a bit more protected from the elements

anywho the moonshine cash box lid was next

this guy is still work in progress, I gotta figure out how to get rid of those black blotches

[Gregski]

now to make those pieces pop I decided to prep the doors for some paint by removing all the weather stripping and let me tell you that bottom sill is a rust magnet

Top Tip, if you strip an old rusty Philips head screw, stop trying to twist it as soon as it strips the very first time, the more meat you leave on it the better, with the thinnest cutting wheel on your angle grinder gently notch a groove for a big flat screw driver, and see if you can get it out that way - worked for me, and some of these were really stubbon

[Gregski]

I primertized the bare metal and masked the entire door

What's that honey? have I taken our aluminium foil, no of course not, what would I be doing with that in the garage, silly

[Gregski]

and before you knew it, the passenger door was Back in Black

I really liked how it turned out and wanted to keep going and paint the other side, but decided to quit on the account of my right forearm... so that's it for today

(oh yeah, the 2 year old radiator sprung a leak in my '74 so I spent my evening replacing that, so much for resting my arm, fourth rad in six years!)

[mongocanfly]

Heres what's in the book

[mongocanfly]

Also found this while looking...

[mongocanfly]

Try this...

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Try this...

1,000 thanks you're a Rock Star! much appreciated

[Gregski]

welcome back to a build of a truck formerly know as "Busty" more on that later

the day started out with me vacuuming out 3 1/2 yards of dirt from the ol' gauge cavities

then I proceeded to liberate the glove box out of the truck before is disintegrated, the goal being access to the heater box

[Gregski]

all heater controls had to go, starting with the cable pull button/lever on the driver's side

followed by the first of the heater control buttons from the passenger's side, no idea what it done did, and I don't care

[Gregski]

then I removed the four way aftermarket heater switch with the flux capcitor attached to it

[Gregski]

then I gently pried the last heater associated button until I broke it, not knowing it simply unscrewed - my bad, I thought it was stuck to the caked on primer and such

[Gregski]

then I put the uninstallation on pause while I made a fat stubby wierd looking screw driver thingie for the heater core screws, (thank you Harbor Freight for making a defective large flat screw driver)...

Not many people know this but Clive the inventor of said screws went on to invent the BetaMax a consumer-level analog-recording and cassette format of magnetic tape for video now obsolete, having lost the videotape format war to VHS

[Gregski]

the day went on with the heater core and heater core accessories being removed

[Gregski]

we are not friends !!!

[Gregski]

now back to that truck name thing, and why I may be considering a new name: "HONEY"

did I mention I got stung 17 times on the day I went to buy the truck

[Gregski]

and just like that we shaved 6 seconds off the quarter mile !

[Gregski]

I luv working on trucks because the tailgate easily becomes a work bench, but then with this one, you get three benches

[Gregski]

I also popped out this funny looking USB port

[Gregski]

my view for the next hour or two...

[joedoh]

why are you staring at that guys legs for so long?


when you work under the hood the front fenders are nice tool (and drink) holders too

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by joedoh

when you work under the hood the front fenders are nice tool (and drink) holders too

I know right, I need one of them fender table cloth protector thingies, or two, one for each side

[LT7A]

That old heater box is really cool. They even put a logo on it. Not sure what you could use it for but there's got to be something.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by LT7A

That old heater box is really cool. They even put a logo on it. Not sure what you could use it for but there's got to be something.

yup, right now it's a speed undulations in my garage gives me something to stub my toe on

[Gregski]

so I spent the better part of today afternoon chasing Gremlins on my '74 post LS Swap digital speedo and tach gauge nonsense and I think I finally got it figured out, basically these two stupid gauges do not like using sharing grounds and want their own

in '54 news, I discovertized based on the numeros 5952467 on my steering column that I have a 59-60 truck \ Impala steering column (and I love it so simple, NO TLIT, NO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER, NO STUPID, STUPID BANANA CLIP OF TURN SIGNAL WIRING NIGHTMARES) hugs!

I don't recon this base plate is for the '54 and most likely came with the 59-60 truck\Impala column, if someone with more experience is reading this, I would appreciate your comment