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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
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I checked George's machine shop in Vallejo and he said he can do just a block in an 8 week turnaround. 3 months for heads. The new owner is just working by himself. Machine shops are slowly disappearing. I remember at least 2 where I grew up that are gone now. Shelldust, and Rigsby. The ones that are still around have long waits. I asked Morgan's in Walnut Creek and they said they are 12 months out right now and aren't even taking anything in! I pulled this one apart at work and re-honed it myself, cleaned it up and put new bearings and rings in it, changed the heads with some spares I had and threw it back together and painted it. This one is just a temporary fix ($120 in parts) just to get it running. Rings, bearings, paint, engine mounts, carb rebuild kit, and plugs! I just ordered replacement harnesses and they cost more than the rebuild! I found a used front harness, paid for it, and when I laid it out and started installing it, the wires were so bad that some of them fell apart when I straightened them out! I was told it was a 68 C10 harness, but when it was all stretched out and laying in the truck, I realized it was a GMC harness with 4 headlight connectors and side marker lights. When I get the original 69 engine back and put it together, I will put it back in the 69 I brought by your place, and take the engine that is in the 69 now and go through it and put that one in the 68. It will be like musical engines! ![]() The one in the 69 now has the bad cam, so I will tear it down and make sure its still good and go from there. Once the 68 is running and the Fleet Manager finishes his 66 Mustang in our shop at work, we will get the 68 in to be sanded down and repainted the factory color. What looks like some good faded factory paint is a repaint of light blue metallic which is flaking off. The fuel doors and side tanks will get removed from the bed, extra holes in the doors and bed will be filled and smoothed, then paint. It was solid Medium Blue with a White grill, so that is how it will end up. I am hoping to be done with both trucks for the September car show at Budweiser!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Been a long time since I have updated so now is the time. She is still not running, I made the mistake of digging into what i thought was a solid cab floor. Boy was I in for a few repairs. After reading countless threads and looking at what seems like a million and 1 pictures of everyone else's repairs, I dove into the floor, rockers and kick panels. I know how to weld, but had to learn about welding sheet metal. All in all it turned out great, but it just took forever. Seeing how the truck is at my work and I have been there for 24 years, it made it nice to have access to all of the things I needed to do the repairs. I have a quiet corner of the shop to keep it in and work on it in my "spare" time. The time is few and far between, but it beats trying to do it in my driveway at home!
pulled the seat, carpet and started cleaning some spots up. I was shocked to see only a small amount of rust on the passenger side floor......... hahaha, yeah, right! Check out the photos to see the rest......
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Start the digging......
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
And it keeps going....
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Found some Red Oxide primer.... Hung the door and the Passenger side is done, for the most part!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
I decided to check out the Driver's side and it ended up being worse than the Passenger side. I have seen some of the repairs on this site and mine are by far not the worst rust damage I have seen you guys repair. This was just unexpected and learning how to do it was the best part. Call me a little strange, but it is actually relaxing and satisfying to get the rust out and repair the old girl to her former glory!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
So what I learned from the passenger side was that instead of getting a floor section and the inner rocker, there is the whole side of the floor pan that can be ordered. That's what I did. My only complaint about it is that it did no line up with the "groove" stamped in the original floor like the section i did on the Passenger side, but it is going to be under the carpet and nobody will know except me, and of course, you guys!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Even though the damage on the Driver's side was a lot worse than the Passenger side, it felt like it went a lot smoother and easier! Primer, install Rocker and hang the door!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Now that the rust repairs were completed, I found, through searching on this amazing site, a company in Louisiana that has touch up paint in a spray can. So I took a chance and ordered one to see if it matches. It doesn't have to be an exact match because a friend at work brought in some rubbing compound and his buffer and this is what I have been up to the past week........
What do you think of the old oxidized paint now? The oxidized paint polished right up and then started revealing the original paint underneath. I would have never guessed that it was possible to bring the original paint back from under what may be a 20 something year old repaint. So far, looks to be a very thin single stage paint job directly over the original. Front end is shaping up nicely, I think!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Nice work on the metal replacement. I feel you on nothing fitting, every piece I have replaced on the last three trucks had to be modified to work. It is part of the process I figure now double time for each item. Again, nice work on the truck.
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Job(s) very well done!!! I need to haul one of mine out to you and stay a week or so, and have you show me how to properly "Relax"...LOL
Thin "repaints" are common place. body shops committing the absolute minimum materials and labor to squeak out to max profit... So, I guess you plan to clean off the thin paint job and retain what's left of the original paint, for now? |
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
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Now time to get the doors figured out! I took the ugly mirrors off and threw them out. Going to put in the small round mirrors using the factory 3 holes. I counted and there are 15 extra holes in the Drivers door and 17 extra holes in the Passenger side from different mirrors over the years! And the 2 holes on each side for the camper badges! I figured I will weld the holes up that I don't need and try to blend them out so when the outside is buffed out, it may look like just another spot that is worn down to the bare metal, but I haven't figured out how to do it yet. I may just start and see what happens!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
You're doing a great job on this! I have to ask, how many kinds of mirrors need to be mounted to a truck!? All those holes!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Nice job on the rust repairs. I'm going to have to have you relax with Blue....lol
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Nice thing is that I put a C20 master in his truck before he went to the Air Force and his truck is getting the disc upgrade, so dad gets a almost new master! Win/win!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Thanks Dale. Anytime after March, I would be happy to relax with Blue!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Cool, we should have a beer or two soon.
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Found a place that makes a factory 506 color in a rattle can out of Louisiana that matches pretty good. I will be able to fade in the new and old together with the buffing wheel on the outside. Its just for the rockers, so at $27 a took a chance!
![]() Microfinish LLC is where the paint came from, $19 for the paint and $8 to ship. www.automotivetouchup.com 1 can did both rockers and the repair work on the kick panels. The kick panels will eventually get covered with carpet so i am not that worried about them. ..................and I started putting the insulation in and laying out the carpet. It's starting to look like a truck again on the inside!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
A few more of the progress.....
Going to use black on the firewall and against the back of the cab.
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
I also heard back from SMS and they have the correct material to remake my factory seat cover!
$695.......OUCH! It will be worth it though, I love the metallic Blue look to the factory seat. The first 4 pictures are of the factory cover, I found wadded up in the truck box in the bed of the truck. The last picture is the matching material from SMS. (You can't really tell from the picture, cause I took it inside, while the other pictures were taken outside in the sunlight. But it matched perfectly!)
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Freind bought a truck once, guy said it was rebuilt,I took a good look at the corners of the oil pan, still had some grease in there,told him it was a "rattle can" rebuild,he asked what was that,I said,qiuck power wash and 2 cans of spray bomb,his heart sank,after what he paid for this truck with a rebuilt engine.
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
Wow this is coming along nicely!
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Re: Picked up a "new" C20 to add to the fleet!
The seat will be cool despite being pricey. The spray bomb paint looks very nice!
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