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02-11-2024, 05:46 PM | #1 |
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Re: My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”
Great build, I'm along for the ride. I'm interested to see what you do with your filler panel behind the seats. I'm trying something similar but haven't figured out what I'll be doing with the corners to the door pillar area. Alot of work into those seat brackets as well! I may have missed, but any particular reason for not picking up a set of repro brackets?
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02-11-2024, 06:15 PM | #2 |
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Re: My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”
Hey thanks for joining in and the compliments! I decided to go that route with the seat brackets for two reasons. The first is that I'm 6'2" tall and headroom isn't a huge thing in these cabs as well as leg room. So I figured if I could lower the seats and move them as far back as possible, that would be more ideal. And the second, I wasn't a fan of the factory brackets how the drivers side was a slider and the passenger side was fixed in place. I wanted one or the other. It was a lot of extra work but in a sense, it didn't cost me anything but time and a bit of welding supplies as I already had all the metal on hand.
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02-11-2024, 06:55 PM | #3 |
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Re: My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”
Ah yes, tall people problems. I wouldn't know haha. Understandable for all the reasons you have. I agree on the two different styles for factory buckets being odd. I have to imagine it was a cost issue to not have to re-tool for a mirror set of slider brackets for the passenger seat. From what I can tell the driver bucket brackets are pretty much the same for a bench seat, just with a shorter connecting rod. I could be wrong though.
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02-11-2024, 07:24 PM | #4 |
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Re: My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”
That would make sense. I also don't know much about them. Mine were completely seized and would only move with a hammer so I gave up on them
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02-25-2024, 12:04 AM | #5 |
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Re: My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”
Got some more sanding and filling done on the bottom lip of the dash. I was also able to nearly complete the repair in the passenger door pillar where I had filler flake out. Work on the truck has been slow as of late. I've had some side jobs and a plumbing disaster at home that has set me back a bit. Here's hoping for more consistent time on the truck.
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03-24-2024, 09:36 PM | #6 |
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Re: My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”
Some more filler happening with the dash and some of the weld seams in the firewall and the kick panels. I'm filling the firewall ones so I can be sure that they are sealed from both sides. It's been terribly slow lately. I've been working on some laundry cabinets that I am building for my wife's cousin and they are taking much more of my time up than I initially expected. I finally got them all built and painted so I can assemble and deliver them and have my Sundays back for truck work. At least for a little while anyway
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03-24-2024, 10:02 PM | #7 |
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Re: My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”
Looking good, progress is progress. Life has a way of throwing 100 things you don't want to do that get in the way of the one thing you enjoy doing.
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