Greg65 build thread

[greg65]

Originally Posted by torkerjr

some... the front end is in for good now. bags workin great too. goin to summit after my nephews game on saturday and get some stuff.

I know it is a lot of driving but some of the local forum guys are having a get together at williams bros. in Canton Saturday at 3:00. After that everyone is going to the cruise in.

[sdailey]

Hey Greg! I was wondering when you were gonna check in again.

[greg65]

Originally Posted by sdailey

Hey Greg! I was wondering when you were gonna check in again.

Hoping to get back on the truck in a few weeks. When is your 69 heading to the paint booth?

[greg65]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

BTW, nice job, I was jus tlooking out for your safety.

pm sent

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by greg65

Hoping to get back on the truck in a few weeks. When is your 69 heading to the paint booth?

Yeah, I need to get back on mine as well. I haven't really done anything to it lately. Paint booth.........what a novel concept.

[torkerjr]

Wont be able to make gf already made plans..

[greg65]

Last saturday I went and picked up this parts cab from Alan for the outer roof panel. The one on my cab looks like twenty miles of bad road. As always enjoyed talking trucks with Alan.

[greg65]

And here are pictures after I removed the panel. I used a spot weld cutting drill bit that I bought off of the tool truck. After a couple of hours and not a whole lot of progress I went to harbor freight a bought a different style of spot weld cutter. These things work great. The first bit was $20 and the second was $4.99.

[greg65]

After removing the panel I layed it on top of my cab for that patna look.

[greg65]

The last picture

[sdailey]

Looking good Greg.

I thought I saw you driving out last weekend with that cab on your trailer.

[greg65]

It was kinda of a quick run. I'm bringing it back in a couple of weeks so I will try to stop by and see you.

[sdailey]

Cool. It'll be good to see you again.

Not much progress on my side, but hopefully that'll change in the near future. My wife finally got a job this week after being unemployed for a little over a year now.

[greg65]

Originally Posted by sdailey

Cool. It'll be good to see you again.

Not much progress on my side, but hopefully that'll change in the near future. My wife finally got a job this week after being unemployed for a little over a year now.

That is good to hear. Times are really hard right now and being right before Christmas it could not come at a better time. Tell her congrats on the new job.

[65Custom]

Originally Posted by greg65

And here are pictures after I removed the panel. I used a spot weld cutting drill bit that I bought off of the tool truck. After a couple of hours and not a whole lot of progress I went to harbor freight a bought a different style of spot weld cutter. These things work great. The first bit was $20 and the second was $4.99.

Hey Greg, good to see you making more progress and those cutters from Harbor Freight are great. I used them on my whole cab and they last a pretty long time.

[greg65]

Originally Posted by 65Custom

Hey Greg, good to see you making more progress and those cutters from Harbor Freight are great. I used them on my whole cab and they last a pretty long time.

Hey Kevin it has been a while. I hope married life is treating you well. I remembered you using them and knew they had to work better than the first bit. Any progress on your truck?

[65Custom]

Originally Posted by greg65

Hey Kevin it has been a while. I hope married life is treating you well. I remembered you using them and knew they had to work better than the first bit. Any progress on your truck?

Yep, it has been a long time. I wish I knew you were coming over this way. I would have rode up to Alan's with ya.

Married life is much better than the first one, I think that says it all.

I have been doing a lot of mental work on my truck for the last several months, and that is really draining, I've been researching and planning what changes I really want to make to get it right rather than just throwing it together. I hope to physically get back on it some time next year.

[greg65]

Originally Posted by 65Custom

Yep, it has been a long time. I wish I knew you were coming over this way. I would have rode up to Alan's with ya.

Married life is much better than the first one, I think that says it all.

I have been doing a lot of mental work on my truck for the last several months, and that is really draining, I've been researching and planning what changes I really want to make to get it right rather than just throwing it together. I hope to physically get back on it some time next year.

When I take the cab back to Alan in a couple of weeks i'll give you a call. That away I can see how your truck is coming along.

[65Custom]

Originally Posted by greg65

When I take the cab back to Alan in a couple of weeks i'll give you a call. That away I can see how your truck is coming along.

Sure let me know a day or two in advance.

[torkerjr]

Nice work man!!!

[greg65]

Last night I drilled out all the spot welds on my roof panel. I was uncertain of what I would find when I removed the panel but to my surprise the bedding was minimal. When I bought my cab it was sitting in a chicken house. Tonight i'll start grinding down the spot welds and get ready to weld the replacement panel in place. Try to post pictures in later.

[greg65]

I got the driver's side inner fender, inner fender cup, and wiper linkage sandblasted and primered today. Still waiting to get done with the grille mounting panel. Not sure if I can get it done over the weekend or not. I work one Saturday a month and it comes around way to fast. Next on the list is finding a good drivers side door. It felt good make a little head way for a change.

[Alan's Classic]

Sweet progress !!
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[allaboutchevelles]

inner fenders look good. Any progress is progress. I know what you mean about those saturdays!! Im working 7 days a week now so Im only getting a few hours a week in on my truck. Great Job!!

[Jeff La]

Nice build you have going on. Just finished reading it and will try to keep up with it. What I like most about these build threads is watching everybody take their trucks apart, making my repairs much easier. Thanks