Rebuild on a shoestring.....continued

[litew8]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Kinda thinking of buying both and making a nice lwb, a nice swb, and parting out the rest of it....we'll see how cheap I can get everything

in this economy - lwb for payload is where it's at

Originally Posted by VA72C10

I really want to have the joy of restoring a truck from out west one day

Check the Midwest! A lot closer.

[gcburdic]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Yeah, but did it have lwb sides cut down and not finish welded

It wouldn't be project if we did everything understood, but truthfully since you have a guy that can weld....heck, you can weld...this could be the perfect time to finish it up!!!

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

I am looking at a swb truck and a lwb locally for different reasons...the swb has a perfect bed on it and the lwb is rust free and has lots of new parts with it. Kinda thinking of buying both and making a nice lwb, a nice swb, and parting out the rest of it....we'll see how cheap I can get everything

Sounds like a good plan. Hope it works out money wise so you can get them both.

[VA72C10]

Well, got pics on my comp but need to download them...tried the member gallery and having issues pulling them up after downloading them...and photobucket's not working right now....

I used the twisted wire cup on my grinder to clean up the floor pans. I am going to seam seal it tomorrow if I get time and then once that sets I will primer and paint it with undercoating...

...I got in some parts from CPP and once again have some issues....got a manual tilt column since I'm a big guy and a tilt is nice with the big wheel...and the column in there was a three on the tree with the shifter removed since it's now floor shift...won it on ebay for a really good deal IMHO- 275 shipped but it didn't come with the wiring adapter it was supposed to and has a chip in the powdercoat and scratches (inside the nice packaging so it was like that when they shipped it) I got a nice used power steering shaft and rag joint coming I will paint up and then will install after paint. Also got my power steering pump, power steering gearbox (New one) and power brake booster with the brackets on it dug out of my storage containers.

[heeroyue2002]

what your a big guy? as in tall right??? from the pix i saw you looked thin!

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by heeroyue2002

what your a big guy? as in tall right??? from the pix i saw you looked thin!

what pics did you see

...6'2" and right now I'm at 271....after losing 9lbs over the last week and a half after I put myself on a diet....I will get down to 220...that's my goal weight and I got there before but then ate cheap processed food and junk food after I lost my job....not going to compromise on my health any more...

[heeroyue2002]

oh really?
i just saw baby pix lol.
in may i lost 30 pounds. im always fat

[VA72C10]

Finally got the pics to work....where it sits now...

big ugly mirror holes welded up and primered


rocker finish ground and primered


wire wheeled passenger floor....still have to get underneath and raise up the floor a bit and I'll be grinding down the welds a bit also...


shifter hole closed up slightly...won't be seen now when shift boot is installed...


Driver's floor wire wheeled


Driver's rocker welded in and primered


He fabricated this piece custom and I think it came out NICELY


Radio removed....nice uncut dash. Going with radio delete...also removed the crumbled dash pad...

[VA72C10]

Here's the rally wheels I might be using as well as some of the remaining patch panels and some very nice door hinges...


Here's using my hood as storage (bucket seat brackets I was painting)

Here's the front view of the REALLY nice 70 grille...too bad the inner is broken in the bottom middle as it is nice otherwise in its' original color. Note that the lines go all the way to the end of the center bar into the headlight bezel area...the way they came from the factory...all repro's and NOS available have that dark black rectangle on either end instead...


BONUS-truck came with good T3 Headlights (I'll remove and sell later and put some nice regular halogens or possibly some newer style assemblies with HID's that I've had for a while but never installed....)

[VA72C10]

Here's the CPP tilt....

looks really nice when first unwrapping...


but...CHIP in the powdercoat



and scratches...



and I knew it came with the wrong style connector but it was supposed to come with a converter in the box to our style but it didn't...

[VA72C10]

We'll see how they take care of it...thankfully it was through ebay and paypal so that will help a little bit.....seems they respond better that way...

Hope to have some time tomorrow to work on it....got a lot going on right now and need to work hard to sell a lot of parts as I haven't had much side work lately...

[heeroyue2002]

oh i found a couple set of those t3 lights in my garage. are they any good?

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by heeroyue2002

oh i found a couple set of those t3 lights in my garage. are they any good?

I've sold a clean, working set for 75 for a pair and I have like 10 other nice halogen sealed beam lights I can choose from

[heeroyue2002]

oh dang thats tight.

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

We'll see how they take care of it...thankfully it was through ebay and paypal so that will help a little bit.....seems they respond better that way...

Hope to have some time tomorrow to work on it....got a lot going on right now and need to work hard to sell a lot of parts as I haven't had much side work lately...

Hope that works out. I ended up having to do a credit card charge back because pay pal couldn't get my money back from a seller who never sent the items he was paid for. So now pay pal thinks I owe them money, yea right.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by 68 TT

Hope that works out. I ended up having to do a credit card charge back because pay pal couldn't get my money back from a seller who never sent the items he was paid for. So now pay pal thinks I owe them money, yea right.

On individual sellers it's not as guaranteed, but with a big ebayer like cpp, they don't want issues so they seem to take care of issues through there fairly quickly....at least that was my experience in the past...had an issue with a steering wheel they took care of fast but when it came to an order I placed directly with them they took a couple months to get the part I needed and only after around 15 phone calls....

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

On individual sellers it's not as guaranteed, but with a big ebayer like cpp, they don't want issues so they seem to take care of issues through there fairly quickly....at least that was my experience in the past...had an issue with a steering wheel they took care of fast but when it came to an order I placed directly with them they took a couple months to get the part I needed and only after around 15 phone calls....

That is definitely one big benefit of dealing with a larger company who can't just change their name & bank account and move on to the next victim when they get too much bad feedback.

Hope it doesn't take 15 phone calls to get this issue taken care of.

[VA72C10]

Hopefully not. sent the pictures today after they responded to my message on ebay asking for them...

[XxCHEVYMANxX]

lookin good! Step by step is how we get em done. sorry to here about the tilt troubles. hope it get worked out quickly for you.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by XxCHEVYMANxX

lookin good! Step by step is how we get em done. sorry to here about the tilt troubles. hope it get worked out quickly for you.

thanks. and it's not the end of the world on the tilt, but I'm definitely not paying good money for something that's damaged when it arrives...(and obviously was damaged before it left their warehouse) because the way it was packaged there was no possible way it was chipped or scratched inside that package...the outer box was perfect, inner box was perfect, main padding was intact, and there was a soft inner packaging around it that was sealed I had to cut open.

[XxCHEVYMANxX]

Yea, they can't even get away with calling that shelf wear. More like it fell from the shelf. On the plus side, you might have other things to work on untill another one arrives.

[treveiger]

It's really coming along, keep it up!
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[camrycurt]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

BONUS-truck came with good T3 Headlights (I'll remove and sell later and put some nice regular halogens or possibly some newer style assemblies with HID's that I've had for a while but never installed....)

Please excuse my ignorance, but what are T3 headlights? Is that a special type of sealed beam bulb?

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by camrycurt

Please excuse my ignorance, but what are T3 headlights? Is that a special type of sealed beam bulb?

They're just an older style sealed beam that's not available for sale any more (although some companies are making reproductions of them but I think they're like 200 for a pair if I remember correctly?) it says T3 in the glass as pictured. There may be more to the story but that's all I know

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by XxCHEVYMANxX

Yea, they can't even get away with calling that shelf wear. More like it fell from the shelf. On the plus side, you might have other things to work on untill another one arrives.

Nope...not gonna get away with "shelf wear" I do have plenty to work on...and not enough time. Column won't go in until after the engine is painted, and engine bay and interior are painted too...so it'll be a while still...

Originally Posted by treveiger

It's really coming along, keep it up!
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Thanks!