Project Blue Goose

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by nds1968

Thanks Keith, hey I just read this http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=740358

Well that looks like bad news for us then as I still have not heard back from board vendor Tim of truckseats about my covers!

[nds1968]

Working on my garage

[nds1968]

I dug out some more caps and hung them up

[nds1968]

I had some Ed Black's decals made...

[nds1968]

Street Machinery repaired all the rust and sprayed some Lizard Skin on the underneath and inside floor.

[Bennett68C10]

Looking good buddy! Did you get your seat covers in yet, mine came in last week! They look good but the wait was ridiculous.

[nds1968]

Originally Posted by Bennett68C10

Looking good buddy! Did you get your seat covers in yet, mine came in last week! They look good but the wait was ridiculous.

Thanks I asked them for an estimate on painting the interior. No seat covers, yeah Tim should of said something about the wait. I swear he told me 6 weeks but I deleted most of our correspondance. I'm not ready for them so it doesn't bother me to much.

[CG]

I went through the thread a couple times in case I missed it. What are the tire and wheel sizes? Its an excellent looking combo.

[nds1968]

Originally Posted by CG

I went through the thread a couple times in case I missed it. What are the tire and wheel sizes? Its an excellent looking combo.

The front are 15"X6" 215/70R15 and the rear are 15"X8" 275/60R15. A few members are running this setup.

[nds1968]

Got my covers, they look nicer in person.

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by nds1968

Got my covers, they look nicer in person.

Hey, those look familiar

[nds1968]

I picked up the cab from Street Machinery...

They replaced both rockers, both kick panels, patched floor by kick panels, patched firewall and one body mount... Oh yeah the driver side cab corner.

[nds1968]

Some pics

[Bennett68C10]

Looks good!

[nds1968]

Originally Posted by Bennett68C10

Looks good!

Thanks Keith, I'm heading to the paint store in the morning. Hope we can get the interior color matched. Didn't think it was gonna be an issue, may have to have PPG take a picture and come up with paint formula.

[nds1968]

The guys who did the rust repair like to leave as much of the original metal as possible. So the patches were small. Then for the rockers, on the D.S so only replaced the top of the rocker and on the P.S. they replaced the side/bottom of the rocker. I've seen others do that here on the forum...

[nds1968]

I picked up some DP50 sealer and the interior paint.

[nds1968]

I set the cab onto the frame for the winter...

[nds1968]

I ordered a top mount rear sway bar from No LImit this week.

[nds1968]

Well I dropped the cab and front clip off at the body shop a week ago. They started to media blast the cab and parts.

[nds1968]

Pics

[nds1968]

Progress pics

[nds1968]

There was rust under the rear window rubber.

[nds1968]

Underside of hood will be body color. I purchased a cowl at the Auto Fair in NC last year, no more ugly antenna.

[jkeating1]

Back in post 120 you showed your frame dimpled for the power steering box. I searched the general information threads for a step-by-step, or helpful hints, on doing this with no luck. It appears you did the "cut out the flat part and weld in a pipe" method. Is that right? That method seems pretty straightforward.

If I do the "heat it up and hammer it in" method, is there any reason to worry about the area around the bolt holes moving? Do you think it's necessary to bolt up a plate inside the frame temporarily to hold that part flat?

EDIT: Now that I've looked at that pic again--it appears you slit the top and bent the side in (in other words, did not weld in a curved piece). Is there no need to slit frame where the bottom of the "dimple" is?