Finally starting the 68swb fleet

[tantrumpipeline]

thanks, and I just got off the phone with a guy who will blast the spots I miss or hard to get spots tomorrow and that phantom electrician should finally be here this weekend, with my town being oilfield based a lot of things can be real tough to line up with the abundance of side jobs and cash work they can scoop up, finally some progress, planning on beginning the strip work on the hood and doors tomorrow

[67chevy1series]

cool! make sure to take pics! we are always thirtsy for pictures! keep us posted Tyler!

[tantrumpipeline]

Should have some more pics today, continued with the stripping, got it to the blasters and back, now I'm shopping for a compressor and running electrical, should be a busy, update full week

[tantrumpipeline]

Got a 60 gal compressor today hopefully wired tomorrow, expect lots of updates
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[tantrumpipeline]

more stripping and the new compressor, back from blasting but no time to work on it for a few days

[tantrumpipeline]

pics

[tantrumpipeline]

Little more work, is there a better way to remove the seam sealer than chisel with a screwdriver followed by scuff pads and wire wheel? Applied rust converter to be safe under the primer, welder was wired in last night and compressor by the afternoon so I should have a busy few days coming

[67cheby]

looks like you did a great job !

[tantrumpipeline]

thanks, it's crazy time consuming though, if I had your fab skills I'd shave the drip rail but it's too risky of a job for me and I kind of like the look

[VA72C10]

Looks great! It's tedious, boring work. I just use a new twisted brush wire wheel...don't even bother to chisel....just throw caulking all over the place with the wheel

[tantrumpipeline]

I figured as much, dammit haha
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[67chevy1series]

lmao! yeah thats the best way... quite dirty though if i do say so myself lol

[tantrumpipeline]

looks like nothing but it was hours of work

[67cheby]

been there ,i understand how much work that is !

[tantrumpipeline]

Couple more hours in and stopped by the rain, hopefully back at it sunday

[David67]

looking great. all that work will definitely be worth it!!

[tantrumpipeline]

thanks, I didn't get as nice of a strip on it and will have to redo it just wanted it sealed prior to storing it until the weather gets better, forgot how tedious bodywork is and how much seam sealer they use on these old trucks, atleast I'm in no rush haha

[tantrumpipeline]

stripping away the interior roof paint today post pics later on, picked up a brothers one piece window glass kit for $200 on the weekend, couldn't pass the deal up they are $450 or so up here

[tantrumpipeline]

More stripping and primer, hoping to finish the floor patching and por 15 so I can set it on the chassis soon, such tedious work

[tantrumpipeline]

stripping am primer

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by tantrumpipeline

looks like nothing but it was hours of work

I feel your pain brother, This is a LOT of work. You are doing a great job and that engine is dead sexy

I didn't see if you got a solid answer on that rear so here is what I know- The stamping on the ring gear (also on pinion) where it says 11:41 is the number of teeth on the gears 11 on the pinion and 41 on the ring, so 41 divided by 11 = 3.7272727 aka 3.73:1 ratio.

Keep up the good work you have a nice build going on up there! I'll be watching.

[tantrumpipeline]

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

I feel your pain brother, This is a LOT of work. You are doing a great job and that engine is dead sexy

I didn't see if you got a solid answer on that rear so here is what I know- The stamping on the ring gear (also on pinion) where it says 11:41 is the number of teeth on the gears 11 on the pinion and 41 on the ring, so 41 divided by 11 = 3.7272727 aka 3.73:1 ratio.

Keep up the good work you have a nice build going on up there! I'll be watching.

u bet thanks a lot now I need to repair my stinger so I can complete my patch work on the floor and paint maybe tomorrow

[tantrumpipeline]

POR-15 on the floors first coat I'll add pics tonight if I get a chance and the color scheme is going to be semi gloss black interior and engine bay with a drab army green body, possible some hand painted shop truck doors by my tattoo artist, nice weather has me gettin after it a bit more, flipping the cab tomorrow night to finish the under dash por15 coat then onto firewall shaving and bodywork, where can I source a good body bolt kit?
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[tantrumpipeline]

still too lazy to update pics but I have done a little more, today I'm stripping firewall cowl paint and sanding the dash, possibly another light spot coating of bondo and begin the porterbuilt firewall kit, ordered a pneumatic board sander to help the bpodywork process, and scored a working factory tach dash in the local classifieds, tomorrow I'll update some pics, been way too lazy for that but have been updating my facebook with them

[tantrumpipeline]

also received my stainless body bolt kit from brothers, all individually packed and labelled, pretty sweet