What did you do to your truck today?

[LILRED66]

Originally Posted by ironhorse1973

Was on-line all day looking for a flow control valve spring for my power steering pump!!

I don't have one of them, but you might check your local auto parts store or www.truckandcarshop.com

[rgCarGuy]

I am still working on my to-do list, figuring out what I am going to do and in what order. In the past couple weeks I have:

Gotten it legal,

Unpacked the spare parts the PO sent with the truck (some good stuff in there!)

Filled it up, and overflowed the tank (lesson learned on that one )

Ordered a 96X72 bed mat (the bed is already redone and I want to be able to use it as a truck sometimes)

Connected a second set of speakers that were in the boxes, then bought Kenwood and Pioneer Speakers off ebay to replace the ones in it now (It already has an aftermarket Pioneer sterio).

Took it to the car wash.

Bought an 80 gallon air compressor (still working on where exactly and how to install it as to least disrupt the house and neighbors.)

I won a new glove box door assembly on ebay today ( sorry if I was bidding against any of you).

Nothing picture worthy yet.

[sams60gmc]

Pulled off my square body fenders off of my stepside bed and figured out that my 55-66 fenders come no where close to lining up with the factory holes. Oh well minor set back. I will make a template and drill some new holes. After that I will get a 1'' strip of sheet metal and widen each fender 1''.

[LILRED66]

Finished Jon C's big back window cab this evening. We will load it up tomorrow and be on the way to AL.

[Tx Firefighter]

I'm still working on my gas tank. I figured out where it had been seeping on the bottom. So, I brazed it up. After that I powdercoated it in silver vein with clear. It's in the oven curing right now while I type this.





POR15 is giving me the beat down on my can of tank sealer. I ordered a bunch of different stuff Friday. All of it is delivered by today except the POR15. That's due to be delivered Monday. That's going to slow my progress down a good bit.

Still pushing like hell to get this thing on the road in the next few weeks. I want to take mama to get her Christmas tree in it.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

Still pushing like hell to get this thing on the road in the next few weeks. I want to take mama to get her Christmas tree in it.

Now that's cool. Please follow-up & let me know if you're not happy w/the motor once it's up & running.

[glendale]

finally got the paint pretty much done on the dash of my truck now i need to put everything back together.










oh yea i also got the material for my seat. i think it matches pretty good. as soon as i get the windshield back in i can start the seat.

[ruffrida2005]

the seats will pretty much match. I'm waiting to see your truck together. Are you using any other colors to break up all the orange?

[glendale]

yeah the truck is all white. only the dash,roof and striping are that color. the seat will be white with copper pleated inserts.

[jgh64pkup]

man thats a lot of metalflake
so how much are you paying for the sunburst orange

[glendale]

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

man thats a lot of metalflake
so how much are you paying for the sunburst orange

i was super broke when i bought the paint. so i had them make them in rattle cans two cans 60 bucks. i already had plenty of clear so that was not a problem and i had the metal flake. i made a flake gun and got busy. this is really the first paint i have shot. i'm pretty proud of it.

[jgh64pkup]

we paid 90 a quart

[glendale]

yeah they wanted 150.00 and i just did not have the coin. this all started because the windshield gasket was leaking. and here we are. this truck is supposed to be my daily some times i can't leave well enough alone.

[shortbed70]

Did some grinding on my front inner fender patch after I locked myself out of the house and had to wait on the wife to get home.

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by glendale

yeah they wanted 150.00 and i just did not have the coin. this all started because the windshield gasket was leaking. and here we are. this truck is supposed to be my daily some times i can't leave well enough alone.

That flake work is impressive, especially for a first attempt. There probably isn't anybody on here that knows how to leave well enough alone. One thing always leads to another.

I remember when I got my 46 Ford back in the 80's. I was just going to steam clean the engine compartment and drop in a small block Chevy. But as long as I'm in there, might as well clean up this one thing. Next thing I knew all there was in front of the firewall was a pair of bare frame rails! Same thing with my truck, started a repaint a decade ago, and next thing there was nothing but an empty cab sitting on the frame. Took a year to paint everything and put it all back together.

[sams60gmc]

I'm happy to see such a great response to this thread!!
Keep them coming!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[NelsonMahrt]

Drove the beast to work in the AM. came home in the dark and lost both the low beams. People really like the high beams, i know cause they flashed their lights at me, a lot! Got home and checked the dimmer switch and all is ok, so in the AM I will start the wire tracing. This ought to be fun.

[jgh64pkup]

wow your first post

you will like it here
lots of good information
i hope you figure out your lights

[70 Suburban]

Originally Posted by nelsonmahrt

drove the beast to work in the am. Came home in the dark and lost both the low beams. People really like the high beams, i know cause they flashed their lights at me, a lot! Got home and checked the dimmer switch and all is ok, so in the am i will start the wire tracing. This ought to be fun.

now is the time to upgrade to relays

[NelsonMahrt]

Thanks for the greatings! You will more than likely regreat it cause this is my first project truck and I know I will ask a ton of questions. The ride is a bomb, bad wiring, lots of body work needed, sloppy stearing, wiper that dont work and park in the up position, heated by the holes in the firewall, loud, but the good side is, it has a 350SB with a 2 speed powerglide that run, ok. I think I will try to write and photo the rebuild, but it will take some time as this and a Harley are the only transportation I have and like most of us money is tight, (girl friend, 2 dogs, a cat, and an Ex.) As far as the "child prodigy" thing goes it's just this Texas Air and lots of burbon.

[Roadhammer]

Took the beast out on its maiden voyage yesterday...SWEEEEEET...lots of stuff left to d0...figure out all the vacuum lines and get it shifting properly...

Thought at first that tranny was leaking out the dust pan and was not to happy about that....BUT with a little more research i found that the oils pressure sensor wasnt screwed in tight enough and was leakin down into the pan..... BIG SIGH! We'll be drivin it daily soon....

HIGH FIVE!

Jory

[Captainfab]

My '66 C20 used to do that once in a while. A couple of the wires to the dimmer switch would burn in two. I attributed it to my typical leaky windshield dripping water onto the dimmer switch all the time. I finally got that fixed.....then the engine locked up.

Originally Posted by NelsonMahrt

Drove the beast to work in the AM. came home in the dark and lost both the low beams. People really like the high beams, i know cause they flashed their lights at me, a lot! Got home and checked the dimmer switch and all is ok, so in the AM I will start the wire tracing. This ought to be fun.

[sams60gmc]

Well I didn't really get much done to it today. Painted the hood up to make it more presentable. I'm moving at the end of next week and until I get it into the garage I don't want it to be an eyesore to the new neighbors. I also started putting misc. truck parts in the rear of it to take to my new house. Gas tank 3 batteries a set of heads bunch of tires and rally rims. The suspension is officially gone. Its sitting on the bump stop brackets. Tomorrow I will finish the steering and try to get the brake lines on for temp brake lines and put some gas in it so I can drive it to my new house.
I can't wait to finally have a garage

[protrash64]

Scraped foam off the ceiling of my 'burb....PO's upholstery job. Need to get the leaf blower out again as the dust is building up

[LILRED66]

NelsonMahrt:

Welcome to the forums from Kansas City, KS.

Don't forget to post some pictures of your rig or the "polaroid police", aka Joe, with issue you a ticket.

Enjoy the ride...this site is the foremost location for all things '60-'66 Chevy truck related.

P.S. - you look very young in your avatar photo to be posting on the internet...you must be a child prodigy!