What did you do to your truck today?

[towersddg9]

Picked up my wheels from the coater, need some 3 inch rings

[bobbylast]

put my dash together today...gonna change the steering wheel to a 63 corvair wheel that i found...prolly gonna shorten the column four inches this month but this is a pic of progress so far...





the 8 track i have is pretty cool but i really want an oem radio and i'm gonna have to patch the dash to put it in there. this is more or less a temporary fix.

[el_bole]

Vernski,

Here's my '61 truck as it stands now....Gonna remove the paint ultimately and spray some flat blue that I've seen on other trucks on this forum, rust zero "safety blue".....

I was going to start on the removal of the front clip but dont have room to store it while waiting for my "new" frame to come('62 gmc)
Tell me what you think....Oh by the way I want to drop it like you did your's

Thanks el_bole
P.S. Notice the chop on the rear, frame was shortened to customize rear...thats why my bud says I need a "new" frame

[lakeroadster]

Originally Posted by el_bole

P.S. Notice the chop on the rear, frame was shortened to customize rear...thats why my bud says I need a "new" frame

That truck has tons of potential with the shortened long bed. Are you taking it back to stock?

[el_bole]

Im in Sunny San Diego by the way!!! Truck came with a bag of Russet potatos when I bought it LOL!!!!

el_bole

[Vernski]

Originally Posted by el_bole

Im in Sunny San Diego by the way!!! Truck came with a bag of Russet potatos when I bought it LOL!!!!

el_bole

Yeah I see the plates 7B is Bonner county and the next county north of us enjoy the spuds. The sheet metal on your truck looks straight so that's a plus. I got the 3" dropped coil from DJM they have the same spring rate as the stock springs and I can't tell much difference from the stock one just sits 3" lower. Do you have coils on the rear? There is a variety ways to lower the rear,one is Jeep coils another is trailing arm blocks. You can google for DJM online and look over what they sell for your truck...Vernski

[el_bole]

LOL....I didnt even realize you where from Idaho!!! How funny is that....

I guess the guy I bought it from bought from the gentleman from Idaho but only held onto it for about a year and then sold it to me, he never reg. it here in CA so I didnt have a pay a ton of money on the back registration!!!

Ill look into that site, thanks for the info...

el_bole

[samuellg1977]

Originally Posted by el_bole

Im in Sunny San Diego by the way!!! Truck came with a bag of Russet potatos when I bought it LOL!!!!

el_bole

I was stationed at Coronado Island for a while. Loved the area and hung out in Imperial City a lot! The lamplight district downtown (micro-breweries) got me in the "mix" with MPs a few times!!!
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[el_bole]

I worked at Naval air station North Island as teen for a summer....

Yes I am blessed to live here, one of the rare few who are born and raised here.

Yup good beer down town....

A couple times I dont remember how I got home coming from there

What kind of paint did you use on your stepside? Is it just primer?
Im thinking of painting mine "safety blue(by zero rust) and painting the top half of cab cadillac escalade blue(kinda of metallic)...

Going to hit the hay because I got to face a class full of know it all teens in the AM....Wish I use a baton like an MP to at least threaten them ,just joking.....

el_bole

[smilts60]

Me a wire brush and my grinder dug into the floor boards. Got my work cut out for me. Some one put some patchs in. They just didn't bother with cutting the old floor out first. Ill start a build thread in a few days, just for kicks.
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[corvettejim1968]

installed new LED cab light. new visors truck did not come with a pass side, put on valve cover sticker , installed upgraded chrome ring knobs before and after pics , and painted background and installed chrome glove box emblem

[el_bole]

Took the grinder AKA metal cutter to the rear of my custom bed to remove the caddy tail lights....

Harder than I expected but got one off at least....
Plans are to either put them on a reg. fleetside bed vertically(the way the should be IMO) or to put them on my SB step side bed.....fenders or right by tail gate IDK.....

Great work everyone,
el_bole

[el_bole]

Originally Posted by el_bole

Took the grinder AKA metal cutter to the rear of my custom bed to remove the caddy tail lights....

Harder than I expected but got one off at least....
Plans are to either put them on a reg. fleetside bed vertically(the way the should be IMO) or to put them on my SB step side bed.....fenders or right by tail gate IDK.....

Great work everyone,
el_bole

By The Way in the back ground is a '55 Olds Delta 88 (4 door)I just inherited this last week....Put a new seal in the tranny so I can cruise her
Will probably be looking to sell it in the near future....Dad has owned since 1969, he paid a whopping $100 for it....

El_bole

[fryer1979]

Finished my front bumper project today. Came out much nicer than I had hoped. Still a lot of imperfections in the metal from all of the cancer that was in it, but from 5 feet it looks awesome. The whole truck is going to be a rattle can job while I am doing all of the body work anyhow, so I am more than happy with it for now.

[el_bole]

Vernsky,

I was ripping up my carpet in my truck today and I decided to glance back and I check out some small plaques that the previous owner put on the back of inside wall of cab...there are mostly from events that took place in Standpoint Idaho. Wonder if they still host car shows there, you ever been?

Cheers
el_bole

[el_bole]

I meant Sandpoint, Idaho...mayb I should cut back

el_bole
P.S. Forgive me Vernsky but could you give me the name of those springs you put on your front end? How does it ride? PM name please....Gracias

[Vernski]

Originally Posted by el_bole

I meant Sandpoint, Idaho...mayb I should cut back

el_bole
P.S. Forgive me Vernsky but could you give me the name of those springs you put on your front end? How does it ride? PM name please....Gracias

Don't sweat it my typing skills are not the best either. PM sent on address, hey it rides the same as the stock springs just 3" lower. I was thinking some day when the money tree permits getting 2 1/2" dropped spindles[just thinking]more thing important right now...Vernski

[Scot_Douglas]

Employee autoshow at Milford Proving Grounds.

[Blue Blood]

Bought a SWB Fleetside!!
Surface rust only on the sheetmetal, no rot, no holes, sills are good(whoop-de-do) just needs new bed strips...it's going to media blasting tomorrow.Check out the rebar suspension! haha
Psyched!

[SRVBLUES64]

My wife and I figured out how to put the cab back on the frame, just the two of us and a engine lift. it was a great day

[awbrown]

Hey Scot ,Looks like it went over well !! Is it running OK now??

[awbrown]

I decided to swap the engine out of ol'blue.. So that ment I had to remove truck #1 (the green one) from the main garage and move it to the rear garage ... Sounds simple right ? well first I had to remove the acumulated junk from around it since I had lost interest in it bout a year ago .. then removed all the junk from the rear of it and proceeded to rearrange all the body panels and place them in the back in an organized way .. next I had to hang a temporary gas tank off the inner fender , (since it is missing the fenders and doors , seat and gas tank ..replace the distributor I robbed for truck #1 and it fired right up and I drove it to the rear garage ... Now I have a days worth of cleaning before I can start tomorrows project ...

[samuellg1977]

That is always a good thing when they roar to life after sitting for a while. I have decided to build a new motor for my truck. I have never built my own motor and I have no idea what I want (except 400hp), so we'll see how it goes. Pray for me, everyone!
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[el_bole]

By the way....I have a SB step side that I scored off craigslist for free....

Roberto

[Turkey]

sand, sand, sand....bodywork!