What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[indymachinist]

Struggled with getting a monojet to work today. Failed.

[b.sharp]

Used my '70 chevy driver for truck stuff. Man this thing pulls a load slow with the 411 gears, but it purrs right along.

[Shelby0099]

Started building a support structure to lift the bed from the frame.

[Sklptrljay]

My first attempt at buffing out old paint. Pretty pleased with the results.

[OregonNed]

Painted my diff cover bolts - getting ready to install and fill the axle when I get back from Vegas this coming week.

[1quik70]

Jumped in, turned the key and headed to work!!!

May not sound like much, but after 3 years of the ol girl being laid up, it was a great accomplishment to drive her to town!

[68 Chevyota]

Took my 68 to my buddy's shop to have cab and bed pulled off chassis to have a little body work done and prep it to be transferred to its new donor chassis. Now I sit and ponder for 2 weeks trying to decide the next step. Almost tired of thinking about it....., naaa not really.

[phillip123hastings]

Had another long ride today with my truck

[73737373]

Originally Posted by Sklptrljay

My first attempt at buffing out old paint. Pretty pleased with the results.

Looks good. Be patient and you'll be very happy w/the results.

[73737373]

$1 at local swap meet. Probably need to post on the for sale board.

[74baggedbug]

Dropped off my grill to the chrome shop.. 6-8week turnaround time and giving me a lifetime warranty on the plating

[BC10]

Originally Posted by Dlm11

Took my cargo light out to find this great work

Ouch! That looks painful!

[rsgt]

Originally Posted by 73737373

$1 at local swap meet. Probably need to post on the for sale board.

How much do you want for the mirrors? Thanks

[Sklptrljay]

Originally Posted by 73737373

Looks good. Be patient and you'll be very happy w/the results.

Thanks, appreciated all your help. I'm hoping to get more done very soon.

[tlman]

finally moves and stops

[profe56]

Rebuilt the power stering box, noise eliminator for my radio and found out a guy that can add USB and AUXILIAR to an old stereo.

[Ken O.]

Replaced the old non-working radio that said "Civic" with one that says "Kenwood". And added 2 speakers. Just sitting under the seats right now until I replace the seat, then I'll find a permanent spot. Nice to listen to something other than wind noise.

[CharlieBrown]

Installed front and rear sway bars...and buddy bucket seats

[68 Chevyota]

Ok, probably will catch some slack over this. But for various reasons my wife and I chose this route...... I have been a tech for quite some time and am a huge Chevy fan and Toyota as well!! For those of you that see a contradiction, I'm not going to apologize, those that are married... will understand. We have a 68 long bed with potential that belonged to her grandfather and the chassis needed help and I needed a 4x4. We bought a 04 tundra and are putting the cab and bed on that chassis engine and drive train. Any thoughts opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated, good and bad. Our first time at this type of project... I'm used to it comes in broke, I fix it. But this is different, thanks. Have read many many posts before joining. I like the class of people here... So we would like opinions and suggestions.

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by 68 Chevyota

Ok, probably will catch some slack over this. But for various reasons my wife and I chose this route...... I have been a tech for quite some time and am a huge Chevy fan and Toyota as well!! For those of you that see a contradiction, I'm not going to apologize, those that are married... will understand. We have a 68 long bed with potential that belonged to her grandfather and the chassis needed help and I needed a 4x4. We bought a 04 tundra and are putting the cab and bed on that chassis engine and drive train. Any thoughts opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated, good and bad. Our first time at this type of project... I'm used to it comes in broke, I fix it. But this is different, thanks. Have read many many posts before joining. I like the class of people here... So we would like opinions and suggestions.

are you going to use the toy powertrain also. I have never seen it done before but if the cab fits you would have one heck of a truck....I also have a tundra and love it .....hope it works out , love to see it done ....Don

[Possmguts]

Not today but last weekend I kicked her out of the garage so i could blow about a million pounds of dust out of the garage... Gotta get to the sheet metal shop and get a piece to do the repairs on the leading edge of the hood where the rust is from the trim that used to be there.

[68 Chevyota]

Originally Posted by ole dollor

are you going to use the toy powertrain also. I have never seen it done before but if the cab fits you would have one heck of a truck....I also have a tundra and love it .....hope it works out , love to see it done ....Don

Yes sir and thanks for the support!! All engine, power train, and chassis will be Toyota. Wheelbase for 68 is 127", Toy is 128.3, extensive research shows this to be the closest to what we wanted without major mod. Toyota is TRD package with the V-8,and only has 115k on it!!

[chevy72blu]

Installed a new fuel gauge, cleaned up some underdash wiring. Started to mock up the 73-87 volt gauge to replace the non functional ammeter.

For the first time in 10 years, the truck now has a functional fuel indicator.

Sometimes its the small things

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by 68 Chevyota

Yes sir and thanks for the support!! All engine, power train, and chassis will be Toyota. Wheelbase for 68 is 127", Toy is 128.3, extensive research shows this to be the closest to what we wanted without major mod. Toyota is TRD package with the V-8,and only has 115k on it!!

with that motor it will last forever , and run off and hide from the best . it going to be cool , good luck .....Don

[kilrcady]

buy American