What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks for taking the teasing Jim. You're a good guy.

Orrie, those gaps look great. The part that would bug me? After it's done no one other than someone who has done it themselves will know how much effort it takes to get 50-60 year old sheet metal to fit together that well. Oh well, YOU'LL know.

[Old Crow]

The thing that always irritates me about working the door/panel gaps is that most folk won't know the truck didn't fit together that nice when it was new on the showroom floor.

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Thanks for taking the teasing Jim. You're a good guy.

Orrie, those gaps look great. The part that would bug me? After it's done no one other than someone who has done it themselves will know how much effort it takes to get 50-60 year old sheet metal to fit together that well. Oh well, YOU'LL know.

Originally Posted by Old Crow

The thing that always irritates me about working the door/panel gaps is that most folk won't know the truck didn't fit together that nice when it was new on the showroom floor.

Well said guys, we work hard to make them look good for other car/truck people, regular people just not get it...Jim

[OrrieG]

I've said the same before too. GM poked the pooch on design and stamping die QA for the TF trucks. The door radius at the top front and center around the A pillar is never the same radius as the body stamping. On 58-59 the back top of the fender usually will not fit to the cab with out some relief with a 2# ball peen on the inner cab radius where the fender brace hits (lots of guys "fix" the dents only to beat them back in during install). And the bottom door step sill profile is not the same as the fender profile and the fender hangs about 1/8"-1/4" lower.

GM guessed that the farmers, delivery drivers and service techs that mostly got these trucks just wanted a door that would shut, not open when you went around a corner or over a hard bump and not leak when it rained. I think maybe a little more fit and finish went into the GMC and Chevy deluxe cabs, but the stampings were the same.

Considering I drove it 25 years with worn out hinges and my kids learned real fast how to grab and slam the passenger door shut on rough roads (still smile when I get the visual of my 25# daughter straining against the seat belt out the open door, laughing, reaching for the handle), I'm happy with the way its turning out. Dark green paint is going to help too.

[CaliforniaDaddy]

Originally Posted by Get Down

I finally ripped routed stained and sealed my bed. Still need to counter sink the off set washers and deal with the two missing carriage bolts. But I was able to install it yesterday might be a little to nice for the truck but in time it will blend right in.

oh so so SEXY!!! love the color with the black strips.

[Get Down]

Thank you I appreciate that.

[Dan in Pasadena]

I agree the bed wood and strips look great. Is it pine or fir and what brand/color stain did you use? I really like it.

PS: It almost looks like textured black paint; is it?

[Black93GT]

I like those bed strips with that color of bed wood. It makes me think of cabins and ski resorts around Tahoe. I doubt you were going for the rustic cabin look... haha. Either way... looks great.

[Get Down]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

I agree the bed wood and strips look great. Is it pine or fir and what brand/color stain did you use? I really like it.

PS: It almost looks like textured black paint; is it?

Thank you, it is yellow pine. I used Rust-oleum natural cherry stain with Cabot Australian timber oil to seal the wood. I used a heavy primer on the bed strips and again Rust-oleum flat black paint.

I did use a propane torch to bring out some highlights in the wood before stain.

[Tomb23]

Made a replacement knob for the window crank

[oossuuu754]

Repainted and then "patina ed" the hood on my 1953 build.

[Softpatch]

Drove it around the bock for the first time.
last time i drove it was June/1977
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The brakes worked very well ...
when I pressed hard on the pedal
all the tools in the cab few out the Felony floor right on to the pavement
including my quart bottle of brake fluid

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[DaveCt]

Originally Posted by Get Down

Thank you, it is yellow pine. I used Rust-oleum natural cherry stain with Cabot Australian timber oil to seal the wood. I used a heavy primer on the bed strips and again Rust-oleum flat black paint.

I did use a propane torch to bring out some highlights in the wood before stain.

I like your color choice on the stain, makes me wish I went with a stain of some sort. I just finished my bed up as well, Red oak w/spar eurathane.
I too think that the bed looks too nice for my truck now.

[OrrieG]

Had something pretty cool happen yesterday. Guy came by to get an old leather brief case I had for sale. I was doing some woodworking in the driveway with the garage door open. He saw the truck and ask if he could look at it, and really got into it, running his hands over the body work, looking up under the dash, etc. All the time telling me what a great job I was doing and how beautiful the truck was. Made my day. I do most of my work in relatively solitude, it was good to have someone who knows what he is looking at say its good.

[Get Down]

Originally Posted by DaveCt

I like your color choice on the stain, makes me wish I went with a stain of some sort. I just finished my bed up as well, Red oak w/spar eurathane.
I too think that the bed looks too nice for my truck now.

Honestly it looks great, I love the idea of different flavor's when it comes to wood type, stain and sealers! I like the idea of a new wood bed with an olde patina truck adds class at least to me. Nice job looks great!

[FarmerSid]

No pictures but took pictures of my truck as it sits so can take them to an appraiser and get an appraisal to take to the MTO and get the truck in my name. I pay tax on what the appraiser says it's worth. In Ontario with vehicles older than 20 yrs, an appraisal has to be done. Better to do it now than when the truck is worth much more.

[crossfire84]

Started to install the bucket seats today.

[OrrieG]

Rainy day so good shop time. Nothing sexy just cleaning original bolts on the wire wheel and going to tackle the leaking trans pan. Did find some fender to radiator brace shims in the bolt box that will help with the hood fit, thinking maybe the factory found that the hoods were stamped a little bit wide at the front??.

[Softpatch]

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[OrrieG]

should be interesting getting it back on??

[Russell Ashley]

I didn't actually do anything with my truck, but did loan it to a friend, a fellow forum member, to use in his daughter's wedding. He has a 57 but it is still under construction and not ready to drive yet. I wasn't there but he said the truck was a big hit.


What's not to like about a truck load of pretty girls.

[Old Crow]

Not as exciting as a truck load of young girls, but then probably not as much hassle, either:





Yes, that's the differential lock pin bolt.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

I didn't actually do anything with my truck, but did loan it to a friend, a fellow forum member, to use in his daughter's wedding. He has a 57 but it is still under construction and not ready to drive yet. I wasn't there but he said the truck was a big hit.


What's not to like about a truck load of pretty girls.

Your generosity and thoughtfulness is outstanding. I think that counts in the
"big book" somewhere. And you're right, every one of them is a beauty, INCLUDING your truck!

[SCHRUMGMC]

Sandblasted another truck rim

[Liz]

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