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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Sanded and primed the grill on the 68. decided to paint it matte black instead of white, just to be different.
reinstalled the bright work. reorganized the parts ...and gave it some love. Glad to have some warmer weather as my little shop has no heat and uses extension cords for power. I really love my old '68 C10 and am happy to have the opportunity to wrench on it :-) . I find it weirdly therapeutic to work on old junk, it makes me think of a simpler time. I don't know why trucks had to get so complicated, I don't understand the need for electronic everything The newest truck I own is a 1991, and I'm going to sell that soon.(then my newest truck will be a '79 K10) I really like my old trucks. I think I'll keep running carburetors and points with manual gear boxes. The rest of the world can have all that fancy computerized crap cluttering up their dashboards and distracting them from a beautiful day and a nice drive. Me? I'll be rolling around 5mph under the limit, with both windows down ('cuz I ain't got no AC), some classic rock on the radio, and a smile on my face. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I agree with you. But I have to have a/c down here. We have HUMIDITY and I sweat. I’ve been trying to get the family to move up to your area for years because it’s so beautiful. My pops lives in Hayden, ID.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Cut the passenger rear corner out of the cab this weekend, all in the name of rust.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
First bath
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Looks good! Do you have any interior and engine compartment shots?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Met this guy who lives two miles from me that does ceramic, powder, paint, weld, metal fab. etc. etc. His shop is behind his house with a complete set-up and no expense spared. Anyway, he sent these pics. of my manifolds.
The first pic is of the RH manifold down to metal. I found it in complete ignorance early in my education. I was convinced the RH manifold on my truck was a replacement, because the part number wasn't in sequence with the left ![]() ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Disassembled front clip, minor rust repair, sanded and primed core support and inner wheel wells.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I installed new hood springs , replaced dimmer switch , and installed brake lever cover.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Had these ceramic coated. Zep suggested that early in my ed. and glad to have done it. Early take off heat stove and nice, but you got to get through the rust. He put an extra coat on it, and as stoves go it has a nice heavy feel.
Just for looks, I always wanted the stove and pipe, but with ceramic this and that, I suspect it won't support a divorce choke. Would really like a divorce choke, learn how they work and that, but the parts were missing when I tore this down anyway. So unless you guys can talk me out of it ![]()
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
New steering box. And since the right front tire was off I checked the brakes. Everything is new lines cylinder and linings. Also was able to take off the holder screws with just a screw driver. Absolutely no rust on the drum. Checked the other brakes all the same. Was gone over at sometime before I bought it.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Laid down some primer
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
pulled mine out of the garage to make room to fix something broken during my move then pulled it back in. still leaking badly and seems to be really rich. holly carbs are terrible at sitting and maybe ive let it sit to much the last month while I was getting the new house/move done. I will be back to loving it soon enough.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Yesterday was another beautiful day here in Washington, so I took a cruise, and cleaned her up a bit. I'm starting to use a Go Pro that was given to me for my birthday back in 2013 (practicing for a trip my wife and I are taking to Italy and the Greek Islands in July). Decided to take a walk around video of my truck (that didn't turn out that well), but here it is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sokv63eqAfE
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I got tired of trying to get my old distributor to run as it should....so I fitted a new HEI unit.
Works perfect and timing curve just as I wanted. Even the Tach still functions as it should. Goes so much beter, now it will spin the tyres if you like, or sit on 70mph with ease. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got the slotted mags on. The wheels are a whole story unto itself, ever since I got them for the previous '69.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Pulled the trigger and finally ordered all of the fuel and trans lines for my project from Summit. It's been in my cart for a month now. Don't want to rush in to these things.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Toasted my trans in the 72 yesterday. Dont really know what happened. She started chattering on take off then before I got to my place chattered at all shifts. Pulled the pan and it's full of metal. Going to the shop as soon as I replace the trans cooler lines on my 3500 CTD. been putting it off but its leaking real good now.
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I found some newer metal with diamond pattern to fix my window gap issue I had. Stripped the other panels to raw aluminum and will polish later. Now time for the top metal.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Drink holder doesn't hold my milk or my Vernors in a cold sleeve and needed a place for the phone.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got my short block back from Schmidt Automotive today. I've been chasing a vibration in the GM crate engine every since I've had it. So I had them bore it .030, new domed pistons and new rods and bearings. Had the whole assembly balanced to boot. Old Red ought to run a lot better and have more oomph too boot. Raised compression from 8.5 to 9.4 with the domed pistons.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I need more sound up front so I swapped out the old dead speaker for two 4". Then the old dead radio was in the way so, customized. Still need some brackets but it all fits. added another amp just cause.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I put new LED tailights in the 67 GMC yesterday. Also installed the new led compatible flasher. Boy does that make a difference! I got new amber LED bulbs for the front that I'll put in this weekend.
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