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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Those look sharp kieth! The wheels sure are pretty
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Stripped all the wiring out of the engine bay and cab except one little bundle. Cleaned all the sounddeadener out of the cab as well. There's some rust but really the rust is no where as bad as I first thought.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
I finished the install on my fuel tank and then removed everything to get ready to spray rust encapsulator on the frame and other stuff. I found out my rear axles were toast so instead of redrilling for 5 lug I went over to Dutchman's and ordered 2 new axles. Also cleaned up the brake backing plates and the rear end for paint. Hopefully I'll have the rear frame and components painted by this weekend.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Vernski,
Lately I have been itching to post pics of my truck....I tried to do so one time in the past and I wasnt able to for some reason. I am def. going to need help in the future as I am doin a swap on both front end and rear end of my '61 with the help of a donor '73.... Will be posting pics soon....Have a good one... Roberto ![]() |
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Oh......by the way I ripped up my wood bed on my '61(dont worry not orig. but plywood) and it was a bear......
Amazing how easy it is to remove, ahem get a bed ready to be to be removed.... A couple truck buddies of mine came over and to my dismay I cant use my frame, previous owner "chopped" tail end off the long bed chassis, to put "new" bed on so one of em said they'll give me a '62 frame(aka roliing chassis)....I got some cool friends ![]() ![]() Anyone know if there were major differences on the GMC from the Chevy??? El_bole ![]() |
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wheels and tires tomorrow, the dual fan and dual relay kit from oldair A+
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
Evaluated mounting options for the new steering wheel. While I know it will be a bit of work, I think it will be well worth it in the end.
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The wheel is from a 2008 Cadillac CTS. At this time, I am not using the column, just the wheel and clock spring. I need to make a cover for the middle still, too.
The column that goes to this wheel is not just tilt, but telescopic as well. It also has heat and cool for the wheel (tied to the seats in the car, not the truck). I still have all the hardware to do the heat/cool in the seats if I want to try something with it later. But for now I just want the buttons to work. ![]()
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Picked up my wheels from the coater, need some 3 inch rings
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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.
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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 |
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Im in Sunny San Diego by the way!!! Truck came with a bag of Russet potatos when I bought it LOL!!!!
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() el_bole |
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Location: High Plains of Colorado
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That truck has tons of potential with the shortened long bed. Are you taking it back to stock?
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Location: Big Spring Tx
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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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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Re: What did you do to your truck today?
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
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