What did you do to your truck today?

[doobiebro]

After long consideration whether to buy a original copper radiator or all aluminum I finally bought the aluminum rad and fit perfect. Also fab a trans cooler from an early mid 2000s ford ranger in between the radiator and grill...

[62-One-Ton]

In the last few days I have put the cab and front clip on a giant dolley. Removed all the glass. Started stripping down the driver side in prep for body work. Replaced the driver side fender with a "new" one. And decided to replace the driver side door as some one tried to remove the curve in the top front corner, and they tried to fix where the door and fender hit and screwed it all up.
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[fasteddie1964]

Removed old battery box and ordered a new one.

[61_FL_Apache]

Repaired the gas tank sending unit float. It had a leak and I was worried about running out of gas.

A little JB Quik did the trick!!

[64shortbox]

I installed footwell courtesy lights with door jamb switches in my 64. I scavenged a complete floor courtesy light set up from a 73 C10. The factory set up only has one floor light about dead center at the bottom of the dash. I felt that wasn't enough so I also grabbed 2 light & bracket assemblies from a square body Jeep Cherokee. I was already there pulling the front door checks off of it so I thought why not get the lights too. If you just want the single light like the factory has in the 73 C10's it will "ALMOST" be a plug & play. Here's what you will need though:
1) one 3/8" X 24 fine tap (For the door jamb switches)
2) one Q drill bit (pilot hole for the 3/8"X 24 tap)
3) one 1-1/8" hole saw (Pilot hole for the 73 door jamb wire grommets)
4) soldering iron, flux, solder & some heat shrink tubing
5) two door jamb switches 1 rear door jamb switch from a 76 Cadillac for the drivers side. The C10 switches didn't work (too short to turn off the lights with the door closed) & the Caddy switch was too long for the passenger door of my 64 still trying to fiind one that will work for the passenger side.
Don't pay any attention to the wiring harness boots they aren't needed. I plan on installing power windows & locks in the future, but they came off a Ford Bronco if you were wondering.
If you plan on not adding the extra lights from a Jeep Cherokee ignore the second picture too. The light & bracket on the left are as pulled, the light & bracket on the right have been modified for GM connectors & to fit the dash of a 60-66 truck.

[64shortbox]

I took the jumper harness of the 73 C10, I removed my fuse block and cut the factory courtesy light leads and soldered in the 73 leads where I cut out my old wires. I used 2 lengths of shrink wrap per soldered joint for tha extra margin of safety.
The first picture is the factory lead from the 64 fuse box.
The second picture is with the 73 C10 leads soldered in place. If you look close you can see a little of my red shrink tubing sticking out under the fuse box. Darn!

[64shortbox]

I got a little ahead of myself here. I drilled two 1-1/8" holes in the kick panels slightly above the bottom of the dash to run the wires and the grommets off the 73 C10 and I drilled the holes in the door jambs using the "Q" drill bit & tapped to 3/8" X 24 so I could install factory door jamb switches. Picture #3 shows the lead sticking out the passenger side door jamb switch hole I still need to find a jamb switch for the passenger side door. I also took a small thin flate blade screwdriver to release the GM male connectors from the 64 courtesy light connector I then pushed those into the 73 connector plug. It looks like it left the factory like that. The last picture is the finished job with the drivers door open and the footwell lights lit. Can you even tell anything has been done? No? Good that's what I was after. If you look closely you can see a slight glow from the right light reflecting off the A/C vent. Let me tell you though all those lights sure light up the truck cab at night. I also plan on sinking all the A/C vents in the dash and get rid of all the clutter mounted to the underside of the dash.

[Bardahl]

Installed new alternator and battery, scrubbed its Patina`d paint yesterday with LSR and brightened both our day, hope to save the paint and repair cab rust without outer rocker damage this spring/summer ??

[66-PMD-GMC]

Not to be too much of a stickler but..... isn't this thread supposed to be for the 60-66 model run??
Just sayin'....

[A.T. RockDriller]

Originally Posted by 66-PMD-GMC

Not to be too much of a stickler but..... isn't this thread supposed to be for the 60-66 model run??
Just sayin'....

That be Bardahl.........darin' to be different.

Nothin wrong wit' dat...

Nice lookin GMC ya got there..
Both of ya'.

[AllenKarber]

I drove mine Friday for a bit! It was really,really,really nice,and I had to drive it some.

I still have a polished Powermaster alternator to put on,and I'm going to do some painting and detailing under the hood in the near future.

[Classic66Chevy]

I demolished the surface rust under the driver side window with some clr an steel wool

[jonathan-m]

Brake work...... third day of trying to work out the bugs. There's nothing I hate worse than brake work....

[markeb01]

I agree, including the smell of dirty brake fluid on your clothing and hands (or in your hair)!

Originally Posted by jonathan-m

There's nothing I hate worse than brake work....

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by jonathan-m

Brake work...... third day of trying to work out the bugs. There's nothing I hate worse than brake work....

5 Lug.... very nice..
Lot's of wheel options for you.

[suzq044]

In the process of doing a bad rattle-can job on PJ; nowhere near done, but wer're going over the lower part & panel in white; yeah I know we did the colors in backwards order, but we don't care. It's just to shut the neighbors up.. I'm too short to reach the center of the hood, and we ran out of paint; so we are going to do the roof black and the rest of the hood.. lol

we're in the process of tearing down the engine now too; Turns out it was a 400 SBC with a 283 intake manifold. We thought it was the original engine all this time too. Oh well; we can't sell it as all original now.. lol
We're highly considering selling the truck to focus on the Jeep (see sig)

[mud.man.rj]

Old iron just has a personallity the new lifted to the sky with all the best parts trucks just don't have. One of my buddy's bought a new Gm truck last year, did a 6" lift/35" tires and said it just isn't as cool as my 76/3/4 ton with the same lift and tires. Yep he is right. Old skool is cool.

[A.T. RockDriller]

WAR the Tad Pole Generation.....

You youngsters are sure on the right track.....
Way to have a clue...........an know what y'all like.

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

Old iron just has a personallity the new lifted to the sky with all the best parts trucks just don't have. One of my buddy's bought a new Gm truck last year, did a 6" lift/35" tires and said it just isn't as cool as my 76/3/4 ton with the same lift and tires. Yep he is right. Old skool is cool.

Yeah I guess but anything newer than a 79, for me at my age, is late model.
I drove a 67 GTO in high school, had a 70 GTO as my daily driver when I got married...
Drive what you got, love what you drive...
Build it your way and don't knock someone for building it their way...
This is what I tell myself when I see a ride that I think is as ugly as my ex old lady...
Shoot! I even heard of guys that like those Asian made tin cans... !!??
Imagine that!

[mud.man.rj]

Ugly cars from when we were young are now the only ones left to afford to build these days, even 4 door cars, got to hold on to what we have before we have an ugly cool truck or car.

[markeb01]

Well I spent the day doing income tax so I could scare up a little extra hobby money, and talked to my son about borrowing his buffer again so I can get started polishing the new windshield trim.

[jrobertop88]

I keep looking for a floor shifter to do the swap of my blown 3 speed to the rebuilt 700r4..but I was sitting in it ... Hey sams60gmc what year is your truck? Is that sitting on the ground ????
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[jimmydean]

Played around with photochop on some design ideas I have floating around and I drove the Vette a bit today envisioning what the truck will be like some day soon. Sun was out, but 45 keeps the roof on a but longer.

[markeb01]

Although it never quite got up to freezing today, the roads were dry so I got to take the truck out twice before the next storm shows up tonight. On the weird side, when I climbed in tonight the fuel gauge bulb was out. Since the gauges are all relatively new, it seemed odd the bulb would burn out so soon.

After pulling the socket, it was discovered the bulb had actually fallen out of the holder into the gauge housing. After a few minutes of struggling, the bulb was recovered and reinserted into the socket. Amazingly it was a very snug fit, so I have no idea why it fell out in the first place.

The only rational answer is that the truck just wanted some attention!

[K98AL]

Got heater box painted and purchased new blower motor. Took out radiator support, grill, etc...supposed to get inner fenders back from blaster today. Time to weld.....taking steel wheels to blaster, time to paint...got my new Champion radiator in the other day - I can't wait to get some of the rusted out steel welded and painted so I can install it!