What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[therapy]

Installed roll pan.
LOL ignore the date..



Put the Coys on

[lt155ruck]

Originally Posted by mknittle

Looks great! I know what you mean about the cancer.Keep up the good work!

Thanks. I look forward to seeing some more of your interior panels.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks so much for the quick response.

Whew! A cancer scare at only 38?! Man, we don't know each other but I'm pulling for you. Heck yes to stepping up and achieving things you always wanted to do....like building your vintage truck. Life is short, ya gotta live it to the fullest. Again, thanks for the info. I'll be looking for a build thread. It's gonna be fantastic from the look of it. Best, Dan.

Originally Posted by lt155ruck

Hi Dan, yes it is sprayed bedliner. The bottom of the cab is done as well for protection and sound deadening.The footwell area will be covered in bound carpet with a polished strip at the door edge. No build thread as of yet, but will probably get something going. Basically I have owned it for 17 years with most of that being in primer. I made the decision to finish it 4 years ago after being diagnosed with cancer at 38. All is good now but definately life altering. The truck has spend the last couple of years in bodyshop prison but was paroled recently. But was worth the wait. I hope to have it done this summer. Send me a PM if you have anymore questions.

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[mknittle]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Thanks so much for the quick response.

Whew! A cancer scare at only 38?! Man, we don't know each other but I'm pulling for you. Heck yes to stepping up and achieving things you always wanted to do....like building your vintage truck. Life is short, ya gotta live it to the fullest. Again, thanks for the info. I'll be looking for a build thread. It's gonna be fantastic from the look of it. Best, Dan.


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I was diagnosed with Brain cancer at 45 I wish you all the luck with recovery. I think we are doing the right thing by not letting it stop us from doing what we love!
Mark

[Russell Ashley]

Glad to hear you guys success stories. I hope all of your recoveries are as successful as mine has been. Been there, done that too. Had prostate cancer ten years ago at 60. Caught it early due to regular checkups. NO problems.

Guys, have regular checkups, could save your life.

[lt155ruck]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

Glad to hear you guys success stories. I hope all of your recoveries are as successful as mine has been. Been there, done that too. Had prostate cancer ten years ago at 60. Caught it early due to regular checkups. NO problems.

Guys, have regular checkups, could save your life.

Glad to hear there are more survivors out there... far too many are not. Its what we do with the Rest of our lives that will make a statement. Family, friends and Hot Rods.... in no particular order....Sorry hunny. Haha.

[mknittle]

Thanks for the support guys!
A funny side note in less than two weeks after surgery I had gone to the moto Gp at luguna seca and a car show.LOL I still had the staples in my head.

[squirrely_1]

I actually got a chance to start some rust removal and patch welding, my first of many patches to come.. the lower fender skirt mount was rotted out of my drivers side front , it gave me a chance to try out my new welder and other toys ! I started in this area to get used to welding 18ga , and it's hidden..ha ha..i have more to do on this panel.but this is all i could get done before work.. I am going to start a build thread soon..

[JumboAMONGus]

i installed my dash delux heater controls ,,today and stared at my truck ,lol ,,,and picked up some front bumper mounts

[squirrely_1]

worked on my lower fender mount some more today, cut out the rot and added some fresh metal..

[Rude Dude]

Modified rear crossmember for mustang gas tank posting pics on my build

[OrrieG]

While I had the welder out building legs for the greenhouse welded up some holes in the bed strips and gave my grandson his first shot at welding. He did pretty good so let him weld some of the brackets for the greenhouse.

[Hot Rod Todd]

My truck is 600 miles away and on another island. Yesterday I dropped off a set of chromies and whitewalls, a freshly rebuild 700R4 and some sound deadening to a mate who is taking a container up close to where the truck is.

Hopefully by the weekend, the truck will be looking great and I will then post up some pictures. We are heading up that way later this week and will see it for the first time on sunday morning. We bought it without actually seeing it

[Atommik]

Got the front cab mounts done (s10 swap).

[OrrieG]

Found the tailgate cable bolts I needed at the F*** dealer, 4 bucks each. Now I can finish up the tailgate fabrication.

[lt155ruck]

Waiting for those pics...

[B_Hix]

Put her back on stands, removed the rear tires - getting ready for another brake bleeding session >.<

Also spent a lotta time moving rubber around a front fender trying to determine exactly how the 'anti-rattle' kit is supposed to go in.

Received a box from LMC truck - polished sill plates, new door handles, and a 'dual-cone' in dash replacement speaker.

I now have every peice required to fully reassemble my truck minus the radiator (ordered) and the new headlights - going with the really annoying blue headlights

[squirrely_1]

Got a chance to rebuild my carb tonight at work on lunch ! let me know if anything looks out of place...

[fabguy]

I picked up my truck from the body shop, they FINALLY!! Finished it after 18 months. I am just pushing it outside into the sun everyday until I can fit the cab onto the frame.
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[oldcouple]

New gas tank was supposed to include the sending unit gasket, a 2 buck part, not there, vendor says will reimburse me. Small town, parts shop sells me make your own. Spend an hour travel, cutting, fitting, all done. Go to get box from Autometer sending unit that I have looked in at least a dozen times and the gasket falls out, its been in there nearly 20 years. Now I have a spare.

[JumboAMONGus]

put my windshield wiper motor in after greasing and cleaning and now it working , i have vacuum wipers once again at a slow speed ,,lol maybe they will go faster in the rain , now trying to figure out the heater someone looks like they put a delux car heater unit in it all fits up had diffrent holes for heater core tho and the drefrost heat switch cable is diffrent location

[OrrieG]

Nothing, worked on Ms. Joan's greenhouse foundation.

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by JumboAMONGus

put my windshield wiper motor in after greasing and cleaning and now it working , i have vacuum wipers once again at a slow speed ,,lol maybe they will go faster in the rain , now trying to figure out the heater someone looks like they put a delux car heater unit in it all fits up had diffrent holes for heater core tho and the drefrost heat switch cable is diffrent location

There is a standard heater assy on Boise CL, NOT deluxe.

[focusedontheprize]

Unfortunately I can only work on this during the weekends. Commuting 5 hours each way until it is drive-able.

Took out the seat to clean underneath it. It had to have at least 6 inches of acorns, leaves and oh...a possum and 2 birds. Once I cleaned that out, I am was happy to see pretty solid floors and corner cabs. There is a small patch I will do (not now) in the passenger toe board, but other than that she looks solid.

[squirrely_1]

hey focusedontheprise, i found the same! removed my gas tank cleaned all the fuel lines ,sand blasted them, reinstalled and cranked the motor over..