Slick Copper's Build Thread

[slick copper]

Thanks RCbowtie69! Glad some of you guys are keepin' up with me and this Slooowwwwwwww build.

[longbed67]

Heck yeah! I love seeing another build that started out as a truck so similar to mine! I think my build right now is going about as fast as yours is being on clinical right now and spend almost 3 hours a day commuting!

[Slick67]

Yeah man! That is gettin the right stance now, sure it will look 10 times better when that front end gets down in the weeds. Cool truck with lots of personality. Just like the owner!

[slick copper]

Thanks guys! We went on vacation today. Taking her niece and nephew to Holiday World in Indiana. On our way to our hotel we passed a car show and decided to stop by. The were all like cool, I like this one, and I wanna go to a car show with you! I was touched. And after talking to a guy with a nice all original 49 chevy with the 230 in it. Well that definately got my juices a goin and am totally stoked to get my truck ready for the show in August. Gotta pull that tranny and get her runnin' again.

[oldblue1968chevy]

AWESOME Post lots of pix we love pictures especially us guys that dont even get to touch or look at our projects annymore lol

good luck wierd how some thigns get the juices goin' huh

[slick copper]

Hey John. Good to hear from ya. Yeah, weird huh? Didn't have the camera on me unfortunately at the car show did get one pic of the niece on my phone standing next to her favorite car a 70's corvette. Hope to start work on the truck very soon!
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[slick copper]

Hey guys! Actually started a little work on the truck over this weekend. More on that in my next post. Wanted to show you guys how bad the paint on this truck is getting. The PO must've used the cheapest stuff he could get. You'll see what I mean.......

[slick copper]

Alright First up is you can see all the mess in the seat and tools and parts EVERYWHERE!!!

Then I decided that since I redid my gauges and they looked so nice I should clean up my steering column. Plus the dark olive paint spot was killin me. Apparently this column well is definately out of another truck.

Also polished up some of my chrome interior peices. And painted up my review mirror bracket.

Next on the ordering list will be a bowtie rearview mirror, billet steering column dress up kit (turn signal lever, emergency flasher knob, maybe a shift lever), and definately a new column upper bearing.

[71Sleeper]

Steering column looks much better...that is also on my to do list.

[slick copper]

Didn't figure anyone'd be up at this hour! Yeah amazing what you can do with a ole rattle can! Just make sure you cover everything up good. I got some overspray on my seat. Course nothing a lil thinner won't take off. But if I had carpet it'd be bad.

[VA72C10]

looking good! Sorry about the clear coming off...

[slick copper]

Thanks Johnathan. Yeah it's absolutely killin' me man. But I just wanna be able to drive it and enjoy it some. Right now waitin on the next paycheck to order the things to put the steering column back together.

Also forgot to mention I replaced the hoses (FINALLY) for the windshield washer. So soon as I hook the battery back up and put some water or fluid in bottle I'll test it out. I have no idea if the pump even works!

[Slick67]

That rearview bracket is a classic! Everything looks like it came out really well. Congrats on making that interior super clean!

[slick copper]

Thanks Slick. Well, my gauges/column area will be I guess. Still will have a long way to go. It needs a new dash pad, carpet, seat cover and door panels. Plus a few odds and ends. I got a set of bowtie seatbelts. Need one more set for a middle seatbelt. And on and on. But progress is progress I guess.

[longbed67]

"I got done one piece at a time and it cost me way more than dime!!"

[71Sleeper]

Originally Posted by longbed67

"I got done one piece at a time and it cost me way more than dime!!"

I used the excuse to the wife "now that my ride was paid off that I could buy a project" but now the project is costing me more than a car payment. But I am hiding the cost well so far.

[Slick67]

Will you be covering the door panels yourself? It's a easy job and the Misses will see how much $$$ you are saving by doing all this work!!

[slick copper]

Thanks guys! Yeah she knows that it saves, and appretiates it and wishes we had the $$ to do it all right now, but we also want our house built and my garage so I have the place to really tear into it.
The door panels is something (and seat cover) I'm still trying to figure out and decide on. Should I buy plastic repops from LMC? Buy original style skins and reupholster myself? Or find something else somewhat custom skins/doorpanels and seat cover set and put them on myself? Keep in mind I'll be doing a grey interior. *gray?

[slick copper]

Got a week off coming up. And a bunch of parts ordered and on the way. Plan is to get the tranny pulled, cleaned up, and new gaskets/seals, put back in. Then put stock springs (at least rear) on it. New balljoints, tierod ends and start drivin' her again! I'm sur there's a LOT more than that to do, but you get the idea. And I'll be postin' keeping you guys updated!

[71Sleeper]

Good deal....keep us posted with pics.

[Slick67]

Nice! A week off always helps. Are the repop panels what you want for the interior? Are you going a little more "custom" in the interior or will you try to maintain the stock look? Either way it will look cool!

[slick copper]

Slick the thing I don't like about the repop panels is they're just a painted to match plastic shell (from what I understand) from LMC. My truck is definitely gonna be custom when I'm done with a mix of stock parts to keep the original feel. So I may look into getting something made. Just have to find a reputable upholstery shop around here. But I'm not there yet anyway. Just dreamin, getting some parts now so that I already have them when I do my full ground up restoration.
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[slick copper]

Managed to get the stock springs off my parts truck. Gonna clean them up and paint then install. Here's what they look like now.....




Definately gonna take some elbow grease. Wish I had a sand blaster! Now if I can just convince my wife to let me order my disc brake kit! I'll be in good shape soon as I get the tranny pulled and that darn seal fixed. Anyone wanna come help?

[longbed67]

I think you should get a siphon feed blasting gun for $35 and build your own cabinet for another $35 and save yourself a LOT of headache

[slick copper]

Hey guys. I've not been on in a while. But........I have a good news, well and bad news.

The bad news: Copper has been sitting and I've not done anything else to it.

The GOOD news: We are currently "sale pending" on a new home (new to us). So Copper is gonna get a garage and I'll finally get to start a REAL restoration on this thing. The house has a 2 car attached garage, and there's a seperate 1 1/2 car garage that'll be my workshop.

I can't wait! Keepin' my fingers crossed! Then "Slick Copper's Build Thread" will really take off. I'd like to do a 1 year turnaround, but that's probably shootin' for the stars. Keep posted. I'll get pics as soon as I can. Of house, garage, Copper in the garage, etc.