What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[DransportGarage]

I thought about putting this under my glass coffee table.

Hey, that would look OK on Mick's block (as long as it was at my house and not his)!

[vintovka]

Fired it up and drove it up and down HWY 101 along the beach. With all this fauxvid bovine excrement i had forgotten how much enjoyment can be derived from driving it. Did not realize how fast the thing was and how good the sea air smells!!

[vintovka]

Fired it up and drove it up and down HWY 101 along the beach. Bright sunny morning with the waves crashing in on beach . With all this fauxvid bovine excrement i had forgotten how much enjoyment can be derived from driving it. Did not realize how fast the thing was and how good the sea air smells!! Keep plugging on your builds and remember there's memories to be made.

[nvrdone]

Todays project is to remove the back window from the cab. A few years ago my wife bought me a sliding rear window. I finally found an old school glass guy who will install it for me on 8/11. Just want to make sure there is no metal repair needed before the install.

[nvrdone]

so i didnt get to the glass yesterday. But tonight its out !! Cut the gasket from the out side & gave it a push - it came out & fell in the bed.
Then I decided to check the vacuum and timing. Vac was 14" at 950 rpm. timing was almost 25 deg. advanced. brought timing back to 15 deg advanced and left rpm's at 950. vaccum jumped to 25 ". truck runs much better!!

[evilokc]

havent done much in the last few weeks. been driving it when i have time. still have some light body work to do.

[mick53]

I got back to work on polishing the back case on my 6-71. Inside corners suck and that is pretty much all there is. My biggest challenge is once I get it ground down to good metal getting it flat again. My little HF mini 2" D/A sander works great for this because it gives me good control without gauging like the rotary tool does. So I made an extension for it to use a 1" pad. Then I turned down a 1" pad to a about 1/2" pad. This is a game changer. I have to keep the speed down which is fine. Also a bonus is I can make them out of worn out 1" pad and punch the paper out of worn out paper because the center is still fine. This will undoubtedly void the warranty on my $20 tool. Thank you for your time.

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by mick53

I got back to work on polishing the back case on my 6-71. Inside corners suck and that is pretty much all there is. My biggest challenge is once I get it ground down to good metal getting it flat again. My little HF mini 2" D/A sander works great for this because it gives me good control without gauging like the rotary tool does. So I made an extension for it to use a 1" pad. Then I turned down a 1" pad to a about 1/2" pad. This is a game changer. I have to keep the speed down which is fine. Also a bonus is I can make them out of worn out 1" pad and punch the paper out of worn out paper because the center is still fine. This will undoubtedly void the warranty on my $20 tool. Thank you for your time.

Pretty soon you'll be making machine tools to make your hand power tools Mick. Just sayin'...

[nvrdone]

So my wife has been wanting to purge our basement in prep for our up coming move. I dont normally haul crap in my '49 but it had to be done. so off to the dumps we went. My wife decided she wanted to go - its been over 10 years since she rode in the truck. And she enjoyed it !!! we stopped for burgers and shakes and made a great day out of a dump run.

[idbeast]

Matt Dare is just starting on working with photography and was at the Adna Car Show and made this up for me just because he was impressed with my truck!!!

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by nvrdone

So my wife has been wanting to purge our basement in prep for our up coming move. I dont normally haul crap in my '49 but it had to be done. so off to the dumps we went. My wife decided she wanted to go - its been over 10 years since she rode in the truck. And she enjoyed it !!! we stopped for burgers and shakes and made a great day out of a dump run.

Fun with an old truck - that's what it's all about!

Originally Posted by idbeast

Matt Dare is just starting on working with photography and was at the Adna Car Show and made this up for me just because he was impressed with my truck!!!

Looks magazine-quality - the truck and the photos!

[mr48chev]

I dug out my Eastwood contour and started cleaning up my passenger door so I have a clean area for my vertical cut line.

It did such a good job ma nature decided I had done a rain dance and we are getting a light sprinkle of moisture in the area.

That's the first step for extending my doors 9-1/4 inches.

[mick53]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

I dug out my Eastwood contour and started cleaning up my passenger door so I have a clean area for my vertical cut line.

It did such a good job ma nature decided I had done a rain dance and we are getting a light sprinkle of moisture in the area.

That's the first step for extending my doors 9-1/4 inches.

I'm intrigued. Please do tell what the plan is?

[mr48chev]

Originally Posted by mick53

I'm intrigued. Please do tell what the plan is?

The plan is to stretch the doors 9-1/4 inches, chop the cab between 3 and 4 inches, Section the cab 3 inches and then run it on a GMC half ton long bed frame with it's stock short box.

My scissors shop image redo (can't do photoshop) of Cole Fosters old Salinas Boys truck as my concept image.

[mick53]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

The plan is to stretch the doors 9-1/4 inches, chop the cab between 3 and 4 inches, Section the cab 3 inches and then run it on a GMC half ton long bed frame with it's stock short box.

My scissors shop image redo (can't do photoshop) of Cole Fosters old Salinas Boys truck as my concept image.

Wow, that's going to be awesome.

[OrrieG]

Got my "year of origin" plate approved and registered. Now I need to get it done. I looked 10 years to find a near mint 59 truck plate. Wires are for the LED lights.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

The plan is to stretch the doors 9-1/4 inches, chop the cab between 3 and 4 inches, Section the cab 3 inches and then run it on a GMC half ton long bed frame with it's stock short box.

My scissors shop image redo (can't do photoshop) of Cole Fosters old Salinas Boys truck as my concept image.

would have loved to do that to 58 truk, by that point i was in the "just finish it" mode

[fourspeedwagon]

Double posted.. Rain must’ve gotten in my router..

[fourspeedwagon]

So you’re the one that had bare metal outside today. I wondered why it was raining here in the valley!
I’ve missed what you’ve plans are (if it’s all layed out here somewhere?) The doors are getting stretched- what else are doing to it?
Greg

[Rickysnickers]

I had to put a new power steering rack on it. I got new tie rods as well. Lastly, I have LED headlight, front blinkers, and rear taillight/blinkers. I got tired of the slow and fast blinking. I got a flap wheel and cleaned off a couple of spots in the frame. I put two new ground straps on and now they seem to work as they should.

[dsraven]

sometimes the led lights need a different type of flasher unit because they draw such small current.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/ligh...-flasher-leds/

[dsraven]

sometimes the led lights need a different type of flasher unit because they draw such small current.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/ligh...-flasher-leds/

[Rickysnickers]

Yeah, Dennis, I had to buy two of them. One for the blinkers and the other for the hazard lights, but even after installing, they were still doing the slow-normal/fast blinking.

[dsraven]

I think 1/2 of the wiring issues I have troubleshot or repaired over the years have been caused by a poor ground somewhere in the system. That or a bad connection due to a poor crimp on a terminal, wires imply stripped and twisted together, poor initial engineering/install or someones previous repair that didnt get any protection from the elements. Where I live, if the connection isnt inside the vehicle then it needs to be sealed/shrink tubed/coated with anticorrosion of some sort.even inside, why not protect it.

[Rickysnickers]

Originally Posted by dsraven

I think 1/2 of the wiring issues I have troubleshot or repaired over the years have been caused by a poor ground somewhere in the system. That or a bad connection due to a poor crimp on a terminal, wires imply stripped and twisted together, poor initial engineering/install or someones previous repair that didnt get any protection from the elements. Where I live, if the connection isnt inside the vehicle then it needs to be sealed/shrink tubed/coated with anticorrosion of some sort.even inside, why not protect it.

I couldn't agree more, with all you said. I was watching one of the car shows I like and they were talking about grounds and what they should be. I now have;

1. Cylinder head to frame
2. Cylinder head to transmission
3. Transmission to frame
4. Battery to frame
5. Body to frame x2

I think that ought to do it