What did you do to your truck today!

[shopking72]

Got the grill all in! Painted my chevy emblem black. Just have to install the headlight bezels and I am getting a new chevy front license plate, not a fan of the diamond plate lol.

Tomorrow I am going to change the oil and get her all ready for Blacktop Nationals this weekend

[Boog]

Originally Posted by DevilDog Aggie

Redid the rear drums. Have I mentioned how much I HATE drum brakes!!!!! Disc's I can do in my sleep, but drums whoop my ass!!! I put Reveille up on jacks Monday night so I could work on her as soon as I got home on Tuesday. The local PD saw fit to mark her as abandoned!!! REALLY?????!!!!!! Today's plan after work is to finish the front brakes and get her rolling again. Motor/Tranny is in good shape, runs great, just have to get her stopped! LOL!

Rob, man. That's pretty low down to slap a warning on your truck after one day on jack stands. And gives you 2 days to make it operable or it may be removed by the city. At your expense for sure. I don't even know you and it makes me mad. Popos don't do this without someone making the complaint. Have you been crossways with one particular neighbor? You know if their car ended up one night with the wheels removed and it sitting on blocks it might could be called in as "abondoned" ..... just sayin.

[Jarwood]

Cleaned under the hood and painted my grill.

[VDOG]

Originally Posted by Jarwood

Cleaned under the hood and painted my grill.

Just when I was about to change my GMC frontend to a 67-68 chevy, you paint the grill and now im hooked. Great job.

[AustinScott]

Started the 12bolt rebuild.....
didn't get to finish but its a work in progress.
we where smart and bought an extra outer pinion bearing & a solid bearing spacer to make the job easier.. so far its been pretty straight forward.

we need to work out a few shim details, but for the most part its going smoothly.


THIS IS WHERE WE LEFT IT FOR TODAY, NOT FINISHED BY ANYMEANS BUT WE ARE ON OUR WAY..

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by into69z

AWESOME! it's a proud day to accomplish what you have done. Probably better that you didn't paint yet so you can work out any bugs.....steve

Thanks, Everyone.

Without the Forum to answer questions, inspire me to get off my ass, meet some new friends, and source and purchase parts from our great vendors,
I wouldn't have gotten this far. And that's a fact.

Just one guy in a garage with hand tools. A little help from pals and family for extra muscle and brain.

Here are a few more. Tomorrow evening I'll use Smugmug to post some seat belt install shots and the finishing touches (I hope) under the hood for this driver.

http://magwa.smugmug.com/Trucks/Chev...2971303_8VGKgw

Thanks again to all.

[78bronzechariot]

Bought a new one!

[Billett]

Originally Posted by DevilDog Aggie

Billett, BTW, I love that you kept the station paint on her! I think that looks great! :-)

Thanks man! I thought about getting rid of it, but it starts far too many conversations for me to even think about it haha

[dhaymaker]

Looking good!! Glad to see your continued progress. It's great inspiration when the rest of us see another one come out into the light! LOL

Originally Posted by magwakeenercew2jh

Thanks, Everyone.

Without the Forum to answer questions, inspire me to get off my ass, meet some new friends, and source and purchase parts from our great vendors,
I wouldn't have gotten this far. And that's a fact.

Just one guy in a garage with hand tools. A little help from pals and family for extra muscle and brain.

Here are a few more. Tomorrow evening I'll use Smugmug to post some seat belt install shots and the finishing touches (I hope) under the hood for this driver.

http://magwa.smugmug.com/Trucks/Chev...2971303_8VGKgw

Thanks again to all.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by dhaymaker

Looking good!! Glad to see your continued progress. It's great inspiration when the rest of us see another one come out into the light! LOL

Thanks. Never thought I'd love a truck as much as I loved my old '72. I guess that laying under, over, across and in
front of this one made me feel like she's my baby. Turning every nut and bolt on her will do that, I guess.

The California DMV is taking their sweet time in getting me the tags. I'm gonna wait until the tags come to
take her in for the exhaust.

In the meantime, a few "finishing" touches...although, as we all know, they are never really finished.

New slogan:

The paint
Will have
To wait

[wilbilt]

Originally Posted by magwakeenercew2jh

In the meantime, a few "finishing" touches...although, as we all know, they are never really finished.

Wow. It looks like some PO picked a heckuva spot to drill for that CB antenna ball mount. Is there a matching hole on the inside? Not throwing stones, just sharing in the pain.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by wilbilt

Wow. It looks like some PO picked a heckuva spot to drill for that CB antenna ball mount. Is there a matching hole on the inside? Not throwing stones, just sharing in the pain.

No hole inside. I've seen some other trucks this tripe-type swiss cheese holes drilled in (I guess it's only "tripe" if you don't use a CB antenna like the one that used this hole, .. no offense to those that do).
That's probably the first part that will be addressed with the body work. As a matter of fact, the two body guys that have looked at the truck went directly to those and shook their heads.

There's the antenna hole in the cowl, too. I don't use a radio that needs that kind of an antenna, but I plugged the cowl hole with a "normal" antenna for right now.

[rico7769]

Stared at the inside of my newly sound deadener lined/rubber cab installed/window seals redone....empty and seatless cab. I have a two step plastic stool so I can pretend its driveable. Hoping to get a seat by next week.....that has some foam still in it so I don't sit on the floor and stare through the top of the steering wheel. ugghh

[wilbilt]

Originally Posted by magwakeenercew2jh

No hole inside. I've seen some other trucks this tripe-type swiss cheese holes drilled in (I guess it's only "tripe" if you don't use a CB antenna like the one that used this hole, I .. offense to those that do).

Understood. I have one cab corner that is Bondo City. The original owner's wife told me that one time they got "sideswiped", but I think "T-Boned" is a more likely description. I also have camper stabilizer brackets bolted through/tearing out my cowl. Along with an antenna.

One thing at a time, one day at a time is a philosophy that fits with my existence.

[PAWS 72]

over the weekend I traded a 350 that needed building for this.Hope it runs as good as it looks. it will be painted orange.

[Billett]

Originally Posted by wilbilt

Understood. I have one cab corner that is Bondo City. The original owner's wife told me that one time they got "sideswiped", but I think "T-Boned" is a more likely description. I also have camper stabilizer brackets bolted through/tearing out my cowl. Along with an antenna.

PO decided instead of welding in the new rockers he'd rather rivet them in... oh and he lost a bolt for the hood hinge too. Three guesses what he used.

[wilbilt]

Originally Posted by Billett

PO decided instead of welding in the new rockers he'd rather rivet them in... oh and he lost a bolt for the hood hinge too. Three guesses what he used.

Square head farmer bolt?

[mud.man.rj]

I guess a welder, maybe too advanced though for him.

[DevilDog Aggie]

Originally Posted by Boog

Rob, man. That's pretty low down to slap a warning on your truck after one day on jack stands. And gives you 2 days to make it operable or it may be removed by the city. At your expense for sure. I don't even know you and it makes me mad. Popos don't do this without someone making the complaint. Have you been crossways with one particular neighbor? You know if their car ended up one night with the wheels removed and it sitting on blocks it might could be called in as "abondoned" ..... just sayin.

None that I know of. Have a feeling I know who it was and I have never met him or had any dealings with him. While I was working on it Wednesday afternoon, a guy down the street came up and said that the police were out again that morning looking at it. It is moved now though.

[1955 mancave]

well today hung the hyd jack on the crane and fabricated a a rest for the boom to sit on, just sucks i cant weld so now i wait untill i can get one of my friends over.

[RINC]

Had my carb rebuilt. Oh man it seems this was what has been causing me problems all along. Been wary of driving it across town because when getting off the freeway it would spit an sputter like it was out of fuel. I'll get it on the freeway this weekend but just driving it to the store its noticebly a lot better than it was.

[gerfunken]

I didn't do Sh1T last weekend... hoping to get a little bit of time in the garage this weekend.

[asolde]

New fan clutch, new temp switch, new 160 thermostat. Trying to get her cooled down.

[69GWC]

Stoped by LMC Trucks on my way home and bought a Stailess Steel Radiator cover and installed it.
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[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by 69GWC

Stoped by LMC Trucks on my way home and bought a Stailess Steel Radiator cover and installed it.
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Yum. Let's see.