What did you do to your truck today part III

[Palf70Step]

Drove the old girl. Finally got all the interior wiring repairs done. It felt so good driving the ole girl again.

She even paused long enough to get a picture with her younger siblings.

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Lugnutz65

Rian,
Looks good and makes sense the way you've done it. Good job!

Thank you Lugnutz, I am happy overall as well.

Biggest thing is slow progress, but hey, it is progress.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Drove the old girl. Finally got all the interior wiring repairs done. It felt so good driving the ole girl again.

She even paused long enough to get a picture with her younger siblings.

Love the third pic with the other trucks in the background.

Glad you got to go for a drive, that is always a good thing.

[61K10]

Rian---bumper looks great! don't feel bad about progress, been working on mine for almost 3yrs and still tinkering with stuff. Keep up the nice work.

[LVPhotos]

Grizz and I had a bumper thread going , seems m.i.a.
Ordered new hydraulic clutch because Hookers don't clear arm, so new style will be installed.

[dhamilton62]

I scored a front and and 10 bolt off an 1984 C10 for 80 bucks! Too bad I didn't have anyone home to help me unload it so I tore it down as much as I could in the truck. Going to rebuild it after my back stops hurting, haha. Being 150lbs. and lifting a rear end is never good on the body, even for a young guy

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[Turtleman]

Fantastic score dhamilton62... good that you got the hoses and lines with it to.. it looks like you have everything you need for your conversion,, just misc. nuts and fittings...

[1971 GMC SHORTY]

Switched And Made New Mount For Bandsaw To Front Of Bench

[iceship]

Had to dig my other baby out... every thing else just was no to good in the snow. .

[64jmb]

Well we made great progress today. This truck basically sat since 1985 (last registration) and my son and I cleaned this thing up. It was a REAL mess for sure!! All the old repaint looks like it will come off also as we just hosed it off with a higher pressure hose end and it was just falling off down to the original sea mist jade paint. We clean out the bed and interior aired up the tires, and installed the correct hood today. We still have a LONG way to go but had allot of fun getting everything we did get done to it today.! See the before and after! Bottom before top after with new correct hood.

[rickoner]

Finished these up.



Then got everything mounted and tried them out.

[Softpatch]

I pulled out the spare cab roof and gave it a good scrub'u in prep for removal/install
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[64chevtruck]

Hi, I got my 64 up on stands and a good amount of it tore apart, I am taking it down to the frame for a frame up restoration.

Take care

[Chevy Fleetside]

I tighted the header bolts. It is a wonder I didn't lose any of them... haha

[J & E Speed Center]

Today I rebuilt the front drum brakes on my 69 C10. The drums believe it or not have never been changed out. It was a son of a gun getting them off. The hub was factory rivited to the drum. When you buy a new drum it doesn't come with the hub.

[Lugnutz65]

Busy day and got a lot done. Rebuilt front hubs with new races and bearings. Installed DS inner fender, grille support splash pan seal, and grille support. Sandblasted a few parts too. It's starting to look like a truck again.

[forestb]

Is that rubber at the bottom of your grill surround stock or custom? Mine did not have one nor did I see staple holes for one.

Originally Posted by Lugnutz65

Busy day and got a lot done. Rebuilt front hubs with new races and bearings. Installed DS inner fender, grille support splash pan seal, and grille support. Sandblasted a few parts too. It's starting to look like a truck again.

[Lugnutz65]

Originally Posted by forestb

Is that rubber at the bottom of your grill surround stock or custom? Mine did not have one nor did I see staple holes for one.

Mine had it from the factory but it was old and rotten. This is a new piece I bought from Car & Truck Shop. They have a CA and a NC store. I can get you the part number if you need it.

[Blue666(2)]

How about some cab corner speaker mounts!

Use a 12 x 12 piece of sheet metal, bend in two places. It holds a 6 x9 speaker in the corner behind the door.

[jayoldschool]

Nice. Throw some foam baffles on the back of the speakers, it will really help the sound. They won't sound great if the back is open to the cab.

[Blue666(2)]

I was wondering about that. I did not want jam anything in the corner that would encourage rust. These look like a great option.

I was really trying to find a speaker location that was out of the way. My old location was in the door and was not well done. The speakers got damp, the grilles got kicked.

This location is not audiophile nirvanna but better than the door.

[JPBrecheisen]

Installed home made turn signal and high beam lenses in my '65.

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by JPBrecheisen

Installed home made turn signal and high beam lenses in my '65.

Since I will be doing something like that before long on mine, what did you use for lenses and any special hook-up advice for us wiring idiots.

[JPBrecheisen]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Since I will be doing something like that before long on mine, what did you use for lenses and any special hook-up advice for us wiring idiots.

These were super low budget but easily done if you have a tad bit of patience.

The lenses themselves are nothing more than a flexible plastic document folder that can likely be found an any store that sells school type supplies.

I traced out the size and shape that I needed and cut with a pair of small scissors. Once that was done, I opened a word document on the computer and typed the words "HI-BEAM" and "TURN-SIG" I used size 10 on the font, BOLDED, and the style was Cambria.

I printed the document, then cut the paper out to match the back side of the lens with the text centered in the lens. I did this by holding it up to the light to make sure it was in the right spot. I did this so the letting would show up when the light was on.

The GMC instrument clusters have little rubber bushings that hold the lenses and the paper in place once everything is assembled. I'm not familiar with the set up on the Chevrolet.

Its cheap, and it works. I need to do some fine-tuning on mine, but I can post "process pics" if you think they'll help.

Let me know.

Jonathon

[Hugh in NC]

I finished up 2 projects today on my '63 short fleet. I added a 2 5/8 inch autometer clock in the dash to match the gauge cluster. I also add a new Retrosound Zuma radio. I had to use a universal face plate to cover up the enlarged hole made by a previous owner for a AudioVox cassette radio. Added 2 6 1/2 inch speakers on kick panel and a new dual speaker replacement for the dash grill.







Hugh

[mjh1965]

Well I got home from work and went straight to the garage. The first job was to cut down the repair panel so the join is under the rocker panel . That way no filler is required over the join



Once marked it was then cut to match the cut on the repair section



Next was to offer up the repair section



Once lined up it was out with the welder



After welding it in place I offered up the rocker panel with no sign of a repair section fitted



Job done