My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”

[sakustoms]

Looking good.

I made a cardboard template of the cab corner at one spot so I could make sure it matches vertically and both sides were the same.

My kid told me I'm getting too picky and it's only a race car. LOL Well, it is his truck so....

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by sakustoms

Looking good.

I made a cardboard template of the cab corner at one spot so I could make sure it matches vertically and both sides were the same.

My kid told me I'm getting too picky and it's only a race car. LOL Well, it is his truck so....

I remember making a similar cardboard template when I was putting in my cab corners.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Just as with the other side, the cab corner to rocker area has given me greif. I thought I had it and then sanding revealed that it was still not quite right. Another few coats in that area and I finally have it. I got some more done in the door opening as well. I'll be happy when I'm finally done the rocker as I do not enjoy laying on the floor sanding up. Very hard on the arms and my glasses are constantly full of dust which I cannot easily blow away with my respirator on.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Weekly progress update: The rocker and cab corner are done! I also have gotten a pretty good amount done with the door jamb. I've almost completed the first coat of filler and the bottom half has a second coat down. Hoping to be priming this thing by March.

[Scurry67]

Right on man! Nice attention to detail. Getting tired of the sanding and dust yet? It’s looking great! What do you plan on starting after the cab?

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by Scurry67

Right on man! Nice attention to detail. Getting tired of the sanding and dust yet? It’s looking great! What do you plan on starting after the cab?

First off, thank you sir. Mostly just tired of the dust everywhere. Next will be seat brackets so I can finish the bottom of the cab floor. It will be a nice break from bodywork.

[sakustoms]

Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

First off, thank you sir. Mostly just tired of the dust everywhere. Next will be seat brackets so I can finish the bottom of the cab floor. It will be a nice break from bodywork.

You'll be done before you know it.

I finished the cab floor and sprayed it top/bottom with Raptor 2k in a can. Then I started serious bodywork and the whole floor top and bottom is covered with bondo dust and looks like crap.

I literally have dust everywhere in my garage. My entire tool box is covered with it. It's making me nuts but I refuse to clean it all up just to make more.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by sakustoms

You'll be done before you know it.


I literally have dust everywhere in my garage. My entire tool box is covered with it. It's making me nuts but I refuse to clean it all up just to make more.

Haha I know exactly how you feel.

[sakustoms]

Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

Haha I know exactly how you feel.

I've been wearing the same bondo dust covered clothes to do bodywork also and refuse to change them as they will just get tossed when I'm done.

I hate bodywork and never want to do it again. lol

[sakustoms]

Where are you going to spray the primer? Are you doing this in your home garage?

I sprayed high build from a can on the jams last night and it was horrible. I had my respirator on but when I went outside I could smell it. Looked like some made it on to my brand new Jeep so I did a complete quick detailer on it. In the 20* weather. LOL

Made the mistake of going back in without the respirator and maybe 5 minutes later started getting dizzy and called it a night.

Your little one is definitely a cutie. I remember when mine were little. Now my youngest grandchild is almost 2. Geez I'm old.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by sakustoms

Where are you going to spray the primer? Are you doing this in your home garage?

I sprayed high build from a can on the jams last night and it was horrible. I had my respirator on but when I went outside I could smell it. Looked like some made it on to my brand new Jeep so I did a complete quick detailer on it. In the 20* weather. LOL

Made the mistake of going back in without the respirator and maybe 5 minutes later started getting dizzy and called it a night.

Your little one is definitely a cutie. I remember when mine were little. Now my youngest grandchild is almost 2. Geez I'm old.

Haha yes I'm in my home garage, I sprayed my firewall with primer probably a year ago and it wasn't bad. I had my respirator and I also have a nice exhaust fan. Seems to work pretty good. Sucks about the Jeep. Good thing you were able to get it off.

[Graham57a]

Man it's looking awesome! It's cool seeing such meticulous body work done and documented, most guys on here send it out and you never get to see the process in the build thread.

Also it looks like you may have muded over your VIN plate

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by Graham57a

Man it's looking awesome! It's cool seeing such meticulous body work done and documented, most guys on here send it out and you never get to see the process in the build thread.

Also it looks like you may have muded over your VIN plate

Thank you sir. I've never really thought about it like that. I'm glad that it is interesting, I thought maybe I was boring everyone. I welded up my vin holes because the vin plate on a 72 cab (which I have) is different in size from a 70 (original cab) so I removed the fancy rivets from the back in order to keep the rivet looking proper from the front. I will glue the rivets to the vin plate and then 2 way tape the vin on and no one will ever know.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Page 2?! What's going on here.... Well it's been quite a busy few weeks here. My wife has gone back to work after her maternity leave on Monday. So about two and a half weeks ago, it hit me that I've got alot of work to get done to get her new home office up and running. Then just as that set in, I received a call at work from the owner of a carpentry company asking if I was interested in a job as a finish carpenter (which has always been a dream of mine). He then proceeds to tell me that it consists of 4 10 hour days with Fridays off..... You mean I could potentially have a whole second day a week for working on the truck! So that about sums up the last few weeks. Funny thing is the start date for the new job and my wife's job was the same day. So here are some unrelated to the truck, but hopefully enjoyable pictures of some of the other work I've been doing lately.

[chewychevy67]

Lots of work to get to that point. Looks good.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

Lots of work to get to that point. Looks good.

Thanks! It feels good to get to this point.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Ladies and gentlemen, we officially have primer! So beyond stoked to finally be over that hump.

[Scurry67]

Right on man. That’s an awesome milestone. Keep at it.

[sakustoms]

Looking good. How did you manage to spray in what looks to be your home garage?

Didn't you have primer everywhere including outside?

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by Scurry67

Right on man. That’s an awesome milestone. Keep at it.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by sakustoms

Looking good. How did you manage to spray in what looks to be your home garage?

Didn't you have primer everywhere including outside?

Thanks

Haha well being that primer is very thick and heavy, I find that if falls to the floor quick and dries before it gets there. I wouldn't do anything more than prime in there.

[sakustoms]

Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

Thank you!



Thanks

Haha well being that primer is very thick and heavy, I find that if falls to the floor quick and dries before it gets there. I wouldn't do anything more than prime in there.

I'd be afraid to try that in my garage. I sprayed some high build from a can in the door jams on the c10 and that crap was on my Jeep outside in my driveway with only the man door open on the other side of the garage.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Today I started fabricating a new cab mount nut as I somehow lost one of mine. I found the base piece on the left in my scrap metal bin. What are the chances of that happening? Luckily my dad had the correct size of square nut so all I really had to do was make the cage for the captive nut. I've got a few small things left to do on it and I can weld it all up and get them installed on the floor.

On a side note, I finally found the leak in my air system that has been driving me crazy for months. Unfortunately my secondary air tank that I painted up and hung on the wall has sprung a leak in the bottom. The previous owner must have left water in the tank for years and it rusted through so now I'm back down to 20 gallons of air until I can afford to replace it.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Well now that those are done and mostly out of the way (still need to be installed) I decided to start playing around with my seats, console and behind seat audio box. I put in my driver's side seat on some blocking to get to a height and pitch that I'm happy with. Near as I can tell with measurements off my dad's truck, I've settled on stock height at the back, down an inch in the front and slid back as close to the rear panel as possible. This gives me just a bit more headroom as well as legroom since I am 6'-2". Once I had that established, I started creating the skeleton of my behind seat box. It will follow the same slope as the seatback until it hits a level line from the tip of the rear floor hump, then it will drop vertically till it hits the floor. I think that will look best.

[chewychevy67]

Nice use of the gas tank mounting threads.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

Nice use of the gas tank mounting threads.

Thanks, now I just need to figure out speaker sizes and locations and such. I've got lots of time to change my mind before I get speakers.