What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[amashal]

Did power steering conversion on the '67. Used parts off and early '80 Silverado. Best $100 I ever spent!!

[amashal]

Added pic. I think??

[67Slider]

I got to chase down a bad ground to the bed, tracked down a hacked up courtesy light issue and installed a glove box light. Not much but I am getting back up to working on the beast. My 9 year old boy helped with all of it. It was a nice afternoon working with him.

[vidman]

A little bit of exhaust work. made some parts on the Bridgeport, just waiting till it warms up some..

[Steeveedee]

I looked at it in the driveway. Sad to say, I did not get to exercise it today, though I did take my '68 Buick GS for a run. I laid two courses of block along the east side of my back yard, 30 feet times two courses. Now that I have the Italian cypress trees cut down, I was able to put those blocks that shook off the top of that wall in the '94 Northridge quake back on. Pretty good day, overall.

[Nhoechst]

This week is spring break and am tackling a big project since I have off. I am re painting my bumpers, cab, engine compartment, entire undercarrige, and bed. These are the tear down pics and painting pics from yesterday and today. I will post more pics when I finish the cab, bed, and last quater of undercarrige tomorrow, and re assembly on tuesday. Its also nice having my buddy help me out with this project.

[SLDPULR]

I removed all of the side marker lights, tail lights, and gutted the interior with my 5 year old daughter. It was great to work on my truck with her for the first time.

[VWNate1]

GOOD DADDY ! .

-Nate

Originally Posted by SLDPULR

It was great to work on my truck with her for the first time.

[texjake]

My dash overhaul is finally complete. I went with a color change (black trim) on the dash pad, door panels, AC vents & sun visors. I installed a new dash speaker, a new rear view mirror, a new 200 watt AM/FM iPhone AUX stereo, a new dash pad, all new AC/defrost duct hoses, I refurbished the gauge cluster & replaced all the old bulbs with LED bulbs, I painted the steering column black, installed a new dome light, replaced the upper steering column bearing, installed a new Grant steering wheel (& yes the horn works perfect!), new AC heater controls, a new cigarette lighter, all new fuses were installed, and a new glove box liner & glove box light was installed. All that's left now is to install sound deadener with new black carpet, new black seat upholstery, 3 point retractable seat belts & kick panel speakers (no cutting the metal install) & install new cab to door weather stripping on both sides & new chrome door sill plates. I still need to address the 3 o'clock fuel gauge. I'm sure the sending unit & float is bad in the tank. That will be addressed when the seat comes out to get reupholstered.

[In The Ten Ring]

I got up into the garage attic to see if the birds had returned and was happy to learn they had not! BUT they left me quite a mess up there!

No worries....the entire ceiling (sheetrock) is coming down as soon as the truck is mobile.

I did seal that opening over the eves up, from the outside. Camera battery died just when I went for the "after shot."

[jmorri34]

Took the 69 to the local car show for the first time, was a bit nervous as there is no carpet in it no radio and still need to change the paint color. Turned out well though and spoke to a couple of guys and it seemed the 69er didn't do to bad!

[Nhoechst]

New update from today. My friend and I finished the undercoating, put the first coat on the cab, and installed the bumpers and grill. Tomorrow we will hopefully finish the cab, the bed, then put the hood and cowl back on.

[myyamr7]

I finally found a tach kit at a great price, and added the white gauge faces as well. Took about 2 hours between painting the tins, adding the white faces, and installing the tach.
Before and after..

[Mike_The_Grad]

Home made "mcguyver" oven: successful. Also succeeded in not blowing up my house...I was very nervous as I was keeping a close eye on the headers cooking at 400° for 2 hrs. I wouldn't let myself step away for the first hour. But I figured if its been an hour and nothings caught fire it will probably be OK. I made the oven out of a collapsable dog kennel, tin foil, cardboard, wood,brick,propane burner, and tinfoil tape. I was able to control the heat by +-50° just by adding or removing a brick from the top of the oven. My girlfriend was definatly impressed, sighting that if "S were to hit the fan" I could provide for us. Turned out better than I thought considering it cost about $50 to get my headers back to decent shape. I also reconnected my exhaust and installed chrome flywheel dust cover (after slight modification,I think the "easy to install" is a typo). Battle wound to show that it was time to call it quits for the night. Good thing I was wearing gloves, could have been a lot worse. Got it from removing starter and dropping it against frame rail.

[Mator]

After a year and a half tear down and rebuilding, The engine roared to life last night for the first time. Scared the nighbors though. No exhaust yet and inside the garage which made it seem lauder. Next step is to install the driveline tonight and it should be under its own power. This is a huge milestone for me and my build.

[texasld]

Originally Posted by Mike_The_Grad

Home made "mcguyver" oven: successful. Also succeeded in not blowing up my house...I was very nervous as I was keeping a close eye on the headers cooking at 400° for 2 hrs. I wouldn't let myself step away for the first hour. But I figured if its been an hour and nothings caught fire it will probably be OK. I made the oven out of a collapsable dog kennel, tin foil, cardboard, wood,brick,propane burner, and tinfoil tape. I was able to control the heat by +-50° just by adding or removing a brick from the top of the oven. My girlfriend was definatly impressed, sighting that if "S were to hit the fan" I could provide for us. Turned out better than I thought considering it cost about $50 to get my headers back to decent shape. I also reconnected my exhaust and installed chrome flywheel dust cover (after slight modification,I think the "easy to install" is a typo). Battle wound to show that it was time to call it quits for the night. Good thing I was wearing gloves, could have been a lot worse. Got it from removing starter and dropping it against frame rail.

That's an impressive "Red Green" oven. That's awesome!

[9teen69]

Looking good, glad you had gloves on ...don't forget the eye pro either.
Try some liquid bandage, it burns but keeps out the grease.

[9teen69]

Looks clean. Sounded awesome huh...had a neighbor at the apts complain when I did that last year...I couldn't wipe the smile off my face

[Mator]

Thats exactly how I felt. I had to drag the kids out to hear it and when the wife got home made her come out and start it up so she could hear it. Almost like a new daddy.

[Nhoechst]

Finished up my re painting project at 9 Wed night. Sorry it took so long to post the pics, just been too busy. Took it to a show today and got a lot of compliments, so i guess the hard work payed off.

[Ozzy2013]

Put armrests in my plane jane that didnt come with them .Ha ha

[Ridgeclimber]

I finished sanding and prepping the interior. We got it primed in epoxy primer today.

[Econman]

I'm jealous.. I wish I was at that stage already!

[67Slider]

Filled her up last week and found out the seal to the sending unit was bad. So today I siphoned out the 18 gallons, dropped the tank and replaced the o-ring and the locking ring. (I'm using the 69 Camaro tank). Wasn't too bad. Took longer to siphon the gas out than remove, repair and replace the tank.

[Elliot949]

Pulled the Stock Cast Iron 4-Barrel intake and carb off along with the Stock Stamped Steel Valve Covers off and set the 3- Duece Setup and Finned Valve Covers on Just for giggles... I am leaving the 3- Duece's on there and getting rid of the Stock 4 Barrel and Spread bore intake... Stuck the stock valve covers back on for now to protect the polished Aluminum ones... I also have a Torker intake that is needing a new home...