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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
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Next I'm looking at blasting the bed, putting in a line-x treatment, undercoating with Line-x and painting. Oh, and window rubber. Then maybe a radio. MJH |
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What a winter! The ignition was the last straw for the Mrs. She wants the truck gone, so tonight, I've posted it for sale.
![]() The computers I use, died--both of them--so I've not been on much. I could occasionally surf from another computer, but didn't have the password to log on. Finally I was able to recover the esoteric password and unlock my account. So for those of you who wondered what happened to me, I'm still alive, but it's not been a fun couple of months. Going over what I've done to the pick-up, the money, time, and hassle, I understand my wife's position. ![]()
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Great news: the car didn't sell. I received lots of interest and low-ball offers, but no way could I recoup much of anything, so I didn't sell.
I've a rod bearing that's getting noisy, so that's my next project, but hey, I get to work on my rig. What's not to like? I'm heartbroken, really, can't you tell? ![]()
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
The painting has begun. As this is a work truck, I'm doing the Rustoleum special. I figure if I goof it up badly, I can always head to a paint shop. The engine work starts this upcoming weekend, so I'm just doing the bumpers, wheels, easily-removed-brightwork stuff. The phone's camera didn't take the best photo, but here's what I did yesterday.
Color Scheme: The bumpers will be the same color, just refreshed. The body will no longer be oranged red. Now it will be Rustoleum sunset red. The wheels were black when I bought them. I'm painting them white. I busted the bulb out of the Barden bumper. And the license plate is getting old. Perhaps I'll have a new one done some day. But the Rustoleum hammered silver took well. I'll do a second coat tonight and work on the front bumper. Still need to do the cab interior and windows. I've got the rubber; I've just not installed it yet. What's your favorite recommendation for floor mat?
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Back from the mechanic
It's got heat, spark, fuel, lights, rubber, wheels. It goes, and it stops. Needs new rubber in the windows or you can enjoy the whistling. Still needs paint and to have the bumper straightened.
It's also got two darling passengers who some day will appreciate that Daddy got a column shift instead of a floor-mount. Here are the pix. MJH |
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
The rest of the photos, including the two lovelies.
Baby-moons are next. MJH |
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
truck looks good! where'd you get that MC at?
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Threw some baby moons onto the rig over the weekend, $50 from a local place (Hubcap World in Portland). They also had dog dishes, but I've wanted baby moons for ages.
I had a Pertronix ignition, but it went tango uniform. Warranty covered it, and the mechanic put in a HE ignition. Boy do I have spark! The rubber grommet around my horn is as dry as the Sahara, so I need a new ring. Otherwise my horn button comes off, or if the button is mashed on, causes the horn to blow at the wrong moments--last night, on a rural road near 2 farmhouses. "Mind if I wake your dogs, sir?" Oh, yeah, the turn signal died, and the radiator began leaking. One switch and a soldering job later, and we're good. Needs arms for the floor air vents, need to fix the seat lever adjustment, and . . . . I've thought about adding a coolant recovery tank. Any thoughts? Thanks, and here's a photo of what has taken way more money than the pickup ever did. MJH |
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Truck looks good as does the kitchen
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Looking good we're almost neighbors. I live in Milwaukie.
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Cool deal! Glad you're still working on it and more importantly....enjoying it
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Looking good on the truck,Keep on Truckin'
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My Truck: 2.5 drop front, 4 & 5/8 in rear, 350cubic in. been bored .60 over, 700r4 (soon), 3 speed (on tree for now).rims & tires size,15x8 ralleys 5 on 5,P275/60R15. Members I have met: Pickupman, 1972 Super Cheyenne, Stepside,Chis Mc Bride. tsnow67,joel.e, ![]() |
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Recent developments:
Good: Wax. It's a wonderful thing. Makes the rig look nice and shiny. Also tells me where are the dings, scratches, bubbles, dents, and other blemishes are. But at least it looks better for the neighbors. I'd send pix but. . . . Bad: Oregon's mandatory, year-round 10% ethanol is clogging up my Quadrajet carb. We massaged the carb last November after a smelly hunting trip. Now the Qjet's passageways are clogged and not responding to the mechanic's efforts, let alone mine. So I'm going to match the Edelbrock headers with an E carb and electronic choke. ![]() More bad: the money for the carb is coming from the money being set aside to bead blast the bed and do a Line-X. ![]() ![]() Pics soon. MJH |
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Nice to just be driving, and keeping to the smaller projects. Keep up the good work.
BTW - graduated Lakeridge in 85.
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
any more pics of the truck? i love it.
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Ask and ye shall receive. Jn 16:24, although I'm pretty sure this is not what our Lord had in mind.
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Then I should finish off the inside--arm rest, door panels, radio, floor mat, etc. Or maybe a paint job. Or . . . . MJH |
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I just picked up the rig from Ryan Hansen's Pro Blasters on SE 82nd in Portland. Great job at a great price. 3 hours of work, and I didn't have to remove and then remount the bed.
Took the rig over to the Milwaukie, Oregon Line-X during our dry, sunny weather. It was supposed to rain today all day, and I was worried about exposing the bare metal, but the Lord gave us a sunny moment. TYL. You think I would have remembered to take a photo. Well, I just called the shop and Austin, who has been spraying rigs for 6-7 years there, is going to take a photo for me. So you'll see before and after shots. |
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
We're rebuilding the bottom of the tail gate with the pipe to the right in the photo. Jason from Line-X will cut out the cancer (you can lift it out with your fingers), drop in the pipe for rigidity, and weld on a skin of steel. I'll pick up the rig tomorrow.
Then it's rifle rack time and prep for hunting. Oh, yeah! MJH |
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Looking good.
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
Line-x looks great!
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
I'm pleased at how it came out. I'll miss the paint, but not the rust.
Just spent the better part of the evening talking with Scott from Canby, buying his radio and sills, and comparing notes. We compared notes re blasting. And talked, and swapped laughs. A 10 minute purchased stretched into an hour plus. ![]() 'Twas a good night. MJH |
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Re: My Slap-my-hand-to-my-forehead 68 fixer-upper
One thing I forgot to mention:
I bought a rubber gasket from Bill's Truck supplies in Canada. Also picked up two floor vent handles. Not the cheapest place, but I got 'em quickly. And better than Ebay. This was before this parts forum came up and when searching was not the easiest. Tonight, I picked up a radio and door sills. Now I need a speaker and to locate the radio harness from the place I hid it in the garage. Note to self: don't hide stuff in garage. You end up buying two. ![]() MJH |
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