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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Damn, you lucky sob. I wish I could find any old stuff.
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Nice score congrats..
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Nice progress
i have had a soft spot for this one since i saw it first time buying parts for my crew cab, but last time i was there it was gone ![]() ![]()
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Another update.
I got the engine completely stripped down and the block, heads, crank and intake are at the machine shop for a hot tanking. All looks good but will be magnafluxed to check for cracks before going any further. Engine in my opinion appears to have 149K on it matching the speedometer. I will most likely have the cylinders bored about .10 over just to freshen and true it all up. The plan is to stay completely stock with the exception of installing hardened exhaust valve seats and stainless valves. I'll be assembling the engine myself as soon all the machining is done. Other than that, I've been plugging away on the cab which is the big ticket item.I recently cut the old rotted front cowl section off and the donor cowl installed. I was originally only going to use the kick panels and firewall from the donor cowl however that would have been WAY too much work. Much easier to just swap the whole chunk over so that's what I did. Now that the cowl is in place and welded at the pillars, I have welded in some braces to keep the door openings set. I also remove the top cowl panel and will be prepping that area for the new panel. Just waiting on spring Carlisle, Pa show so I can pick up the new cowl and full floor as well as rockers & cab corners. This job seems to be going faster than I thought it would. I can easily see a fully restored cab in my very near future! ![]()
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
In the first 2 pics you can see why I replaced this part. They are are rotted all the way to the top. Probably the worst I've seen.
There was one other job that needed to be done to the new cowl. The donor section came from a 1967 and they use a different emergency brake set up so I cut that area out of my old firewall and installed it into the new one. (last 2 pics) I am also swapping the dash panels as a 67 had some differences. (plus I wanted to keep my original anyway) Other than those, the rest of the cab is the same 67-72. To fill in the time between these big jobs, I've been cleaning, sand blasting and priming all the little items, and boy there are many! I have a little process going in my garage. Brackets, pulleys, clips, bolts, etc are bagged and tagged as they are removed, then they take a trip through the solvent tank, dry over night and then head to the sand blast cabinet. After that, they go outside and get cleaned with brake cleaner and a coat of etch prime is applied. After they dry, these parts all go into what I like to call, "the done box". No finish paint is applied so I don't have to worry about scratching these pieces while in storage. All parts will be painted shortly before being reinstalled. It's a huge undertaking, my very first "body off" resto but I am having a 1 ton of fun! (pun intended) ![]()
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Good to hear the motor looks good and keep pluggin away at that cab it will be done soon..
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Love builds like this! Well documented, story being told through. Its the kind that drives you nuts when they are still in work!
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Looking good,you're making some headway,keep pictures coming
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Yeh, it's been a while on the updates. I've been keeping track of the progress and taking pics so here's an update in the order they happened:
Now that the firewall section is in, it was time to remove the old floor or what was left of it. I just put down a few layers of cardboard on the ground and tipped the cab onto it's back, then uprighted it onto the door frame opening. In this position, I was able to drill out the spot welds at the back of the cab, one cut at the rear of each rocker and the floor was out. Now I'm just waiting on the new floor to come in. One of the great mysteries about this truck is the "Wreck-Master" wrecker set up. I still haven't found any info on this company so finding replacement stickers for the boom wasn't an option. Luckily, I found some black and some brushed aluminum vinyl decal sheet and made new ones myself! They turned out great too. I simply traced the original decals onto paper and placed that over a sheet of black vinyl and traced out with an exacto blade. Once done, the black was stuck on top of the brushed aluminum sheet and trimmed to size. Little details like this will make this truck stand out.
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
While I'm waiting on the new floor, this is a good time to get the box removed. What a job that was! Looks simple enough but it's alot more clumbsy than it appears. LOL Plus trying to work on 3/4 inch stone is murder! This will be the last part I'll finish so the box gets set aside for now.
My main goal is to get the cab and the frame done this year but things are moving along nicely so I will probably get alot further. One other thing I've been doing is collecting all the new parts. My garage is getting full of those nice cardboard boxes stuffed with shiny new parts! More to come...
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Now that the box is off and out of the way, this is a good time to strip the frame of all removable pieces. There were a few "thin" areas on the frame rails (behind the leaf spring brackets) from rust flaking so I cut the old metal out and welded in some new. Once all done, you'll never know it was repaired.
I was originally going to attempt to sandblast the frame and parts but after looking into POR15 products, I am going that route instead. I've never used it before but have heard good things about it. This will work great on the underside of the box too. I'm in the process of prepping the frame now. The plan is to thoroughly clean, wire wheel and clean again, then treat with their metal ready, then rinse. Once dry, this will recieve 2 coats of POR 15. Some areas have pock marks so for that I bought their body filler which will be applied while the last coat is still tacky. Once all that is done, it will get sprayed with Chassis coat which should be the correct sheen of black.
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Got alot done on the frame but it's a long dirty process! And boring! I did get some parts like the rear springs and some brackets completely done and coated with POR but I have a long way to go.
The new floor board finally came in and it's a beauty! This is the right way to fix an old truck floor. No patch work here and NO hidden rust left behind. I've been waiting for this piece so now the frame work will be put on hold while I get back to the cab. My first test fit went very well. Only 2 small areas to trim and it set right in place. Today I began welding it all in. A few more welds tomorrow and I can upright it and begin installing the lower pillar panels, outer rockers and cab corners. Feels good to actually be putting parts on instead of just taking things off! ![]()
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Excellent work!!! Who did you get the floor from?
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
I got a few more parts on. The first pic below shows the lower front and rear pillars and the outer rocker in on the passenger side. All went well. I put the door back on to make sure everything is going where it needs to be.
Once that was confirmed, I finished this area by grinding all the plug welds down and using a little "icing" to blend it all in and a coat of gray primer. On to the other side...
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The next pic shows the driver side with the new front and rear door pillars just installed. Next to go on is the outer rocker and then a door fit test, then it's on to the cab corners. Welder is getting a work out and so is Bob!
![]() There are many ways of treating inside panels. I've decided on coating everything with a Zinc rich galvanizing welding primer. I could have used POR or even undercoating but those are time consuming and messy. The galvanized coating is the perfect coating in between panels getting welded to prevent corrosion and should do the trick especially since this vehicle won't see any bad weather anyway. During this time I've also been working on the frame, rear axle assembly, leaf springs and assorted brackets. Each is getting a thorough wire wheeling and cleaning, then metal prepped for POR 15 and painted. I found it helpful to coat with their silver as (shown below) for the first coat, then go with semi black for the second. It helps to avoid any missed areas. This is not the finish coat, it will be finished with chassis coat which is a nice semi gloss satin black. These pieces are coming out real nice and when done, you'll never even know there is POR15 under the finish coat. Best of all, it should never rust again! Last pic is the new shocks just sprayed in gloss gray Rustoleum hanging around to dry. In my search of what the correct color for the shocks should be, gray turned up the most so that's what I'm going with. They aren't the original spiral type but at least they'll have a nice gray color!
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In fact, I've purchased many things made by Dynacorn like full quarters and trunk parts for my 63 Impala and they were all beautiful and went right on without a problem. They are really on the ball!
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Wow you are really making some headway..
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good progress. Ill follow along.
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Wow you made some progress,it's looking great & keep the pictures of the progress coming,it's going to be one nice wrecker when it's done,Keep on truckin''
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
looken good
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
You're an ambitious guy (I was gonna say crazy but nevermind that
![]() You're lucky to have a lot of original documentation. The work you've done on that cab is amazing. Looks like you replaced more than half of it. The wrecker stickers came out cool, too. I hope that you will find something on Wreck Master, I'll keep an eye out, too. I've solved a few mysteries on my truck as I've gone through it, quite satisfying I think. Regards Jim
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
love the wrecker! great find.. i love wreckers.. i wn two of them.. i will never sale.! there both chevy.. dude i cant wait t see see it done..
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Re: 69 Custom 30 wrecker restoration
Thank you Jim and everyone. I appreciate the kind words. I'm still plugging away at it. I get 4-6 hours work everyday in on it. When I'm not outside working on it, I'm inside ordering parts.
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