What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[cornerstone]

I finished the bottom side welds and then wire wheeled it clean. Then I rolled and brushed on this Duplicilor rust barrier. I doubled up where the welds were just for extra precaution. Half way into applying it I remembered that I had heard the only thing that will seal bare metal is epoxy primer, and an unopened gallon sat 5 feet from me.😩 It will be a PIA to get this stuff off if I made a mistake. My feeling at the moment is this, if this truck has made it 46 years left outside with only a minimal amount of rust to repair, I figure I’m gonna be ok without the epoxy primer underneath this stuff. What do y’all think?

[Artofdeath]

Watching their demo video on their site, they use the rust barrier on rusty metal without a primer. Knock off the rust and hit it with a grease and wax remover and apply directly over rusty metal.

From your pictures you were way ahead of what they were doing so I would say you are good to go.

Some of the paint guru's may chip in and say otherwise tho.

oh, no wait... it's totally messed up and I will gladly take it off your hands!

[special-K]

Yesterday I picked up an older aluminum cap for my '72 for swap meets and camping. Today, after the rain I have been waiting for to wash the roads clean, I uncovered the truck. I keep it on jack stands with the tires barely touching all winter and now it's time to drive it. The routine is first rotate the tires and lube up the brake sliders. I noticed the chrome lug nuts had a little rust starting, so I used chrome cleaner polish, wiped, waxed, and polished off first. Got the wheels on, off jack stands, started up, and moved truck trailer spot, and trailer with new cap in truck's spot to unload the cap for painting. That's it and it took a while due to the lug nut situation. Next is mount the cap for Carlisle

[Stoner]

A friend gave me a 1969 C20 Custom Camper. My 14yr old son and I cleaned it up, tinkered on the wiring and installed new/used wheels and tires on it yesterday. Planning for it to be his first car when he gets his license. Will be leveling it in the coming weeks. Trying to find lift ideas for a C20 lead me to the site. Thanks to all who post as I have found some great information. Having fun working on it with him!

[spiked]

got the wife's truck cleaned up & test driven now that the snow is almost gone

[Boog]

Very nice.

[3757chevy]

Very Very nice , Does She let You drive it?

[spiked]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Very Very nice , Does She let You drive it?

she will let me test drive it once i have done something to it, but as for a cruse, no. she figures i have my own junk to drive & i'm ok with that.

[3757chevy]

[bill3rail]

Hanger bearing crapped out so I removed the two-piece shaft and I will try to drop it off at a drive shaft shop tomorrow.

Bill

[bill3rail]

Hanger bearing crapped out so I removed the two-piece shaft and I will try to drop it off at a drive shaft shop tomorrow.

Bill

[stevenfromtexas]

installed new u-joints and put my drive shaft in today. gonna adjust the the rear brakes tomorrow and change the oil and filters. put a new mechanical fuel pump on too.

[cornerstone]

Yesterday I sanded just about all day and today I sprayed the cab in epoxy primer.

[NoStopN]

Originally Posted by spiked

We always call our stuff junk not sure why but we have always said it that way.it might be a Canadian thing because when we go to car shows we hear a lot of people call there cars junk but they are not? I would never call anyone else's vehicle junk because really they are a work of art. we all put lots of time and effort into restoring our vehicles.My junk collection consist's of a 87 Buick GN,68 chev caprice & a 2013 CTSV wagon

People all over the world call their own stuff "junk". It's probably just the idea that no matter how good we think our vehicles are, we know somebody has gone to greater lengths to create theirs. Of course, it could just be the joke about opposites. Kind of like calling a big guy "Tiny". Also, your collection sounds pretty good.

[spiked]

Originally Posted by NoStopN

People all over the world call their own stuff "junk". It's probably just the idea that no matter how good we think our vehicles are, we know somebody has gone to greater lengths to create theirs. Of course, it could just be the joke about opposites. Kind of like calling a big guy "Tiny". Also, your collection sounds pretty good.

i think you are right on that.

[3757chevy]

You mean like when they call me big guy , .... and .... I look behind me.

[Metaldoc]

Used an old school bead roller, hammer and some round bar bent to the radius. This finishes the cover plate for nv3500 swap. A bit of black paint and it will look store bought.

[1968 baby blue C10]

Got rid of the stupid plastic air cleaner spacer that was on it when I got it, the air cleaner would even sit straight. Put on an Allstar aluminum spacer with an o-ring seal on the bottom. Took some convincing and a small cut in the baseplate of the air cleaner to get it to fit for some reason. But it’s on there good now.
And put a new Accell distributor cap and rotor on. The one that was on it said made in the USA with no brand so I’d say it’s pretty old haha
And lastly I made a pretty neat overflow for my radiator from a cool old bottle my uncle gave me.

[cornerstone]

I sanded, sanded, are lunch and then sanded some more.

[Nh4clo4]

Painted the inner fenders and core support

[Baker72chevy]

Go motor set in today

[spiked]

it's going to look great when your done, well done.

[rjs53]

Got the rear cab support put in and cab corner tacked in place. Next is the rocker, then start on the driver side.

[Metaldoc]

Originally Posted by Baker72chevy

Go motor set in today

I put my engine back in as well but I dropped mine in. Setting it in would have been nice. No major damage. Hydraulics quit on my hoist.

[66clow]

Originally Posted by Metaldoc

I put my engine back in as well but I dropped mine in. Setting it in would have been nice. No major damage. Hydraulics quit on my hoist.

ouch!