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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Got painted yesterday morning. Getting color sanded, cut and buffed, then assembled early next week.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
'68 Chevy....looks great...gonna need to see more pics of this one!!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
I have been busy the last few days. Finished installing my new front springs. Someone had used blocks in the front to raise it 1.5 inches so I needed to get rid of them. Went with Tuff Country EZ-Ride 2”lift. Changed the fluid in my front differential and painted the cover. Did a driveway alignment using a method I read about in Skinned Knuckles. I had tried doing one last year with string, but it obviously didn’t work out so well because I found that toe was out 1/2 inch!!
I am a long way from replacing sheet metal so I riveted in a patch to cover a hole in my floor to get it ready for state inspection. Also painted my front emblem. I hope to get it inspected next week! |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Nothing exciting, just filed title paperwork.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Looked at it, thinking I should do something
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Pulled the exhaust and probably won't use any of it. Though I'm hoping for a rear hanger, just in case
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly kit for restoring the (a) truck from the ground up. My build thread, and more on the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 Last edited by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402; 07-16-2017 at 12:14 AM. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Put in new bed wood. I used pressure treated southern yellow pine boards. I had a hard time finding boards that were wide enough. Had to by 1 x 10 x 16' boards from a dock supply place. Painted both sides with POR15 and finished the tops with Rustoleum Hunter Green. I used the dimensions from the GMC Paul website, and the boards don't seem wide enough. the gaps between them are very wide. Looks good though, definitely better than it was before. I used gloss paint, probably should have gone with Satin.
Still have to bolt down the bed, and tighten up the 4553 bolts that are in it. ![]()
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The gaps are supposed to be very wide so the wood can swell in the rain.....
Look nice to me in green .
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New steering column bearings. Lower one was fragmented. So smooth now.
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Spent the day angle lifting the bed on my daily driver...
2006 Silverado,,,new fuel pump, charcoal canister and fuel vent valve system... Could not believe the amount of CRUD on top of the fuel pump unit....what genius decided to put the pump there???? Removed the four drivers side bolts, loosened the four passenger bolts, tailgate off, drivers side tail lamp wire plug and used my gantry lift to lift the drivers die of the bed up about 18 inches...wood blocks as safety pins... Needed to replace the metal frame the charcoal canister sits in...GM wants $ 118...for a piece of sheet metal...yeah right.... 30 minutes with the sheet brake and its as good as new...painted it up with Bed Liner...Sweet... Now back to working on my 67 long bed...a real truck... ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Maybe I'll try that, thanks.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Pulled the front drive shaft and replaced the front axle pinion seal. Removed the u-joints from the drive shaft. Tomorrow after work shall be clean, reassembly and reinstallation.
Thanks to GM that the high hump is bolted in. Removing that made it a LOT easier to get at the bolts attaching the driveshaft to the transfer case yoke. Certainly easier than dropping the crossmember.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Getting Closer!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
A couple more! Richard doing the body and paint with my brother Dale's help. Looking real good.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Took mine camping last weekend, think she liked it.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
If I may ask. What is reason for painting wood with POR15?
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Did you tow that big camper with that truck? I'm curious to hear how well that rig goes down the road.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
No the campground is close to home so I brought the firewood out in the old truck but I think I may install a hitch and brake controller and give it a shot sometime. I think it would do ok but that would be with careful driving and the load leveller setup properly and I'm good at getting things adjusted right so for me it may work but I do think it pushes the limit on the truck as it was designed but I don't go more than 45 miles from home and not in a hurry so that helps too.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
![]() Got the suspension stuff gathered up for powder coating. Hopefully I can find someone to do it for me reasonable. |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II
Mar-k did a study on what finishes held up best over several years. The boards that were painted with POR15 and topcoated with regular paint were the only ones that didn't have any damage at all. That's where I got the idea.
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