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View Poll Results: If you had the option, which of these grills would you use? | |||
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1 | 20.00% |
64-66 C60 painted grill |
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an original aluminum grill that needs to be restored |
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the repo aluminum grill that is now available |
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0 | 0% |
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Thanks, I've got most of the parts ready to install. I'm making sure it all fits together, then finish body work and hopefully get her painted, The hood is a big project and I still have the inside door bottoms. I am planning on a white roof so that will be the first priority to get painted so I can get the front and rear glass installed.
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Sanity'66 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=515110 Long bed, Fleetside, Small back window I've Done So Much, With So Little, For So Long, That Now I Can Do Anything With Nothing. ![]() |
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Looks great, nice work!
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Thanks you sir. I see your from the NW. Oregon or Washington? I'm formerly from Portland. I moved to Tucson 3 years ago but still have many friends and family up there.
! got all of the welding done on the hood and started smoothing things up this morning. Our Tucson heat wave ran me out of the garage at noon temp of 102.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
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Sorry to get off subject, the work on the hood looks good though, I got some areas on our truck I need to get around to myself....
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Re: pdx-sanity66
damn Pdxhall, very nice work!! you are a craftsman. I to learn from your body work pics here, i am way off of your work, but trying. damn nice job.
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I've got the hood brace and front nose replacement done for now, the underside needs to be painted and a lot more sanding, priming, repeat, repeat....on the front side. It's just too hot to paint right now with our heat wave we've having right now. The hood hinges/springs and latches are ready and waiting.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Since it is too hot to paint right now, I've been working on some other projects to get to the point that I can drive this thing. I pulled out the cab lights that have been in storage waiting for their day since I restored them. I made some new gaskets for the bottoms and set them on the roof of Sanity to see if I still liked them. I do. Any opinions or comments are welcome. I've also been working on my trans temp gauge and getting it mounted. I'll post some pics tomorrow.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Nice work! Love the lights. Reminded me that my dad had them on one of his trucks back in the day.
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Thanks for looking. I liked them because they are painted not chrome and I think their shape is cool. The center light is slightly different than the outer 2 and apparently came that way as the set as the original pic shows.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Nice job on the hood. They can be tough to get just right. I couldn't tell but it looked like you filled the seams on the front. If so, how did you do it?
Big fan of the cab lights. And the bed looks great too... |
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Thanks man, I did fill the seams. Mig welded everything up, ground it down, and smoothed things up with a skim coat of filler. I've still got some work to do on the front side.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Today I installed the hood hinges and springs. I also finished polishing the housing for my trans temp gauge, put it all together and installed it under the dash. It still needs to be wired up as soon as I get a sender for it.
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I had an accident with the clearance lights I planned on using. After carrying these things around with me for years I dropped one of the lens and broke it. If somebody has an extra one lying around that they'll part with I would pay a fair price for it. pics of the lens for match up.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Cool housing you found. The whole thing is coming together nicely.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Thanks, it's been a long time but Sanity is finally close to being complete, except for paint. The housing was originally a clock that sat on the dash and I was going to just restore the clock but then I got to thinking....also, I knew it was cast aluminum so I decided to polish it rather than paint.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
Looking great buddy! I love that little housing.
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Re: pdx-sanity66
I installed my seats and I'm working on my Craftsman tool box center console.
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That's a cool idea for the center console. Maybe add some cup holders off the front of it?
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Thanks Cort. I couldn't pass it up.
Thanks. I removed the piano hinge and reinforce the side a little and then hinge it so it tips back but won't be noticeable. i've got all the original hardware to put back on. Fun project so far. I hope it works out. I've been thinking on the cup holders. got to be there somewhere.
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Wow, this is quite a saga. I read your thread over the last couple of days and I'm very impressed. You have a calm way of going about the work you're doing and learning the necessary skills. The truck reflects your insistent efforts and is the quality of a project built by a good shop. I will enjoy following along now.
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I've been a little quiet for a couple of weeks but I've got a few things done. There's something I've been avoiding talking about because I feel like a fool for what happened. It started back when I was first firing up Sanity for the first times. I was running straight off of the manifolds so it was very limited and I needed to get some sort of exhaust on to continue running the engine. For some reason I was very reluctant to do it myself....so I did some research and trusted Sanity to a local exhaust shop. This is the first thing I have trusted to anybody to work on my truck except for the upholstery on the seats. Well, I got the job done, and you guessed it, it sucked. It didn't look so bad from the underside and I still had the old plywood bed on. When I took the bed off to replace it is when I got a real good look at the work. I can't live with it this way but I won't go in to details now. So I've torn most of the exhaust out and I'm in the process of buiding my own 2 1/2" exhaust. Two steps forward one step back.
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I hope you get your exhaust on soon and you will be better off for having done it yourself. Love the new wheels! |
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I'm hoping to get some tires mounted on the wheels very soon. If anybody has any suggestions or favorites I would welcome them.
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Dang, that sucks about the exhaust. I too have a not so great looking exhaust. It's something that I've wanted to do myself, just gotta find the time to do it. Your welding skills are better than mine though, so I'm sure it won't be too hard for you
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