Project Vitamin C-10

[kizer]

Wait a minute maybe its #18 on page 89 36-0604 listed for 49.95.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by kizer

They always say the you get what you put into the prep. Man Alan you can tell you busted your butt. Those orange panels look awesome.

As for the washers like mentioned I'd either go with stainless steel or grab some washers and paint them the same color as your panels. I'd rather chew up paint on some washers than the sheet metal.

Man that truck of yours is going to be unreal when its done.

Thanks, They did come out pretty nice. I'll block them down with 400 and get some color where I missed a little and reclear.

I will use SS with SS washers.

Originally Posted by gostranger

wow as every one has already said here this truck build is what i dream of doing to mine but then i wake up and come to my sences super nice work cant wait to see it done i hope to help you out with some cash for some of the parts you have for sale thanks for taking the time to record your progress it helps all of us alot!!! i love the forum and all of the help it has given me it is people like you that make it so good!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much. My dream is of mine being done also, then wake up to a laundry list of things that have to get done. I wish I could concentrate on just one thing til that one project is done. I get out there and find something to do then the next day I'm on to something else. It will all come together in time.

Originally Posted by jgarverick

this is awesome. i think my next one is going to be a 60-63 4wd. just think all i need is time, money and ambition....

I have a little time and ambition, but funds are extinct.

Originally Posted by Strodder

THAT"S ALL????

Originally Posted by jgarverick

well, i figure my lack of talent and skill can be overcome... just throw some more money at it!!!

Do you need someone to do some work for you on your truck.

Originally Posted by kizer

Alan I was looking through an LMCtruck catalog and unless I'm mistaking that part you where looking for for your steering column is 34-0050 for a 1960 and 34-0051 for a 61-62 and is #13 and lists for 49.94 on page 75. I don't see a listing for a 63-66 though.

Originally Posted by kizer

Wait a minute maybe its #18 on page 89 36-0604 listed for 49.95.

Thanks for taking the time to look that info up. But, the turn signal switch is for a 79 van tilt (I think) At least the autozone pic looks to be just like what mine looks like. Read futher down to see what's being done now.

I decided for now to try this column again. Since it was used to align my dash. I really don't know what it came out of. If I had to guess it looks like a mid 80's truck column. This first pic shows that the collar around the column needs to be shortened 2".



Here is a pic of it being shortened.



The gap looks better don't it Strodder? I've got the column shimmed up with what ever was close to me. Need to weld some nuts in place to mount it.



Nuetral safety needs to be relocated.

[jgarverick]

nah i don't need anyone to do work on it, even if i did it wouldn't matter cause i couldn't afford it anyways its ok though, like most of the guys on here i wouldn't have it any other way... i like things to be mine, know what i mean? bye the way that dash looks awesome, still trying to figure out what i'm gonna do with mine.

[Strodder]

Looks a lot better Allan. That gap wouldn't cut it. Glad you rethunk it.

[kizer]

79 Tilt. Go figure. You do have a car dash in there so what was I thinking. hahaha

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by jgarverick

nah i don't need anyone to do work on it, even if i did it wouldn't matter cause i couldn't afford it anyways its ok though, like most of the guys on here i wouldn't have it any other way... i like things to be mine, know what i mean? bye the way that dash looks awesome, still trying to figure out what i'm gonna do with mine.

I understand, You trying to decide on a custom dash?

Originally Posted by Strodder

Looks a lot better Allan. That gap wouldn't cut it. Glad you rethunk it.

I thought you might like it. Like I said before this column I'm using now is the one I fitted my dash with. It had that big collar on it.

Originally Posted by kizer

79 Tilt. Go figure. You do have a car dash in there so what was I thinking. hahaha

Sometimes I don't even know what I have.

Nothing much going on at work. I took a door in and worked on it there and of course I forgot the slicksand. Hopefully I can remember it tommorrow. I'm going to take my other door in as well. I'll go ahead and paint them while they are there.

[neto]

Alan I need your help I'm doing my rockers. Is there suppose to be a gap/trench like the pictures show? Thank you
Ernest

[Alan's Classic]

Looks like your doing a great job. That gap you are referring to is where the wires will lay. The flange is where the weatherstrip attaches. I don't have a good pic of it being done showing the gap. Here is mine before surgery. You can see a wire running thru there and the gap. The spot weld go down in that area onto top of the inner rocker. I guess I should have took some better pix.

[neto]

Thank you Alan. Now just going to check my door gap before I weld it in place.

[Alan's Classic]

Ya'll ever start on a project and half way thru it you ask yourself what the hell was I thinking? Well tonight was a perfect example for me. I went out with the full intentions of getting the column done so I can get it ready for paint. I did get the upper nuts tacked in place. i then took the column out to work on the nuetral safety switch. My thinking was I could duplicate the openings, so that is what proceeded to do.





I was taking step by step pix to share with ya'll. Once I got to this point is when it hit me..........That's stupid you dumb A$$. My thinking is I can cut out a square around the original location and move it up the column. The piece I cut out can fill the hole where the original one was. It will be alot cleaner and will allow me more access to the inner shaft so I can cut it as well. I will weld the piece I cut out tonight back in and start over. Don't ya'll think that would be better?

[protrash64]

Sorry, I dont follow what you are pointing out; you did a good job with the tape, however.

[Alan's Classic]

Maybe this will help out. Weld the piece I cut out and start over by doing this.

[70 Suburban]

I would just bypass the nutral safty switch

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by Strodder

Good idea Allan, but what do you have to do to the inner shaft make the switch work? Isn't there an easier way? You got me thinking now.

The pix will explain

Originally Posted by 70 Suburban

I would just bypass the nutral safty switch

I've seen 2 mishaps over the years due to that. It's not worth the risk of killing someone.

After I got my measurements and a plan this is what happened. I didn't take pix of the cut I made on the inner tube where the switch is activated. It looks almost like the original hole just in a different location.











And there is continuity in park. I tacked everything in place and checked with a meter before I weld everything up.

[Strodder]

NICE

[joe231]

nice work Alan!

[protrash64]

I get it....sorry dude. I see whats up now; thats slick. Was the switch interfering with something? Your mount is clean too. My column installed by the PO has a cobbled up mount combined of the late(?) 70's column mount and the original. The column is also too short.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by Strodder

NICE

Originally Posted by joe231

nice work Alan!

X2

Originally Posted by protrash64

I get it....sorry dude. I see whats up now; thats slick. Was the switch interfering with something? Your mount is clean too. My column installed by the PO has a cobbled up mount combined of the late(?) 70's column mount and the original. The column is also too short.

I slid the column down (forward) 2". That put the nuetral safety in the firewall. There is a pic on the previous page. No need to be sorry. Thanks.

[protrash64]

The slot on the inner cylinder wasnt registering to me. Probably because I havent torn apart a column before. I knew it worked mechanically.

[neto]

Man I'm tired, just went through the whole thread again to find how you welded the rocker to the floor. I noticed you made holes in the new rocker. Did you use a spot weld bit? Every time I go through your thread I find something new I learned. This is like my third time I have gone through it.
Thank you.

[jonzcustomshop]

In my case... since september!
I did go stare at it for an hour yesterday... does that count?

[MacAttack]

Alan, thanks for the in-depth photos and detail of what you’re doing. This effort will no doubt save many tears for a lot of folks later on and is a great example of why this forum is so important.

Mac.

[4dranch]

Originally Posted by MacAttack

Alan, thanks for the in-depth photos and detail of what you’re doing. This effort will no doubt save many tears for a lot of folks later on and is a great example of why this forum is so important.

Mac.

[kizer]

I hear you on the taking a break. Got cold her so I took a break for a month or two. Then right when I started getting excited it Snows for two days in the beginning of March. What gives?

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

In my case... since september!
I did go stare at it for an hour yesterday... does that count?

Looking and thinking does count.

Originally Posted by MacAttack

Alan, thanks for the in-depth photos and detail of what you’re doing. This effort will no doubt save many tears for a lot of folks later on and is a great example of why this forum is so important.

Mac.

Thanks Mac, I'm glad ya'll enjoy and get something from the pics

Originally Posted by 4dranch

Originally Posted by kizer

I hear you on the taking a break. Got cold her so I took a break for a month or two. Then right when I started getting excited it Snows for two days in the beginning of March. What gives?

At least ya'll got some snow. I live 60 miles North of Atlanta. We didn't even get a flake. Atlanta got 2-4". It won't be long and we will be complaining about the heat.

Stayed tuned I'm fixin' to post some pix of what I got done today.