What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[88fordf150]

Did this yesterday. I removed my floor to install a new one.

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by 88fordf150

Did this yesterday. I removed my floor to install a new one.

Been there done that... LOL..

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Took a drive and ended up at the locally-owned burger joint. So, what's a guy to do? Sit outside and eat a burger....Watch the truck.
I parked far enough away. Then, the folks with walkers decided to descend upon RAT.

Freaky how that happens.

Got two "Nice Truck"s today. That always makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

[Haggis]

Took some pics of it and the younger brother.

[Mr Handy]

Broke into a Napa auto parts yesterday...

A friend and I were out making the rounds and pulled in to get some gas, right next door is the Napa, so we walked over to se if they had a few parts. Sigh said open so we walked in. 2 steps through the door and the alarm started going off. We stopped, looked at each other and looked around. I checked again and the open sigh was lit up and the door was definitely unlocked... We stood there for a couple minutes the lights in the front were off but the lights in the back were on. The phone rang and my buddy answered it " Napa auto parts" it was the alarm company. He told the lady on the other end what happened and that we were not sure if there was anyone there, we suspected that the store was empty, but we were unsure. After that we left and didn't wait for the cops to show up... I am guessing whoever "locked up" will be in pretty big trouble.

[88fordf150]

Originally Posted by Mr Handy

Broke into a Napa auto parts yesterday...

A friend and I were out making the rounds and pulled in to get some gas, right next door is the Napa, so we walked over to se if they had a few parts. Sigh said open so we walked in. 2 steps through the door and the alarm started going off. We stopped, looked at each other and looked around. I checked again and the open sigh was lit up and the door was definitely unlocked... We stood there for a couple minutes the lights in the front were off but the lights in the back were on. The phone rang and my buddy answered it " Napa auto parts" it was the alarm company. He told the lady on the other end what happened and that we were not sure if there was anyone there, we suspected that the store was empty, but we were unsure. After that we left and didn't wait for the cops to show up... I am guessing whoever "locked up" will be in pretty big trouble.

Probably have you on video. Just hope that some young cop isn't looking for his first B&E case. lol

[Mr Handy]

Originally Posted by 88fordf150

Probably have you on video. Just hope that some young cop isn't looking for his first B&E case. lol

I'm not worried. If we are on tape we are definitely in the clear.

[ChevLoRay]

I brought my '69 chassis home from my son's house. He didn't want me to do that for the past couple of years...fearing I would sell it and all my other stuff. It's painted and totally apart. Gotta get to work!!!

[ironbutter]

Got the left half of my Skayjacker lift in, UPS lost the right spring, should have it tomorrow...

[68anthony]

Caliper brackets installed.

[Daman]

This all started last weekend.

I blacked out the grill a bit. I didn't want it all black but to darken it up a bit


I liked that small mod so I pulled off the emblems to darken them up a bit. All black was too much so I matched the body color. I don't have pics of the medium olive but they didn't really work so I went to the paint store to get something else. They suggested mixing without the metallic.


On the fender. Still not sure I like it yet


The last thing I did Saturday was fix my under hood light. The fuse was broken so I drilled the ends out

[In The Ten Ring]

Today I learned a little about tube bending and a lot about patience.

[66pnl]

Well, wasn't today exactly but over the week end disassembled the inst. cluster, replaced the speedo and cleaned, painted and detailed it every thing.

[jdean]

Spent a couple hours pulling the hubs, brakes, spindles, and all the brake lines off the front of the 74 to transplant into the 69. Anyone know if I can just replace the 69 balljoints with 74s and slap the spindles in? Parts store didn't have any 69s to compare to.

[VWNate1]

I don't know but I think there was an older thread that covered " disc brake up grade " and went into this in great detail .

You *might* have to change the tie rod ends too .

[BugzC10]

Installed DRL module and Taylor wire seperators.

[jdean]

Originally Posted by VWNate1

I don't know but I think there was an older thread that covered " disc brake up grade " and went into this in great detail .

You *might* have to change the tie rod ends too .

Thanks, I forgot to mention it's a c30 i'm working on. Every steering joint on the 74 was shot, and one sleeve wasn't even tight, so I figured I'd replace everything on the 69 with new 74 steering components, I'll have to check to see if the pitman arms are the same or not. One thing about it, I'll have front discs and a hefty sway bar up front now

[VWNate1]

You're welcome .

I know this has been covered in extreme detail before , you just need to spend some time looking up old build threads to find it .

It's pretty simple as long as you're able to replace ball joints .

IIRC Square Body GM trucks are where you go for the parts necessary .

Remember , your '69 has the vastly better metal A-Frame pivot bushings.... rubber sucks .

Me I'm a Luddite in addition to a Dinosaur so I want to upgrade to the standard 2-1/2" drum front brakes used in Suburbans and optional on pickups ~ I find rusted out Suburbans in Pick-A-Part all the time but have been too lazy to yank the full setup , including backing plates and hardware .

[BigMike]

I bought some 48 LED light panels off of eBay and adapted them to the interior/courtesy/glovebox lights on my truck. WOW, it's like daylight!

Here is the box of 5 48 LED panels + 3 styles of adapters. It didn't come with a 67 bulb style adapter used in the factory style courtesy lights. I cut the ends off two of the adapters, broke the glass out of a couple 1156 bulbs and soldered the ends to the empty socket. This way I didn't ruin the courtesy light assembly and I can easily unplug them if needed.



I also fabricated a couple aluminum panels that were a little bigger than the LED lights. I stuck the lights to them (they come with 3M double stick tape already attached for easy mounting) and used an existing hole that was used for the courtesy lights to mount them. This way everything is easily reversible if I didn't like them or want to go back to stock later in life.

I put two LED panels in the dome light:



Which gives me THIS:



My courtesy lights:



And my glove box light, that comes on when I open it:



I still need to drill holes and install pin switches because my truck never had them.

Mike

[Motoxrrar]

Originally Posted by BigMike

I bought some 48 LED light panels off of eBay and adapted them to the interior/courtesy/glovebox lights on my truck. WOW, it's like daylight!

Here is the box of 5 48 LED panels + 3 styles of adapters. It didn't come with a 67 bulb style adapter used in the factory style courtesy lights. I cut the ends off two of the adapters, broke the glass out of a couple 1156 bulbs and soldered the ends to the empty socket. This way I didn't ruin the courtesy light assembly and I can easily unplug them if needed.



I also fabricated a couple aluminum panels that were a little bigger than the LED lights. I stuck the lights to them (they come with 3M double stick tape already attached for easy mounting) and used an existing hole that was used for the courtesy lights to mount them. This way everything is easily reversible if I didn't like them or want to go back to stock later in life.

I put two LED panels in the dome light:



Which gives me THIS:



My courtesy lights:



And my glove box light, that comes on when I open it:



I still need to drill holes and install pin switches because my truck never had them.

Mike

Nice job Mike they look great!

Noticed your shoulder belts. What brand were you using for them?

[VWNate1]

THANK YOU MIKE ! .

My Brother has been pushing me to try these and I was thinking of making up some under dash courtesy lights , your picture shows what I'd hoped to see .

I seem to find better quality and lower price OnLine than in my FLAPS .

[bonnieclyde100]

where did you get the glovebox liner it looks like plastic and not cardboard ? is it just for certain trucks or are they available for all??

Originally Posted by BigMike

I bought some 48 LED light panels off of eBay and adapted them to the interior/courtesy/glovebox lights on my truck. WOW, it's like daylight!

Here is the box of 5 48 LED panels + 3 styles of adapters. It didn't come with a 67 bulb style adapter used in the factory style courtesy lights. I cut the ends off two of the adapters, broke the glass out of a couple 1156 bulbs and soldered the ends to the empty socket. This way I didn't ruin the courtesy light assembly and I can easily unplug them if needed.



I also fabricated a couple aluminum panels that were a little bigger than the LED lights. I stuck the lights to them (they come with 3M double stick tape already attached for easy mounting) and used an existing hole that was used for the courtesy lights to mount them. This way everything is easily reversible if I didn't like them or want to go back to stock later in life.

I put two LED panels in the dome light:



Which gives me THIS:



My courtesy lights:



And my glove box light, that comes on when I open it:



I still need to drill holes and install pin switches because my truck never had them.

Mike

[knomadd]

Originally Posted by bonnieclyde100

where did you get the glovebox liner it looks like plastic and not cardboard ? is it just for certain trucks or are they available for all??

That liner is part of his Old Air Products A/C kit. IT's necessary since the A/C evaporator sits under the dash and uses some of the glove box space. It's smaller than the factory style cardboard box.

Mike, I love the LED lights. Nice touch on the courtesy lights. I may have to try this.

[bonnieclyde100]

ok thanks for the info

Originally Posted by knomadd

That liner is part of his Old Air Products A/C kit. IT's necessary since the A/C evaporator sits under the dash and uses some of the glove box space. It's smaller than the factory style cardboard box.

Mike, I love the LED lights. Nice touch on the courtesy lights. I may have to try this.

[BigMike]

Here is the courtesy light mounts I made. I bent about 3/4" on one side so the lights would sit more level because of the angle of the bottom of the dash.



Yes, Old Air is where I bought my glove box liner from. I looked at several others at that time & this one was the one I liked the most. I don't yet have A/C in my truck so I may or may not be able to keep this liner depending on if I go with old Air or Vintage Air. With the glove box light I just stuck it on there with the double stick tape that is already attached to the back of the lights.



HERE is the light kit that I bought off eBay, Item # 321236595761.

For those of you that don't want to break out 2 1156 bulbs and solder them to the plug you can go this route with Item #380722876396. I didn't want to spend the extra $, that's why I made my own. They are called BA15S adapters, which is just an 1156 style with no bulb and the wires already soldered in.

Also, the seller I went with was out of SoCal so I got them quickly. There are a lot of sellers out of China & Hong Kong that were less expensive but would have taken longer to get. Hope all of this helps anyone that wants to do it. I'm sure there are better ways to do it but I didn't want to spend TOO much time on them...lol

Mike