What did you do to your truck today?

[LILRED66]

Nada...with the temps below zero and a foot of snow on the ground, my "get up and go has got up and went". May the sun return soon and the snow melt away.

[midnite]

Originally Posted by LILRED66

Nada...with the temps below zero and a foot of snow on the ground, my "get up and go has got up and went". May the sun return soon and the snow melt away.

i wish, lots of snow here, but its been -25c for the past week before the windchill....

[ravens65]

well we installed 41-48 repo tail lights today , it was freezing , even in florida. I had a good helper today ,the youngest of my 3 sons! the fenders were off so I traced the stake pockets of the bed onto a big envelope, measuring off the lower hole and taped it to the fender , this let me center the tail light in the postion that I wanted with out installing the fender again. We used a 1-1/2" holesaw then cut between the holes , left a little adjusting room just incase the holes were off a little -I love the look !!!!!!! custom yet old school!!

[lakeroadster]

Originally Posted by ERIC BUFFARD

well we installed 41-48 repo tail lights today .... custom yet old school!!

I am loving the way the 41-48 tail lights turned out! Good job.

On Saturday I finished all the mounting bracketry for my stretched 67 Camaro dash. 9 bolts hold it in and it is very sturdy, yet removable. Now on to the wiring and center gauge pod.

[ravens65]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

I am loving the way the 41-48 tail lights turned out! Good job.

On Saturday I finished all the mounting bracketry for my stretched 67 Camaro dash. 9 bolts hold it in and it is very sturdy, yet removable. Now on to the wiring and center gauge pod.

well I like the impala lights on yours but they cost to much hahaha so I chose the 41-48 , both ideas look better than stock don't they???

[ravens65]

OK , people are wanting to see how that hood tilts forward here is a pic. of part of the hinge notice how the flat stock runs across the back of the radiator support and ties the left and right together, the part that hooks to the hood is a " H " shape w/ angles on a 45% that ties the " H " structure together , ea leg of the " H" have a lug nut welded inside and a heim joint threaded into the lug nut - a 2"x2" angle was then bolted to the stock hood support , Now my stock hood supports were fiber glassed to the fiberglass hood -simple right? I'll post better pics. later when I can get to the hood Eric

[aboz]

I crawled underneath my '63 just to see how rusty the flywheel is getting. My new clutch has been waiting for over six weeks to be installed. Between being sick for the entire month of December and the fact that here in NC we've had the worst cold snap in 33 years, I really haven't felt like doing much.

[Envy]

Today I pulled the "new" sbc 350 out to make room for the cummins swap, next weekend hopefully take the coils out and put the bags in and my new center crossmember and cpp trailing arms.

[protrash64]

'Burb got a new Optima and some 255/60/15's to match the rear tires...looks good and starts even better.........

[sams60gmc]

Did a quick little video blog trying out my new camera

YouTube- 1960 GMC project. bagged, fullsize. 305...

[NF65Fleetside]

I took off my hideous side mirrors and replaced with a peep mirror. Put a new chrome dome light and lens in. Attempted to replace my turn signal switch with no luck of getting the steering wheel off....and chipped it too! suxs! will try again tomorrow.

[blackmopar]

got my motor painted and started putting her back together - scored a set of used hooker super comps for $40 bucks! [IMG][/IMG]

[sams60gmc]

Today I made my lower bag plates and got them set up on my axle. I set my pinion at 3 degrees. I set a tool in the mill to cut the radius on my upright pieces and they fit great. I took some 5 1/2 stock and machined it down to 5 1/4 for my plates and got them welded up and tacked onto the axle.

[63 extreme low]

Today I finished making my small back window into a big window!

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 63 extreme low

Today I finished making my small back window into a big window!

Tips, suggestions, pics, general things to avoid?? This is on my list so I'm trying to learn from everybodys efforts before the 1st cut begins.

[DWright]

pulled the 'ole 6 out to make room for my hopped up 350 undercover. next the front cross member is gettin' pulled to install the '78 member, power steering, and bags. then onto the dreaded body work.my goal is to be rollin again by spring. fingers crossed.

[NF65Fleetside]

I got my steering wheel off and replaced my turn signal switch. Should have snapped photos and did a tech thread but was in a rush so i could move the truck before street cleaning!!!! =)

[DWright]

I also started putting my boss' F**D together for him. sorry guys, i had to do it; he cant do anything by himself.

[SCOTI]

Gotta love those Falcon Sprints!

[DWright]

he's a self proclaimed " chevy guy" and this is his first ford. i found it for him this time last year for $200. i also supplied and built the 311 cid motor for it. it was the only way i could keep him off my a$$ about working on my truck at the shop. i figured if i got him something to work on he wouldnt bother me; it worked.

[sams60gmc]

Today I pulled the long bed off my truck got it loaded on a trailer to sell tomorrow. Sorry to see it go and for so cheap but I had no where to put it and needed to make way for my short step bed and tube back half.

[63 extreme low]

Hey Scoti how do you quote like that with my pic? And my first suggestion would be to find a big back window cab! Just a lot of metal work on the inside, not that hard just very time consuming. Should have tried to find a junk cab to get the inner panel from. I will try and find the pics of the inside.

[greg65]

I went and picked up my cab after having new floor sheet metal installed. There is still some body work to be done before it is ready for paint. We went ahead and set the cab on my frame. It has been eight years since I took it apart and I have almost forgot what it looks like with a cab. It was too late to get any pictures last night but will try to get some this weekend.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 63 extreme low

Hey Scoti how do you quote like that with my pic? And my first suggestion would be to find a big back window cab! Just a lot of metal work on the inside, not that hard just very time consuming. Should have tried to find a junk cab to get the inner panel from. I will try and find the pics of the inside.

Actually, I just hit the quote button when reading your reply (I'm not puter savvy enough to do it on my own ).

My plan was to get an 'inner' cab skin from the upper seam down to the area where it 'rolls' under adjacent the gas tank & to the doors each side. I figured splicing it together .250" below the OE upper seam to keep things from warping when welding it up.

Since there are multiple ways of doing the job, I like to see if someone has done something different that allows for a 'better' (easier, more consistent) finished task.

[70 Suburban]

if you removed the entire rear panel like i did you can take off the inner from the spot welds. more work but looks factory. I drilled all the welds at the door and rear and the window. then removed the whole panel. you can see from my what it looks like when you removed the back.