04-15-2018, 07:15 PM | #6601 |
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I just drilled 4 new holes. And took a peace of meatal and welded the nuts to it for reinfocememt on the bottom side. Dont have to have 2 wrenches to remove or install it. It cant be move foward or back thoue. The only way to mount it between the bump in the floor was to have the seat all of the way Foward. The back of the seat is touching the gas tank. And the arm rest is always down. Cant fold up because it hits the gas tank,wich is fine by me. And if i realy need to fold it up. I can esaly unbolt the seat and fold it up.
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( second times the charm) 71 gmc c15 307 sbc 373 rear gears positrac sm 465 trans. ( not listed on spid but is original ) 94 chevy k1500 350 tbi 373 rear gears 4l60e one wheel peel. Gutless 07 gmc sierra classic rcsb 4.3 lt 5 speed w/t 04 chevy Silverado 1500 ext cab 5.3 4l60e. 81 chevy Scottsdale k10 muncie sm465 Np208 10 bolt 8.2 ( Old Green) Last edited by 71gmcC15; 04-15-2018 at 07:27 PM. |
04-15-2018, 07:20 PM | #6602 |
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I would of keeped it if it was a full foam seat. You cant buy the bottom foam for the ' base modle seat' you could have some make the foam, yes but it was not worth it to me. And the seat is already gone.
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04-15-2018, 07:27 PM | #6603 |
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I just made one and bolted it to the seat base
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04-15-2018, 07:32 PM | #6604 |
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I like it. Might have to do somthing like that. Dont know how it would work with a factory 4 speed shifter. Might hit it in 4th or revers
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04-15-2018, 07:42 PM | #6605 |
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It's offset for the shifter
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04-15-2018, 07:55 PM | #6606 |
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My uncle gave me a 68 C10 that hasn’t ran since 09. Me and my 5yr old been wrenching on it all weekend trying to get it started. Well we got her running today!!! Now that it’s running it’s time for some modifications.
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04-15-2018, 08:17 PM | #6607 |
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Well i know what im going to do later
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04-15-2018, 09:00 PM | #6608 |
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Lets see some pictures
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04-15-2018, 10:11 PM | #6610 |
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It may still hit in reverse though because that’s basically exactly where reverse is. To the right and all the way against the seat. I’m going to have to make something like this though.
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04-15-2018, 11:23 PM | #6611 | |
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( second times the charm) 71 gmc c15 307 sbc 373 rear gears positrac sm 465 trans. ( not listed on spid but is original ) 94 chevy k1500 350 tbi 373 rear gears 4l60e one wheel peel. Gutless 07 gmc sierra classic rcsb 4.3 lt 5 speed w/t 04 chevy Silverado 1500 ext cab 5.3 4l60e. 81 chevy Scottsdale k10 muncie sm465 Np208 10 bolt 8.2 ( Old Green) Last edited by 71gmcC15; 04-15-2018 at 11:57 PM. |
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04-16-2018, 12:55 AM | #6614 |
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I finished the bottom side welds and then wire wheeled it clean. Then I rolled and brushed on this Duplicilor rust barrier. I doubled up where the welds were just for extra precaution. Half way into applying it I remembered that I had heard the only thing that will seal bare metal is epoxy primer, and an unopened gallon sat 5 feet from me.😩 It will be a PIA to get this stuff off if I made a mistake. My feeling at the moment is this, if this truck has made it 46 years left outside with only a minimal amount of rust to repair, I figure I’m gonna be ok without the epoxy primer underneath this stuff. What do y’all think?
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04-16-2018, 07:58 AM | #6615 |
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Watching their demo video on their site, they use the rust barrier on rusty metal without a primer. Knock off the rust and hit it with a grease and wax remover and apply directly over rusty metal.
From your pictures you were way ahead of what they were doing so I would say you are good to go. Some of the paint guru's may chip in and say otherwise tho. oh, no wait... it's totally messed up and I will gladly take it off your hands! |
04-16-2018, 09:57 AM | #6616 |
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It's still friggin well snowing. I wish that they would wear diapers up there, enough is enough already eh. Have a good one.
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04-16-2018, 10:05 AM | #6617 |
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Leaf to coil conversion complete! Now on to rebuilding the front end.
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04-16-2018, 06:17 PM | #6619 |
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Yeah tell me about it! I just removed my snow tires on my car. Been sleet coming down all day. I wasted the only nice days prepping and painting the bumper on my truck, so I still haven't got to drive it.
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04-16-2018, 07:09 PM | #6620 |
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Made an inspection cover for the 5 speed
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04-16-2018, 09:13 PM | #6621 |
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tinkered with my seat. i put a sub under the drivers side and now i am needing to work on the seat to keep from whackin' my legs with my original steering wheel.
.....almost got it were i want it. also bought my u-joints and sanded my drive shaft. gonna spray it wednesday
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04-16-2018, 09:58 PM | #6622 |
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I've thought about possibly buying magnets & putting them on the bottom to "stick" it on the floor. That way, the passenger won't bang their knees on it. But, most of us have carpet or rubber flooring, so that isn't as easy as I make it sound.
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Yesterday I picked up an older aluminum cap for my '72 for swap meets and camping. Today, after the rain I have been waiting for to wash the roads clean, I uncovered the truck. I keep it on jack stands with the tires barely touching all winter and now it's time to drive it. The routine is first rotate the tires and lube up the brake sliders. I noticed the chrome lug nuts had a little rust starting, so I used chrome cleaner polish, wiped, waxed, and polished off first. Got the wheels on, off jack stands, started up, and moved truck trailer spot, and trailer with new cap in truck's spot to unload the cap for painting. That's it and it took a while due to the lug nut situation. Next is mount the cap for Carlisle
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That isn’t a bad idea. My truck didn’t come with carpet originally. It just has a thin rubber flow mat that crosses the hump. That wouldn’t be hard to work around.
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A friend gave me a 1969 C20 Custom Camper. My 14yr old son and I cleaned it up, tinkered on the wiring and installed new/used wheels and tires on it yesterday. Planning for it to be his first car when he gets his license. Will be leveling it in the coming weeks. Trying to find lift ideas for a C20 lead me to the site. Thanks to all who post as I have found some great information. Having fun working on it with him!
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