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05-09-2015, 04:21 PM | #1 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Bodywork ugg!!! These pieces are from my 65. I plan to finish ALL the bodywork, priming, wet sanding, then it's matte black time. Next week cab meets frame!!!
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05-09-2015, 04:32 PM | #2 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Finally got the steering arm loose, good weekend so far! Replacing studs next.
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05-13-2015, 09:57 PM | #3 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Finally!!
A ground wire to the body does wonders for my lights (Duh) I need to rebop a stock steering column, which is a mix of stuff, into a 66 column. Anyone have a pic of the entire assembly or a link to one? The components I've got won't go together. Thanks, W |
05-13-2015, 11:36 PM | #4 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Pulled the bed off...getting ready to start the frame off.
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05-16-2015, 08:09 PM | #5 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Took it for two longer drives. It's just about road worthy. I did manage to burst the return rad hose, so it's time for new oil, hoses, coolant, plugs, points, belt. Then, cruising!
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05-14-2015, 04:26 PM | #6 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Tore more of it down today. Slowly but surely. Pictures later.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Got the radiator out, heater hoses out, will get the rest of the front off the weekend and motor ready to come out. Also crawled around under a truck in the junkyard and got me a T5 for the build back.
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05-14-2015, 09:38 PM | #9 |
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The tear down begins....not bad for only a couple hours huh? lol
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05-15-2015, 02:01 AM | #10 |
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My 66 C10. This truck was a long bed that we chopped down to a short bed, installed a full @gsi_machineandfabrication front and rear susspension. Now it lays frame on 20 inch Intro smoothies.
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05-16-2015, 05:33 PM | #11 |
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Finally got the bed set off. Got all the front off. 8 bolts and motor and trans will be ready to come out. Then the cab , and frame teardown. Amazed how good the corners are. Guess 15 yes in a warehouse done it good.
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05-19-2015, 12:45 PM | #12 |
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Been a bit busy getting ready for my job change the last few weeks, finish the current job on Friday, new job Tuesday.
In the industry I am in, it is very academically driven, and all new knowledge needs to be learned and tests/exams have a non negotiable 85% pass rate. So just when I thought I would spend some time on the truck while on holiday before leaving my current job, the training files etc got here........ Need I say more? Anyway, those that know the truck will recall that I need to replace my door check straps as the passenger door is very knackered after at least two previous contacts with the front fender edge. I already had the repair panels for the speaker holes in both doors, and the bad crease on the outside of the PS door but still needed to buy some Jeep Cherokee door check straps. In stepped a hero from South Carolina and offered me his spare set, including the rubber grommets already prepped and ready to fit, along with some door pins as well. Nicola and I went away for 5 days to the UK's Jurassic Coast to search for fossils and just spend some time together as the rest of this year will be rough from a job point of view, and of course I am off to the USA in October on a road trip with mate Martin. Many roads signed like this, no mobile or internet, no Starbucks or McDonalds. Refreshing. Our fossil finds. 170million years old. So today I went to the Post Office to collect a parcel........ Came home, opened it and found these in it. Thank you very much friend, these will be saving me a lot of pain in future. On Saturday I am off to go look at a passenger door off a '64 as well, which has no speaker hole, and seems to be crease free, though not perfect with a bit of ruse, and dents on the bottom edge, at £200.00, the price the seller is asking is more than I would like to pay, but if you do the maths and include all the welding and potential warping on my door, it kind of makes sense to buy this door. Seems Martin may have a complete cab for his truck as well, again not cheap, but less pain than patching his rusted cab, which is recoverable, but tipped in favour of the replacement unit.
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05-09-2015, 06:23 PM | #13 |
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According to one of the guys at Proformance powertrain you can use it all the way back there as long as a 3 inch forward shift lever is used. But yes, I can move it to the center if need be....its only another $400 for the stinkin shifter.
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05-09-2015, 06:33 PM | #14 |
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just a 1/64 scale model, got all the pieces hanging beggin to be painted!!!
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05-09-2015, 06:35 PM | #15 |
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check out my $20 hood rotissorie jig...
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05-09-2015, 09:14 PM | #16 |
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Washed the '63 Thursday evening. Friday, waxed and generally cleaned up real good for the Buggy Festival in Carthage, NC on Saturday, May 9. I thought my truck looked good until I saw some of the other trucks parked around me.
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That's one VERY SWEET lookin' truck you have and it can stand proud in any show. Hold your head high and be proud 'cause it's a great looking truck. Thanks for sharing.
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Looks dang good to me
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05-10-2015, 10:24 AM | #20 |
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I spent the day yesterday putting the engine and transmission back in the 62. Looks like I might have to modify the trans crossmember. Try to get some pics this afternoon.
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05-10-2015, 11:27 AM | #21 |
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Hey Pappy, I cut my original manual crossmember out. The old adage "when in doubt, weld alot" was used on my frame. 2 Sawzall blades and couple cut disks.
Been working out of town so making the list and trimmed fenders for ground attack.
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Someone has already taken the MT crossmember out when they put the v8 in. I changed the front crossmember, motor mounts to to an 81 for the disc brakes... Looks like the engine and trans are moved back about an inch or so. I have a cpp tubular crossmember that I'm thinking of using, but will have to see how it fits up. Posted via Mobile Device |
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Here's a few pics of the engine/trans back in the 62, and first time it's been back on the floor with all the changes that have been made.
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Experimenting with Buick hinges
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05-12-2015, 03:03 PM | #25 |
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Got a break and finished fit checking the mild porterbuilt crossmember, DT headers, the LS3 and the CPP drop spindles and Baer brakes. Need to figure out the steering linkage and some bump stops next, pull it all back out and send for powder coating.
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