New girl with a new project

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Welcome to the board p.m. me next time your in grants pass and ill give you a rust free core support to take back home good luck on your project..

[WorkinOnIt]

Welll, Its Been a LONGGGG time. Sorry guys, the joys of being a student with all the state competitions, deadlines, and the dreaded Finals.
Annyyways,
UPDATE
The passenger door is open, the drivers door is fixed but i'm missing the clip somewhere in the door, so its only temporary. I have a core support coming.
The 350 thats under the hood possibly has some machining issues so im unsure if i can use it. The one in the back we assume is full of water, but we will open it up to see how bad it is.

I need to know the best way to remove the interior, do you think i should strip the paint or just sand and paint... i have to fill some exterior holes so my door doesn't rust anymore.

I still need as much help as i can get with anything that gave you guys issues, just so i know whats possibly coming up...

Thanks,
Tasha

[silverstreak]

Originally Posted by WorkinOnIt

do you think i should strip the paint or just sand and paint...

Thanks,
Tasha

It really depends on the type of paint job you want. Chemical stripper would be the way to go for a first class finish, you just have to be careful to be sure all of the residue is fully flushed out of the hard to reach areas. If not, it will come back to haunt you by lifting the fresh paint in those areas later. The acid can also burn your skin and eyes if not careful.
You can still get good results by sanding down to the factory paint. Just be sure you use a good sealer coat before spraying the new paint.

[oldblue1968chevy]

If you have rust around the windshield,drip rail areas, and cowl (take your glovebox out or peek around it,yes you gotta get on the floor so get a towel or something soft to lay on and peek up) Mine was rusted out in the rain gutter on the firewall too. If you have anything like that your better off saving your pennies and finding a cab in better shape (just floorpans lol)

idk bout the interior good luck any any pics of updates

[WorkinOnIt]

at the moment i do not have pictures, I can get pics done probably tomorrow,
i just went out and pulled up the carpet near the doors. passenger side is mostly solid from what i see, except one of the screw holes has rusted to about a two inch hole.
the drivers side at first glance looked great, but as i tapped to find soft spots it sounded weird, i relized that some one has attempted to patch it by just slapping on a piece of metal and putting sealant to hold it on, Oh how i hate stupid repairs.

[WorkinOnIt]

Okay, Heres some pics. http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/f...evy%20Project/
(There not wanting to link to the thread)
Gave the truck a half ass bath so its blue now (mostly)

I took out he carpet, and the whole seat (by myself, what a pain)
I vacuumed and poked around a bit, Found an ants nest in my dash
And the patchwork on the floor covered more than expected.. Tell me where you think i should go from here. theres obviously two giant hole on each side The rest of the floor is pretty solid as far as i can tell, Just some rust around the door

[oldblue1968chevy]

yeah your floors are pretty bad but its all fixable

next time you got your camera ready take some pics of the corners of the outside of the windshield, and the same area but on the inside. And while your cowl is off (thing between hood/cab) peek around down in that, mine was rusted out..

good luck! ps i am loving that tool box in the side of the bed those are awesome you will have a nice truck before you know it! Now just keep up the good work!

[WorkinOnIt]

the cowl is gnarly but underneath is really nice,

Ill go take pictures of those other areas now and upload them. wont take too long..

and the tool box has issues, the hinge is broken so i cant get it open as of right now

[oldblue1968chevy]

haha take it easy on the tool box i think there worth something, oil it up or something just dont break it (something id do lol). Im talkin about up under what you see when you take the cowl off..

other folks oughta know what im talkin bout, i gotta get up early tomorow and i'l be gone with the gf to florida but somebody else will give you better advise for me lol. is it not dark where you are?

[WorkinOnIt]

Yeah im not sure what your saying lol...
and its still light, my phone has double flash, the pics are up idk if its what you wanted, hell idk what im doing.

and the hinge is already broken

[EA69TRK]

I think I know the spot old blue is talking about right begind the glovebox were the heater comes in if you look at pic 18 the pass. side shot w/o the fender on were the heater is that area

[WorkinOnIt]

Oh, yeah that box looks fine from what i can tell.

[EA69TRK]

on the outside it may look fine but you may wanna remove it just to make sure alot of moisture can get stuck right there and give it cancer

[WorkinOnIt]

So everybody... I don't know if I will do it.. but how much do you think could get out of this truck? everything I have goes with it except the engine and tranny that's in it...
Anyone interested? I mean anythings for sale if you have the right price.

[oldblue1968chevy]

Dont sell out!!!!!

Btw I would try craigslist or something. If your pink, I dont think your supposed to be.....well...^^

I dunno really. I paid 1500 for my blue truck and drove it home (STOCK)....

[WorkinOnIt]

Originally Posted by oldblue1968chevy

Dont sell out!!!!
.....If your pink, I dont think your supposed to be.....well...^^

What do you mean?

I don't want to throw it on craigslist because its not officially for sale..

I have an opprotunity to buy one of these trucks that's already done, lowered painted.. everything... that's why I'm considering this sell at all

[EA69TRK]

he means your name is in pink as in your not a supporting board member which is i think $25 a year subscription which allows you to post WIW ads on your on things and for sale ads. And personally i think you will get so much more satifaction out of your own truck knowing that you did the work on it and toughed out the hard spots of the build which you dont get in buying a finished truck but selling the truck is 100% your decision.

[oldblue1968chevy]

haha idk i think id almost rather buy something someone has done all the hard work on, you just finish it up (easy fun things) lol

although it is nice to say, yeah, i did that myself.

[WorkinOnIt]

Yeah, I want that satisfaction, and I want to keep it because it was my dad's (he passed away in 07') but sometimes I just think I'm in over my head. I need a truck for my senior year and there's no way I can finish this by then...
I don't know.

What's a WIW ad?

[WorkinOnIt]

Yeah, I want that satisfaction, and I want to keep it because it was my dad's (he passed away in 07') but sometimes I just think I'm in over my head. I need a truck for my senior year and there's no way I can finish this by then...
I don't know.

What's a WIW ad?

[oldblue1968chevy]

whats it worth..

well dont worry about rust right now

what will it take to make it driveable
(and safe)?

[Dusty4x4]

Dont sell it, the truck was your dads and to have something like that, it is very precious to have, i just found out that my aunt had my great grandpaw's truck and I tried to get it, but nope she wont, so if you have something like that keep it for your kids or something lol and you can tell them how hard you worked to get it like it is. i know how it is i had a 78 4wd drive and i took it down to the bare frame it had not been in the family but i worked my butt off on it lol but then things got hard in the winter and i scraped it and sold the parts off it, anyway the point is, you need it for senior year right just try to get it running and everything working and worry about the body when you have time with a little hard work and patience you can accomplish anything. and we are here for ya anytime.

[WorkinOnIt]

The engine running.. it should as is, but its never been run before
Pretty much a whole new front end (fenders, core support, grille)
New tires
Atleast primer, preferably paint..
I need to put patches inthe floor because its oregon and I don't want wet feet.
And I have to go through the a/c system, well get the ac system.. and make sure there are no critters
Inner Door panels.

I think that's it..

[Dusty4x4]

Sounds like you got it covered lol

[WorkinOnIt]

Sure except alll that... costs money.
I have exactly... $0 in my account for this truck, and I don't have a job. And I'm not allowed to get one.
So, yeah.. I'm screwed with this time frame.