Project#1: Bright Horizons - 68 Swb big block on Air!

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by ccracin

I can't believe I am just seeing this! Good for you man! You and I have some similar thoughts. I am in the process of getting a side business off the ground. I'm not getting into restoration, but providing parts solutions. I don't want to jack your thread, hit me up if you want to talk about it. I wish you all the best maybe we will collaborate at some point!

Thanks, hope we can collaborate on some cool parts. Sent you a pm to discuss some ideas I have...

I haven't been able to make it down to the body shop. He's been busy so no room to work on it there with other vehicles in the way...
I've also had a lot of family activities (2 birthdays) and responsibilities around the house plus been working on several consoles and tach dashes I've sold.

Will try to at least get the parts laid out and pictures taken by the beginning of next week.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Cant wait to see ya get the new venture up and running..

[Tinkermc]

Maybe I'm old fashened but I still like pictures, good luck Johnathon

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Cant wait to see ya get the new venture up and running..

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Tinkermc

Maybe I'm old fashened but I still like pictures, good luck Johnathon

I know... going to take some pictures of the parts gathered hopefully this weekend.
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[68 Four on the Floor]

Looks like an awesome starting point. Congrats on the new business venture. Wish i could do the same

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by 68 Four on the Floor

Looks like an awesome starting point. Congrats on the new business venture. Wish i could do the same

Thanks, hoped to have time to lay out all the parts today but ended up finally getting help and good weather (rain was forecast but was a nice day) to be able to fix my home's storm damage....

For those that hadn't seen...the June 30th derecho dropped a tree on my house that thankfully only damaged the soffits and gutters and a couple small areas of the roof...

[VA72C10]

I still haven't received the insurance money yet (waiting on the mortgage company to sign off on the check)...but have been doing my best to get things fixed...got the tree cleared out (mostly by myself with help from my father)...caught a guy cutting trees at a neighbors yard and got a good deal felling the rest of the tree and they hauled it away...

Today came the real work. My father came over to help me by not only handing (throwing) the tools up to me on the ladder but had a great idea (more on that in a bit) and helped hold the boards up and a lot more....couldn't have done it without him!

Found a hole in the porch roof I had missed from the ground so I had to remove an area of shingles, fix the hole from the inside, seal it, and reinstall the shingles. Thankfully it's completely separate from the house and no water damage has been caused at all and now it's sealed. Got the facia board removed and replaced, put up the decorative facia and fixed the broken ceiling of the porch and the damaged first two rows of shingles. Thankful I found a good match at Home depot.

Still have to caulk and do some painting and then the leafguard gutters will be replaced but it's watertight for now!

[babyblueoval]

YIKES!!!

Dude, glad you and you're family are ok and the damage wasn't any worse.

[VA72C10]

The main challenge came at the center of the main portion of the house where the tree hit. It had crushed the plywood , tore the shingles and tar paper, and broke the end off one of the rafters. So I had to repair that before fixing the soffits obviously.

That's where my dad's great idea comes into play and where this is "somewhat relevant" to trucks

disclaimer....don't laugh....it worked

He asked if we could somehow use one of my jacks to jack up the damaged section. So we started with a bottle jack but it was too tight to get in the space even with it all the way lowered. Next...we started using engineering....redneck engineering

I've actually helped a brother in law jack up his home using a large jack and a piece of wood so I thought...why not?

this is way up there...18 feet.....

soooo...what can we find???

Well, I built a deck a couple years ago and have some extra lumber under the deck so out comes a 4x4x12 post....

still a little short....

so....

[VA72C10]

In case anyone else has a trilevel house and is wondering...it takes three 8" rally wheels (5 lug preferred ) and one 6" rally wheel/tire to get to the proper level

Here's the finished product.....with my father proud of our invention

And it worked flawlessly. Rotated the jack to move from one area to the next and added some bracing to keep the plywood solid. Then added the facia...actually got everything done with the white decorative board but forgot to take pictures...

I did take one more picture though....I walked back to eyeball the roof line to make sure we had it jacked up to the right height and on my way back the handle on the jack was down at about eye level as I looked up.....

...just about took out my eye...thankfully only blunt trauma on my forehead and a slight scratch on my nose....could have been a lot worse...

[VA72C10]

You can see the jack handle down about my eye level in the picture...makes my head hurt just looking at it

You can also see that roof work is dirty

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by babyblueoval

YIKES!!!

Dude, glad you and you're family are ok and the damage wasn't any worse.

Thanks, we feel grateful! I should have been walking up the front porch about when that railing got smushed like that...but a tree in the road kept me away for 1/2 hour until the storm was over and we could move the tree...

[1972BackInBlackC10]

yooooou might be a red neck if.......... lol

[68 TT]

Glad you are getting to do something you love for a living. I wish you the best of luck in making it work out for you.

I may do the same thing in a couple years.

[Chvy2NV]

Good things you guys are ok. Way to get creative
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[Tinkermc]

glad you and your family were not hurt, you should have called me. When do you get the truck back from the body shop?

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by Tinkermc

glad you and your family were not hurt, you should have called me. When do you get the truck back from the body shop?

thanks, I am going over there tomorrow. Have some interest in the bed on there currently. It will be over there for a while...at least the cab will....trying to decide how to best keep that there...

[butternut1972]

Hey good luck on the new venture...That's a great job to have.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by butternut1972

Hey good luck on the new venture...That's a great job to have.

Thanks!

Here are some pictures of parts gathered. These are some of the engine related and under-hood items.

New CPP booster/master/bracket/prop valve/lines setup
New ceramic coated headers with collectors
Rebuilt 73-up motor mounts (very similar to 72 bb mounts) for header clearance...stripped/painted/new rubber in the mounts.
Clutch fan (one pictured is actually too big but I have another one)
Perfect fan shroud
Rad cover (going to tweak this one or custom make something)
powdercoated 68 center latch support
NOS black plastic washer jug (corvette option truck now )
Holley 570 carb with stainless dual feed fuel line lightly used from this forum

[VA72C10]

More pictures...
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[VA72C10]

Oh....and a finished shot of the house (before caulking and paint touch ups...)

Need to power wash the house still and plan to clean the roof also so the new shingles don't stick out so much....color match is actually good but the old ones have tree dirt/mold on them so the new ones look a lot lighter...also need a couple good hot, sunny days for the shingles to lay back down...but once the gutters are up; the shingles shouldn't be that noticeable at all anyways...

[VA72C10]

All those pictures and no comments?

Okay, some progress on the truck today! Got the bed unloaded, cleaned out, and the started repairs. Have one more spot to finish then some grinding and primer to protect it then some dents to work out. Going back tomorrow to hopefully finish.
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[VA72C10]

Here are the bed repairs.....bad areas before....
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[VA72C10]

And during.....after to come tomorrow. Worst area I need to take pics of.
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[Jastos]

OK now I am officially excited. No more injuring yourself!