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#51 |
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Wow ,its looking great ,look forward to more .
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
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1971 c20 LWB Fleet 2wd 'working' Add-on AC & Working heat/defrost manual transmission w/ Power steering & power brakes Family owned since 1971 ![]() ____________________________________ “Life is rough so you gotta be tough” - Johnny Cash |
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#53 |
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Location: Franklinton NC
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Truck is looking great. Keep up the hard work and keep us posted.
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Well, I was going to recommend that you keep the patina........ never mind!!
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Location: Indiana
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
I am definitely keeping the tool box section of the truck. I found a pretty good door on the parts board, and am working on repairing the bottom of the with a quarter section from a catalog. I thought the door was pretty cool as well as very useful to keep my tools, straps and other stuff out of the bed.
This has definitely been a fun and challenging project, but I am looking forward to being done so I can drive it around and show it off. |
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#56 |
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Location: Indiana
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
So I managed to get the passenger side door and fender on with minimal trouble. The paint lines lined up exactly even though we did not paint them at the same time. I also installed a cargo light I pulled a few years ago from the junk yard. I taped the area and marked it to ensure that I didn't scratch the paint as well to get it leveled and centered.
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Location: canton ga
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Looks great and I like the cargo light .
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Indiana
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
So I reupholstered the seat and added heating elements for those cold winter mornings. I was able to save the foam core, but needed new padding. I purchased cotton batting at a fabric store and sprayed the whole thing with fire retardant. Once I finished the seat I scotch guarded the fabric.
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#59 |
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Location: Indiana
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
And the finished seat
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#60 |
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Location: Indiana
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Just finished the new brakes. After seeing the grooves in the front discs I decided they needed to be replaced. Judging by the cracks in the rear brake liner and how stiff they were, I am not sure the rear brakes even worked so I rebuilt them and got new drums.
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#61 |
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Location: Indiana
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
So as I was doing the brakes I decided to replace the wheel bearings with new Timken ones and that was quite an adventure. The first set they sold me turned out to be for a half ton because they were way too small for the 3/4ton. The shop ended up figuring out that the Dana 60 full floating rear end was the heavier one and ordered the ones for a 1 ton. While they were a bit more expensive, I shouldn't have to do them for quite a long time.
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#62 |
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Location: West Virginia
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Wow, that is really coming along well!
I want to see you fix up the tool box door. I love the idea of extra tool space. In fact, I am such a tool nut, I probably need a utility bed! ![]() |
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#63 |
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Love your work and great to see you've kept it a 3/4 ton.
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#64 |
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Location: Berne IN
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Great progress!
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Awesome! Wish I was as far along as you!
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Location: Indiana
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
As part of the wiring of the truck I wanted to make a 7pin trailer harness. I used a camper wiring harness that came with the truck as an example. I cut the ends off of the old intermediate and tail light harness since I had new ones. I used a semi trailer wire and soldered it to the pig tails. I think this is definitely better than cutting up my new harnesses. I also am going to add my period correct variable resistor and the brake controller that came with the truck.
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#67 |
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Location: Indiana
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Long over due update to bed blasting and prepwork
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
I ended up taking a lower bed corner and modifying it for repairing the toolbox lower section. I then used a spot welder to weld the panel in place using the box insert for alignment.
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
The paint is done on the bed and all of the lines match with the cab even though we painted everything at different times.
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
It looks great!
Further, is that a lwb? If so, you have my increased compliments. |
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Very impressive progress. Nice truck.
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Re: A boy and his 1972 fleetside restoration
Any more details on what you did to repair the tool box opening? I was gonna modify a rocker panel to repair the bottom of the opening.
Progress looks great!
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