What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[Red Foreman]

Midday here in Australia & about to get started filling in this swiss cheese firewall. Hopefully by the time its done it will look a Kraft cheese slice some how I don't think it will get finished today??

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by G&R's57GMC

Stripped the wiring and accessories off my 5.7L Tahoe in prep for engine R&R

Did I mention I pulled the body to do it the easy way. (see '98 Tahoe body off engine swap thread)on 88 -98 board.

Easy way?

[wayne4252004]

Yesterday filled up at the gas station. Took my son and his freind to football camp. Went to my moms house picked up a table for the garage sale. Filled up again. Picked the kids up from football camp and headed home.

[not2oldchevy]

Found a ton of AD parts 3 miles from home. He has 5 or 6 cabs,hoods,fenders,doors,running boards, all kinds of parts, I got a rear bumper with brackets for $20. Listed on knoxville craigslist #3045350864

[rollenhard]

Findley got the body back on the frame and the doors aligned

[_Ogre]

hot rod power tour starts on saturday.
motown to mootown (detroit to arlington tx)
truk and i are headed to tx.
anyone else?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Nothing on the truck per se, but I'm enlarging my garage so I wil be ABLE to work on my truck easier. Does that count?

After FINALLY welding these beams in place over the weekend, I painted them today with Rustoleum Hammered silver. Rolled with $2 throw away foam roller.

BEFORE:


AFTER:


TEXTURE:

[Russell Ashley]

Looking good. I painted the inside of the bumpers on my last truck with that same paint. I've never been disappointed with Rustoleum paint.

[_Ogre]

dang dan... that redefines the term ''over-engineered''
you going to be lifting mack trucks on that thing?
nice work.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

dang dan... that redefines the term ''over-engineered''
you going to be lifting mack trucks on that thing?
nice work.

No schit, huh?!

I was quoted $240 for just ONE 4" deep I beam, 8 ft long. I found these beams 10" deep, 4" flanges, 25 ft long in Craigslist for only $100!! Had to drop $40 for a used cheapo Harbor Freight portaband to cut them in half - even at 12+ ft they were a stretch to get home on my dually!

Had to go into the war zone inner city to get them too but it was quite a savings.
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[Dan in Pasadena]

Duplicate post, sorry

[Dan in Pasadena]

PS: I lifted that big mutha 14'-4" beam in place by myself. And I'm 57. No, I'm not a former Olympic power lifter, lol. I lifted on end onto an 8 ft ladder, then the other end onto a 6ft ladder. After hitching up my balls(OMG it was heavy) I used a heavy ratchet strap to get it within the last 6" but then the strap itself was in the way. I was on top of that 6 ft ladder with the beam resting on my thigh. One max effort "curl" got it on the column.

Needless to say, I have a dull mind and a (used to be) strong back. I do NOT recommend anyone else ever try this!!
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[Dan in Pasadena]

Man, what's with my phone duplicate posting? Again, sorry

[Dan in Pasadena]

Russell, using that paint inside the bumpers hadn't occurred to me, good idea. I saw someone on here (?) used undercoating. I planned on using Gibbs oil, but maybe this paint is a better idea. Do you have any pictures? Did you just paint it on directly or use some kind of primer?
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[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

No schit, huh?!

I was quoted $240 for just ONE 4" deep I beam, 8 ft long. I found these beams 10" deep, 4" flanges, 25 ft long in Craigslist for only $100!! Had to drop $40 for a used cheapo Harbor Freight portaband to cut them in half - even at 12+ ft they were a stretch to get home on my dually!

Had to go into the war zone inner city to get them too but it was quite a savings.
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Some poor contractor is trying to figure out where his steel for his project went! I did the same with my garage with the laminated beams. Got mis-cut one 6" deeper and 2" wider than what I needed for 25% of new cost.

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Russell, using that paint inside the bumpers hadn't occurred to me, good idea. I saw someone on here (?) used undercoating. I planned on using Gibbs oil, but maybe this paint is a better idea. Do you have any pictures? Did you just paint it on directly or use some kind of primer?
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I use Rustoleum paint, then paintable undercoating (rattlecan from the auto paint store) and will paint with finish color and clear. Did the same on the inside of the fenders and bed sides.

[Russell Ashley]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Russell, using that paint inside the bumpers hadn't occurred to me, good idea. I saw someone on here (?) used undercoating. I planned on using Gibbs oil, but maybe this paint is a better idea. Do you have any pictures? Did you just paint it on directly or use some kind of primer?
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Apparently I didn't take any pics of it. I had just gotten my bumpers back from the chrome shop so I just wiped the inside down with thinner and brushed the paint on.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Some poor contractor is trying to figure out where his steel for his project went!

Funny, that's the same thing I first thought when I saw the steel on CL. Turned out to be about a 75 ft by 500 ft deep lot in Gardena with just an indescrible amount of CRAP in it. Literally abandoned boats, shelves, semi trailers, 2-3 uninhabitable houses and get this: There was a Plymouth Superbird (OMG!!!) at the very back of that lot! It was stripped to bare steel, rusting away and the nose was damaged and sitting to one side but the wing was there. Of course he didn't want to sell it He's "gonna fix it up one day" - RIIGHT.

This steel was inside one of those ancient semi truck trailers. Had a biyatch of a time getting it out of there cause it was 25 ft long at the time.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Had to drop $40 for a used cheapo Harbor Freight portaband to cut them in half

poor dan, had to buy a tool or so he told his wife
honey, i can waste $240 or buy this beam and a portaband...

[dcmalone]

Discovered that the previous owner slapped about a pound of JB weld on both sides of the block and painted it orange to hide some pretty serious cracks. On the up side I found a 4-bolt main block at an auto salvage yard pretty cheap. It seems I fix one thing and find two more problems to fix, and loving every minute of it.

[dcmalone]

And worked on my carport paint job...

[orngsikL]

picked up a 71 roller chassis with 283 and trans

gonna build the frame on this one then swap over.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

poor dan, had to buy a tool or so he told his wife
honey, i can waste $240 or buy this beam and a portaband...

That's how I USED to live!

I'm unmarried but my girlfriend and I (no, Cali is NOT a "common law" state) have a "house account" and its for ALL house bills, groceries, utilities, things like this garage retrofit, etc. All other monies we make are mine or hers to spend as we see fit. I dont give a damn how many shoes she buys (a lot) and she doesn't care how many tools I buy. Tools I need for a "house" project I pay for alone cause tools are mine forever, period. Its a great way to live guys!!

[c6_rob]

Originally Posted by rollenhard

Findley got the body back on the frame and the doors aligned

Lookin good man!!

Who did the paint? Im working on my IFS now but hope to be where your at in a few months.

[Spitshineschwinn]

Worked him like a rented mule! Storms Wed. night took down quite a few good sized limbs, so I got out the chain saw and cleaned up the mess. Great to have a long bed and rider quality paint!