What did you do to your truck today?

[joedoh]

man I love salt flats

[endlessearth]

Many good things start with a beautiful woman.
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[ratrod11]

Very true!

[ACK]

Replaced wiper transmission, arms, and blades. Also working on replacing the weather seal around the door on the driver side now that the passenger side is done.

[Armando22]

I've been banned for Spam.

[mud.man.rj]

Spam...sounds bad..

[the_evil_monk]

Nothing too exciting...except picked up our personalized license plates. Okay...maybe a little exciting. I have never had personalized plates before!

[LVPhotos]

Cut pan-hard bar mount off. Swapped in new valve covers with hint of body color to come. Order next round of parts to be installed and posting up what has come off. Did the pipe notch the other day and swapped out the HEI for the MSD distributor and coil .

[TJ's Chevy]

Primed my stepside bed today. Need to get better primer. And am working on fixing a exhaust leak between the head and header. Puffing out air in the second flange from the rear. And working on saving for the rebuild! Can't wait to put the performance parts in. There gonna really wake up that ol chevy 6!

[ACK]

Got the heater riser unstuck and installed a heater riser spring, too. Got the spring from a local Jeep parts place for just a few bucks. It's pretty much identical to the Chevy spring, just removed a couple of inches and bent the end to catch the stop. Works like a champ.

[donthekawguy]

Got my bed strips back from the powder coater then realized I got the wrong bolt kit. I got the carriage bolts and need the ones with grooves. I think the carriage bolts will work if I use an air ratchet. Now I just need the wood and have my friend cut it then I can finish it and put it all back together.

[jayoldschool]

Got the side wood pieces installed, and most of the crossmembers hung. I have to mod one of the "wide hole" ones to make it a narrow (bought used ones). Progress! Pics tomorrow in better light.

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by ratrod11

Purchased, thanks to my beautiful wife! The project begins...

Good for you! Make sure to take tons of pictures before you turn a wrench so you'll have plenty of "before" pictures.

[markeb01]

Congrats on the interview! Most of us will never share that experience. Very cool indeed!

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Some of y'all may have already seen this. It's an interview of me with my truck. The guy has a youtube channel that highlights the local shows.

HOOTERS QUICKIE - YouTube

[endlessearth]

Well, I spent several hours over the last few days using CLR and water followed clear wax to bring out the beautiful natural patina on my AZ native 1964. But since I posted those pics in a separate thread lets instead enjoy here a couple pics from today when I was able to enjoy the fruits of my labor and use the truck and my fat tire bike to explore some of the local back roads and trails in preparation for a planned trail ride on horseback this Sunday.

[Grizz1963]

Not much to report back other than the smiles per mile continue to add up to more than the smiles per cost per liter to run this beast.

Weather forecast is rubbish with intermittent rain and possibly storms, not that it should stop me really, there is always something that needs doing.

Have I mentioned that I really do like (that's better than love) my wife Nicola??

This week they started doing some remodeling at her work, clearing out a lot of old equipment and stuff that is no longer fit for purpose.

They had an 8 meter deep skip that was filled with chairs, furniture and much much more.

At some point she went outside and got a bollocking from the judges of the County Court who they share a car park with for firstly having a large skip on site and secondly....... the local jobless alcoholics had removed all the chairs from the skip and taken them down to the "beach" on the River Medway to have a party..... OOOOPPPss?

Well, in pursuit of the chairs some steel cabinets had been dragged out of the skip and set down next to it..... when the chairs were returned and the skip collected, the steel cabinets had not been returned to the skip.

Nicola saw them, and immediately took a couple of pics she texted to me with just one word : "WANT??" Of course I said yes as I still have some old wooden bedroom wardrobes in the garage to replace with steel cabinets. She then got some of the funeral directors and bearers to drag them back indoors for me to collect later.

Did I mention I liked my wife ??

Went to fetch them the next evening at about 7pm with Mickey riding shotgun to help me load them.....

Today I will unload them and empty one more wardrobe and replace it with a steel cabinet.

Garage is getting there.





Last night after work I popped over to my mate Martin who had bought a 1965 LWB Fleetside C10 truck about the same time as we got ours. He works in the "Disability motor vehicle conversion business" Interestingly, he and his wife have two Mazda MX5's as well, so we seem to have a fair amount in common. He had managed to get some brand new loose car mats for my truck and Nicola's MX5 from dealers who remove them prior to conversion to hand control etc. So I popped over to look at what his cars looked like etc.

While chatting about various things including the last weekend towing the Grizz-Pod with the truck I mentioned I was going to remove the small but ineffective round mirrors and replace them with the slightly larger (unattractive to me) rectangular ones. He offered to pick me up a pair of heads when he is in the USA later in the year (so I get to keep my stalks and mountings) as they are only $10.00 each. He also showed me the mirrors that had been on his truck when he got it, I suspect they are moderns, ugly but functional.
Later in our discussions it turned out that his glove box was missing its "liner" so I offered him some 1.2mm ally plate to make one, in the end he suggested that if I made him a new liner, he would trade me for the mirrors if I was interested...... Typically I agreed. He also offered to fit Rivnuts to my door once I have done the paint and repairs as part of the deal.





I will make a mounting plate for the large mirrors, which has a 4 hole mounting plate that will fit the standard 3 screw/nut fitting, and with the Rivnuts in place I will be able to remove the standard mirror when I want to to the Teardrop long distance. The Rivnuts will just mean that I can remove the mirrors without losing the thread in the door.

Martin had these mirrors on his truck when he bought them..... Soon to be mine.




This weekend I want to make two if these smoker cookers from old gas bottles.

My mate Woodsie works in demolition and a lot of the stuff they remove from sites have to go into skips and be "recycled" (read: exported to China and turned into cars)so when I showed him the pics I took at a car show a while ago, he was game for me making us each one as well. Fair trade.
He is off to fetch a new used motorbike for his wife this morning, but my drop in later to drop of the bottles he rescued.

This is what I will be aiming at.



This was just after the smoker/cooker was loaded.

[robber grin]

Welcome ratrod11!

Alan will you autograph my firewall? Very cool sir.

I spent a fair amount of time (3 days) trying to adapt the 70's van column to the 62 and finally got it done yesterday - shortened the D-shaft about 4" then spotted and drilled the new spacing and added 4 aluminum rivets as shear pins. Started the 66 front e-brake cable routing to the DS boxed frame.

Got the last two tires for the front ground, sanded, mounted and balanced, then on the 62.

Pig roast later today but I wouldn't mind some of grizz's bbq - loves me some yard-bird - looks good man!

Garage Tiki ~ very happy...
rg

[robber grin]

Originally Posted by endlessearth

Well, I spent several hours over the last few days using CLR and water followed clear wax to bring out the beautiful natural patina on my AZ native 1964.

endlessearth - you got a fine looking truck and I always enjoy your pictures too!

Thanks for sharing.
Bob

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by robber grin

endlessearth - you got a fine looking truck and I always enjoy your pictures too!

Thanks for sharing.
Bob

Thanks Man! That means a lot.

[BUGMAN II]

got some nos gm brake/clutch pedals and a nos gm water pump.

[jayoldschool]

Finished the install of my cross members.

[RANDY COX]

Tore the front end apart now I can start patching...

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Congrats on the interview! Most of us will never share that experience. Very cool indeed!

Thank you Sir. I just wish I talked more.

Originally Posted by robber grin

Welcome ratrod11!

Alan will you autograph my firewall? Very cool sir.

rg

Haha ….... well if you really want me too. . Btw thank you.

Nice work on your truck!

I went to a show today and brought this home


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[joedoh]

didnt feel like taking out the bumper bolts there randy?

[ChevyJr]

Been avoiding body work for a while. Finishing up drivetrain work and front to back all parts a new. Frame still needs to be powder coated, but I'm just glad it running like I wanted. Pulled off the generic door panels and started air chiseling off the heat/sound covering and opened Pandora's box. Making a list of patch panels to order and the nightmare begins.