What did you do to your truck today part III

[pimpston65]

Originally Posted by 53Sparky

Today I went to the salvage yard in Longmont and met up with fellow member Lee 64. He helped me and the owner of the lot, Dave, cut the 12 bolt rear end free that I purchased last week. It turned out not to be a Posi rear end after all, but the stamp on the outside indicates that it is the correct gear ratio. Lee 64 also helped me pull a driver side door for my '62, and then we found and pulled an underseat jack kit for another member on this forum, _mg. Dave really understands the importance of keeping these parts out of the crusher and opened up more once he knew I was legitimately interested in using the parts to preserve their history.

After we left the salvage yard, I went over to Lee 64's house to see his project. He has a sweet 64 short step with a 383 stroker that is well on its way to completion. It was good to meet another guy who appreciates these trucks. He showed me a really trick fuel filler door and a secret security HEI shutoff setup to deter theft. He also left me with a parting gift: he had the glass lens that I needed to complete my reverse light parts search. A great day!

no pics???

[53Sparky]

Originally Posted by pimpston65

no pics???

Sorry, pimpston, I tried to take pics but my memory was full on my phone and I couldn't take any. I will be going back again soon. And I promise there'll be pics. There's a wealth of stuff there.

[pimpston65]

i used my glass top table as my precsion table to make 2" up. the tape roll with with the file was a perfect 2", scribe away!!!

[pimpston65]

now i need to cut along my line and mock it up, ps dont cut above this line!!! wish me luck...

[Lugnutz65]

I finished my vent window rebuild.

[dirty230]

[J & E Speed Center]

Cool shift knob, Now I did not look to see where you were from till after I had this thought but I knew you lived in California by the club attached to your steering wheel. I used to live there and had one for every vehicle, now I live in Iowa and leave the keys in the ignition, go figure !!!

[dirty230]

Not so much for thieves. I can carry it legally on the seat if'n I get attacked.
That is why it's called the club.

If all else fails I will pull the pin on the shifter.
Thanks for the compliment.

[_mg]

Lol!

[forestb]

Both of my cars have one. I did not realize it was a California thing.

[lobuck64]

Got mine lowered used 3.5 front springs a body rear springs

[ChrisDollins]

My wife and I used the old truck to haul a couple bucket loads of mulch and a dozen plants for our flower bed. We did lay down a tarp to keep from turning the wood red lol. The rear was on the bumpstops, but I drove slow. I love using the truck for little things like this (this one may have been a little much lol). People always want to talk about it and what they have or use to have. Always a fun outing. Here's a couple pics from the day.

[64shortbox]

Great job! Looks nice. Always good to use our trucks for what they were meant to do.

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by ChrisDollins

My wife and I used the old truck to haul a couple bucket loads of mulch and a dozen plants for our flower bed. We did lay down a tarp to keep from turning the wood red lol. The rear was on the bumpstops, but I drove slow. I love using the truck for little things like this (this one may have been a little much lol). People always want to talk about it and what they have or use to have. Always a fun outing. Here's a couple pics from the day.

I love the black and white combo that's another choice to think about looks really good

[canadian_diesel1964]

I brought Big ZEKE(c10) home his little bro ZEKE(Ford F1) to be his parts getter...I always wanted a Sandford and son truck but he's got a 300 hp 350 and 700r4 Chev heart beat...I found him 5 hours away in 1000 pieces a few years back...I know a Ford but still cooloh yea I got the HEI into the Chev...runs great!

[canadian_diesel1964]

300 hp

[canadian_diesel1964]

Together at last!

[Softpatch]

Originally Posted by canadian_diesel1964

Together at last!

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Thats your truck.?
If i was a bet'n man I would say it's looks alot like a 63 Knee knocker
...not a 64

[canadian_diesel1964]

Lo yes 63 musta typoed that one my friend ...

[_mg]

Originally Posted by ChrisDollins

My wife and I used the old truck to haul a couple bucket loads of mulch and a dozen plants for our flower bed. We did lay down a tarp to keep from turning the wood red lol. The rear was on the bumpstops, but I drove slow. I love using the truck for little things like this (this one may have been a little much lol). People always want to talk about it and what they have or use to have. Always a fun outing. Here's a couple pics from the day.

Nice truck, I love the long ones! I am going to read your build thread shortly.

[dougf]

Started cutting my long bed to a shortbed. Got it disassembled today and yesterday. I wasn't able to use any cross sills because they were rotted (thank god my birthday is the 28th, lol) so I'll order new. Got 8" cut from the rear, maybe tomorrow night I'll get 12" cut from the front and see how she looks mocked up pending work. I haven't been getting home until 7:30-8 at night lately so we will see!

[ConradBSomething]

Finished my gauge cluster refurb. Just a few more parts to collect until time for install.

[ConradBSomething]

Also changed out my beat alum grille for new slightly less beat Steele.

[curvedglass]

Got the Weber 32/36 on and the new HEI in place. Used a small block wire kit because I couldn't beat the price. Dressed it best I could. 6 cyl HEI wires would have cost almost as much as the dizzy. Truck drives like a dream. No misses, hesitations, accelerates so smooth now. Still rowing the crap out of the gears going up hill though. I wouldn't call it a power gain as much as I would an improvement in drive-ability. I was getting mid to low 16's for mpg prior to this. Anxious to see the difference at next fill up.

[1963c-10]

Back cab trim, finished pass side window trim and pass door mirror and arm on.