What did you do to your truck today?

[markeb01]

Nice job! The gauges look OEM.

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by camaro_red

Side shot

I never have been much of a fan of the 67-72 series, but your truck is beautifully spectacular. Both engines look fantastic, along with the big meats and deep wheels on the rear. I love the look of the open engine compartment and all the side trim. Definitely show winning material. Nice job!

[markeb01]

What a difference a week end of back breaking work can make! The color and finish on your truck are exquisite!!

Originally Posted by zippeay

You NEED to donate this for my project! Haha, holy crap! That's a lot of money and power right there. Very nice!

Well... I spent most of the weekend color sanding and buffing. Not my favorite thing to do but it's turning out nice. Still have to finish sanding half the truck but it's getting there.
Before polishing "this is after I block sanded"


After polishing


Here's the roof also.

[K98AL]

Got bed ready and coated with Raptor bedliner.

[kieth]

Looks great, good to meet you and your wife Saturday Evening, hope Jim posts up the pictures, cannot remember seeing that many 60-66 pickups together anywhere...........Kieth

[firemanjimtfd]

Nice truck. Good to meet another local truck guy. Hope to see you at Braums this week.

[K98AL]

Good to meet everyone, too - I plan on heading to Fuddrucker's tomorrow - that is the car show, right?

[zippeay]

Thanks Mark! I spent all weekend on it and got the first cut finished but I still have 1 more step to do tonight. Here's the other side. Good god I forgot how much work this is... I'm not sure how much body shops charge for this but it can't be cheap... This sucks! Haha! But it does look nice!

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by firemanjimtfd

Nice truck. Good to meet another local truck guy. Hope to see you at Braums this week.

Dang those trucks look good when parked in a row!

[firemanjimtfd]

Originally Posted by K98AL

Good to meet everyone, too - I plan on heading to Fuddrucker's tomorrow - that is the car show, right?

Yes I believe that is the last or next to last cruise in at Fuddruckers 71 and HW 169 Tulsa for the season after time change its over till next spring.

[CPO1]

Replaced the exterior pitted door handles with fresh chromed repops. Replaced the cracked front signal light lens with repops as well. It's the little things some times.

[NEWFISHER]

Originally Posted by CPO1

Replaced the exterior pitted door handles with fresh chromed repops. Replaced the cracked front signal light lens with repops as well. It's the little things some times.

They all make a huge difference

[mud.man.rj]

A liitle at a time sure does add up later.

[Improbcat]

Neither was today, but both were recent work on the truck:
Went from this battered seat with a cheap cover:



To this nice tweed & vinyl seat I bought off craigslist(from someone who hangs out here no less):



I also installed this tool box in the bed. It has wingnut screws through the bottom going into nut inserts in the bed so I can remove it easily.

[NEWFISHER]

tonight after work

[AngryPirate]

Originally Posted by JWheeler331

Well this was the first time I have seen my truck in about a month or two due to my kids having football nearly everyday. Thought I would snap a pic and show what it looks like at this moment.

So legit.

[firemanjimtfd]

Cleaned the leaves out of the inside heater box. Works much better now.

[Softpatch]

Originally Posted by firemanjimtfd

Cleaned the leaves out of the inside heater box. Works much better now.

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Wow thats horrible. !
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I need to do that

[markeb01]

If the heater looks like that, it might be worthwhile to pull the cowl vent panel and the vent outlets in the cab and clear out the plenum with a weed blower. Those leaves love to hold moisture and start things rusting.

[markeb01]

That new seat sure makes a nice improvement and looks a lot more comfortable.

Originally Posted by Improbcat

Neither was today, but both were recent work on the truck:
Went from this battered seat with a cheap cover:



To this nice tweed & vinyl seat I bought off craigslist(from someone who hangs out here no less):

[bobbylast]

How do copy pics you wanna keep? Is that possible cause I really like these scallops

[Improbcat]

Originally Posted by bobbylast

How do copy pics you wanna keep? Is that possible cause I really like these scallops

With most browsers just put your mouse cursor over the image and click the right mouse button. A box will come up and one of the options will be "save image as" or something similar. Click that and you can save it wherever you want on your computer.

Here are a few more shots of the seat before I cleaned it.

[earl84]

No pics, but I scored a front sway bar and brackets from an '87 C10, and another voltmeter (the first one I tried replaceing my ammeter with is not working) and an entire front serpentine setup with alternator, PS pump, compressor, all brackets, and hardware for $60. Most components are probably going to need replacing, but at least I have cores, right? The serpentine setup is from a '92 5.7L. Hope it all fits.

[luvbowties]

Originally Posted by earl84

No pics, but I scored a front sway bar and brackets from an '87 C10, and another voltmeter (the first one I tried replaceing my ammeter with is not working) and an entire front serpentine setup with alternator, PS pump, compressor, all brackets, and hardware for $60. Most components are probably going to need replacing, but at least I have cores, right? The serpentine setup is from a '92 5.7L. Hope it all fits.

Man, what a deal. Remember: It's easy to forget to verify that your water pump will now turn backwards; keep this in mind when installing the serp. system, as you'll need to get the reverse spinning pump. Sorry to sound as if I'm talking to a newbie, but I've seen it happen to even highly-experienced mechanics.

Again, you scored big time, and I'd bet the components will happily surprise you as well!
Sam

[Chevymann66]

Finished up my cover for air management. Working on axle cover now.