What did you do to your truck today?

[pimpston65]

well today i found some oem bumper brackets, and the spring and adjuster rod for my bench seat. and hopeful helped a guy get some rims shipped. sorry no pics as im waiting for the parts to be shipped!!!

[glos55]

Got the rear down 4 inches

[63c102013]

i envy your valve covers endlessearth. is your motor the same color as the valve covers?

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by 63c102013

i envy your valve covers endlessearth. is your motor the same color as the valve covers?

Thanks! Yes. 355 block with 283 externals.

[pimpston65]

hey endless. what alt/gen u going with cu i have the same set ram style and oem bottom braket, but my alt is a few hairs off, making my belt no inline. any tricks, short of going into the alt and adding spacers behind the pulley?

[pimpston65]

hate to have a fan belt brake on my engine..

[Chevy Fleetside]

started stripping down one of my trucks for parts. It is a 3/4 ton and I am just going to swapall the parts and put them on a 66 short frame.. I finally took the spare out and it is a 15" 8 lug wheel. The tire is a 7.50-15. It seems to be a split rim with the split.. First one i have even seen and I was a tire Tech back in the early 80's. Maybe I did see one but don't remember.

[pimpston65]

ready made parts truck i like it...

[luvbowties]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

started stripping down one of my trucks for parts. It is a 3/4 ton and I am just going to swapall the parts and put them on a 66 short frame.. I finally took the spare out and it is a 15" 8 lug wheel. The tire is a 7.50-15. It seems to be a split rim with the split.. First one i have even seen and I was a tire Tech back in the early 80's. Maybe I did see one but don't remember.

Couldn't tell from pic, but a heads-up: please study up on dangers involved when working with these...they can literally be deathly.
Sam

[luvbowties]

Originally Posted by pimpston65

hey endless. what alt/gen u going with cu i have the same set ram style and oem bottom braket, but my alt is a few hairs off, making my belt no inline. any tricks, short of going into the alt and adding spacers behind the pulley?

...not trying to be a 'smarty', but slot the alternator bracket?
Sam

[pimpston65]

yeah i did the back side already, just hated to butcher my nice oem part i search'd months for. i did see a post once about the spacer thing. i was seeing if others had the same issue first. thks

[Chevy Fleetside]

Originally Posted by luvbowties

Couldn't tell from pic, but a heads-up: please study up on dangers involved when working with these...they can literally be deathly.
Sam

Thanks and yes I know.. I was a tire tech back in the early 80's and acually worked on split rims a bit. This tire will probably be taken apart and the rim scrapped. To dangerous to be used on any trucks.

[sodly]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

started stripping down one of my trucks for parts. It is a 3/4 ton and I am just going to swapall the parts and put them on a 66 short frame.. I finally took the spare out and it is a 15" 8 lug wheel. The tire is a 7.50-15. It seems to be a split rim with the split.. First one i have even seen and I was a tire Tech back in the early 80's. Maybe I did see one but don't remember.

Is that a Ford wheel? Looks like it may be. I have a set of '66 Ford two piece wheels like that but they are 5 hole!! Very odd.

[firemanjimtfd]

I installed new window channels, mirrors, dome light, glove box and step moldings today. I got a big pile of dirt dobber dirt out of the bottom of both doors.

[Softpatch]

change out tail lights switch to(2057)
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located my old bumper to moch up...
On the fence about re installing this or go with a new chrome bumper
any feedback on the bumper would be much appreciated...sp
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[Softpatch]

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[mud.man.rj]

Make up or buy a roll pan, smmmooth, nice and clean looking. That bumper of yours is..

[wayno]

poured the oil into my new 327 - went to crawl under the old girl an hour later and there's a sizable puddle under the truck... reached down and felt around the drain plug - thinking ****e man - so disgusted I walked back into the house and told myself I have a mess to clean up tomorrow... figured it just wasn't going to be my day.

[inkabot]

Fun reading through here ans seeing daily progress on randomness so I'll play along.

Today/this week I painted my new wheels a color I like to call "Cherry Coke" and got them ready for mock up. I also cut out all the old floor bed metal (had previouslly put it in to cover the airbag set up) to get ready for my wood bed to go back in. Which I also stained and cleared. Lastly I sprayed the dash in it's first coats of metal flake to "motivate" me forward on the interior design. I'll start up a build/progress thread soon here.

[Hipper]

last weekend got the 454 set in truck (65 one ton camper), and the th400 in. Had to modify engine mounts on frame and trim back top of frame rails, built radiator mounts for cross flow radiator out of donor vehicle. hope to finish up this weekend and get running. will post pics later.

[forestb]

I would say new bumper, but maybe paint it white. Depending on what look you are going for and if the front bumper is chrome.

Originally Posted by Softpatch

change out tail lights switch to(2057)
.
located my old bumper to moch up...
On the fence about re installing this or go with a new chrome bumper
any feedback on the bumper would be much appreciated...sp
.
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[TJ's Chevy]

Put a can of sea foam fuel additive in my truck today.

[Cteufert]

While not actually something on the truck... more something for the truck to go on... Installed a two post lift while temperature wasn't in the single digits. Tomorrow I need to pickup some hydraulic oil and finish up the wiring before putting the 65 C20 on it.

Charlie.

[firemanjimtfd]

Changed out the old white painted bumper for a chrome one.

[pimpston65]

that chrome bumper looks good, is it oem?