72 Cheyenne Super Plain Jane

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by knomadd

Time to vote for TOTM... Plain Jane is #3... LINK

Thanks Duane! Pretty cool to see her up there with all of those sweet trucks

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by Bennett68C10

Thanks man

Originally Posted by 67ChevNut

Absolutely beautiful!

Thank you, the truck isn't bad looking either

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Wow, a big congrats to you and good luck with the wedding etc! Bye bye project funds until after that! Congrats on the new house too. That's awesome. Oh yeah, congrats on the win too. Your truck is freaking awesome!

Thanks man, a lot of exciting things happening. I thought I was good on the truck fund until we booked the honeymoon. Sweet Jesus this crap is expensive haha

Originally Posted by NewType72

That third picture is pure awesome from the first round of pics. Perfect spot and angle with the optimal background. That one needs to be blown up and put over the mantle for sure

I agree, I am going to have a few blown up and hung on the wall. It's just so hard to pick one, I have about 50 on my camera and had to narrow it down to 9-10 to post on here

Originally Posted by knomadd

Nice pictures!!!

Thanks man!

[SKT]

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Outstanding job on this build - truck looks amazing!

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[Undone]

Originally Posted by Graham57a

Here's the rear clip he made, it started its life as a long bed
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Did that fuel line from stock filer to rear mounted tank work? Looks like it is going uphill in a couple places? I am interested in doing this also. Thanks for the info.

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by Undone

Did that fuel line from stock filer to rear mounted tank work? Looks like it is going uphill in a couple places? I am interested in doing this also. Thanks for the info.

Undone, I honestly can't say. The truck has had maybe 2-3 tanks of gas through it. I had the same question and my dad said the pressure from the filler and a good vent system and you won't have anything to worry about.

[Grip]

Hey Andrew,

Were are the pics of your new "penny"?

[preacher anthony]

He sold it last month.

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by Grip

Hey Andrew,

Were are the pics of your new "penny"?

You talking bout dis Penny?

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by preacher anthony

He sold it last month.

I did sell the c10 the other month, my wife decided the new Jimmy was the color of a penny so she stole the name

[Dieselwrencher]

You sold Jane?

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

You sold Jane?

No I sold the gold 68 c10 that Anthony was referring to. Jane isn't going anywhere

[Dieselwrencher]

Oh, gotcha!

[preacher anthony]

Andrew, your dad picked up anything?

[Graham57a]

A little update on Jane, she has been slightly neglected since the blazer showed up. However I did manage to get a set of factory inner fenders to make an attempt at covering up my tread. I spent an entire evening putting in the drivers side, made all of the cuts under the fender well so you couldn't see any modifications but allowed a ton more room. The only problem was as soon as I turned the wheel it rubbed... bad. So I pulled it out, returned the passenger side, and accepted the fact that I am just going to run it without inner fenders.

I am planning on taking the old girl to the C10 Nationals in Nashville next month, anyone else planning on being there?

[Graham57a]

I also forgot, I finally did my bed floor lining before the Run to the Sun show in Myrtle back in March. This was my first time attending and I must say, it was impressive how many people show up for that thing.

[Graham57a]

And finally, a couple pictures of the truck at our wedding.

[Dieselwrencher]

The truck still looks great and congrats on getting married!

Are you trying to do the front inner fenders or the wheel tubs in the bed? Have you considered getting some slosh tubs for the front?

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

The truck still looks great and congrats on getting married!

Are you trying to do the front inner fenders or the wheel tubs in the bed? Have you considered getting some slosh tubs for the front?

I am trying to do the front inner fenders, my wheel tubs in the bed are factory and bolted right in. I have considered Slosh Tubs but the problem is I don't want to relocate my hood hinges after all the paint and body work. I was considering Hills inners as well but they are the same way, you have to cut the fender all up and move your hood hinges.. Oh well, maybe there is a product I don't know about that will let you keep the factory hinges and still give me some protection.

[Graham57a]

Forgot to post this but we took the old girl to Nashville for the southeastern truck nationals and brought home a little trophy for best paint. Will definitely be back next year

[preacher anthony]

Congratulations!I've got my '67 up for sale, package or separate.

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice to hear! Congrats to you!

[Graham57a]

A minor update on this truck, yes I am still tinkering with her. I guess its true, you are never really done haha.

So first thing, I have been banging my head against the wall over a slow battery drain since I built this thing. About a month ago I was sick and tired of charging my battery and worrying about it draining when I drove it somewhere and parked it so I blew the interior apart and pulled out the multimeter to track this thing down. Initially I discovered that the alternator was contributing to the issue so I unplugged it (dropping it off at the rebuild shop today). After unplugging it I still had a .005 amp draw on the battery. I started unplugging fuses and discovered that pulling the cluster feed fuse eliminated the problem. After discovering that I had even more questions haha. I found that the cluster feed fuse is supposed to be a key on circuit but was getting power all the time. My first thought was the ignition switch crapped the bed and was letting power leach over. I swapped out the switch and the problem remained. After noticing a handful of sketchy wires on my factory harness I decided I needed to swap out my entire under dash harness with a good donor my dad donated about a year ago. I went through the new harness with a fine toothed comb, cleaned the crap out of everything, and put it all back together. After I installed the new harness I discovered the fuse was now switched properly with the ignition switch but I was still drawing power from somewhere... UGHH. Soo next I pulled out the instrument cluster and the draw went away. I started blanking off gauges and testing the draw and discovered that my temp gauge is getting power all the time causing my problem. I think the issue is coming from my printed circuit, I have 2 or 3 areas where the flat copper wire is not perfect and I think it may be leaching power between some of the hot wires on the circuit to the temp gauge. I am going to swap out my cluster with a known working cluster (from the jimmy) tonight and see if that makes all my problems go away. FINGERS CROSSED

[Graham57a]

I have been working on a small list of tweaks and adjustments I want to make to the truck after driving it a bit. Here is my current list:

1. Cam Swap - I have a new Crower 00351 cam that I ordered for this girl. Should make a big difference in the performance. Waiting to get new valve springs, lifters, etc and will pull the motor this winter or early Spring and do the swap

2. Redo sound deadener with Dynamat - The deadener I used was pretty cheap and does the job but I think upgrading to Dynamat will make a big difference. It gets pretty loud in the cab

3. Replace door gaskets - I am currently running repop door gaskets from the truck shop (I think they are Counterpart brand) and I am tired of slamming my doors. I am considering the clip on style gaskets and have a few part numbers jotted down but I can't decide on which route to go

4. Replace air cleaner - I really want a dual snorkel Camaro air cleaner powder coated black to replace the summit racing chrome air cleaner. Keeping my eyes peeled

5. Change out rear springs - I want to swap out my rear springs with 6" CPP drop springs. I am running 5" drop springs and 2" blocks now and I need more low out back

That's it for now, should be a manageable list to get her ready for next summer... Hopefully

[preacher anthony]

Hope you solve the electrical issue. It can really be a pain. Decided to completely rewire my '68, Ben Helton is performing the surgery at Alexander Speed. Still wanting to sell the '67.

[Graham57a]

Originally Posted by preacher anthony

Hope you solve the electrical issue. It can really be a pain. Decided to completely rewire my '68, Ben Helton is performing the surgery at Alexander Speed. Still wanting to sell the '67.

Thanks Anthony, it's something that I should have done when I put the thing together but I was more focused on the big ticket items. It feels good resolving all of these open issues now though, it will make it a much nicer truck IMO once it's all done.