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Re: My 1970 GMC Project
That is a lot of hard time consuming work, but you are killing it.
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Pretty happy with my progress tonight. Ive got the rear floor pan mostly tacked in place. Only thing that stopped me from finishing is an alignment issue. Ive measured, meausured and measured again to confirm that the cab mount holes are in the proper spot which they are. Yet for some reason the outer side of the pan near the rocker/cab corner are not lining up. It is almost 1/4" out but I cant figure out why. It is tight to the pillar where it is supposed to be so I dont know what my next move is going to be as of yet. Ill have to go visit my dad tomorrow and see if he has any ideas.
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Ok I got that figured out. After lots of measuring and double checking, I found that the outboard side of the pan was dropping. So after some discussion with OriginalThor and my dad, I made a decision. I made a releif cut that allowed me to make the correction and carried on welding. Still quite a bit of welding left but then I can finally say that the driver side is done!
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Man you are kicking butt on this project, nice work!
I remember just to do one side of a cab replacing inner and outer rockers, kick panel and a cab corner, was something like 40hrs of work for one side. You've done a lot than that on this project so far and have amazing results, rock on! |
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You are cruising! You must eat, sleep, work, and work in the garage huh?
![]() I've been checking out your pics on the floor pan replacement again while I figure out how Im going to do my floor. Didn't realize you bent the piece to butt up to existing firewall. I couldn't figure out why you did that since my cab doesn't have that but my new floor does. Ive been scratching my head until I realized when I replaced my floor pans back in high school I must have cut those out... ![]() Here's the mess I did back in high school... everything is lap welded to add to the disaster. At least it should come out pretty easy since the welds aren't that great! |
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Ok so I got it welded in place. Im still slowly learning what setting I want on the welder. I realized towards the end that if I turn my voltage up to 2 my welds penetrate deeper and sit flatter. Now if only I realized that before hand, I wouldnt have a ton of grinding to do now.
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Well I know its been a long time since Ive posted so I figured it is time for an update. I have been very busy with yard work over the last 2 weeks so I havent had much of a chance to work on the truck. I did however go out to see the truck at the father-in-laws and woke her up from hibernation.
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Well Im sure some of you are wondering what happened to me by now.
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it's a ton of work to refurbish these old rusted cabs but it is so rewarding when it's done and done right. Keep chugging along.
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Well it's been about 4 months since I've posted anything on here. This summer has been so busy with sidejobs and going to the lake and yard work and a butt load of maintenance Ive had to do to my daily driver. I have been able to get some small things done that are related to the 70. I was able to score a second frame off my brother that has been fully stripped down which will make my shortbox conversion go much smoother! I also have been hauling crushed rock off my uncles yard and into mine so I have somewhere to park the truck at home. If the weather would ever smarten up I could get some more loads home and bring the truck home!
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Welcome back! Like they say - pitter patter, let's get at 'er!
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Well its about time. Let her rip tatter chip!
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Well again I haven't gotten as much done on this thing as I'd like lately but I think that's about to change! Finally not working a side job anymore so I should have all kinds of time on my hands right?
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All tucked in for her winter nap.
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Haha oops forgot the picture...
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Well it's about time you got it in the back yard. Now just ditch that cap and you'll be off to the races. I would have to say that out of all the gm trucks these trucks just don't do caps. They look horrible.
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Well I'm pretty excited, I finally got my garage back in order and cleaned up. I put up another shelf to make room for more parts!
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More progress to report. Got the kick panel and small rust spot in the lower firewall all cut out. Now tomorrow I can fab up a patch for the firewall and hopefully get it welded in. Feels so good to be working on it again!
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