1972 Chevy p/u NewType Build

[NewType72]

Appreciate you two :metal/

[NewType72]

Time for the new update everyone!! Guess where we went this past Saturday? How about rollin out to the Goodguys hot rod show and havin a blast in the trick truck corral with a ton of amazing pickups.

We rolled out of Modesto about 5:20 Saturday morning with my 72 and Papa-San in the 73 side by side all polished up and ready to show. We don't understand the word "trailer" because we love to drive our trucks and if you couldn't drive em then why have em Ya know? Topped off fluids and gas and hit the pedal we were in our way to Pleasanton which ended up as a 100+ mile round trip and a successful one at that for the 73's first big out of city venture. What a blast the day was staying till about 3-4 in the afternoon and taking advantage of the wonderful 80 degree California weather. We had many visitors stop in and listen to the stories of great grandpa Joe and dads time in the pickup and collecting a fair amount of compliments on her stock appearance. Was a proud day indeed.

The 72 performed as always and even got a nice new Halon fire extinguisher for her troubles of dealing with me and my pops cleaning and detailing the paint and trim and chrome down to the bones of our fingers. Even scooted away from the swap meet with a good stock pile of neat goodies including emblems, parts, and toys.

We'd also like to thank our dates for the day and their patience and willingness to get up early and join us in our silly truck games, we couldn't do it without their support and love!

[Ol Blue K20]

Dylan you need to pop in now and then

[NewType72]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

Dylan you need to pop in now and then

For sure! It's been too long, I'll be mostly on the square side right now with the second phase started on my great grandpas 73. It'll be fun so be sure to tune in and maybe come see it at the first pleasanton goodguys this year!

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by NewType72

For sure! It's been too long, I'll be mostly on the square side right now with the second phase started on my great grandpas 73. It'll be fun so be sure to tune in and maybe come see it at the first pleasanton goodguys this year!

I may have to pop in at Pleasanton

[NewType72]

if we set a day I'll be sure to let you know a few days early Dale. Would be nice to see the boys again.

Anyway I have a pretty large update in the form of truck parts being ordered and received last month through truck and car shop of Orange CA always great doing business with them. Definitely picked up some goodies! (29 total items)

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by NewType72

if we set a day I'll be sure to let you know a few days early Dale. Would be nice to see the boys again.

Anyway I have a pretty large update in the form of truck parts being ordered and received last month through truck and car shop of Orange CA always great doing business with them. Definitely picked up some goodies! (29 total item

That's a nice pile of parts!

[NewType72]

Most definitely Mike, leds are killing me on functioning properly so I moved onto refurbishing my widow tracks and vent wing rubbers. Will post pictures and current situation on the LEDs tonight

[SKT]

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Any updates on this sharp looking truck!

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[NewType72]

I feel like such a bad thread owner for not updating in literally half a year. My gosh time goes by too quick. I'll try and write up some Info tonight

[Ol Blue K20]

Nice to know you're still alive though....lol

[NewType72]

Haha hey at least I'm likable enough to wonder if I'm still alive

[NewType72]

Where to start where to start, oh boy well first off I've gone full LED with my exterior lights and have been very impressed with their performance HOWEVER! I am fighting a major issue with them, I've got my lighting closer than ever to being correct but I'm having trouble getting the turn signals to function when I have the light switch all the way on, as you can see in the video once the headlight is off the park and side marker work together to flash. I have had my electronic flasher switched with jumper wires to opposing prongs with no difference as well. Kinda at a loss as to what to do next really. Any ideas boys and girls? They do work properly while running around town during the day but obviously I'm not as concerned there as I am with driving at night.. Any help would be greatly appreciated I'll try and post what I have done to see if there's any way that I just don't have them done properly.. I used a grounded electronic flasher in the cab and I believe I wired them correct according to the package and my truck so here goes the assortment of pictures..

http://s1111.photobucket.com/user/Dy...55B3A.mp4.html

[NewType72]

Well a short update I was able to undo my halo portion of headlights and actually had occasional working turn signals during my drive to the main shop yesterday. So I believe if I can get a better ground this morning I should have probably well working signals while driving. But that's always easier said than done

[Ol Blue K20]

Good luck...

[NewType72]

Honestly dale I opened the hood looked at it and went to clean the garage currently organizing my lock washers in a tray for separation

[Ol Blue K20]

Lol....I'm putting the finishing touches on my girlfriends 93 pace truck.

[NewType72]

Ugh!! It's just teasing me now. I now have it grounded on both front markers to the radiator support and she still only get about 15 seconds worth of working with the headlights on before canceling out and barely blinking with the park light. Tried the polarity switch in the flasher with no dice. Think I'm gonna try to take my grounded flasher and put a longer length of wire to it and go to a more secure spot on the inside of the cab. I'm so close it's ridiculous

[NewType72]

Alright so moving on from that, amongst my biggest pet peeves on my truck were the darn worn out weatherstripping on the wing Windows. The air rushing through drove me insane to no end so an absolute must since I was already going to be getting into the doors was to replace the vent wing rubbers. Precision replacement parts was my absolute go to and will continue to be as their rebuilding process was extremely easy and pain free. I also used their glue on door weatherstrip though I am contemplating pulling that off for the push on type (if anyone has input on those please let me know your opinions on the quality thank you.) So I begun by stripping the guts of the doors completely and disassembling the vent wings as I wanted to fully restore them with new paint and polishing the chrome pieces. This process would take a few days as I would do this in the evenings after work, everything on that end worked great HOWEVER, here's where the ever persistent demons come out to play. I decided to treat myself yet again and pay for very nice and expensive gray glass to match my rear big window. It's an amazing product and helps never having to worry about tint as its within the glass, I went with the diamond polished edging as well serving a very pretty penny (sooooo worth it believe me) my local glass guy has to go through a company to do this so here's where problems arise.

First set of door windows and vent glass arrive: Door glass is perfect, vent glass has no lock handle hole..

Second set arrives: door Windows are on shelf ready, vent wings now have just a circle for the handle, which is very wrong as its oblong..

Third set arrives: door Windows waiting, vent glass has correct hole but now is the wrong damn tinted glass.. Very aggravated at this point but my glass guy Carl calms me down and proceeds to get them right

Fourth set arrives: I receive both sets of glass from my trusted guy and go home to install them the next morning. I unwrap and drool all over the door glass as its impeccable and also an added touch is that they are taller so that the window track doesn't show when rolled up, love that! now I open the vent wings and immediately notice that the holes are in different spots though they are correct, laying my old glass with track still in place over top shows that the lock handle button would easily be too far below the track to install correctly and also that the one that's lower into the track has a major sliver chipped at the top inside edge...

I'm ready to bash heads at this point and drag the company's name through the mud to no end with my fathers and my own connections to make sure they never make automotive glass again in the Central Valley. My glass guy Carl has had enough as well and is truly sick of them so he seeks them out once more, returning my bad glass and demanding new ones immediately. We've already been waiting three months for two pieces of flat glass to be correct and this is just ridiculous for the difficulty level. We wait a week and they call us back saying they quit and are going to pay a now FOURTH party company to do the work for them. Said fourth company completes the task in a week and a half and I finally received proper glass to install. Finally the migraine is over and I can install my new products along with my brand new 72 door and window relays as I had old 71 worn oem parts. The satisfaction of seeing the glass glide smoothly up and down and seal properly was immense and fulfilling but certainly not without many sleepless nights. Here's some shots all through the process and final picture including the brand new windshield I had installed by Carl Pierce of Carl's auto glass in Hilmar CA. He doesn't seek to do the custom cut Windows anymore but he does amazing work on new or old cars through and through. You'll see all the cracks I had in the old windshield were the main reason I had to go new but on the other side of that the cab looks amazing being so clear all the way around.

[NewType72]

What's up everyone? Almost been a year but I've got some stuff coming up shortly so she'll be under the knife a bit

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by NewType72

What's up everyone? Almost been a year but I've got some stuff coming up shortly so she'll be under the knife a bit

What's going on? You getting a powerplant transplant or what?

[NewType72]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

What's going on? You getting a powerplant transplant or what?

Nah, she'll stay running as I need to go to work through the week but hopefully in the evenings I can handle the drivability fixes I've planned.

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by NewType72

What's up everyone? Almost been a year but I've got some stuff coming up shortly so she'll be under the knife a bit

What's up Dylan, what ya doing to it?

[Ol Blue K20]

Keep us posted

[NewType72]

Well so much for an update I was actually laid up in the hospital two Saturdays ago with a tractor incident. Got myself pinched between a building and the bucket blade itself but thankfully an old frame kept it from taking it any further through me BUT I did require surgery as my right flank femoral artery was damaged in the pinch incident. The tube itself if I were to explain it was like an old garden hose losing a protective layer and beginning to bubble before eventually bursting. Could've been years from now or could be the very next day so I had to go under and am currently in successful post surgery rest and rehabilitation at home. **** happens but I'm thankful I'm still on this earth to say these words and continue my experiences and see everyone I love.