What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[55metalmonkey]

Spent a week getting my truck lightly bolted together and moveing under it's own power..... just enough to tease me into dreaming of the day it's driving down the road complete.
only punched the gas once to check out what it has for motivation
Then I drove it onto a trailer and towed it out to my buddies place for final body work and paint ... just a little bit closer to being finaly done

[low67chevy]

picked up my disc'd corp 14 for my truck and taking the cab off the frame this week

[mknittle]

I cut the parts to make the floor cross sills and started on the fixture. then had a mishap with the sander and ended up with 5 stitches.

[cheapoheapo]

bled the new brakes and got it back on 4 wheels have 4 wheel disc new cpp setup the heat ran us out of the shop early afternoon or we would have stayed longer wife got to hear 350 start for the first time today she said its radical its not just loud with open headers:-]

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by mknittle

I cut the parts to make the floor cross sills and started on the fixture. then had a mishap with the sander and ended up with 5 stitches.

Must have been out of duct tape... Glad you are intact enough to post!

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Must have been out of duct tape... Glad you are intact enough to post!

Thanks Orrie, no duct tape or staples looks like I need to go for supplys.

[crossfire84]

cut running board brackets off donor truck, i should of checked for yellow jackets first.

[la hi]

I did a lot last week. First I made it to the inspection station and passed. I had the muffler guys clean up my exhaust system that has 2/ 1/2" glass packs from the hooker headers, and they added two more 18 glass packs - 2 1/2" id at the end of the tail pipe and now it sounds great.
I installed the leather electric bucket seats I bought in CA and they fit me!!
I installed front gabreil shocks and the front end settled down!
I now have 70 miles on the new 454 and I am learning how to drive a 57!
life is good!

[OrrieG]

Finished up the front turn signal retro fit and figured out some wiring routing. Learned that you take a 1157 bulb with you and try it in the aftermarket sockets to make sure it fits before buying. The first one I got did not have the recesses for the bulb pins deep enough.

[wayne4252004]

Took off the tires and rims to be sandblasted and painted.

[crossfire84]

I put my new borgeson steering shaft and joints on today.

[Johnny49]

Just took some pics to help pass the time until I have the $$$ I need for the brake drums and front bearings. Then we'll finally be able to put everything on and I can drive this thing for the first time. The drums you see stacked in the background were shot when I tried to have them turned. The bed is hiding on the other side of the cab while I clean up the rear part of the frame...

[mknittle]

cut the front floor from the seat riser to the toeboard out. I could have just patched it but it will look cleaner this way. The plan is to make a frame out of fabracated sills from 12 guage and 1" square tubing.I made a fixture for the sills earlier this week. and today I finnished up a fixture that uses some holes in the fire wall and has A bolt thet contacts the frame on both sides. That way I will be able to adjust each sideof the cab when I weld the floor sills to the cab. I will post some pics later.

[OrrieG]

Made up some grounding cables. NAPA wanted $15 each (inc. tax) for two cables. I rummaged around in my electical connector box and found some battery cable ends, went up into the garage attic and got an old cable with a bad end. Made up these two, short is for bed to frame at the rear next to the rear sill mount, other will run from the battery ground bolt behind the box to the frame near the rear shackle. Will probably add a third from the front clip light ground to the frame too.

[crossfire84]

Fitted new old running board brackets to frame, will drill new holes later. My wife wants to go to a car show tonight.

[cheapoheapo]

shortened a gm column today a wise old gear head said i was just making it hard he was right turned out great i was surprised how easy it was to lose 4" and save a bundle

[hsdropout]

took photos..........too hot for anything else..........

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by hsdropout

took photos..........too hot for anything else..........

looking good! I know what you mean about the heat I went out and measured my transmission and that was enough!

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by wayne4252004

Took off the tires and rims to be sandblasted and painted.

That is one interesting truck

[LDO]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Made up some grounding cables. NAPA wanted $15 each (inc. tax) for two cables. I rummaged around in my electical connector box and found some battery cable ends, went up into the garage attic and got an old cable with a bad end. Made up these two, short is for bed to frame at the rear next to the rear sill mount, other will run from the battery ground bolt behind the box to the frame near the rear shackle. Will probably add a third from the front clip light ground to the frame too.

Nice work Orrie, so many folks underestimate the importance of good ground cables and ground points. They end up chasing electrical gremlins for a long time.

[indynick]

I gave mine a bath today. Probably it's first in 16 or 17 years.

[RINC]

Mine got new shoes for the time being .... too hot for mush else.

[sgtusmc]

I started to wash my 53 & 59 today. About 10 minuets into it. I heard what I thought was an IED go off, and ran for cover. My neighbor managed to engage all his airbags in his new 2012 Mercedes-Benz S350 at once. He was trying to hard wire an Xbox 360. I has to stop and come inside. I didn't want them to see me laughing

[low67chevy]

well got busy yesterday on stripping her down some more, removed the cab and box and transmission , just have to get the frame on jack stands and start stripping her down to a bare frame so i can start mocking up my 4 link setup and my ride height. I think my frame height is going to be around 47" to the bottom of the frame rail off the ground with 44's so should be nice and low and mean looking when its done! heres some more pics for all of you

[OrrieG]

Massive garage organizational frenzy this weekend to get stuff ready for a garage sale and get some of the truck stuff off the floor and on shelves. This week is clean the bolts, screws etc for the door hinges and latches and get them installed, tired of messing with them every time I get into the parts box. Too hot for body work or paint, its 11 pm and still 94.