What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by jweb

Well I can't claim this as my first drive that would have been '06. I pulled it out of my parents yard in '05 when my dad passed away. It had sat for 25 years in pieces and I had it driving a year later. I've had it together (and apart) many times over the last 13 years.

Also my first ride in this truck was as a newborn, my parents brought me home from the hospital in it back in '78.

It did feel pretty good taking it out on Father's day.

OMG that is so awesome it's crazy! I have a license plate off the 50 Olds I came home from the hospital in 1959. Wish I had the car but that license plate is a treasure of mine.

Brian

[robertsjm711]

Originally Posted by jweb

First drive after the new paint.

I really like that color

[jweb]

Originally Posted by robertsjm711

I really like that color

Thanks, I'll be in your neighborhood this weekend. There's a vintage trailer rally up at Riverbend Campground. The whole campground will be full of vintage trailers and there's an open house on Saturday if you're interested.
I'll have my truck and camper there.

[robertsjm711]

Originally Posted by jweb

Thanks, I'll be in your neighborhood this weekend. There's a vintage trailer rally up at Riverbend Campground. The whole campground will be full of vintage trailers and there's an open house on Saturday if you're interested.
I'll have my truck and camper there.

I was planning on finding this but my windshield guy flaked out on my last week. Twice. I drive it with the wind in my beard, but I guess it’s frowned upon traveling with a toddler.

Maybe next time.

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by robertsjm711

Originally Posted by jweb
There's a vintage trailer rally up at Riverbend Campground. The whole campground will be full of vintage trailers and there's an open house on Saturday if you're interested.
I'll have my truck and camper there.

Hey, I'd be interested in that vintage trailer rally. Where and when?

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by robertsjm711

I was planning on finding this but my windshield guy flaked out on my last week. Twice. I drive it with the wind in my beard, but I guess it’s frowned upon traveling with a toddler.

Maybe next time.

When I was a kid I drove my truck more than I worked on it, I would do a weld or two and then drive it and it had no glass, I would have my grinding goggles on. LOL I can't wait to drive it without a glass now, I can't wait!

Brian

[jweb]

Originally Posted by robertsjm711

I was planning on finding this but my windshield guy flaked out on my last week. Twice. I drive it with the wind in my beard, but I guess it’s frowned upon traveling with a toddler.

Maybe next time.

No problem, your bed wood looks good and doing the windshield yourself isn't hard.

I will probably go to the Filling Station cruise in on 07/13. If you're interested in the vintage trailers there's a rally in Brooks July 4th weekend or one in Brownsville July 20th weekend. We should be at the Rally on the River in Brownsville 07/20.

[oldman3]

jweb, cool truck and great story...Jim

[MARTINSR]

I had a meeting for work 50 miles away that was 3 hours of mind numbing crap, got home after 10 pm and got out to the garage for my five minutes! I punched and drilled holes in the cab and in the panels I am welding in at the cowl at the bottom of the hinge pillars. WHOOO HOOOO!

Brian

[MIKESAD50]

Looking very nice, great color and story.

[mikebte]

Started my wiring tonight, guess this counts as my 5 minutes.

[Black_Sheep]

Originally Posted by mikebte

Started my wiring tonight, guess this counts as my 5 minutes.

You work pretty fast!

[Black_Sheep]

So I got my hinges in, hopefully the pilot holes I drilled after mock up will have alignment pretty close when the doors go on. I also checked the function of the door jamb switches and the door solenoid circuits, turns out the power supply to the relays is only hot with the key on. Not good. Would it be a bad idea to run the wire to one side of the "red-battery" terminal on the HL switch? The relays and an auto resetting circuit breaker are mounted inside the left door jamb. A 10ga wire feeds power to the HL switch so it should handle the current draw ok. Connecting it there would sure be convenient.

[mikebte]

Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

So I got my hinges in, hopefully the pilot holes I drilled after mock up will have alignment pretty close when the doors go on. I also checked the function of the door jamb switches and the door solenoid circuits, turns out the power supply to the relays is only hot with the key on. Not good. Would it be a bad idea to run the wire to one side of the "red-battery" terminal on the HL switch? The relays and an auto resetting circuit breaker are mounted inside the left door jamb. A 10ga wire feeds power to the HL switch so it should handle the current draw ok. Connecting it there would sure be convenient.

Better than me, I gave up and switched to the painless wiring push/ pull switch. Made more since for my wiring set up. I could not for the life of me get the OEM switch to work. Here is my new switch wiring if you can make anything to work with what you have, googled this.

[mikebte]

Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

You work pretty fast!

That is a couple of 5 minute evenings. Last night was just bolt ons. Wiring was fabricated the night before. I only wish I could wire that fast, I would be almost done..

[idbeast]

My 5 minutes was to go pay for the PPG paint, over $1000/with tax for a gallon of paint and nothing else.... and I need 1 1/2 gallons minimum!

[MARTINSR]

Beautiful work!

Brian

[Black_Sheep]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Beautiful work!

Brian

Thanks, any thoughts on the wiring question?

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

Thanks, any thoughts on the wiring question?

I don't know but I can toss it past my brother, he is the wiring expert that I refer too.

I got the right kick panel welded in! I was going to have them both, that was the plan. But a family movie night won over that with "Cars 3" and we had fun, what a fun movie.

Brian

[MiraclePieCo]

Painted the springs in preparation for hood installation. Discovered some automotive genius in the truck's past had welded one of the hood spring mounting holes closed - why in heck would anyone do that??? I drilled out the weld and retapped the hole.

Proceeded to fabricate a shift selector lever in anticipation of installing my floor shifter. The 1-1/2" left offset will help place the shifter in a comfortable position.

[evilokc]

I worked more on the a/c bracket. I did a first mock up. the compressor and alternator are going to work great on the same side of the motor. im stoked about that. I need to get the correct length belt and do a full mock up but its going well. I need to trim the original spacer from the alternator to allow the bracket and alternator use the same mounting hole. I also need to make a spacer for the arm that goes on the manifold. I used stacked washers for the mock up but I will cut a real one. good progress today.

[wolffcub]

Been working away on the fitech install. Should be installed this weekend if all goes well.

[mikebte]

Originally Posted by wolffcub

Been working away on the fitech install. Should be installed this weekend if all goes well.

So awesome, Makes me wish at times that I had kept my inline 6. Maybe in the next project.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by mikebte

So awesome, Makes me wish at times that I had kept my inline 6. Maybe in the next project.

I am putting mine back in on this rebuild (it's third since I have had it) and I can't wait!

The first photo is the one it had when I bought it with the homemade intake my brother and his friend made, and then what I going to run, a 53 Corvette Blue flame!

Brian

[MARTINSR]

I finished up welding the right kick panel and then got the left one clamped in and ready to weld tomorrow. I was planning on getting them both all finished but damn I am beat tonight.

The other photo is a memorial sticker that is on the dash of a car buddy who passed away way too young back then. I am thinking it's dime I got this truck back on the road! My God, it's been sitting in pieces for 25 years! Why do we do this?

Brian