What did you do to your truck today!

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Wanted to get to the shop to do some wiring. But I got a call from the polisher that the grill bezel was done. It was a wreck. $275 was steep, but what craftsmanship at Imperial Polishing in Fresno. Then, at almost the same time, I got a call back from a guy in Merced that was selling my new bench seat. Thanks, Armando. He said he knows you, Rene. In fact, I think he said that a part of my new seat was at your place at one time, and that you suggested the A****er Upholsterer that did the nice job.

The part on the seat is the Vintage Air firewall hose pass-through that I took to check the color compatibility. It's a Kirker color called Black Cherry Perarl. I am using it under the hood. But in the middle of the night last night, I woke up thinking about the painter/body work hassles I've had in the past. And the strange attitude and business sense that seems to want to attach itself to that artful profession. It drives me nutz. So, I'm going to paint the inside of the cab with this stuff myself, wait for the right body guy to do the body work and real paint outside. At least I'll have a truck to drive in the interim. I ordered another 6 qts of the Black Cherry.

I did make it to the shop to confirm that the new lights/dizzy/horn harness was set up EXACTLY correctly. Another thumbs up to ECE.

[60ratrod]

Rewired my positive wire to my dizzy and put in a kill switch. Also pulled the passenger window regulator our and lubed the hell out of it. And found out that i need a front window chanel/wing window. Damn washington rust
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[Palf70Step]

Finishing up the work on welding up my front marker lights.

[scooterskoolkustoms]

wow we have had some nice weather so I have been working a lot on it.moved the battery to the front frame,made a patch panel for left front rear fender,bought new left front fender and filled in side lite,finished caddy tail lights,went from tbi to carb set up,painted front frame.Ok that was not all today but over a week.

[dragn69c10]

Cut the frame and welded it up .Made my longbed into a shortbed
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[bigdogboxers]

Didn't do much to my truck but I did go get another parts cab so i could both shorten my parts needed list and add parts to my for sale list...

[raider65]

I added some aftermarket guages to mine on Sunday and cleaned up some wiring and cleaned the engine bay a little.

[timjt]

dropped the transmission saturday, going to jbweld a drilled hole in the top today and put it back in tomorrow.

[dmartin1]

installed 100% fresh front and rear ends with a new 8" super lift and 3" body and sent my driveshaft in for extending.ordered some tweed for the door panels.woohoo


took from 5 a.m to 6 p.m for the axel swaps(trucks were immobilized,so it was done in a dirt driveway with plywood and one jack.)

[magwakeenercew2jh]

More paint. We budgeted for paint and body work, but many other little parts broke the bank. I've done this before, so I should have known that it's always a heat-sink for dough.
Sometimes twenty bucks (fifty bucks... or three hundred bucks) at a time.

So, some Kirker Black Cherry Ultra went on the interior earlier in the week. The paint's cheap.... and I guess it kind-of sucks.
But Orchard supply hardware black epoxy primer first, then paint as soon as the primer flashes....Suck or not, it works well enough for the rat-rod for now.
And there's a certain non-monetary pleasurable aspect to doing it myself.

Today might be the last of the 70 degree days this year, so I sprayed the interior of the doors (they're off the cab and have had the body work done..NOT by me ),
and a second shot around the windshield frame so I don't have to mask it up to the rubber when I finally DO shoot the outside.

In the meantime, it's black primer on all the outside sheet metal, and Black Cherry "where the sun don't shine".
Which reminds me, I also shot B.C. under the hood.

A big day in the yard and shop.

[Tomahawk30]

Unfortunately, I sold my truck today. Well, technically yesterday. I hate when grown up priorities (buying a house) take precedence!!! Fortunately, the truck stayed in the family so I'll always know where to find it....

[tex_waco_usmc]

Checked on the status of my fuel cell made by fuelcellguy, should ship soon. Also, called about parts trucks that I bought and they should be resting at my workshop this weekend, thanks to my father and a good friend. Cant wait to get home on R&R and get some work done. Oh yeah, this week also ordered a rear disc brake conversion set for the new rear end and decided which rims will be outfitting Project Heaven in the near future... Shes coming along quiet well!

[pjbjr413]

I ordered tie rod sleeves for my '69, needed the adapter sleeves to hook every thing up to the later model disc brakes that I put on it, those should about do it for parts to get it on the road, I'm excited about that, I'm ready to drive it.

[68 SHORT-STEP'N]

took the bed off the ole ' 68 . if the weather permits , i will start on the cab in the next few days

[chevy88]

Took all the play out of my steering box by adjusting the set screw on top, put in new heater controls and at the same time fried my radio.

[raider65]

Cleaned up some heat shields gonna paint them tonight....and start masking off my stock air cleaner lid gonna try and spruce it up.

[68 TT]

Scored a set of complete doors, a new windshield and a tail gate for my recently acquired 69 C20 so it is now a complete truck.

Now all I need is the time to put the thing together and a place to do the work that is not out in the snow.

[rogergodding]

Pulled it back home when it wouldn't run anymore.... foundout that my electric fuel pump had stopped working

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by rogergodding

Pulled it back home when it wouldn't run anymore.... foundout that my electric fuel pump had stopped working

Yuck!

Some days are just more rough than others. I had a rough one today. It's all about paint.
I sprayed the interior of the doors and left them in the "sun" all propped up and tacky on the back of the utility trailer.

While I slept, the daughter and son-in-law's dog decided that the trailer was a good place to lick my paint.
He licked, or rubbed, or whatever else, until he ruined the paint on both of them. Maybe it's a blessing of sorts,
since the paint didn't lay down very well on the jams, anyway.

Then, I fought with the steering wheel mod for a couple of hours.
I think I've got that one....Now to figure out "how to" on the horn with that custom set up.

Yesterday, when I did what I thought was the final mock up on the completed dash, I found a run down the upper-right side of the dash bezel.
I sanded that today, and repainted it in gloss black...a nice contrast with the flat I used on the inside portion. I was happy with it.
Until I mocked it up for the final-final. Yup! I found another earlier run that I missed the first time.

I left the shop, came home and made a cup of coffee and took a nap.

Tomorrow's another day.

[rogergodding]

Sounds like yours was rougherer I was only a mile from the house. My destination was about 20! Coulda been more of a pain.......

[68GMCCustom]

got my headers installed!

[BossHogg69]

Got some rubber on the ground, just a mockup - still a lot of fitting, trimming and cussing(!)... Then powdercoating and trying to put it back together without beating it all up...

[trkfrk]

[QUOTE=68GMCCustom;4302431]got my headers installed!

68GMCCustom-I Just set my engine and transmission in today. Where did you order your exhaust headers?? They look great!

[dhaymaker]

I didn't actually "do" anything to it...but I'm trying to buy another '67 - '72 (this one is a '71). As many of these trucks as I've had, you think I would learn about sinking money into one of them...but, I just keep coming back for more! We'll see if this works out and I'll keep you posted!

[magwakeenercew2jh]

I really didn't do anything today, either. It snowed. I went over to the shop and diddled around with the linkage on the Ede. Since I painted the inside of the hood the other day, I had help from my daughter flipping it "right-side-up" and putting it on the front clip, which is sitting outside the shop on saw horses. Dragged the front bumper into the shop, also. I wanted to check what I'm now calling the "dog doors" (after the dog ate the paint the other day).

Now, I'm sitting in the office playing with a horn mod...since I finally figured out how to mount the steering wheel, I get to play with the horn fab.