What did you do to your truck today part III

[robber grin]

RKS NICE work on the PS adapter.

Bruce, I admire your tenacity - fix'n what you got - love it. I just bought a dimmer from NAPA and we'll see how long it lasts.

Last night I finished wiring and shrinking all my connections in the home-made harness going aft for lighting and fuel sender. Turned out good. Added ground wires in several places too.

Blazer tank filler and vent hose added. Tightened bed mounting bolts and touched up some paint underneath.

I'm trying to get it back on the floor so I'm buttoning up everything I can think of underneath!

So I installed and ran the speedometer cable my buddy gave me...

now to bleed the brakes and sit it back on the tires.

[robber grin]

Didn't get the brakes bled but I plinked a bit anyway

Turned the re-pop Stock gas tank cover into a back panel, finished my Civic door seals, rebuilt my instrument panel, modified my glove box door.

[robber grin]

Still have yet to bleed the brakes, but I do have doors that close and latch now.

[BR3W CITY]

I wiped the '66 down with some detailing spray....





...then went and beat on a Ferrari 360 Spider for a while

[vince1]

I didn't unload my spare 10si alternator from the vacation car so it came along for the ride to Seattle, BC's sunshine coast, back to Seattle and finally home to Calgary again. This upsets me that I didn't have a place for it so on to the 66 C10 today it went. It only took about an hour and a half including the conversion from externally regulated. The bearings in the old one feel a bit rough so that's a good excuse to drop it off for recycling at a local alternator shop.

[WOLFMANmike]

I rebuilt my first carburetor but by the time it was done I was out of day light . So never got to test it and see if I did it right or not lol

[mattbert56]

Since switching jobs. I now work in the town I live in so I took my new daily driver to work so pumped to be driving it consistently now.

[RKS0069]

Officially bolted the '82 C30 front suspension into my '62 temporarily. Installed Hydro Boost onto bracket. Mocked up steering shaft. Stared at rear of frame for an hour contemplating brackets for new fuel tanks. I guess you could say I now have power steering and disk brakes!!

[Paul Y]

Plus



And one of these



Equals



But this



Highlights the need for these



And possibly



As there is probably another 20-30 loads of this.



One day I will get round to updating what I have been doing and why there is a rather large ‘red rash’ on Woody’s flank.

But until then…

P.

[Northwest Outlaw]

Paul Y wins. Truck, chopping wood, beer can never be beat.
All I did was load a small block and th400 into my s10 and brought them home. Small block needs to be rebuilt, so that will be my life for awhile.

[dougf]

Almost done with the inside of a bedside, gotta finish welding up the outside Sean from the long to short conversion, the smithing about what coating it's going to get. Rust run is on it now to prevent rust u till I figure out if it's getting por15 and bedliner or...
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[mattbert56]

Originally Posted by Paul Y

Plus



And one of these



Equals



But this



Highlights the need for these



And possibly



As there is probably another 20-30 loads of this.



One day I will get round to updating what I have been doing and why there is a rather large ‘red rash’ on Woody’s flank.

But until then…

P.

Possibly one of the best posts iv seen on this forum in a while. Well don't amight

[RKS0069]

Dry fitting the tanks.

[Blue666(2)]

Originally Posted by RKS0069

Dry fitting the tanks.

Can you tell us more about the tanks? What size (gallons) and inches? Are these under a short bed or a long bed? Looks like a great idea.
Wiil you use a tank switch valve between them?

Thanks.

[RKS0069]

Originally Posted by Blue666(2)

Can you tell us more about the tanks? What size (gallons) and inches? Are these under a short bed or a long bed? Looks like a great idea.
Wiil you use a tank switch valve between them?

Thanks.

Hi. Theses tanks are one of the options from LMC. They are 21 gallons each. I can not remember the dimensions of the tanks, I'll measure them and post findings later today. This truck is a '62 GMC long bed. The '60,'61 and '62 frames are much wider in the rear than the '63 and newer frames. My original plan was to use just one tank but after mocking up the single tank I realized that two tanks would fit if I turned them sideways, I ordered the second tank that day. I'm going to run two stainless 3/8 lines to the engine bay and install a valve there.

[Palf70Step]

I likr those tanks...Are they the standard Blazer style tanks?

[Paul Y]

Thank you Matt, appreciated.

P.

[donthekawguy]

Got the motor and trans out today. Good thing my boys came to help out. We had a tough time pulling the hoist back into the garage through the gravel. lol

[earl84]

Sorry no pics right now, but I got my Vintage Air system all charged up and I now have AC and a heater that kicks butt, with fan speeds that are much better than my stock setup was. Just in time on the heat and fan part for the soon to be here winter. The AC worked very well down the hill in Denver where it was in the low 80's yesterday. If you want a super detailed thread on the install, go here http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=468107 My install was done with all the VA parts and went well, and I did it with no help. Challenging, but rewarding.

[OldChevy61]

Got the rest of the frame cleaned up, primed and painted. Now for the a arms and torsion bars and I can start emptying some of the boxes,lol.

[Pappyx3!]

Looking good!

[Grizz1963]

So Momma goes to Butlins for a 4 day 70's themed weekend with her school reunion friends........

Where does that leave me??

TRUCK TIME !!!

Passenger sill repair.



Got to say, with a further fine grind, some paint and the door seals, this will be just fine.



Tomorrow I plan on cutting out the drivers kick panel, making up a patch panel and then welding that in, followed by welding up all the holes in the floor and various other places in the cab that should not be there.

Then some rust converter and eventually paint.

[DLW]

Got the ididit tilt steering column and billet specialties steering wheel installed as well as the steering linkage down to the rack and pinion.






While I was at it I installed the New Port Engineering wiper motor.


And I started bolting on the OEM inner fenders and radiator core support I just had freshly powder coated.

[The Rocknrod]

Originally Posted by DLW

Got the ididit tilt steering column...

Does the steering column come with the holes in the column for the column support bracket to bolt up?

[DLW]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Does the steering column come with the holes in the column for the column support bracket to bolt up?

It did not, I had to drill and tap them myself. Not sure why ididit doesn't just add a slotted bracket of some sort, but it was pretty easy to do it myself.