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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
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The inside of my windshild had a few spots around the top corners but other than that it wasn't too bad. If yours is bad enough you may need to weld in patch pieces, just get some wire wheels. If you have a sandblaster that would do the trick also, assuming you've removed the glass. Good luck on your truck. ![]() Thanks, I am sooo looking forward to springtime. Crusin' hopefully by summer.
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
Well I guess I should update my progress. I've been mostly doing body work on the passenger side bed. There were quite a few small dent toward the back. I spent some time welding up the middle stake hole and any other holes on top of the rail. This week I've started shaving the roof lights, and still have one more left for tomorow. I'll post pics of that mess later.
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
The passenger bedside is almost finished except for the final coat of primer.
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
Looking good!
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Thanks. I'ts been a ton of work, and I've enjoyed every minute of it. ![]()
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
I made more progress this week. I cleaned out the cab, pulled the gas tank for the last time. I undercoated first, then spray bed-liner, then gloss black. I also pulled the bed and flipped it on it's end. The supports are rotten in spots so I am going to have to cut those parts out. I guess that I lucked out seeing that the supports that I cut off are pretty solid.
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I pulled out the blazer gas tank I bought a while back. The place I got it from has a policy of punching holes to drain the gas. That sucks, but not that hard to fix. I used a wire wheel to clean up the rust, and scaped the goo from the small leak from a previous patch. I pulled the metal from around the hole the best I could, then used gas resistant epoxy to patch the small holes. I am going to use a tank sealent inside the tank.
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
This weekend I've been working on getting the rust and the holes taken care of. I cut two sections of the small support out behind the wheels. I welded in two patch pieces that I cut from the long bed section I removed earlier. I also notched the rear support for the gas tank.
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
Nice work...you're not a slacker
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
[QUOTE=VA72C10;3285681]Nice work...you're not a slacker
![]() Thanks. I guess if had some money to spend I would have a lot more motivation. ![]() In the last two days I have filled my gas filler in the cab and mounted the gas tank. I guess your right. ![]()
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
This is how I mounted my gas tank.
I took some L-metal I got from work and made a rectangular support that simply bolts right to the frame sandwiching the tank to the frame. I was also able to run my fuel lines for the tank. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
Here are some pics of the fuel filler. I concaved the piece by hammering it on the cement. It's crude but it works.
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
you mentioned that you still had manual brakes....
go to the junkyard, pull the booster off a power brake truck, , undo the rod that hooks to the brake pedel, go home take your mc off, install booster where it would normally go, and put brake pedal rod on, adjust brakelite (pita) and hook up vacum lines, and bam power brakes...leme find the faq on it...
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Hey I could use that booster tip too. !
Truck is looking a lot better. I'm glad to see people save trucks that have a lot of rust like that. Awesome ! |
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Sunday I dusted off the old paint gun and shot the inside of the cab. Here are some pics.
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
Looking good....I love blue and white two tone...
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Well here is some blue and white two-tone for you.
This weekend, I painted the cab including the firewall. I can see why most guys paint one solid color, it's so much more time masking everything off. I think it's worth all the extra work. I know ya'll like pics! [img]http://warp.scl.utah.edu/19723dr/Mader-350.jpg[/ing] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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I added some silver metal flake to the clear. Here it is in the sun:chevy
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Today, I tinted and re-installed the back window. Using a small rope, I pulled the seal into place starting at the bottom and working my way up to the top. My wife pulled the rope while I held the window in, it was much easier on my hands and only took 15 minutes.
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the truck looks awesome
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Thanks. Congrats on getting your truck in a video.
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I would say it looks great, but that darn invisible trick is happening again, how do you make your truck invisible.........
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It's not invisible, we had a freak snow storm and a polar bear just happened to walk in front of the camera. ![]() Whenever I post some good pictures my server goes down, Go figure. Take a look now. ![]()
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Re: 1971 Cheyenne "One For the Road"
This week I got a lot done on the truck. Back window, windshield, and some body work on the fenders.
![]() ![]() Here is my rear-sway bar. It's from a 90's suburban. The end links are from my brother's MR2. I drove it around the block and it handles like a dream. ![]() ![]()
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