1971 c-10 teardown & frame up resto

[Wilson_]

Originally Posted by skyreep1

Thats awesome about the racing man. good to have someone say something good about less than a 350.

I have the patch panels for the rusted out areas and where there's pinholes im deffinetly not using bodo as i dont want a blow out BUT on the side of the bed for instance there is surface rust that im taking down to bare metal, in order to prevent it from looking sunken in I thought I had to use a thin layer of bondo to beef it back up to the same thickness as the surrounding metal. Is there a different way?

I dont wanna half to cut out and patch 1/4 of the bed because of suface rust and I dont think high build primer would do the trick.

So glass based media for blasting body panels, frame, etc?

take some close ups of this surface rust, if it is indeed surface and not pitted than you do not need bondo if it is deeply pitted than cut it out and put some new metal in there if you want it done right.

Pics are key when asking questions, it helps everyone here who is trying to answer a better idea whats going on.

did you get this bondo?

if so return it and get a better product like evercoat its worth the extra cash

[cedorris]

Originally Posted by skyreep1

So glass based media for blasting body panels, frame, etc?

The frame can probably be blasted with almost any media. I would, however, recommend glass for the body panels.

Whatever you do... make sure you or the person who blasts it knows what they are doing. If you're not careful you will destroy your body panels with blasting.

[LOW DOUGH]

yea, rebuild that carb and see what happens. Glad to see you got it running.

[skyreep1]

Also, yeah thats the bondo but I already returned it so I could afford the roll-back and have it towed.

I'm thinkin high build primer on the surface rust areas and then patch panels wherever the rust is extreme/through.

Will post pict. this afternoon of rust. Also once I sandblast do I do self etching primer first and then high build or vice versa? I know I have to sand down the high build to even it out.

And let me clarify that I need to use glass bead media for body panels right?

[skyreep1]

BUMP could really use some help with the carb guys!

[msgross]

Originally Posted by skyreep1

BUMP could really use some help with the carb guys!

get a rebuild guide or something...(try google?) you can't find every answer in this thread. take pics, post it in the engine area, be patient...

I googled this in 5 sec..
http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=86177

[Wilson_]

Originally Posted by skyreep1

BUMP could really use some help with the carb guys!

try this
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/search.php

[cerjio]

Id give you a stock 4bll intake , if you lived closer, then id go get a rebuilt carb from autozone! ,

[skyreep1]

Well I figured it out, my model was different than the buick walkthrough. Sometime I'll post a walkthrough on it.

Anyway could someone show a picture of how the choke, throttle body springs, etc hook back up?

I have a stock 4bbl intake and 4bbl carb but im keepin it stock. I got it off a parts truck with a running 350 (for sale)

[msgross]

you didn't take pics before you started? rule #1 young grasshopper

[tim21391]

well if u havent started with the body work.. go ahead and look in my signature at my build thread.. i thought my truck would need just corners... boy was i wrong.. new parts of the floor.. outer floor extension.. inner rocker. outer rocker. 4 floor supports.. corners.. made my own patches under my tank. both front and rear pillars.. its costed me about 1500 already and its not even painted yet.. just the cab and the fenders are primed.. and i did all the work myself..

[cedorris]

I had a cab in real bad shape too. I actually ended up doing the cab swap.