What did you do to your truck today?

[DPowers]

I thought it is reasonable. The glass would cost me $128 plus the rubber has to be $40-50. It has the chrome trim and he is coming to the truck.

[willyp]

Went out to the local junk yard today and scored big time………battled some bees and snakes but I won! A pair of sweet unblemished cab sails, a headlight retainer ring, a small piece of trim I was missing for the windshield and an original radio.

[rockhop051]

After 5 years of sitting at my Sister-In-Laws house I finally towed it home!

Time for the fun to start!

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by willyp

Went out to the local junk yard today and scored big time………battled some bees and snakes but I won! A pair of sweet unblemished cab sails, a headlight retainer ring, a small piece of trim I was missing for the windshield and an original radio.

Finding good stuff at a junk yard or swap meet always makes for a good day, especially if it's something you were after!

[Rich 5150 69]

I traded four 15x8 6 lug rallys with 62Bowtie for some 5 inch drop springs for the rear I have to install this weekend, would have done it last weekend except the bolts were saying no, been soaking them done every night with PB blaster.

[jgh64pkup]

Originally Posted by DPowers

I thought it is reasonable. The glass would cost me $128 plus the rubber has to be $40-50. It has the chrome trim and he is coming to the truck.

where do you find a windshield for that cheap
ive been looking everywhere and all i can find is over 200 bucks

[shortbed70]

Epoxy primed my grill filler panel after stripping all the laquer primer off it.

[Slow Build]

I reconnected my tail lights. PO had trailer lights mounted on the frame. There was no wiring on the bed so I bought a trailer light wiring kit so I would have properly color coded wires and I can unplug them when I need to take off the bed later. I did have to run separate ground wires from the frame to the tail light buckets to get them to work.

[lakeroadster]

Finally managed to work in some garage time.... nasty rainy day. Finished instal on the steering column, new steering wheel mounted and tossed the bed back on.

The new steering wheel has about 3 inches less dish than the previous one. I can now move the seat forward and recline the seat a bit. Much better. I have always liked wood grip wheels, this one turned out to be a good deal too. It's 15 inch in diameter, has finger grips on the back and the wood is large.. thus giving a good grip. Horn button is also much nicer than the standard Grant mushroom type.

I also relocated the front license plate and formed it to fit the bumper.

[fryer1979]

Not today, but over my weekend (thursday and Friday) I managed to get quite a bit accomplished. On my truck I got the cab almost entirely stripped down. The only things left are the windsheild and rear window, as well as the cab bolts. Once I figure out how I'm gonna get the glass out without making a mess, the cab will be ready to come out.

Friday I got my news parts truck (1980 Chevy 1/2 ton 2wd) hauled the hour and a half back to my house for disassembly. After the haul I helped a friend work on his 55 Ford pickup a bit. Then to cap it all off I got my first welding lesson! I know a lot of people have been doing this their whole life and are probably thinking "big deal", but to me it is. Growing up, no one in my family was into cars as anything more than a way to get from one place to another. Most of my family would make fun of me working on cars, and my dad was a reliable source for discouragement. I met some people that taught me a lot, and I have learned a lot on my own through trial and error, then a 12 year run as a mechanic. Through all of this I really wanting to learn welding, but never had the opportunity. The friends that would teach me didn't have the equipment, and I could never afford the community college classes. So finally last night in a junkyard in Reno Nv., I got to run my first bead. Did some practice beads on a scrap piece of 1/4" sheet metal, then got to weld together one of the brackets for my bubby's transmission cross member. I was so excited about the welding i forgot to take any pictures, but I think my buddy may have gotten 1 or 2. I'll have to check with him when I get off work. The rest of the pictures I will get uploaded from my cell phone once I get home tonight. Good weekend though.

[DPowers]

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

where do you find a windshield for that cheap
ive been looking everywhere and all i can find is over 200 bucks

Sorry- missed this one or would have got back with you sooner-

http://www.windshieldstogo.com/

They have warehouses throughout the US that you can pick the glass up and save shipping.

[markeb01]

After a lengthy production delay, UPS showed up today with my passenger side spotlight bracket. Having everything ready, it was installed immediately:

[Rich 5150 69]

markebo1 I just saw the same light on CL for $100, they are illegal in Calif, but you can have diummies.

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by Rich 5150 69

they are illegal in Calif, but you can have diummies.

It appears functioning spotlights remain legal in California. Here's the applicable Vehicle Code:

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc24404.htm

I was a native of California until 20 years ago, and I've had spotlights on my cars almost my entire life, as did my parents before that. The law has a few more specifics now, but the main issue has always been you cannot direct an illuminated spotlight beam on any moving vehicle.

It's probably mainly a safety issue so as not to blind other drivers, but the code may have been introduced in the 1940's in response to the Caryl Chessman "Red Light Bandit" death row case, where he would cover the light with red cellophane and pull people over for criminal pursuits.

[willyp]

Originally Posted by markeb01

After a lengthy production delay, UPS showed up today with my passenger side spotlight bracket. Having everything ready, it was installed immediately:

thats just plain cool

[Vernski]

Originally Posted by markeb01

After a lengthy production delay, UPS showed up today with my passenger side spotlight bracket. Having everything ready, it was installed immediately:

That's pure class markeb01, are the lights nos or stock and did you have a template to know where to drill the holes? Anyway that's about as cool as it gets, "I like"...Vernski

[Sick5]

primerd the hood
see what it would looked like
ill get some more day time shoots later

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by Vernski

That's pure class markeb01, are the lights nos or stock and did you have a template to know where to drill the holes? Anyway that's about as cool as it gets, "I like"...Vernski

Hi Vernski, thanks! Both lamps are used originals off eBay. The driver side lamp is near mint only showing very minor shelf wear. I mean it's cherry and the bracket is in perfect condition. The passenger side lamp was described as mint, cost twice as much and looks good only in photographs. I'll be replacing most of it as parts become available. The lamp shell has minor dings and bubbles under the chrome, and worn internal parts. If it had been described more accurately I would have spent the extra money and bought a new one instead.

I used the template that's in circulation on the forum, but it placed the bracket about 1/2" too far forward. I documented the install here:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=401449

I was really lucky to obtain the passenger side bracket at all. I called Unity and they recently discovered they had 7 raw castings left over from decades ago and allowed me to order one. Once completed Quality was very unhappy the casting ever made it into production with 50 years of shelf wear on it. The bracket was completed with some blemishes, and I was allowed to buy it as-is with the warning "if you want one take this one, because Unity will never be producing any more" (I think somebody may have gotten in trouble for selling it in the first place). If it needed to be show quality any good chrome guy could make it look perfect, all it needs is a bit more copper and some delicate polishing, but I'm happy with it as it looks since it matches most of the rest of my truck.

[Malibob]

Bought plugs and wires. It is cool as hell how they ran the plug wires through the motor mounts. Now what does dwell do? Who still sells a dwell meter? I am told I need about 30 degrees.

[markeb01]

Drove it over to a car show this morning which had a nice turn out with over 150 cars and trucks. There was only one other 60-66. Unfortunately we needed to leave early and didn’t get to meet the owners.

[Sillyoldman]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Drove it over to a car show this morning which had a nice turn out with over 150 cars and trucks. There was only one other 60-66. Unfortunately we needed to leave early and didn’t get to meet the owners.

Have you had that truck at te XXX in Isaquah?

[markeb01]

Negative, I have back problems that keep me from traveling farther than an hour from home. Just curious, has there been one in attendance that looks similar?

[Sillyoldman]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Negative, I have back problems that keep me from traveling farther than an hour from home. Just curious, has there been one in attendance that looks similar?

Yes there has been. It looked familiar to me. I took pics but lost them due to pc problems.

To keep it on topic here's what I got done.

[fryer1979]

Nice bed!

What did I get done today? NOTHING

Maybe tomorrow.

[63sbssbbw]

Got more done on my '63 GMC chassis
put disc brake spindles in,drivers side went smooth but pass side took two attempts,the spring seating just didn't want to co-operate.
Man, it's alot of monkeyin' around when it's only a bare chassis as it doesn't weigh much,thank god for ratchet straps!
motor mounts are next so I can mock up a bare block and trans to see what I need to do for a trans xm.
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