1969 Short Wide

[FL71C10]

Looks good Mike. I'll bet your glad to see it going back together!

[hgs_notes]

I haven't commented on your thread before but I've been following along. You're in that real tedious stage where progress gets slow and it takes more hours than you ever plan for to get it where you want it. Just keep pushing through. End of the year is creeping up fast.

[jlsanborn]

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

I haven't commented on your thread before but I've been following along. You're in that real tedious stage where progress gets slow and it takes more hours than you ever plan for to get it where you want it. Just keep pushing through. End of the year is creeping up fast.

Hear that! "How perfect is PERFECT?" "How much did that gray juice cost again!?" McB is looking like a pro here. It's gonna look ( . )( . ) when he's got it in paint. Ima want details when the color and clear goes down. He's obviously done a little body work before. Painting it in the same shop? Fun-dome and fans?

[67c10rustbuket]

Originally Posted by P-DAWG'85

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X100 Always awesome quality work and Mike is a great guy and very humble in person too. I always come back to his thread when I need to find the right way to do something. I am going to start a petition to add a sixth star to this build

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by 1972SuperCheyenne

Amazing work on that gate Bro, you are a talented man. Wish we were neighbors so I could talk you into helping with mine! LOL

Thanks Josh, I would help you if I could.

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Great updates and nice job on that gate!!! Your an artist man.

Thanks, I think it will turn out pretty good, considering how rough it was starting out.

Originally Posted by P-DAWG'85

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Thanks P-Dawg that's a very cool picture.

Originally Posted by FL71C10

Looks good Mike. I'll bet your glad to see it going back together!

Thanks I can't wait to start putting it back together.

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

I haven't commented on your thread before but I've been following along. You're in that real tedious stage where progress gets slow and it takes more hours than you ever plan for to get it where you want it. Just keep pushing through. End of the year is creeping up fast.

Thanks for following along. Tedious is a good word for it.

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Hear that! "How perfect is PERFECT?" "How much did that gray juice cost again!?" McB is looking like a pro here. It's gonna look ( . )( . ) when he's got it in paint. Ima want details when the color and clear goes down. He's obviously done a little body work before. Painting it in the same shop? Fun-dome and fans?

Thanks I can tell you it won't be perfect! gray juice? Yep I have done a bunch of bodywork back in the 90s, I got burnt out on it and quit doing these old trucks. It's easy to see why when you spend as many hours as it takes. I hope to be painting the final coats at my friend's paint booth. I have thought about building a small booth to paint the inside of some of the panels though.

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

X100 Always awesome quality work and Mike is a great guy and very humble in person too. I always come back to his thread when I need to find the right way to do something. I am going to start a petition to add a sixth star to this build

Thanks for the nice compliments Dan.

[Low Elco]

You been doin' the Lord's work! We put a Repop gate on Yeller, we've dented it twice and are considering finding an OEM gate. Lotsa good work here! I looove my Durablocks but found them too flexy on the long panels, so I taped a 2x4 to the back of my longest one, worked like the bomb! You shooting this at Kyle's?

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

You been doin' the Lord's work! We put a Repop gate on Yeller, we've dented it twice and are considering finding an OEM gate. Lotsa good work here! I looove my Durablocks but found them too flexy on the long panels, so I taped a 2x4 to the back of my longest one, worked like the bomb! You shooting this at Kyle's?

Good luck finding a nice OEM gate. They are hard to come by!
I have had real good luck with my long board. It works great on the long areas.
I hope to shoot it in Kyle's booth. I want to get the inside panels all painted first so all I have left is the final outside painting. But I may end up doing all of it there? It really depends on how busy he is when I'm ready. The real problem for me is I have no where to store the finished panels except on the truck. I have some other stuff going right now that's keeping me from finishing the cab for paint. Always some kind of delay.....

[mcbassin]

This has kept me busy the last week or so:
Still have some work to do but it will work for transporting my panels.
It needed a bunch of work.

[Low Elco]

That's how I did it- Did all the Jambs and cut-ins, then trailered the while thing to the booth. Put the Bed on a cart, masked up the cab/doghouse and had at it. Worked pretty good.

[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

This has kept me busy the last week or so:
Still have some work to do but it will work for transporting my panels.
It needed a bunch of work.

Looks great Mike... Did you find some tires?

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

That's how I did it- Did all the Jambs and cut-ins, then trailered the while thing to the booth. Put the Bed on a cart, masked up the cab/doghouse and had at it. Worked pretty good.

That sounds like what I have been planning on doing on mine. I have concerns about the color matching. I understand red can be tricky unless you shoot it all together. I bet for my quality of bodywork it will be fine.

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

Looks great Mike... Did you find some tires?

Thanks Mark, Yeah I found a pair on craigs, then a single. I really only need to replace one more and finish the rock guards. It can be used like it is now.

[mcbassin]

I've been really busy on the project the last week or so. (Pictures soon), not much real progress but some is better than none. Wanted to share some trucks I've seen lately at my friend screamingchevypickup's shop:


Member 67 cheby (Mike)
BUILD THREAD


Member 67 Cheby again
BUILD THREAD

These rides set the bar as high as you can go, It's really inspirational to see them completed.

[mcbassin]

Here's what I've been working on, I made some sheetmetal mounts for my Vintage Air system. I really didn't like the ones that came with it. Next, I needed a bracket to mount my PCM up under the dash so I fabricated this one. It took me a few tries, and numerous hours, but I got one I'm happy with the outcome.


Vintage Air mounts, fabricated from 316 Stainless:

Shown mounted

PCM Bracket work, I made this piece first:

Here's where it's going to mount:

Made a cardboard templet:






Welded up the prototype:





Notice the weld is broken in this one:
Had to tweak it a little....

Final design:
Upper bracket machined from one piece

Started install:

Nut plate on the back side:

Finally Mounted:



Shown with connectors installed. It's still visible but not too bad. Once I route the wires on the modified harness I think it will work good.


This is what I started working on next:

[Zoomin]

Dang, Mike - that's too nice to cover up.

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Zoomin

Dang, Mike - that's too nice to cover up.

Thanks Steve. We can always cock our heads under to look at it.
I almost forgot, there will be another bracket to secure it at the back side near the firewall. I'm sure it won't need it with the beefy size of the main bracket but just in case the vibrations stress the sheet metal we won't get cracked....

[screaminchevypickup]

Are you going to be able to get your A/c ducting through there?

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup

Are you going to be able to get your A/c ducting through there?

Yeah it's going to be tight, but it will route right up here if I planned it right:

[jlsanborn]

That aint' going anywhere! Looks great too!

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

That aint' going anywhere! Looks great too!

Thanks, I know it's a little overkill but I've had this thought in my head for a while so I just had to try to make it. I have access to scrap aluminum too which is pretty handy. If I can't find the pieces I need I just pick them up on eBay. A real cheap source.

[mcbassin]

Kyle had me a little worried so I double checked the A/C duct routing. A little tight with the cluster installed, but I believe it will work good.


Next I started prepping to paint the bottom of the bed and tubs:



Painted - single stage urethane cheap and easy:



Lined with Raptor liner:

[Crash_OK]

Great progress Mike... You will be ready to paint soon...

[67c10rustbuket]

Great job, That PCM mount is one tough piece!

[Zoomin]

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

Great progress Mike... You will be ready to paint soon...

It doesn't seem like that long ago your truck was at this point Mark.

Mike, it's great to see so much progress. All you lack is finishing up.

[nasqar]

Some kewl progress brother...keep the pics coming!!!

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

Great progress Mike... You will be ready to paint soon...

Thanks Mark. Yeah, I will be shooting a test run of some paint soon. Maybe as early as next week.

Originally Posted by 67c10rustbuket

Great job, That PCM mount is one tough piece!

Thanks Dan. It only took about 10 hours

Originally Posted by Zoomin

It doesn't seem like that long ago your truck was at this point Mark.

Mike, it's great to see so much progress. All you lack is finishing up.

Thanks Steve.
It was just this time last year if I remember right. He knocked it out quick. I hope to do the same. Finishing is the hard part.

Some kewl progress brother...keep the pics coming!!!

Thanks Eddie. Really trying to get focused now.