What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

[72c20customcamper]

Borrowed a dealer plate from a friend . Drove the 68 anniversary about 15 miles to and from the hardware store. Drove nice stop well but the tires made the truck a little bumpy. Bad flat spots and the rear are bias mud and the fronts are radial. Not good

[gmc684x4]

My 8 year old helped clean out the back of my 68 i forgot how many parts where tossed in the back of the old gal been parked about 16 years when i blew last engine in it decided to park it
And cleaned out back of a parts 69 truck
Get them ready to move after it snows when i get to wrenching on them this winter lots of work for a fella on crutches

[55Nomad]

painted the bed floor

[67C10Step]

Not what I did today but the most recent. Jim (aka Boog) has seen this photo already. Got the front end all back together minus brake hardware and could not resist slipping the wheels on for a quick look. The wheels will be powder coated and thinking about going one shade towards gray instead of the factory silver.

Theoretically, once I get brakes, wheels/tires and a front end alignment this truck would be road worthy. A ton left to do but I could then drive it to the exhaust shop instead of trailering.

This photo made me notice the dent behind the passengers side door. Although it may sound funny on a truck that looks like this I have since worked that out with a hammer and dolly.

[KMC3420]

Originally Posted by 67C10Step

Not what I did today but the most recent. Jim (aka Boog) has seen this photo already. Got the front end all back together minus brake hardware and could not resist slipping the wheels on for a quick look. The wheels will be powder coated and thinking about going one shade towards gray instead of the factory silver.

Theoretically, once I get brakes, wheels/tires and a front end alignment this truck would be road worthy. A ton left to do but I could then drive it to the exhaust shop instead of trailering.

This photo made me notice the dent behind the passengers side door. Although it may sound funny on a truck that looks like this I have since worked that out with a hammer and dolly.

Awesome progress. It looks like a super clean truck to me. I would be proud to drive it! Are you going to run new Fender and grill emblems? I have my old ones that I could send to you if you want, as I will be using trim parts emblems on mine.

[67C10Step]

Originally Posted by KMC3420

Awesome progress. It looks like a super clean truck to me. I would be proud to drive it! Are you going to run new Fender and grill emblems? I have my old ones that I could send to you if you want, as I will be using trim parts emblems on mine.

Thanks, KMC. Got a little rust repair in the floors I want to do over the winter and will tackle the other stuff later on when I jump into actual finish work. I'm planning on running either the fender and grill emblem I currently have or getting others that might be a bit better. Figure new ones would shine like a diamond in a goats rear end for now. The roughest of mine are the custom ones on the doors.

Been fun for the first 16 months of ownership. I'd like to have it road worthy by spring. I know it will not have a complete bed yet but for the most part drivable. Not too shabby given it sat for 12 years or so. At some point I've got to make up my mind on keeping the 283 or moving to something else. At that point I'll go from 3OT to automatic.

[pjmoreland]

Reinstalled the windshield. Removed it a few weeks ago to replace the original dash that was all cut up for a DIN radio.

[OregonNed]

There is a new carb on the workbench ready to go in this weekend. Decided to switch from my 600 CFM to a 500 on the 327 in my '68

[Davidf]

Finished the hood and got it installed. The hood was in bad shape before I tackled it and I made it worse but pressed on. One corner was bashed in and poorly repaired with lots of mud...that repair went ok. But, the other corner had lots of body filler and some high spots. I did a little hammer and dolly work trying to knock the high spots down only to create oil can issues. I ended up chasing the oil canning from front to back of hood. Of course, this took the curvature out of the panel...sooooo, what is one to do but slice the hood from front to back and weld it back together. That got rid of the oil can, but resulted in more body filler than I started with. But, at least it is less than 1/4" thick anywhere. I got stubborn and would not let the hood beat me especially since new hoods are at least $600 to my door and then would have to be "fit". Ugh!

Oh, I also put the curvature back into the hood spine...that operation went flawless and was rather easy.

Before: Template shows where corner should have been


During: Slice was necessary to get metal back out where it belonged.


After: Looks good, don't tell anyone what lurks underneath. i feel like a mud sculptor. Hood is not latched closed yet...still need to adjust.

[67C10Step]

Wow! That looks fantastic. Great save.

[JMD]

Ditched the in cab gas tank and went with something a little more EFI friendly.

[cornerstone]

Originally Posted by JMD

Ditched the in cab gas tank and went with something a little more EFI friendly.

That's pretty trick! How many gallons can you hold? Nice and clean install in a beautiful truck.

[rowdy11]

Nice work! Where did you purchase your windshield? Locally or ordered and shipped?

[pjmoreland]

Originally Posted by rowdy11

Nice work! Where did you purchase your windshield? Locally or ordered and shipped?

I tried ordering a windshield from Summit, but they were backordered for two months out, so I bought one locally. Paid $140 for it. I'm a little annoyed that it is made in China, but that's the way it goes these days. At least it has a nice green tint.

[TxGary]

Assembled my new bed,

[pjmoreland]

Replaced the rear main seal and oil pan gasket. Had to contend with a snapped off bolt the PO left for me. Bought a right angle drill from Harbor Freight to access the hole because it was right above the cross member. Hammered a Torx bit into it and fortunately it unscrewed. I felt like I won the lottery when that happened. The PO also used RTV on the entire rear main seal, so I had to make a scraper to very carefully clean out the passageway above the crank.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

My hood was paroled. All I did is write a check.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

My hood was paroled. All I did is write a check.

Looks great

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

My hood was paroled. All I did is write a check.

Sometimes checks are good.

[basketcase]

I have the wiring mostly completed and getting things buttoned up.

Tom

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by davischevy

Sometimes checks are good.

Ya I keep writing checks my body can’t cash . Started on the drivers side rot today

[Mts67C10K20]

Today I repaired the broken studs on my turn signal housing
Ang gave them a good scrubbing

[CST10]

Changed my electric fuel pump on ol Samson, it was a pain to get to inside the frame rails with the exhaust but it’s done now.

[pjmoreland]

Finished replacing the heater core. Installed the inner fender and hoses.

[jsprengeler]

Originally Posted by pjmoreland

Finished replacing the heater core. Installed the inner fender and hoses.

Those heater cores are a ***** to get out! Any tips/secrets you could share?