Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[markeb01]

I'm not sure if this shot is of any value, but it's the only picture I can find showing the rubber flaps installed. Apparently I secured mine with pop rivets:



I also went through the 1960 Chevy Truck Shop Manual looking for a picture. The only shot I found doesn't seem to have the flaps/brackets installed.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Jmorales3181

You are jamming out!!!! Sorry to hear about your other half hope she has a speedy recovery. Progress on all your mods look great!

Thanks Jmo !!
I hope to see some updates on your truck soon, if you havent already...

Originally Posted by markeb01

I'm not sure if this shot is of any value, but it's the only picture I can find showing the rubber flaps installed. Apparently I secured mine with pop rivets:

I also went through the 1960 Chevy Truck Shop Manual looking for a picture. The only shot I found doesn't seem to have the flaps/brackets installed.

Mark it is completely awesome that you posted that exact pic !!
I also welded in some crud plugs, and had thought that the original idea had come from you, but had not looked it up to confirm !!
Here is mine; I made these little plugs to keep debris from getting down into my inner fender support, because the drain there is so small and obviously easy to obstruct resulting in the classic rust rot.
A couple shots of the corner ones:



The end one:


And the top one (before and after):



I have since added a self clipping rubber moulding to the space between the end cap and the corner one, and have Herculinered the piss out of that entire area. I wish I had thought of the seam sealer first though.....But this was not a planed on mod. The more I thought about the logic behind why Markb did it, the more it just made sense to me.
I believe he said it best, as a correction to a design flaw, and to mitigate the waste of the eventual ruination of brand new fenders.

Thanks Mark !!!

I will be sure to post some after shots in a couple days after the Herculiner fully dries, in these temps up here it takes 2-3 days to set up.

[Ta2Don]

Another Mod to Steal!!!

Great work, and thinking outside the box is….

[wutnxt]

Dude that front end work is crazy......can't wait to see it finished

[Ta2Don]

I guess I missed that Mod on Mark's build due to the amount of AWESOMENESS located therein...

[Alan's Classic]

I wish I had thought about the fender mods. Looking good

[McMurphy]

You know.....
You just dont have to spend too much time on this board to realize that you are in the company of some very talented, ingenious, and generous guys !!

The other day I made a quip to Markb about a shifter knob he had ordered, and decided he did not like too much.
I got it and a "care package" in the mail today.

An odd fact about my wife and I (which I guess is why we relate so well to our Pontiacs) we both lost our parents pretty early in life.
As a side result of that, we never got many care packages from home, this box today is probably one of the classiest things I have opened in a long time. (My door checks were pretty awesome too, thanks Chad !!)

So a deepest and ernest Thank you to Mark and his lovely wife.
The soft peanut brittle and the cookies are AWESOME !!


This is the old one I had from the junk yard:


This is the one Mark just tossed me:


I LIKE IT !!

Thanks Mark, it is the correct shift pattern and everything !!

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

You know.....
You just dont have to spend too much time on this board to realize that you are in the company of some very talented, ingenious, and generous guys !!
I LIKE IT !!

Thanks Mark, it is the correct shift pattern and everything !!

Hear Hear!!!

[markeb01]

That knob looks very cool on the classic C handle bench seat stick. Glad you enjoyed the goodies. Those are a direct benefit of me fixing my wife's stove which has been offline longer than I can remember. She's been creating like mad, both to check the accuracy of the stove, and because now she can!

Oh and now you're one step closer to passing the NSRA 23 point safety check. Somewhere in the vehicle there has to be an accurate representation of the shift pattern!

[chad64chevy]

your welcome for the door checks, and thank you! I appreciate the compliment, I have yet to install my set! the fender mod that you have done is something I will have to do to mine as well! but before I can do anything to my truck I will have to get it up there first, the wife wanted new stuff for the new house and my truck is safe where its at, and will be up here after I start my new job!

[NEWFISHER]

Thank you for celebrating your daughters memories with us. Mr. Daniels won't miss you next year either. Although a speed bump in the pain threshold area, your visit outside your bubble for the two of you sounds like it did what it was supposed to do. You enjoyed life, chalked up another "hadn't done that before" and helped a couple people hit the slopes that day too. What wife wouldn't want to be surrounded by men, outdoors and on a beautifull snowy mountain for Valentines? Setting the bar high for all of us next year!

All kidding aside, its not as glorious as it may seem. My best friend collided with my wife a few years back and they packed her onto the sled, assured her it was going to be okay, then covered her face with the sled bag and took off. Not knowing she was closterphobic until her screams ripped through the liner and they stopped.

Speaking of setting the bar high, fender seals look great. With the rainey cruddy stuff we have been driving through for 3 months, I need to check mine and now I have a rebuild reference. Thank you.

[likaroc13]

Dig your new shifter knob. We're definitely in good company on this board. Mark was very generous to me as well, & I made sure to note it in my thread as well. I've tried to do the same with anybody else that contributed in any way. No better forum than this one right here fellas!

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by markeb01

That knob looks very cool on the classic C handle bench seat stick. Glad you enjoyed the goodies. Those are a direct benefit of me fixing my wife's stove which has been offline longer than I can remember. She's been creating like mad, both to check the accuracy of the stove, and because now she can!

Oh and now you're one step closer to passing the NSRA 23 point safety check. Somewhere in the vehicle there has to be an accurate representation of the shift pattern!

Thanks again Mark, though I am pretty sure NSRA safety checks never crossed my mind till now ...... LoL

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

your welcome for the door checks, and thank you! I appreciate the compliment, I have yet to install my set! the fender mod that you have done is something I will have to do to mine as well! but before I can do anything to my truck I will have to get it up there first, the wife wanted new stuff for the new house and my truck is safe where its at, and will be up here after I start my new job!

I try to pass it foreward too Chad, and if you ever need anything I have you know I will send it off to ya !!
Ok, within reason, and I am not currently using it that is.....

Originally Posted by NEWFISHER

Thank you for celebrating your daughters memories with us. Mr. Daniels won't miss you next year either. Although a speed bump in the pain threshold area, your visit outside your bubble for the two of you sounds like it did what it was supposed to do. You enjoyed life, chalked up another "hadn't done that before" and helped a couple people hit the slopes that day too. What wife wouldn't want to be surrounded by men, outdoors and on a beautifull snowy mountain for Valentines? Setting the bar high for all of us next year!

All kidding aside, its not as glorious as it may seem. My best friend collided with my wife a few years back and they packed her onto the sled, assured her it was going to be okay, then covered her face with the sled bag and took off. Not knowing she was closterphobic until her screams ripped through the liner and they stopped.

Speaking of setting the bar high, fender seals look great. With the rainey cruddy stuff we have been driving through for 3 months, I need to check mine and now I have a rebuild reference. Thank you.

Thanks for the vote of support, life throws us some curves, and sometimes they are sharp but if we prevail, we are strengthened by them.
Let me know if you need any info on those fender seal panels I will help you out if possible.

Originally Posted by likaroc13

Dig your new shifter knob. We're definitely in good company on this board. Mark was very generous to me as well, & I made sure to note it in my thread as well. I've tried to do the same with anybody else that contributed in any way. No better forum than this one right here fellas!

You said it well there my friend !!

I love this place !!

I got home from work today to find a package in from England, nothing for the build, but thoughtful and appreciated none the less !!
Thanks Rian !!


I love the shirt and the beanie, my wife camped on the shopping bag and the ear buds !!
Thank you sir !

[Ta2Don]

Grizz sure knows how to make one's day!!!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Grizz sure knows how to make one's day!!!

LOL. It feels good from this side too Don.

Not sure we ever saw your Stoggy rest at work yet.

You said it well there my friend !!

I love this place !!

I got home from work today to find a package in from England, nothing for the build, but thoughtful and appreciated none the less !!

Thanks Rian !!

It's an absolute pleasure guys.

What goes around ultimately comes around. That's life.

Glad you and Mrs M. Liked the bits.
Just a pity postage forces me to kind of hold back, otherwise parcels would be 4x as big.

[markeb01]

I just discovered your video from last year's Goodguys Spokane event. Very Cool!! Love the Peter Gunn music and the editing. Frozen Garage Productions! Makes sense to me!

For those that haven't seen it:

2013 Spokane GoodGuys - YouTube

[Modges'66]

Very slick work Murph!
I am totally impressed with this!
This is going directly into my "stolen ideas" folder to implement at a later date!
Thanks buddy!

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Very slick work Murph!
I am totally impressed with this!
This is going directly into my "stolen ideas" folder to implement at a later date!
Thanks buddy!

But WAIT.... THERE's MORE !!

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This is the plate I made with the latch bar. I wanted to make this so that the latch bar would be adjustable up and down for depth and be able to customize how my hood would rest when fully closed. (that is why the bar is threaded) but there wasn't any room above the adapter plate to house the adjustment nuts, so it got welded in at a set length. The rolled rod that I used was once upon a time my radiator X support rods.




As it turned out, the L shape that I had to weld in not only gave me the abbutment for the pressure spring to pop the hood open (because the hood release mechanism is a two stage release and has to have constant pressure in oder to operate) but it also gave me a place to mount a secondary hook/latch. This is also reused from the Sierra, all I did here was flatten out the L bracket the latch is mounted to, and bolted it to my adaptation.


Here is just a shot from what it looks like when you open the hood and look up.....ewwww, some paint ran. Whoopsie !!


I particularly wanted to get this mod posted up for Markb, as he is about to mod his hood, I was thinking this sort of set up would highly benefit him too !!

[McMurphy]

Sooooooo with the latch rod at a set depth, this nerfed my stock hood bumpers which mount to the front corners of the hood, as they no longer rested on the grill shroud like they were supposed to. I over came this inability to make adjustments to my hood attitude by reusing the stock ones off the Sierra again.
Here is my hood ready to receive these height adjustable bumpers:


Here is the mounting plate for those bumpers I made by cutting them out of the Sierra radiator support:


Here they are with the bumpers installed:


The new ride height:


I would have liked them to sit lower, and not have this gap, but at the end of the day, I dont think it looks too bad. The final assessment will be when I get the front fenders fully mounted of course!

[McMurphy]

Well just one more photo to wrap this all up for you guys:


So far I really like this mod.
It latches very solidly and you have to actually really push the hood down to get it to latch, and there is no mistaking when it is NOT latched either.
The handle pull is very smooth and light enough that a 5 year old could pop the hood.

I have the added security of knowing my hood cannot be opened from the outside of the truck now.

I am still however contemplating some sort of safety cable as a third back up, since I am painfully aware that I am a rank amature at all this stuff, and it isnt that I dont feel I do good work, but I would rather not have my hood pop open on me while jamming down the highway at 60mph !!

Well that is whats what from the Frozen Garage this week.
Hope you all had a great weekend and you all got some stuff done on your builds too

Thanks for looking !!

[TJ's Chevy]

Very nice work McMurphy! Just gave me some ideas! If I may use your idea. Looking good! Keep it up!

[markeb01]

Me too. Can't wait to see how this all turns out so I can swipe it as well.

[Ta2Don]

Filed in my "Stolen Ideas" folder…

Great work, as usual, from the Frozen Garage...

How close is the retirement date?

[piratexpress1369a]

looks cool ..stay on top of it spring is here and the temp will be going up

[1963c-10]

great work on the mods...coming along nicely