1972 Cheyenne Super coming apart to go back together

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Richard

Looks like you are doing a good job making those doors disappear. I can personally appreciate the amount of work you have put into the task. Will pray for a continued recovery of your wife's dad. Bless you and your wife for taking the time to honor your parents.

thank you sir,i appreciate that.at the end of the day,these are just old trucks but family is more important.hopefully things work out for him,he just had surgery for cancer 2 or 3 months ago,now a stroke but doing well.the trucks and old cars will be there anytime i can work on them.take care,all the best.Greg

[Happy_dan]

Looking good Greg. Been thinking about Chris' dad and praying for a quick and full recovery! Happy Easter

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Happy_dan

Looking good Greg. Been thinking about Chris' dad and praying for a quick and full recovery! Happy Easter

hi Dan,thanks for the kind words.i was thinking about you last night and was going to zing off an email.the truck is coming along.it'll be in the paint shop before you know it.Chris's dad is doing well,it's amazing how well considering he just had some surgery,now this,but doing great.they had planned to come here in July anyway,say they're still coming so that'll be nice to finally get them here.Happy Easter to you and yours.all the best.Greg.

[McDeezl]

Good to hear things are going positive for father in law and hoping they only get better. Nice work on the patches and can only imagine how good it feels now to finally have that in the rear view mirror! Just a skim coat of mud to clean them up so your patience and talent paid off nicely. A month from now you'll have it back from the body shop with fresh paint and you'll be smiling ear to ear.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by McDeezl

Good to hear things are going positive for father in law and hoping they only get better. Nice work on the patches and can only imagine how good it feels now to finally have that in the rear view mirror! Just a skim coat of mud to clean them up so your patience and talent paid off nicely. A month from now you'll have it back from the body shop with fresh paint and you'll be smiling ear to ear.

yes sir,thanks.that's the plan.i love it things come together.it's the 1 step ahead,4 steps back that drives me around the bend.it's all good,a 100 years from now,we'll look back at all this and laugh.take care.

[mr.mud1]

a little progress to report,working for hours and hours without much to show but i have the gas doors carved into the bedsides,gone,several skims of fill,blocked and what i think is the last of it on there now,to block off tomorrow.there was 6 or 8 holes drilled in the top rails of the bed for a camper shell,they're all welded up.i could be laying on some metal etch primer,then some hi-build but i'm not going to.i don't want to tick off the body shop guy and get ahead of how ever he does it.i'll leave well enough alone.almost all the moldings that have to come off,are off,gas neck grommet still to remove and hood to re-install,as per the body shop's instructions.May 9th it goes to the beauty parlor.i bought myself a set of dura-blocks for this job but in the end,used what i had as well as some blocks i made from pink rigid insulation sheets and about a 10 inch piece off my grandson's pool noodle.if he shows up with a tape measure,i'm in trouble??

[68bowtie]

Clearly lots of work went into that tank filler repair. I will be thinking twice before I decide whether to take it on for my 70. But it will sure look nice!

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by 68bowtie

Clearly lots of work went into that tank filler repair. I will be thinking twice before I decide whether to take it on for my 70. But it will sure look nice!

Yes sir.thanks,it a pile of work.i almost shouldn't have started but once you're in there, you can't go back.full speed ahead.i did each side several times til I was sort of satisfied. So simple but hard to pull off on that big almost flat panel.i'm hoping it looks good when it's done?time will tell. Take care.Greg

[mr.mud1]

finally have these side about buttoned up,they are pretty straight,i'm not 100% happy with them but they'll have to do,they need the hi-build primer and so on but i'm leaving that for the body shop guy to do it as he usually does.i have all the moldings off from the upper green and white but decided to pull them all off,every molding is packed full behind with dirt and sand,so all that needs cleaned up.another development has come up,my plan was to paint the green from the upper narrow molding,up to but not the roof,all the way around the truck and the white bedsides.i've been thinking,there's still a bunch of black primer poking through the white on the doors,the front fenders,in other words the truck should probably be painted all over.so i think when it goes in on May 9th,i will ask the body guy,if he has time(he made me this appointment last September) and if so,what would it cost,to just do it all.that's not what i had planned on but it's probably the smartest way to proceed?

[mr.mud1]

well i'm just fooling around putting in time til my appointment at the body shop on May 9th.the heater controls had a broken top lever so i bought the repair lever kit to fix it and decided i'd get that crossed off the list,as is the case with most things i do,i seem to have to do a couple times til i'm satisfied with the result.i got my size 12 hands up into a size 6 hole and got the controls out and on the bench,dismantled everything,changed the lever,and put it back together,lubed all the cables and re-installed it all.the lever that i changed didn't move smooth and the little plastic guide bushings,because of the slop in the lever,wouldn't stay in the track?so it came back apart today,i put it back on the bench and studied the situation for a bit and came up with a little brace to apply just a little pressure against the lever,taking out the slop and making sure the pins and bushings stay where they're supposed to.i love it when a plan comes together.i started the engine,it hadn't run in several weeks so i ran it til it warmed up,everything is looking good,body shop on the 9th,can't wait.

[steveimpala]

Greg - just amazing work that your doing, your attention to detail is top notch !I just went thru your entire thread....thanks for taking the time to share all those photos !!

Your friend in NY,

Steve

[Richard]

Good progress. Your bed repair looks great! Should turn out great.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Richard

Good progress. Your bed repair looks great! Should turn out great.

Thank you sir,I appreciate that,I hope it suits the body shop guy?today's the day it goes in for the paint work. Hopefully we'll have some new paint on this old girl later in the week?more pictures to follow,I'm sure.take care,thanks.Greg

[mr.mud1]

today i had the truck outside for the first time since all this started last fall,and i drove it,it's maiden voyage on the new engine/transmission, to the body shop.it ran great,no surprises or anything stupid,it ran nice and cool,lots of oil pressure,charging.i almost forgot how well it drove and a new tilt column that i moved an inch or so closer to the dash?i love it when a plan comes together.the body shop guy came out to inspect the work i had done making the gas doors disappear.he didn't laugh at me so i think we'll be fine.i did ask him about painting it all over,rather than the original plan of painting the green from the narrow molding up,all the way around the truck and the white bedsides.he agreed that,even though the rest of the paint is decent,it won't be as nice as the new paint,so he said he thought he had time to paint it all over,so that's fine with me.he said maybe he'll do the white on Wednesday and the green on Friday?we'll see,anyway it's there at the beauty parlour.can't wait to see how she looks after her make over.now i'll be busy cleaning all the moldings,everyone was packed on the backside with sand and dirt,the adhesive pads all dried up so they all need renewed,the front bumper and grille have to be be cleaned and polished,the grille center painted,the rear bumper needs a little repair and paint,still lots to do even though the truck isn't here.more pictures to follow as soon as more progress is made.

[Happy_dan]

Nice tractor!

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Happy_dan

Nice tractor!

thanks Dan,you can come play with it anytime you want.

[mr.mud1]

i stopped at the body shop this morning after driving my wife to work,i was surprised to see a 57 chevy in there for a little TLC as well.it wasn't there yesterday?anyway it's all good,the body guy is doing the whole truck,except the roof.he thought he might be painting white tomorrow or the next day.

[mr.mud1]

the truck is at the body shop but still lots to do here.my wife drove by the bodyshop on her way to work,she called to say they were backing the truck out as she went by,it's all in primer so i imagine he'll be painting the white tomorrow,and perhaps the green on monday?i spent several hours cleaning the shop,it was an awful mess.i got the rear bumper painted,the front bumper and bumper bolts all cleaned and polished to go back on and the grille dismantled,the outer shell cleaned and repainted black around the headlight bezels,the bowtie cleaned and the inner grille scrubbed clean and painted rallye wheel argent,then reassembled.it all looks much better.now i have pile of molding that needs some tlc.that's going to tomorrows project.i ordered a few things this morning,a woodgrain tailgate band for one,back ordered for 4-6 weeks but that's ok,i have lots to do and lots of work whenever the truck does come back,the tailgate band won't hold me up from driving the truck.

[68bowtie]

Looks like a brand new lego set.

[Happy_dan]

Didn't this all start with a carb rebuild? LOL. Can't wait to see it all back together.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Happy_dan

Didn't this all start with a carb rebuild? LOL. Can't wait to see it all back together.

ha-ha,i think it was an oil change??you're not far off,fix a few oil leaks i thought?ya right.a few oil leaks and a leaky transmission and it turned into this?but that's ok.i'm sure the finished product will be worth the work.the body shop guy just called,he has the white painted and he wants me to stop by to show him how the white and green was around the tail lights,so i'll get a look at what he's done.looks like green will be first of next week,all good.take care.Greg

[mr.mud1]

well,we have white on the truck,green was painted today but i haven't seen it yet,i might get the truck back Monday or Tuesday.we'll see then what we have.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

well,we have white on the truck,green was painted today but i haven't seen it yet,i might get the truck back Monday or Tuesday.we'll see then what we have.

Awesome that they are making quick work. Thought maybe a blend on the repair, did not know until now you were doing a complete. Looking good!

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Richard

Awesome that they are making quick work. Thought maybe a blend on the repair, did not know until now you were doing a complete. Looking good!

hi Richard,nice to hear from you.you're right,the original plan was to paint the green from the narrow upper molding,up and all the way around the truck,and the white bed sides after the gas doors disappeared.once i got that far and all the door handles,mirrors and moldings off,i thought there's not much truck left so i asked the body shop guy if he had time to paint it all,so here we are.i don't have the truck back,maybe wednesday or thursday and then i'll decide what's next?it is all green and white again,i'll put on a couple of pictures this evening.take care.Greg.

[Happy_dan]

Looking good!