What did you do to your truck today!

[beebster]

got all the parts i ordered from autozone to do the rear brakes on my longhorn c20.

Realized the whell cylinders were wrong, so went back to autozone and they started passing the buck blaming everbody and their grandma for the wrong parts.
Settled for a refund on the wheel cylinders from autozone, went to napa and picked up the "right" ones.
set down to do the brakes and realized autozone gave me the wrong size brake shoes. They gave me the 12' instead of the 11 2 and 3/4 i ordered. After driving there and haggling for a refund, i went to napa and got the "right" ones.
You think i would now better than to deal with autozone, but i thought i'd save a few "bucks" instead ended up wasting 4 complete days!
should have went to napa in the first place.
now daylight is gone and have to wait for tomorrow to start. All this after i waited 4 days for autozone to "order" the parts from their warehouse. then to realize they were wrong parts, wheel cylinders and brake shoes. (they did get the brake hardware right though)
never again with autozone.

[beebster]

Originally Posted by profe56

I almost finished the manual to automatic tranny 700r4, the last thing I did was the holes for the croosmember and then conect the TV cable, then drove it and I just noticed the big difference. I still having things to fixing like emergency brake cable, speedometer cable, carpet but I'm on the way.

that's my next project, replacing the 350 longtail i have now with the 700r.
should be a direct swap except for the crossmember,tv cable,et..
already did the one piece driveshaft.

[Indyuke]

Painted the top and wheels white!!!

Here's what it looked like when I first got it.


Here's what it's been like the last couple of years.


And here's what I did over the last several days.

[07SSSC]

Started mock up on my electric fan setup yesterday and removed all the bed to frame bolts. Got a couple buddies down today and acheived bed separation. Was gonna just install a fuel cell but I'm thinkin this is as good of time as any to clean and paint the frame and do some exhaust work. You all know how that snowballs!

[kgt]

Built 3 inch tailpipes that come out behind the rear tires on a angle, changed the oil and cleaned up some mess....

[Shyguy]

I sure wish I had got some stuff done on my trucks, but no.

I moved both trucks, '67 and '71 steppers, to carports so I can get the garage ready to start working on the back of the '67 so I can put the bed on it.

Having a small garage and working on two trucks seem to slow progress.

Danny

[Larry1]

Got my truck box painted today.

[-dylan-(OO==|==OO)]

I stripped my cowl panel to bare metal

[dabruce15]

Installed my new/used Hurst shifter. No more column shifting!

[Painter D]

Got it up to 115 MPH.

[Slick67]

Vent window rebuild!!!!

[Rob H.]

Slick67 that is gonna be one good looking truck! I love that color.

[chuck3026]

More bodywork! Man who in their right mind likes bodywork. Knocked out some dents and glazed a few spots. This has to be the worst part of the build..geeez

[Scott Webster]

Went to move the truck the other day so I could spray/prep the rear for removal but it wouldn't start. Hoped it was the filter, but ended up being the fuel pump. Almost finished the install of the pump and found a leaky thermosat housing.

[67chevy1series]

got a carberautor for my 302 next step paint it hugger orange set it in the frame along with the tranny and then im set

[wwotr]

Well my Wife did about 99% of this to my Truck today, but I figure since we've been Married 20 years, it would be permissible for this Thread.

I've installed the Leather Seats in my Truck, but with the Gas Tank still there, when the Console is folded down you STILL see it.

My Wife says to me,
"Hey you need a Pillow between your Seats to hide the Gas Tank".

Then it hits me, that I've got (2) 12" Embroidered Rat Fink patches, I bought from Ed Roth's Wife about 6 years ago. They've been tucked away, so I asked my Wife if she could sew the Patch on to a Pillow?

Viola' there you have it, and since the "Theme" of my Truck is going to be the Rat Fink, (license plate "RATIKLE"), it was a no brainer!!!

[beebster]

Originally Posted by Larry1

Got my truck box painted today.

Is that the "ford Norsea blue Metallic"?
if not, what is that beautiful color?

[BadaSs_Cal]

went through the entire headlight/ alternator harness.. repaired 40 years of cutting and splicing...
made a whole new rear taillight harness from old stock...
ripped out the front to rear intermediate harness and found more cuts and splices...

geeze..
guess going to pick n pull tomorrow... Contemplating starting a build thread... was gonna use this as a beater DD.. but the more I work on her the more I fall in love with her.. Its not going to be show quality.. but a looker for sure...


not sure yet..

[07SSSC]

Got to fitting my fuel cell between the frame rails, can't cut a straight line to save my life! Lots of touch up grinding to do to get it to fit.

[-dylan-(OO==|==OO)]

i sanded the cowl down and i ordered a clear distributor, 292 cam and a timing chain

[Scott Webster]

Finished the electric fuel pump. Fixed the leak on the thermostat housing (hopefully). Getting some feedback from a couple people on a used rear end for my '71, so hopefully I will have one accuired soon.

[Sublvr72]

prepping the big block to go in...

[POPO1984]

Finished up my front suspension and started putting the rear together. Today i will install the differential.

[TomJohnston]

Installed a new muffler

[Roland]

I made a bunch of little holes into one big hole....