1969 Chevy CST/10 comes home [Long-term project "OrangeCrush"]

[N2TRUX]

I see you are looking for 17" tires. Once you decide what you need look at Craigslist. I saw quite a few on there at decent prices.

[hotrod 80]

Wow , it's coming along nicely . You've made great progress . Looking good .

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by N2TRUX

I see you are looking for 17" tires. Once you decide what you need look at Craigslist. I saw quite a few on there at decent prices.

I'll check them out. I've also got help from a friend at a local dealership too when the time comes.

Originally Posted by hotrod 80

Wow , it's coming along nicely . You've made great progress . Looking good .

Thanks man! Got the power steering lines on the box, front suspension is done for now (sway bar coming sooner or later). Waiting on the 3inch springs in rear to come, and my CPP rotors for the front so we can start on the brakes..

Anyone think a 60-66 bumper would look good on our trucks?
http://houston.craigslist.org/pts/971663545.html

[kcjones]

Originally Posted by texanidiot25

None of the brackets lined up with the stock holes. But, all but 1 bracket on each bucket are flat on the floor. I drilled the holes today, waiting on my dad to bring home some large washers to back the bolts up with. As far as the two brackets that aren't flat on the floor, they are about an inch off the floor, on the corner of the seat, closest to the door hinge (Best I can describe). And for the center console, and interlocking seat brackets, a pair of tiny studs need to be trimmed off the floor for the brackets to sit flat on the floor.

So basically, if you cut the little studs off the floor, and make a 1 inch +/- spacer, your good to go. In my case, I won't be using the bucket's seat belts, just the center seat's. One reason is because the truck we pulled the seats from was totalled (a roll over), so the seat belts were probably shot. Plus, the retracter mounts in the B-pillar of the GMT-900, and doesn't seem to have enough belt if you were to mount the retracter on the floor of our trucks. But for $150 bucks, it's the cheapest set of seats I've found junkyard hunting, and the most comfortable. Lots of side by side support, and having ridden in these seats in another Silverado for long lengths of time, don't hurt my rear either.

If any of this doesn't make sense, I'll grab pictures for you.

Thanks for the info, I'd love some pics of the brackets if you can get them easily. I already have shoulder harness belts, so I'd only want the center seat belt, and I wouldn't use the belts of the seats.. I'm hoping because of this, I wouldn't have to reinforce the cab floor if I tried to install these late model seats. Thanks for the help!

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by kcjones

Thanks for the info, I'd love some pics of the brackets if you can get them easily. I already have shoulder harness belts, so I'd only want the center seat belt, and I wouldn't use the belts of the seats.. I'm hoping because of this, I wouldn't have to reinforce the cab floor if I tried to install these late model seats. Thanks for the help!

I used some thick body washers for all the seat bolts. IF all else fails, drilling some thick steel plates wouldn't be hard either. The center seat is locked in under the two bucket seat brackets on either side. So if you were to run the center seat's seat belts in a wreck, it would have to pull almost every bolt out of the whole set inorder for the center seat to come out. Of course, what ever you prefer, go with it.


Here's the rear bracket:


Front bracket:


You can see how the seats' brackets bolt down over the center consol's.

This bolt, the front outer most bolt needs a spacer. My dad had two chunks of aluminum laying around so we just drilled them out and that acts as our spacer. The seats also come with plastic covers to hide all the bolt holes so all in all, it's a pretty clean setup.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Lookin good man! That orange beast sure cleaned up nice, and I really like your "ghetto bent" fan shroud. It looks great! What did you use to give it that "brushed" look?

Heres a toast to you and all the other young guns out there!


Salud!

[kcjones]

I sincerely appreciate the pics. So, up my mouse motor to 400+HP, or install seats first....

[LuckyHenriksen]

do the motor jones! you can always sit on some old milk crates

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by kcjones

I sincerely appreciate the pics. So, up my mouse motor to 400+HP, or install seats first....

Originally Posted by LuckyHenriksen

do the motor jones! you can always sit on some old milk crates

Or no seats like I did. Just rolled around for the day while installing these seats with nothing.

Originally Posted by LuckyHenriksen

Lookin good man! That orange beast sure cleaned up nice, and I really like your "ghetto bent" fan shroud. It looks great! What did you use to give it that "brushed" look?

Heres a toast to you and all the other young guns out there!


Salud!

Salud amigo!

Used a scotch pad? The name of it escapes me right now. It looks good for sure.


I love my new powder coating gun:

Here's a good before and after story:

Start:

Sand blasted

Powdered

Toasting at 400* for 15 minutes


Done

[texanidiot25]

Alternator bracket. This is the paint from a year ago.


Now:


Also the power steering pump brackets are all PC'd. Way easier than spray paint to get a good finish.

Power steering is in and done

[LuckyHenriksen]

Cool powdercoat. Are you doing it in a BBQ?

[texanidiot25]

An old toaster oven. Does it perfect. 400 degrees and the powder bakes for 15 minutes and the toaster oven can only count to 15 minutes on the timer. So it makes baking almost fool proof. Way faster than spray paint once you get things rolling too. Don't have to wait hours to cure 100%. After that 15 minutes of baking, and 10 minutes of cool down it's 100% cured.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Awesome I want to try that! What gun setup are you using?

[texanidiot25]

Killer xmas present. I'm tempted to do my wrenches in this stuff too If you get one, buy a pressure regulator (required) and a water seperator... The one that's on it is junk and blew up on me. The gun works best at about 15-20 psi.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Cool thanks for the tip

[texanidiot25]

If you have a harbor freight near you, this is where my dad got it too. Think I may have a coupon for HF if you want it (email).

[texanidiot25]

Check out the wheels that won't be on the truck any time soon:




Late model GM truck wheels. Need atleast 1.5 inch wheel spacers, which are retardedly expensive.

[*Dylan]

Wow man, my dad just told me I could have his Olds 442 steering wheel cause I asked him about it after seeing yours. If you find what that center button is from let me know! I'm thinking about doing that same seat upgrade as yours too. It looks wicked in there! I'll get started on that rendering as soon as I can.

[texanidiot25]

Killer, glad my truck has given some ideas for you.

If you have some time, I'd post my pics up on The H.A.M.B. and see if they know. Their a bunch of old school hot rodders, incredible knowledge but don't step out of place or they'll rip into you.

[MrBeast]

You know I have been watching your build from afar for a while, It seems to me like you really love your old truck.

I tell you what, I am in Corpus, I am going to School to be a Machinist, Classes start up in a couple of weeks, if you want to pick up a chunk of Aluminum that I can cut those spacers out of, I will do it in class for you, and save you a fist full of pesos.

Let me know if your interested.

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by MrBeast

You know I have been watching your build from afar for a while, It seems to me like you really love your old truck.

I tell you what, I am in Corpus, I am going to School to be a Machinist, Classes start up in a couple of weeks, if you want to pick up a chunk of Aluminum that I can cut those spacers out of, I will do it in class for you, and save you a fist full of pesos.

Let me know if your interested.

I will gladly take your offer. Let me get with my dad tomorrow and figure something out.

6061 Aluminun plenty strong? Found an online place that can supply a pair of 7x1.5in round blocks for about 82 before shipping. Just was a quick price check.

[MrBeast]

Originally Posted by texanidiot25

I will gladly take your offer. Let me get with my dad tomorrow and figure something out.

6061 Aluminun plenty strong? Found an online place that can supply a pair of 7x1.5in round blocks for about 82 before shipping. Just was a quick price check.

6061 should work mighty fine, do you need 4 spacers or 2? And how thick do they need to be?

[texanidiot25]

They need to be 1.5 inches thick for the rear. But the hub sizes are different between my axle and this rim (Dana 60 hub is bigger than the rims center hole). But if you were to do custom spacers, the side that faces the axle can be machined for the axle's hub, and then a new hub "lip" can be machined on the spacer to center the rim. Atleast that's just what I thought up last night.

Just the 2 for the rear, I'll see how the wheel and tire fit on the front today

[LuckyHenriksen]

lookin good!

[kcjones]

As long as the wheels and lugnuts are lug-centric (most are), the spacer doesn't actually have to match the wheel's hub, only has to be large enough for the axle hub.