'69 Longbed Daily Driver - Project

[IvelDesigns]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Your work is looking real good. That is the biggest thing with body work is patience to deal with getting it right.

On your antenna, don't forget to seal the hole in the cab where the wire goes through or you'll have some leaks later.

good call. i had some left over filler while taking care of some other stuff, and used it to plug that hole this weekend.

[IvelDesigns]

ok, so here's a teaser post. got a lot done up at my parents place this weekend, and lots of pics. However, i left my USB cable for my camera at my folks house, so pics will have to wait until tomorrow when i get to work.

Here's the run down of what got done. Friday night was SUPER productive. Saturday and Sunday were still productive, but it was a lot of small stuff.

Friday night:
8pm - start pulling the front clip
11:30pm - clip is off and we started on getting the engine ready to be pulled in the morning.
1:15am - cracked first beer (only 3 in the fridge)
1:25am - 2nd wind came, and we decided to pull engine, but we needed more beer
1:30am - quick run to the gas station for a 12 pack
3:00am - engine / tranny was sitting on the floor
3:15am - took some cool pics of the cross member smashing a "beer can pyramid"
3:30am - sleep

Saturday
swapped out the seat in my uncles 90's step side. Got the bed pulled, flipped, and sitting on a small trailer. we then moved it into the garage, leaving room for the truck.

I mocked up the gas tank and realized i had the wrong sending unit. A call to lockDoc and my brother lurch115 revealed the surplus tank was for a 73-86 truck. since i ordered it over a year ago, i forgot. oh well, o'rielly's will have the right one in for me tomorrow. I did get the hard line run down the frame rail.

also made a couple "fixes" to the air lines and wiring since the bed was off. now the air lines won't stick out past the roll pan like they do in the pics above.

The rest of saturday, until 1:30am was spent sanding, and sanding, and more sanding. My dad now has pink dust over everything in his garage.

he's REALLY excited about that


Sunday
Pulled the seat and got the tank out. nothing exciting here, other than the fact that my wife actually helped me with this part. although there are no pics to prove it, i swear i'll get pics next time she helps. i have a verbal commitment from her that she'll help do some sanding next weekend.

Oh, i did get the gas filler hole welded up, grinded smooth, and covered in some metal to metal.

then my wife made me come home....


26 days until it must be back on the road...

[Bob 68327]

Body work looks good . You gonna have at the good guys show in July? That's what I'm shootin for I should make it . Once my motor is installed I have to fab a rear shock mount and fix the brakes they are a little soft !! Any way your truck is comming along very nicely !! Bob

[IvelDesigns]

thx. yep, i'm planning on being there, with the truck in one piece.

After May is over, give me a shout if you need help with anything.

[Bob 68327]

Cool Man !! Maybe we can have a little get together or something !! Bob

[lurch115]

Originally Posted by IvelDesigns

ok, so here's a teaser post. got a lot done up at my parents place this weekend, and lots of pics. However, i left my USB cable for my camera at my folks house, so pics will have to wait until tomorrow when i get to work.

Here's the run down of what got done. Friday night was SUPER productive. Saturday and Sunday were still productive, but it was a lot of small stuff.

Friday night:
8pm - start pulling the front clip
11:30pm - clip is off and we started on getting the engine ready to be pulled in the morning.
1:15am - cracked first beer (only 3 in the fridge)
1:25am - 2nd wind came, and we decided to pull engine, but we needed more beer
1:30am - quick run to the gas station for a 12 pack
3:00am - engine / tranny was sitting on the floor
3:15am - took some cool pics of the cross member smashing a "beer can pyramid"
3:30am - sleep

Saturday
swapped out the seat in my uncles 90's step side. Got the bed pulled, flipped, and sitting on a small trailer. we then moved it into the garage, leaving room for the truck.

I mocked up the gas tank and realized i had the wrong sending unit. A call to lockDoc and my brother lurch115 revealed the surplus tank was for a 73-86 truck. since i ordered it over a year ago, i forgot. oh well, o'rielly's will have the right one in for me tomorrow. I did get the hard line run down the frame rail.

also made a couple "fixes" to the air lines and wiring since the bed was off. now the air lines won't stick out past the roll pan like they do in the pics above.

The rest of saturday, until 1:30am was spent sanding, and sanding, and more sanding. My dad now has pink dust over everything in his garage.

he's REALLY excited about that


Sunday
Pulled the seat and got the tank out. nothing exciting here, other than the fact that my wife actually helped me with this part. although there are no pics to prove it, i swear i'll get pics next time she helps. i have a verbal commitment from her that she'll help do some sanding next weekend.

Oh, i did get the gas filler hole welded up, grinded smooth, and covered in some metal to metal.

then my wife made me come home....


26 days until it must be back on the road...

DUDE!! where are the pics??? i wanna put them on my computer..
i didn't think we would last long enough to pull the engine by then end of the night! The pics at the end made it all worth it though!

[67_C-30]

Originally Posted by bad6772

Great job ,looks great......You can get 3m guide coat at about any auto paint store....IMO i would not waste your money ..its a black powder that is wiped on with a supplied sponge...IME it tends to wipe off and hides high or low spots...I have always just used rattle can paint....(spray bomb) IME ...the paint will not come off unless its sanded off.....just a light mist..will do the job just fine......i have used just a flat black...but other colors will work....as long as it is darker than the primer or sealer you will be just fine,hope this helps....................tony

That's exactly what I do, and it works great!

Ivel, the truck is looking great!

[IvelDesigns]

yeah, last night ended early when i decided i needed to catch back up on some sleep i missed over the weekend. I'll post the pics tonight.

[Bob 68327]

Updates ????

[IvelDesigns]

i was actually in the process of getting last weekends pics ready. Here you go, the short narration version...

child labor at its best:

[IvelDesigns]

then the brown truck guy showed up with some LMC stuff:

[IvelDesigns]

then mikie assembled his first engine stand:

[IvelDesigns]

then lurch and I pulled the clip. mikie helped pull the inner fenders that will get reused:

[IvelDesigns]

then, after some 12 oz motivation, lurch and I pulled the engine. we sat it on the ground @ 3am friday night.

[IvelDesigns]

then, with some "12 oz can" inspired creativity, we played with the air bags and some unsuspecting cans:

[IvelDesigns]

the next day the bed was pulled. we rounded a few friends and family to help with this task. here's how things looked after:

[IvelDesigns]

we also cleaned the engine:

[IvelDesigns]

i slowed down on the pics cause i left the camera in the house, but i got a lot of sanding done on the bed and cab last weekend. no pics of that.

so that leads us to the plans for this weekend.

i picked up some epoxy primer, and some high build primer today. I also got a bunch of shinny parts for the 283 and a gasket kit that lurch is doing this week. another box from LMC came with more shinny parts for the grill...

the goal this weekend is to:
go to the drag races friday night with lurch's 84 short box
plumb the gas tank (i got the sending unit today)
sand some more
fill some rust craters in the hood
take the truck to the car wash and spray the frame
spray some chassis paint on the frame
spray some epoxy primer on the clip
spray some high build on the clip and the body work i've done
block those areas
cut holes in the bed and mod some bed floor rails to clear the pumpkin and the air tank

maybe drop the engine in on sunday if we have time.

[IvelDesigns]

these were taken by my brother this week during the "refresh" he's doing on the 283. oh, and the crank gear... he took off with his fingers. pretty scary IMO

[gferris5]

Oh, you got one with "variable Valve timing" hehe

Looking good, keep us up to date!

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Sweet build thread......

[Bob 68327]

Sweet It's a can crusher too!!! It's good to see ya recycling all them cans !! Bob

[jeffspower]

Looking good, and you are moving right along- but will it be ready for the meet?

[IvelDesigns]

today i finished all of the body work on the clip. i have a little bit of sanding left, but i'm calling it done. the gas tank also got mounted and plumbed today.

tomorrow i'm going to be finishing the remaining sanding. i'm planning to load it up on the trailer and take it down the car wash to spray off the frame in the morning. the oil leaks i've had coated the bottom of the truck pretty bad, so it'll be nice to get it clean again. we will be spraying etch primer followed by some high build primer on the clip. I hope to have time to block it as well before i head back home.

the motor will be done next week as well. got some new shinny parts for it this weekend, along with an oil pump and new balancer. fyi, parts for a 283 are tough to get at a parts store.

paint is scheduled next saturday. starting the morning with a sealer coat over the whole thing, then paint, then clear. we'll leave the truck at the booth over night and pick it up in the morning on sunday.

motor will get dropped in on sunday and hopefully fired up. the core support will also probably be put in on sunday as well.

the following weekend all loose ends will be tied up and i expect to be driving it home on the 25th. if i have to, i'll take a day off to finish putting things back together.

the following weekend is the midwest meet.

wish me luck

[Bob 68327]

WOW !! This reads like an episode of Overhaulin !! I love it and wish I had the time to spend that much time on mine !! My motor is almost finished hopefully back in by mid week . Good luck and great job !!! Bob