What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 - Page 62 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

MiraclePieCo · 08-25-2018, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

More parts going on, these universal polyurethane pads are replacing the plain rubber ones between the bed x-members and the frame...

Wow, those look really durable, wish I'd used them. I used cutup truck mudflaps for my body pads

I need to read more catalogs.

**oldman3** · 08-24-2018, 07:19 PM

Looks very nice...Jim

MARTINSR · 08-25-2018, 12:08 AM

Got all the rivet on parts I wanted to remove from the frame before I have it powder coated, WHOOOO HOOOO! And best of all, no drama tonight.

Brian

MiraclePieCo · 08-25-2018, 03:25 AM

Spent the day on my back under the dash doing the typical 1000 sit-ups wiring job. I took a couple of days just organizing the wires before ever terminating one. Got my headlight switch, dimmer switch and gauges wired. Like everything on my truck, I want to do it right but I'm not going to get overly meticulous because this will be a daily driver.

BTW, those quad gauges sure simplify wiring - only one set of wires for the 4-gauge unit instead of separate wires for each gauge.

MARTINSR · 08-25-2018, 06:35 PM

OMG I should have SHUT MY MOUTH about the no drama! I have been up since 1 am when we got a text from our son that he was in the ER in a hospital about 40 miles from here after a car accident! It was a very bad accident apparently testing his roll bar and though he has a serious breakage to one of his feet and his face is all swollen the car looks like his injuries would be much worse. We just got home with him and it's going to be rough going the next number of days before he goes in for surgery. I wish I had a copy of the xray, holy crap, four bones broke in his food with one of them looking like a piece of ice hit with a hammer, CRAP! Our house is now a rehab center with wheel chair and walker and all, geeez.

Brian

lowdownstar · 08-25-2018, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MARTINSR

OMG I should have SHUT MY MOUTH about the no drama! I have been up since 1 am when we got a text from our son that he was in the ER in a hospital about 40 miles from here after a car accident! It was a very bad accident apparently testing his roll bar and though he has a serious breakage to one of his feet and his face is all swollen the car looks like his injuries would be much worse. We just got home with him and it's going to be rough going the next number of days before he goes in for surgery. I wish I had a copy of the xray, holy crap, four bones broke in his food with one of them looking like a piece of ice hit with a hammer, CRAP! Our house is now a rehab center with wheel chair and walker and all, geeez.

Brian

Man i am so sorry to hear about your son, i wish him a speedy recovery...
Ray

evilokc · 08-25-2018, 09:15 PM

glad he came out as well as he did though. like you said it could have been worse. wish him a speedy recovery.

DransportGarage · 08-25-2018, 09:41 PM

It has not been a good week for you, Brian. So glad that he was able to come home, but it sounds like a serious time rehabbing. My thoughts will be with you guys.

vintovka · 08-25-2018, 10:05 PM

Sorry to hear. I do enjoy your posts. Hopefully youve had your run of bad luck and have good stuff for a change.

**oldman3** · 08-25-2018, 11:31 PM

Sorry to hear about your son, best wishes for a speedy recovery...Jim

**mongocanfly** · 08-26-2018, 12:07 AM

Thankfully he survived...hope he has a good recovery...

MARTINSR · 08-26-2018, 12:19 AM

Thanks guys, this SUCKS big time. He had a horribly broken leg when he was 14 I had to drive to a near by Trauma ward to see him after it was broken, NOT a good time. This was no better even though he is a man, it was no better, DAMN.

And the first car he bought himself, he has been enjoying it so much (1997 Miata) it is GONE, damn is he lucky!

Brian

**idbeast** · 08-26-2018, 07:11 AM

So sorry to hear about your son, but glad he survived!

Black_Sheep · 08-26-2018, 09:30 AM

I hope your son recovers quickly. It sounds like the outcome could have been much worse, count your blessings...

mikebte · 08-26-2018, 10:07 AM

Got all my lights wired up, thinking I have a bad turn signal relay and need to swap it with one of them new fanged electronic relays.
Opted to have the running lights and headlights run together, I always liked that for some reason.

Black_Sheep · 08-26-2018, 10:26 AM

I finished up assembling the back of the truck, time to turn it around and start on the front...

MARTINSR · 08-26-2018, 11:11 AM

Daaaamn those are good times, assembling a project like that. And it's looking SOOOOOO good!

Brian

MARTINSR · 08-26-2018, 11:03 PM

I am still beat, went to the birthday party of the guy I bought the truck from in 74, that was good times. I stopped at the Goodguys show I wanted to attend yesterday with my son.

Anyway, got home and did some parts documenting, cracks me up the stuff I find when I do this.

But check out this photo shopped picture a guy did for me on another forum. This IS my truck that is in my mind, this has fired me up big time, HOLY CRAP that is my truck right there!

How friggin cool is that!

Brian

MiraclePieCo · 08-27-2018, 04:35 AM

Wired in my turn signal unit. I really love these old-timey levers, and the illuminated handle means I don't need to install separate indicators.

MARTINSR · 08-28-2018, 12:34 AM

I got out there and changed the flapper valves and oil in my compressor, it does sound better. But damn if they didn't give me the proper valves, the most important one was correct so that's cool, but the other that I welded wasn't right. It's the upper piece that simply stops the flapper from flipping off breaking. So I am thinking it will be ok.

I also went through another box doing my parts inventory and I can't believe the stuff I find that I forget I had. This is literally scary, not joking, my mom died of Alzheimer's, this isn't fun. I just went through this one box a few months ago. The last box I went through there were two glove box doors, one kinda nice and I thought ok, I will be doing that one. I open up this box and wrapped up in foam sheets there is a flawless, rechromed glove box door! And fully perfectly polished upper and lower center dash grille mouldings! Geeez, I a bunch more stuff that I remembered but had totally forgotten I had this glove box door.

Brian

DransportGarage · 08-28-2018, 05:31 AM

Wet sanding...wet sanding...more wet sanding... I'm doing the cab right now.

MiraclePieCo · 08-28-2018, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DransportGarage

Wet sanding...wet sanding...more wet sanding... I'm doing the cab right now.

Wow, at 2:30 AM - that's dedication!

DransportGarage · 08-28-2018, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

Wow, at 2:30 AM - that's dedication!

I misled you. I was writing the note at 5:30 eastern time (2:30 AM PST). I had quit for the night around 9:00 PM last night, but will be back at it here in about an hour.

mikebte · 08-29-2018, 12:22 AM

Completed all my lights, the relay I ordered was faulty but I found one in the garage and made it work.
Messed around with the AC wiring, finished mounting all the grounds and mocked up the relays.
Had the wife help me determine that I am going to extend the ECM wiring and mount it under the seat.
Mounted the AC vents to only find I don’t like them and need to start from scratch.
Also found more rust to fix.

MARTINSR · 08-29-2018, 01:07 AM

Missed work today to spent the day at the hospital with my son getting a preliminary surgery on his foot. After getting home I got the rest of the parts inventoried, whooo hoooooo

Brian

08-24-2018, 07:19 PM	#2
oldman3 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: West Plains, Missouri Posts: 7,559	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Looks very nice...Jim __________________ my build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=459839 Jimbo's long bed step build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...t=464626<br />

08-25-2018, 12:08 AM	#3
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Got all the rivet on parts I wanted to remove from the frame before I have it powder coated, WHOOOO HOOOO! And best of all, no drama tonight. Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

08-25-2018, 03:25 AM	#4
MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Spent the day on my back under the dash doing the typical 1000 sit-ups wiring job. I took a couple of days just organizing the wires before ever terminating one. Got my headlight switch, dimmer switch and gauges wired. Like everything on my truck, I want to do it right but I'm not going to get overly meticulous because this will be a daily driver. BTW, those quad gauges sure simplify wiring - only one set of wires for the 4-gauge unit instead of separate wires for each gauge. Attached Images __________________ 1951 Chevy Panel Truck

08-25-2018, 06:35 PM	#5
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 OMG I should have SHUT MY MOUTH about the no drama! I have been up since 1 am when we got a text from our son that he was in the ER in a hospital about 40 miles from here after a car accident! It was a very bad accident apparently testing his roll bar and though he has a serious breakage to one of his feet and his face is all swollen the car looks like his injuries would be much worse. We just got home with him and it's going to be rough going the next number of days before he goes in for surgery. I wish I had a copy of the xray, holy crap, four bones broke in his food with one of them looking like a piece of ice hit with a hammer, CRAP! Our house is now a rehab center with wheel chair and walker and all, geeez. Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

08-25-2018, 09:15 PM	#7
evilokc Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: albuquerque New Mexico Posts: 522	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 glad he came out as well as he did though. like you said it could have been worse. wish him a speedy recovery.

08-25-2018, 09:41 PM	#8
DransportGarage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Posts: 1,359	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 It has not been a good week for you, Brian. So glad that he was able to come home, but it sounds like a serious time rehabbing. My thoughts will be with you guys. __________________ Bob "It won't take long and it won't cost much." '55 3100 (383/700R4)--'55 Belair Sedan (350/4-speed)--'64 'Vette Conv. (327/4-speed)--'68 GTO Conv. (462/4-speed)--'69 Cutlass Conv. (350/TH350)--'06 'Vette Conv. (LS2/6-speed) Bob's Retirement Build - My 55 TF Bob's 700R4 Build (how-to)

08-25-2018, 10:05 PM	#9
vintovka Registered User Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Hunkered Down Posts: 1,886	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Sorry to hear. I do enjoy your posts. Hopefully youve had your run of bad luck and have good stuff for a change. __________________ 1954 USAF 3100 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=714917

08-25-2018, 11:31 PM	#10
oldman3 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: West Plains, Missouri Posts: 7,559	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Sorry to hear about your son, best wishes for a speedy recovery...Jim __________________ my build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=459839 Jimbo's long bed step build:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...t=464626<br />

08-26-2018, 12:07 AM	#11
mongocanfly Post Whore Join Date: May 2015 Location: Alabama Posts: 14,663	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Thankfully he survived...hope he has a good recovery... __________________ Mongo...aka Greg RIP Dad RIP Jesse 1981 C30 LQ9 NV4500..http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=753598 Mongos AD- LS3 TR6060...http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...34#post8522334 Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4...http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...63#post8082563 2023 Chevy Z71..daily driver

08-26-2018, 12:19 AM	#12
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Thanks guys, this SUCKS big time. He had a horribly broken leg when he was 14 I had to drive to a near by Trauma ward to see him after it was broken, NOT a good time. This was no better even though he is a man, it was no better, DAMN. And the first car he bought himself, he has been enjoying it so much (1997 Miata) it is GONE, damn is he lucky! Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

08-26-2018, 07:11 AM	#13
idbeast Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 523	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 So sorry to hear about your son, but glad he survived!

08-26-2018, 09:30 AM	#14
Black_Sheep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: upper midwest Posts: 1,129	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 I hope your son recovers quickly. It sounds like the outcome could have been much worse, count your blessings... __________________ Mark Brother's keeper - '58 Stepside build

08-26-2018, 10:07 AM	#15
mikebte Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 639	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Got all my lights wired up, thinking I have a bad turn signal relay and need to swap it with one of them new fanged electronic relays. Opted to have the running lights and headlights run together, I always liked that for some reason. Attached Images __________________ 1959 Chevy Apache 3100/ 283 TBI / 4L60E My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mikebtte

08-26-2018, 10:26 AM	#16
Black_Sheep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: upper midwest Posts: 1,129	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 I finished up assembling the back of the truck, time to turn it around and start on the front... Attached Images __________________ Mark Brother's keeper - '58 Stepside build

08-26-2018, 11:11 AM	#17
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Daaaamn those are good times, assembling a project like that. And it's looking SOOOOOO good! Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"



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08-26-2018, 11:03 PM	#18
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 I am still beat, went to the birthday party of the guy I bought the truck from in 74, that was good times. I stopped at the Goodguys show I wanted to attend yesterday with my son. Anyway, got home and did some parts documenting, cracks me up the stuff I find when I do this. But check out this photo shopped picture a guy did for me on another forum. This IS my truck that is in my mind, this has fired me up big time, HOLY CRAP that is my truck right there! How friggin cool is that! Brian Attached Images __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

08-27-2018, 04:35 AM	#19
MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Wired in my turn signal unit. I really love these old-timey levers, and the illuminated handle means I don't need to install separate indicators. Attached Images __________________ 1951 Chevy Panel Truck

08-28-2018, 12:34 AM	#20
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 I got out there and changed the flapper valves and oil in my compressor, it does sound better. But damn if they didn't give me the proper valves, the most important one was correct so that's cool, but the other that I welded wasn't right. It's the upper piece that simply stops the flapper from flipping off breaking. So I am thinking it will be ok. I also went through another box doing my parts inventory and I can't believe the stuff I find that I forget I had. This is literally scary, not joking, my mom died of Alzheimer's, this isn't fun. I just went through this one box a few months ago. The last box I went through there were two glove box doors, one kinda nice and I thought ok, I will be doing that one. I open up this box and wrapped up in foam sheets there is a flawless, rechromed glove box door! And fully perfectly polished upper and lower center dash grille mouldings! Geeez, I a bunch more stuff that I remembered but had totally forgotten I had this glove box door. Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

08-28-2018, 05:31 AM	#21
DransportGarage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lebanon, Ohio Posts: 1,359	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Wet sanding...wet sanding...more wet sanding... I'm doing the cab right now. __________________ Bob "It won't take long and it won't cost much." '55 3100 (383/700R4)--'55 Belair Sedan (350/4-speed)--'64 'Vette Conv. (327/4-speed)--'68 GTO Conv. (462/4-speed)--'69 Cutlass Conv. (350/TH350)--'06 'Vette Conv. (LS2/6-speed) Bob's Retirement Build - My 55 TF Bob's 700R4 Build (how-to)

08-29-2018, 12:22 AM	#24
mikebte Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 639	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Completed all my lights, the relay I ordered was faulty but I found one in the garage and made it work. Messed around with the AC wiring, finished mounting all the grounds and mocked up the relays. Had the wife help me determine that I am going to extend the ECM wiring and mount it under the seat. Mounted the AC vents to only find I don’t like them and need to start from scratch. Also found more rust to fix. __________________ 1959 Chevy Apache 3100/ 283 TBI / 4L60E My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/mikebtte

08-29-2018, 01:07 AM	#25
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Missed work today to spent the day at the hospital with my son getting a preliminary surgery on his foot. After getting home I got the rest of the parts inventoried, whooo hoooooo Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

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