What did you do to your truck today?

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by 1/2Dozen

Oh, and the black pics were taken today. First pics!

It turned out great. The bodywork looks really straight. What type paint did you use?

[1/2Dozen]

[QUOTE=markeb01;4231165]It turned out great. The bodywork looks really straight. What type paint did you use?[/QUOTE


the cab and front clip were in pretty good shape to begin with no rust on the truck anywhere. The box was the worst part of it and had very minimal mud in it. All I did was scuff it up and paint it.


this was my second time using tractor implement paint but learned from the last time to thin it down more then the actual recommended rate. I sprayed the 65 with 1 gallon paint/32 oz thinner and did 3 coats and used a base coat style spray tip. The rate they recommended was 1 gallon paint/16 oz of thinner and i sprayed it with a primer style gun. It looked decent in pictures but dried sorta grainy i guess. Here is a pic of the 61 I first used implement paint on.

[Ghostwhite]

I actually got to see my truck the other day! First time in ten months or so, now I'm back to 6000 miles away from it....

[63sbssbbw]

Welcome Home GW
Today I sandblasted primed and painted my rear axle
Tomorrow, bolt it in and its a roller......finally!
T

[CVA59]

same here, painted, painted and painted some more.

[skysoldier173rd]

Installed a cable type gas pedal out of a 90 in my 60. Was relatively easy, and a big improvement. works great, easy to adjust. Just had to bend the pivot rod to match the 60 and drill a few holes. A good improvement and well worth the time.

[enick72]

Yesterday I pulled my (knocking) engine and trans from the 65 and pulled an engine from a 78 doner truck. Today I got the needed parts swapped over along with adding a T5 and dropped in and bolted up. Tomorrow night should be able to get it all wired up and running. I will have to wait to drive since I have to measure for my new drive shaft.

[Cops053]

Spent yesterday and today after work cutting and fitting the Ash boards for the bed, ordered the bed bolt kit, so decided while waiting for them to arrive made a template of the bow tie to route out the wood on the 3 rd board in from each side and going to insert a piece of black walnut into each center betwween the stainless strips and the rear two bolts.

[chevy_mike]

Well, ended up adjusting the door striker... because I had to, not wanted to...

So here's the story. I put some Dodge Dakota door seals on the driver side, as many had said they work well. Picked them up this weekend at the junk yard. After installing them, I almost could not get the door to close they were so tight. Let the sit in the heat the last couple days but no better. Can't even get the door to close all the way from inside the cab.

Today I decided to remove them. Now there are no seals. Well that's where my problem started. I closed the door and could not get it to open, no matter how hard I pulled. Crawled thru the window to open the other side (no outside lock) and proceeded to remove the door panel. Worked on trying to get the latch to rotate and release the door. No luck. With the wife pulling on the door, I used a prybar to carefully push the door up, thinking it was hanging on the striker. Sure enough the door opened. Verified this was the issue by repeating it again.

Adjusted the striker down and it works as it should. Put a piece of cut off Dakota seal near the striker and now it latch with a solid feel and sit flush with the body. That works until I buy new seals. Man, some times it just doesn't pay to fix something that's not broken...

[64GMCHorsepower]

Found out why none of my rear lights worked finally.....I had grounded the lights to the bed....well, I remembered around lunch today that HEY! The bed sits on rubber pads..so I moved the ground to the frame rail, and voila'....lights!!!!!!

Also finished installing my new Rebel Wire Harness......

She's ready to drive to work tomorrow!

[66GMC-Canuck]

I gassed mine up and then hauled a whole bunch of junk to the dump. Just nice to be out driving.

[karlbenz]

shot some primer on mine.

[willyp]

got alot done this weekend with the help of my dad. the wife has the camera on a road trip but dad got some good pics of my new wheels and tires. also new bumpers and 66 NC truck plate. more pics thursday when the OL gets home.

[old cruiser]

Started reassembly of the 230 all like new again out 0.030
And painted engine bay, may get this o the road yet

[markeb01]

Several years ago I upgraded from a Hurst Competition Plus shifter to a Street Super Shifter. The higher mounting and straight rods make the shifter work much nicer, but it also moves the shifter head back several inches which I haven’t been all that happy with. It finally occurred to me a simple adapter could be fabricated to move the shifter handle and also angle it forward at the same time. I worked up a template and transferred the dimensions to a chunk of scrap steel plate. The bottom of the stick moved forward 1 ¼”, while the knob moved forward about 2”, putting it in a much more comfortable position.









Update -

After driving it for a day I realized the knob was a tad too far forward in 3rd gear. Since the adapter raised the stick almost an inch, I went back to the shorter stick and reset the angle about ½” to the rear. While I had the adapter apart, I also cut the upper rear corner off. Although nobody else will ever see it, I thought it looked crappy so a cosmetic improvement was in order. Now all 4 gears are within perfect reach:

[aerotruk63]

Amazing how you can wake up one day with an obvious solution to a what was a very complicated situation. Looks good Mark!

[lakeroadster]

Lookin' good Mark, and you didn't even have to crawl under the truck! Those types of projects are great, come up with an idea, make the part and install it in a short time frame. Congrat's.

I spent the day starting to remove old paint and bondo from the bed rails and rear fenders of my truck. The top of the bed rails had over an 1/8" thick coat of bondo... removed that with a 4" electric grinder and a wire wheel.

Using a paint stripping disc to remove the paint. Works pretty well, noisey and dirty though.

Soooo, some people actually like body work? This is my first real try at it in the last 30 years.... I am assuming it will be more "fun" once I can start finishing, instead of striping.

[aerotruk63]

Have your box blasted, start fresh. Let someone else dirty their shop.

[scooterskoolkustoms]

got my new roll pan in the mail today so I cut out the old bumper and started to fit it on my burb I'll weld it in and take some pic's.

[Sick5]

well my flywheel busted and pulled my torq out its socket and busted my 700r4
i drop so many f bomb my back yard looks like japan lmao
i took it to the shop so they can redo the clutches.
i cant shft out of 1st
maybe another 300 sent down the hole

[Turkey]

Replace my old vacuum advance and fuel line with stainless lines. Also got my new mig in today. Gotta go get some gas tomorrow and weld my cherry bomb in!!

[Bugeyev8]

Got my newly repaired hood on and test fitted and got the interior almost prepped for paint...lots of sanding and sanding....should spray it on monday if I can get the repaired doors hung and aligned

[SRVBLUES64]

Friday 15th finished up back of cab with the bodywork, now on to the top of the cab, theres several hail dent mark some are hard to see cause I stripped the can down to bare metal so its all by feel. Im wondering if I can giude coat with a aresol primer? or should I just spray my epoxy primer and then look for low spots? Im hoping to get primer on the can before winter kicks in, any thoughts of what I should do if I cant get primer on it?

[daverod]

Originally Posted by SRVBLUES64

Friday 15th finished up back of cab with the bodywork, now on to the top of the cab, theres several hail dent mark some are hard to see cause I stripped the can down to bare metal so its all by feel. Im wondering if I can giude coat with a aresol primer? or should I just spray my epoxy primer and then look for low spots? Im hoping to get primer on the can before winter kicks in, any thoughts of what I should do if I cant get primer on it?

Hate to tell you this but I don't think primer is water/weather proof?

[markeb01]

In my experience there's nothing better than epoxy primer for protecting bare metal. And it sticks so tight you can do body work over the epoxy. If the metal is going to be indoors protected from moisture, you can just spray it with Picklex 20. It will keep bare steel rust free indefinitely, but only if it remains dry.

http://autobodystore.com/picklex20.shtml

Standard aerosol primer is generally lacquer, is not waterproof, and makes a poor substrate for anything put on top. It is commonly used as a guide coat, but the best results will be achieved if all of it is sanded off. Then there is no risk of incompatible materials under the finish.