What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by g13372

New to the boards. Picked up a '71 C10 on Wednesday. She's a work in progress. Little rust, little more rust preventer, more than a little house paint in the interior. White with blue. Today, she got new shoes. Not sure how old the ones she was wearing were, but they were awfully cracked.
Oh, the specs. LWB, leafs and disks, 350, TH350.

You do understand that we need pics. My gosh man, WE NEED PICS!



Now though:

[In The Ten Ring]

All I have done today is clean up the seat belt bolts with Evaporust and the wire wheel. I now have a coat of NAPA Rust Treatment on those. I also painted a couple more coats of Gloss Black onto 1 radiator bracket and the fan cover.

I found the other original rear cab bolt and cleaned it up also.......I have no use for it but I want to keep all of the truck's original hardware.

[Ol 67 C10]

Getting closer!

[colgad]

Originally Posted by Ol 67 C10

Getting closer!

Coming along nicely! Congrat's

Is that an Iron Duke 4 banger sitting in your garage?

[Ol 67 C10]

Originally Posted by colgad

Coming along nicely! Congrat's

Is that an Iron Duke 4 banger sitting in your garage?

Yes sir! It's a motor I had bored and rebuilt for a boat... it's been sitting there for about 6 yrs now, boat is long gone but I can't bring myself to scrap it. Interested in it? Lol

[colgad]

Originally Posted by Ol 67 C10

Yes sir! It's a motor I had bored and rebuilt for a boat... it's been sitting there for about 6 yrs now, boat is long gone but I can't bring myself to scrap it. Interested in it? Lol

My first car was a 1963 ChevyII 100 that had an Iron Duke in it. (It was an old Power and Light meter reader's car)
It's a great engine, but not sure what I would do with it besides sit on my garage floor. :-)

I know I shouldn't ask but what do you want for it. (I can't believe I am asking)

[Ol 67 C10]

I would take $300 or parts to trade for it. Its been bored. 030, all new bearings, pistons, rings, head job, new valves,.... i have over $1000 in it! All receipts to go with it...

[colgad]

Originally Posted by Ol 67 C10

I would take $300 or parts to trade for it. Its been bored. 030, all new bearings, pistons, rings, head job, new valves,.... i have over $1000 in it! All receipts to go with it...

Great price, but I better pass. If I was going to be in the area that would be one thing but ....

I have way to much stuff going on anyway. But just keep it stuck in your garage maybe one day Ill drop by. :-)

[In The Ten Ring]

After I hauled away some trash, I got into the garage and just took things in. I am near spiritually moved by the truck progress. 10 years it has sat in the garage....but now it stands on the brink of leaving the garage.

And once that happens, the garage can finally be renovated to modern standards.

[VWNate1]

I got some original restored Harrsion AC parts ;

They're a thing of beauty :



They came ever so carefully packed , all the way from TEXAS :



All the hardware has been removed , de rusted and re plated , new fan motor , expansion valve and so on :

[VWNate1]

This guy seems to be straight up and honest , _NOT_ cheap though :

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[FRENCHBLUE72]

Polished wheels today

[mattfranklin]

Finished up cleaning a spare '72 front cross member, control arms, and misc parts.
Priming with black Rustoleum Rust Reformer.
Starting to paint the stuff now with Rustoleum satin.

This is to do a "stock parts" conversion to disc brakes on my '70.

[cooperhw]

Taped up the inside of the cab we had painted last weekend and shot the top of the cab white.
I had been leaning towards white top and light green bottom color but when we unmasked everything I love how the white pops against the tan interior (original) color. Asked my wife for some input and she said "Yep, paint it tan".
So the final color combo will be tan lower with a white top.
Got the fenders in primer ready to final sand next weekend.

[In The Ten Ring]

Dad came over and he and I got the seat back in. I could have cut the bolt holes in the new mat a little bit bigger, we we could snug up the mat better, but I was close enough it seems. We got her lined up on about the 3rd try and this time, I didn't have to pull all the shelving out of my garage to have enough clearance for the bench seat!

I also found out my fuel shut off valve is hard to reach but I can do it if I move over and use my left hand. If it proves to be a hassle, I'll redo it next spring.

Finally I got a coat of gloss black onto a radiator bracket.

Moving right along!



*I tell you one thing, cleaning the rust off of my seat belt and seat bolts was one of the best things I ever did! Soooo much easier to start a clean bolt over a gunky/rusty one.

[Saclandman]

Did a bit more cleanup of the bed. I may have to blow the bed apart and fix some rot in the bed sides. My rear cross member is also not attached to the frame on the drivers side. Need to fix that too. Here's a nice shot of Ol' Crusty's booty.

[In The Ten Ring]

Originally Posted by Saclandman

Did a bit more cleanup of the bed. I may have to blow the bed apart and fix some rot in the bed sides. My rear cross member is also not attached to the frame on the drivers side. Need to fix that too. Here's a nice shot of Ol' Crusty's booty.

LWB stepper. Me like!

I put a new door bumper in (that little rubber knob). It looked too big but with a little soap and a small screwdriver it went right on in there.

I also cleaned up the garage a bit to get ready for removing the front clip.

[zellway]

Gave my suburban a face lift with new grill and bumper.

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by zellway

Gave my suburban a face lift with new grill and bumper.

I like it a lot , just can't beat a suburban ...... Don

[chopnchaneled]

Originally Posted by Saclandman

Did a bit more cleanup of the bed. I may have to blow the bed apart and fix some rot in the bed sides. My rear cross member is also not attached to the frame on the drivers side. Need to fix that too. Here's a nice shot of Ol' Crusty's booty.

Like it, looks like an old coke service truck?

[VDOG]

Finishing up my suspension.

[In The Ten Ring]

Each day, something more.

Today I finished painting the remaining radiator bracket and I ordered two lower brackets and 4 pads from Wes at Classic Heartbeat. Then dad and I removed the hood. Getting those springs off took about 5 pairs of visegrips and some prying! I'm about to soak my bolts and springs in Evaporust and I think I'll do electrolysis on the hinges.

Once those hinges came off...OMGOSH...there is rust where they bolted to the fenders....my truck so needs a frame off.

Furring strip giving extra hood bracing.



Never imagined I'd see my truck naked!



Hood stored for now:



Rust!

[Saclandman]

Originally Posted by chopnchaneled

Like it, looks like an old coke service truck?

Pretty much. The PO had a Coke vending machine business in the North Bay. Almost got worked to death then sat in a field for another 30 years. Glad I saved it.

[VWNate1]

That's _dirt_ not rust under your hood hinges ! .

Looking good , I like the color there .

I got a call from the Paint Jail , they want me to pick up my truck and demand cash for the final payment , apparently he realized he's WAY over his head and i'll do the final assembly , I'm just worried about those ' missing ' hub caps because he keeps giving me different , evasive answers , now it's ' you can only use 5 , right ? what's the big deal ? ' .

[sboris]

Got my steps mounted. Wife happy..