What did you do to your truck today?

[jbgroby]

Originally Posted by MacbreSkull

I didn't do anything today cause it looks like this right now...



But i have a gas tank soon to arrive so it won't be that way for long

Although I find it "purdy", how do you folks live with that? i would go insane (although I don't have far to go to get there)

[MacbreSkull]

Originally Posted by jbgroby

Although I find it "purdy", how do you folks live with that? i would go insane (although I don't have far to go to get there)

Ive lived here all my life, ya get used to it. Makes people crazy toward the end of the winter, but i don't mind it.

[fink64]

today i hualed in 700.00 worth of scrap metal so i can afford to work on my truck. The wife is really going to enjoy her christmas present, new gauge cluster for my truck. lol

[MalibuKasey]

Fixed the gas gauge (bad float), Fixed the blower motor, and fixed a nasty exhaust leak caused by my carb spacer... guess Ill just have to live with the heat soak... for now.

[jarkill]

Nothing today, But i'm off all next week so i plan on getting some body work done

[firefighter736]

Took her off to the body man to get new rockers, cab supports, floor pans, and center cab supports put on her. Hope he doesn't take forever to do it.... welding isn't my forte and I really wanted to save this BBW cab.

[lakeroadster]

Formed the flanges into the rear cab wall for the cab vents. Bolted the vent surrounds in and trimmed the cab flanges flush.

Next step is to prime the surrounds, install them and seam seal the joints.

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

put my new steering wheel together

[60apache]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

Formed the flanges into the rear cab wall for the cab vents. Bolted the vent surrounds in and trimmed the cab flanges flush.

Next step is to prime the surrounds, install them and seam seal the joints.

just curious what is the purpose of this?

[lakeroadster]

Originally Posted by 60apache

just curious what is the purpose of this?

Short Answer:

Air vents, flow-through ventilation. Vents were from a modern Dodge ram.

Sales Brochure Answer:

A truck cab ventilation system and method which includes an air exhaust at the rear of the cab. An inlet vent in the front of the cab (kick panel vent) produces a positive pressure within the cab which causes flow-through ventilation air flow from the front to the rear of the cab when the truck is moving. . The exhaust vent includes flexible louvers of elastomer which are held by gravity in a closed position and are moved into an open position when air flows out through the exhaust system.

[60apache]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

Short Answer:

Air vents, flow-through ventilation. Vents were from a modern Dodge ram.

Sales Brochure Answer:

A truck cab ventilation system and method which includes an air exhaust at the rear of the cab. An inlet vent in the front of the cab (kick panel vent) produces a positive pressure within the cab which causes flow-through ventilation air flow from the front to the rear of the cab when the truck is moving. . The exhaust vent includes flexible louvers of elastomer which are held by gravity in a closed position and are moved into an open position when air flows out through the exhaust system.

I take it you dont have a/c

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by 60apache

just curious what is the purpose of this?

For me the biggest advantage would be closing the doors easily with the vents and windows shut. My doors close super easy with just a vent window open, but when they're all closed it's so air tight it's hard to get the doors shut without slamming them.

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

I got some friends up the road in Logan, you might know them they own a body shop and a harley repair shop. Wolfards?? ring any bells

[MacbreSkull]

Originally Posted by GMR-PERFORMANCE

I got some friends up the road in Logan, you might know them they own a body shop and a harley repair shop. Wolfards?? ring any bells

Nope, doesn't ring any bells with me but i bet i have some car buddies from that area that it would for sure.

[jimmydean]

I got bored so I took a wire wheel to my upper control arm so it kinda matches the lower.

Drivers side


Passenger side


I had some POR15 left, so I put some on the calipers after I cleaned them up, too.

[chopttop]

Go the bumper, grille, hood off and got the (1) fender and cowl ready to go.

[66redw/white]

did alittle bit of rewireing on the alternator and front parking lights

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

Ran the new fuel line from tank to pump last night swapping over to a new pump so gotta wait on that to come in.

[Turkey]

Originally Posted by GMR-PERFORMANCE

Ran the new fuel line from tank to pump last night swapping over to a new pump so gotta wait on that to come in.

Did you run metal? If so where did you get it?

[Andice]

Installed a rear fender today and hope to do the other one tomorrow. The bed went on last weekend followed by taillights. The rear bumper and hubcaps will get a coat of ivory paint to finish out the rear half of the truck.

[markeb01]

Washington law mandates new reflectorized license plates every 7 years, so those got installed this morning. Also test fit the new 15x7 TTO front wheels and re-engineered the gas pedal pivot making for much smoother operation. It was nice having garage temperatures in the 40's again so I could be out there for a while.

[kirtzen]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Washington law mandates new reflectorized license plates every 7 years, so those got installed this morning. Also test fit the new 15x7 TTO front wheels and re-engineered the gas pedal pivot making for much smoother operation. It was nice having garage temperatures in the 40's again so I could be out there for a while.

Any chance you could show a picture of the pedal pivot?

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by kirtzen

Any chance you could show a picture of the pedal pivot?

Not a whole lot to show, but here it is. I’m running a 1960’s era Cal Custom aluminum pedal, attached to an original Moon pedal pivot. This is mounted on a stainless steel plate which bolts to the floor using the original captive nuts. There’s a block of Delrin on the back of the pedal which acts as a rubbing surface for the factory firewall linkage, and an anti-rattle spring which applies a small amount of downforce on the pedal to keep it from rattling against the throttle rod.

Before:





Although I’ve had this in place for a number of years, it was beginning to a feel a bit notchy. After studying the angles I realized the setup would benefit by having the pivot relocated. Since I didn’t want to drill more holes in the floor or firewall, I simply made a larger stainless steel plate which moved the pivot bracket forward 1 inch, over 1/4 inch, and rotated the pedal slightly to the right. I also added a new grade 5 pivot bolt. The changes make it feel like it’s on ball bearings.

As of today it looks like this:

[kirtzen]

markeb01

Thanks, it looks great. I need to do something similar.

[bubba327]

Originally Posted by kirtzen

markeb01

Thanks, it looks great. I need to do something similar.

hey Mark looks good
Me too --I was thinking of the the old barefoot surfer style gas pedal. I had one in a rod many years ago. I found a few still around on E-bay. Just might have to order one.