67 C-10 project.

[JasonBird]

Thanks Keith! Thats good to know. I have the 1.25"rotors. I'll check out that web page you linked.
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[JasonBird]

well today i found a master brake cylinder and booster from a 79 for my truck. he threw in the pedal assmbly for me as well, but i'm not sure if i'd need or want to use it. the pedal says disc brakes on it though! LOL. then i sanded and primed my hood that came with my truck...paint is a pain to sand off. the PO blue paint somes right off, but the original green paint under it is pretty tough. i'm going to have to do some research and see if my fenders are repairable. there is quite a bit of bondo in them, and the drivers fender is a 68 i think. after hearing stories of how the new fenders don't fit very well i'll have to decide if they are worth saving or start looking for some replacements that are in better shape. sorry no pictures today! :-(

[67chevy1series]

well that is some good progress pics would be great nice work on the hood it will be read to put on the truck....must have taken for ever thats a huge body panel!

[JasonBird]

well, my plan is ever evolving...lol. since the truck is basically imobile during the week until i can get some tires, i thought i'd spen the weekday evenings working on sanding the paint off of the body and seeing what i get, or need to get. So a beer, plus drill with sander wheel equals fun time and blue boogers!

[67chevy1series]

the truck looks great!!!! i know that colored booger feeling! my truck is black so when i blew my nose it came out black!

[JasonBird]

thanks Rick! i'm pleasantly surprised at how good of shape my RT FRT fender is in. there was some bondo in it, but it turned out to be not that deep. but the bottom edge on the front is rusted away and has a dent in it. i'd sure like to save it but i don't know where that line is as far as when to replace or repair a part. it seems like i have seen repair panels for the aft edge but not the fwd edge...i'll have to look more. i see a stud welder from HF in my future i think. the metal on these things is so thick do dents pull out easily??

[lolife99]

Wes at Classic Heartbeat sells a front fender cup patch panel.

http://www.classicheartbeat.com/cata...nder%20tip.htm

[JasonBird]

awesome! thanks Keith!

[spike38]

It's coming along nicely.
And don't you just love those bondo surprises.

Spike

[JasonBird]

thanks spike! i do love surprises! after sseing the bondo job on the back the bed (it's about 3/8" thick) i was surprised to see just a skim coat on the front. trying really hard to not let this get away from me...lol...little bit at a time and not start too many other things at the same time!

[67chevy1series]

i hate the bondo suprises!

[JasonBird]

well, i have a three day weekend! hopefully i can get some progress made on the truck. It's been a crazy week of weather! 67 degrees last weekend, then yesterday it was -8 degrees, and we had got a total of 12" of snow in the week. supposed to be back in the 60's by this coming week! Crazy! busy sanding off paint.

[67chevy1series]

ahh you suck jason! i only have a 2 day weekend! have you done any work to the truck lately

[spike38]

Originally Posted by 67chevy1series

ahh you suck jason! i only have a 2 day weekend! have you done any work to the truck lately

If it make you feel any better, I have to work 36 hrs in the next 3 days,

Spike

[67chevy1series]

haha! i guess it does!

[JasonBird]

well, this is work! i sanded all day practicaly and got almost all of one side of the bed sanded down. my sanding wheel is wearing out slowly, or the bed paint is getting tougher! i might need to get a roll of 80 grit paper and try that. tomorrow i'll try and get some pictures. my son is at a wrestling tournament all day tomorrow so i wont get to far i don't think on getting my crossmember all bolted up.

[67chevy1series]

do 180 grit i did my cab with 180 and with a nice primer it looks great!

[JasonBird]

yeah, the 80 grit is to get the paint off...then i'll go back an hit it with the finer stuff. i'm going back to Lowes now to return the scotch brite wheel things i bought yesterday. they clogged up after two minutes and just smeared the paint around.

[67chevy1series]

wow those suck! yes so there is 3 layers of paint/primer?

[JasonBird]

yeah pretty much primer and blue paint over the original green paint and primer. i worked all day on the bed and and got about all of it. the PO had swiped something on the rh side and creased the lower part of the bed, and also something had come up from the bottom and put a nice dent in it. But around the wheel well was pretty straight, and once i got under there, it was all pretty much rust free. so with a block of wood, ball pein hammer and a large brass hammer i started to straighten it all back out. got it pretty close. needed a set of the curved metal things you body guys use. I went to O'Reilys auto down the street and got a 7 piece hammer set for $19.95. worked pretty good...as good as i know how to use em anyways! got the front section done and then moved to the back. here's some before pics of the damage...

[JasonBird]

here's some in progress pictures, and some of the goodies i got. love new projects and excuses to buy cool tools!

it's still not perfect, but it's a lot better than it was three hours bedore!

[67chevylongbed]

Looks pretty good!

[JasonBird]

then to the back....this i knew was going to be ugly...a large chunk of Bondo had fallen out in the previous years, and it had gotten rusty. so i needed to get it all off. the grinder with a heavy duty wire brush took care of getting all of the bondo out and damage was not as bad as i had feared. Since i can't get in the back of the panel to hammer the dents out, and i showed the wife the dilema, i convinced to go with me to Harbor Freight and pick up a stud welder. I had read in another post that these worked pretty good for the money. The weak part being the eccentric gripping wheel on the slide hammer. So i thought i could use a 20% off any item on it and get the package for $79 but they wouldn't allow a coupon on welders oh well...still $99 was not too bad. i got it home and welded up a few studs. the key to it is making sure that you have a really clean bare metal area around where you are welding. there is a collar thing around the nose that has to make good contact for it to work. pretty slick though. i've never used one and it was easy. but of course, as expected...the slide hammer was a fail. it worked for about 5 studs and now won't grip the studs. i'd like to be able to come up with a way to fix it. an Eastwood hammer is $89

[spike38]

It's looking good.
Are you using phoscoat, Or some other rust neutralizer.
And will a drill chuck, Screw onto the end of your dent puller.

Spike

[67chevy1series]

wow jason you are oding an excellent job and you now probably have a straighter truck then mine!