What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[MAC71]

Finished rebuilding my transmission in the 69 and got it installed than washed and waxed it.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Removed and polished headlight bezels. Happy to see after all these years they're show quality. I'm going to be lucky with this truck. Most of it is in excellent condition, though you'd never know it by the picture below.

Removed NOS lower moldings from their packages. Cleaned the glue off and repacked. Couldn't be happier.

I need to figure out the tires. The current are old and I don't like the way they sit in the well anyway. They're 255/70/15.

[JasonLS1]

took some photos out tonight thats about all i did

[88fordf150]

Cool pictures!

[dads longhorn]

Excellent night photos! I really like the first one. You should post it to the artistically shots thread

[dads longhorn]

MAC 71, love that dark olive color. And I like that the top of the cab is green too. Good looking truck

[mud.man.rj]

Kind of like creeping out of the dark the 1st pic, kind of cool, I agree with the artistic thread too.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by dads longhorn

Excellent night photos! I really like the first one. You should post it to the artistically shots thread

I like 'em both, too.

Thought I'd take the fireflies out of the one.
I think maybe I like it better before...Not sure.

[sk8er32283]

Started converting and painting my junkyard motorhome tilt steering column and got around to the faux patina experiment on my cowl. I am pretty excited to get a tilt column, especially for only 60 bucks. I also installed my deluxe side marker lights today. I am trading the old ones for a 6 pack oh beer so I was a little motivated to get that done today.

[Ozzy2013]

Originally Posted by JasonLS1

took some photos out tonight thats about all i did

Cool pictures

[toms68cst]

I retrofitted my stock distributer with a Pertronix distributer. From what I can tell so far it's money well spent!

[JasonLS1]

Thank you everybody, those night shots were just experimenting with my camera, campfire light sure lit up everything in a 30 second exposure at F3.5. I have not seen the artistic shots thread yet, may post it in there

[JasonLS1]

Originally Posted by magwakeenercew2jh

I like 'em both, too.

Thought I'd take the fireflies out of the one.
I think maybe I like it better before...Not sure.

The fireflies were popping out of the fire, burning cedar. With an without look good, but the fireflies over a 30sec exposure looks cool i think. Either way sir

[69gmc-IN]

Well wasn't today, but on Sunday I got the floorpan stripped and sanded. then gave it a couple coats of rustoleum rusty metal primer. Still in damage control mode to just try and stop the deterioration. Also got the new gas tank put in, thanks Amazon! Goals for this week is to get the seat back in, change the oil/filter, prime the fuel system and get it started up and back on the road.

[Cw72gmc]

Originally Posted by MAC71

Finished rebuilding my transmission in the 69 and got it installed than washed and waxed it.

Where about in Utah are you? I'm in South Jordan and itching to pull my 72 out of storage this weekend

[Cw72gmc]

I Day Dreamed about pulling mine out and installing all the little odds and ends I purchased over the winter.

I'm pulling it out this weekend!!!

[69gmc-IN]

Well tonight I got all of the seat bolts cleaned up. Also went ahead and tested them all to make sure they were going to go back in clean. If the rain holds off I'll get the seat back in tomorrow. Also got the oil changed and new oil filter. Now to get gas back in it and get it started.

[J & E Speed Center]

Installed 49 Pontiac tail lights frenched into the tail panel.

[sk8er32283]

brewed up some seat belts give a fresh new looks. I used the bondo brand vinyl restore on the buckles.

[COBob'70 K-10]

Roll-in Bed-liner:

[Possmguts]

Did some undercoat removal from the firewall is all.
I need to get it off the stand and roll it on its back so I can do the bottom. Other than that shes completely naked right now.

[VWNate1]

RE : Wax/Polymer

Don ;

I've been using Granitize (? SP ?) " Polymer Wetcoat " for close to 30 years now ~ it's amazing stuff , really makes the faded , scratched & dinged up original paint jobs on my vehicles look great .

I'm sure that stuff you linked to will work as well .

Pretty easy to apply too , just make sure the rig is HOSPITAL CLEAN and get a package or three of thin natural sponges from the .99 CENTS Store , I use each sponge for a panel or two then toss 'em out as soon as i see crud embedded after i wash them with hot water...

I'm going batsh*t without my truck and keep stopping to look at unrestored and beater work trucks I spot in my daily travails , er travels .

[In The Ten Ring]

I got a little done today...

Made bubble flares and got this piece of newly bent fuel line installed.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Not much real progress to speak of, I'm mostly in collection mode and have other projects. That said, ordered the stove pipe and heat shield today and am stoked about it. Picked up an NOS license plate light assembly last night. Same price as a repro...........I'll take it. Received a few NOS parts here and there last week. One was a steal @ 1/5 its value. Regardless..................................

This is a money pit. Most of the parts on this truck are great, but I've still managed to blow nearly 3K, and there's probably another 2800-3800K to go, just for parts.

[Lou Boffa]

Got'er tore down and ready for the PS conversion. Process is time consuming for a rookie, but gives me the chance to get everything cleaned, de-rusted & painted/coated. Pulley came off easily. Left to go: install pump and Alan Grove bracket, add a pulley for a 3rd groove, AGR gearbox, rag joint. Button it up and get back on the road. She comin...