Project Vitamin C-10

[198plus]

Great progress and looking good...........

[flips72]

i just cant get enough of that dash, man that thing is beautiful, you do some excellent work. cant wait to see it completed.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by flips72

i just cant get enough of that dash, man that thing is beautiful, you do some excellent work. cant wait to see it completed.

Thanks!! It's a labor of love thing.

[TR65]

Hey Alan,

Here is a pic of mine I took so I could remember how it went.

The big spring goes from the very bottom hole in the pic to the rear cross member with a little hook rod that acts as an extension.

TR

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by 56taskforce

This is getting exciting looks like it won’t be long now. Soon to have glass !!!! What you going to do when this is done? Road trip in the truck to Disney Land???

Thanks, slowly but surely.

Originally Posted by 198plus

Great progress and looking good...........

Does anybody have a pic of the ebrake setup with all levers and springs and guides that pull the intermediate cable to the sides. A factory diagram would be great. I did some digging for my old parts. The pics below is what I have found so far. I'm not even sure the spring and long rod are part of the setup. I have to adapt the crossmember brackets over to the CPP trans mount. Undecided on how I really want to do it. I'm waiting on some parts to show up so I can start piecing it all together.

[56taskforce]

Oh man I can't waitBut where did all thoughs extra parts for the e-brake come fromI would like to help but all my trucks are BIG and the e-brakes are on the drive lines.

[SFTorange]

Has anyone ever installed the 1966 e-brake setup on one of the earlier trucks? It is much simpler, and doesn't require a crossmember.

[198plus]

Do tell.......

Originally Posted by SFTorange

Has anyone ever installed the 1966 e-brake setup on one of the earlier trucks? It is much simpler, and doesn't require a crossmember.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by 56taskforce

Oh man I can't waitBut where did all thoughs extra parts for the e-brake come fromI would like to help but all my trucks are BIG and the e-brakes are on the drive lines.

You know how extra parts accumilate. Horse trading and I did part one out.

Originally Posted by SFTorange

Has anyone ever installed the 1966 e-brake setup on one of the earlier trucks? It is much simpler, and doesn't require a crossmember.

Never heard of anyone do it. Not even familiar with the earlier setup.

Goodies arrived today. I bought a complete firewall grommet kit. I will only be using the speedo and ebrake grommet for now (2 on the left). Not even sure which grommet is for the speedo cable. I think it is the one with the angled hole thru the center.

I probably could have gone to the local parts house for the battery cables, but it is easier to just click it and have it mailed.

I got the vent window installed temporarily. Also installed the front ebrake cable, speedo cable, left door regulator.

[SFTorange]

When I was shopping for new e-brake cables, I noticed in the catalogs that the 66 trucks use a different setup than the 60-65's. They came up with a new system for '66 that eliminated the complicated bracket/linkage setup and replaced it with a setup that only uses cables and a couple of rods. It is easy to work around when you swap out your stock transmission for an automatic, and it looks like some guys have replaced the earlier crossmember style brake setup with one from a '66. I'm out of town tonight, so I don't have any pics of mine, but I tracked down this page on Woogeroo's site.

http://sites.google.com/site/woogero...1966c10ebrakes

Here is a diagram from the 1966 shop manual that shows how it works.

I hope this helps. It seems like guys spend a lot of time getting their e-brakes to work right when it might be easier to swap out to the '66 style.

[Strodder]

Looks like Christmas Allan.
I'm using the 73 e-brake set up, with a foot pedal.

[structures]

you really pay attention to those details man. Looks great.

[flips72]

like structures said attention to details, that is what will make your truck stand out in a crowd. excellent work.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by Strodder

Nice job Allan.

Originally Posted by structures

you really pay attention to those details man. Looks great.

Originally Posted by flips72

like structures said attention to details, that is what will make your truck stand out in a crowd. excellent work.

Thanks guys!! The attention to details are killing me. I'm to the point I want it done. So I have been over looking somethings in the body work. Most people will never ever see or notice. Trying to let go of my OCD.

Primed bed and other parts. Slicking out the inside of the TG wasn't easy. They make a great TG, but to slick it out took a little more wiping than just spot welds. Don't get me wrong I love the TG, but to get it to the next level took a little work. It's not perfect now, I'm letting it slide.

[Strodder]

WOW looks perfect.

[awbrown]

Being a member of this board does two things , One , you get to see just how good other guys on the forum are .. And second it forces me to try new things , in hopes of someday doing work that is better (not ever equal to yours Alan ) .. Tonight I replaced the trans tunnel and shifter in my 63.. The one that was in it was hacked bad , and the one that was replacing it needed a corner replaced .. the hacked one had a good corner ,so I thought I would try to do it right instead of overlapping them like I do most of the time ... after fitting the pieces and welding it all together I thought to myself "Alan must be rubbing off on me" .. Then I reviewed some of your work and came back to real life.....

[structures]

Alan, I was reading one of your post the other day about cavity wax being ideal for restoration. With the panel replacements I've been doing I've been going in and por-15'ing the internals of my 65 cab with an undercoating gun and 3 foot wand. Then I got to thinking I'm doing all this welding afterwords so it's most likely just burning off a lot of this paint.

I just wanted your opinion. Do you use this stuff a lot? What does it take to apply it? I seen some 3M cavity wax wands online but I wonder if I could use my own undercoating gun (it's an eastwood cheapy)? How thick is this stuff? I guess I'm looking for the "cavity wax for dummies" cliff notes? Sorry if I'm asking a loaded question here, I just don't know anything about the stuff.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by structures

Alan, I was reading one of your post the other day about cavity wax being ideal for restoration. With the panel replacements I've been doing I've been going in and por-15'ing the internals of my 65 cab with an undercoating gun and 3 foot wand. Then I got to thinking I'm doing all this welding afterwords so it's most likely just burning off a lot of this paint.

I just wanted your opinion. Do you use this stuff a lot? What does it take to apply it? I seen some 3M cavity wax wands online but I wonder if I could use my own undercoating gun (it's an eastwood cheapy)? How thick is this stuff? I guess I'm looking for the "cavity wax for dummies" cliff notes? Sorry if I'm asking a loaded question here, I just don't know anything about the stuff.

I use it as needed. It's a sprayable waxy substance. It comes out very thin and runny. Once the solvent dries it leaves the coating.

Here is a link to what I am using. It's Kent inner panel rustproofer PN P60305

Here is the optional 360* spray pattern wand. Kent's PN KT14725

[structures]

thanks a lot, I'll try it out.

[XtechX]

Hey Alan, I sent a pm about the vent window frame, I hope it went through correctly?
Needing the passenger frame, thanks.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by XtechX

Hey Alan, I sent a pm about the vent window frame, I hope it went through correctly?
Needing the passenger frame, thanks.

It never came thru. I PM'd you just now.

[XtechX]

I sent a reply, hopefully it works this time. Maybe im just flat out doing it wrong...lol

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by XtechX

I sent a reply, hopefully it works this time. Maybe im just flat out doing it wrong...lol

I got it, it takes a little getting use to. Replied back.

[duallyjams]

So after chew en the fat are going to have a how to seminar ( all the amazing work that you have done on your truck )

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by duallyjams

So after chew en the fat are going to have a how to seminar ( all the amazing work that you have done on your truck )

I wish, I have prior comitments afterwards.

Making some progress.

Used the inner panel rustproofer in the cab supports and rockers.



I put some paper down to catch the run out.



Wiped the excess off while it was still wet after pics were taken.





Made more progress will post later......