The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network







Register or Log In To remove these advertisements.

Go Back   The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network > 47 - Current classic GM Trucks > The 1967 - 1972 Chevrolet & GMC Pickups Message Board

Web 67-72chevytrucks.com


Closed Thread
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-20-2011, 08:34 PM   #2276
60ratrod
yes, i do
 
60ratrod's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Spokane, wa
Posts: 2,734
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

removed the drivers rocker since the only welds holding it in were what i put in it. 3 tack welds and a couple cuts later i now have room for the new rocker. i just gotta put it in now
__________________
ERROR 404....... SNAPPY COMEBACK NOT FOUND
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

-60 Chevy C10, dead 350/good th350 combo, sitting on a 76 c10 blazer frame, built from 11 different vehicles "the abomination"
-07 gmt900 silverado 1500 lt xcab z71, granite blue
-81 suzuki gs650g "shelah"- current project
-81 kz1000m1 csr "sarge" -next project (just beautification)
-07 kawasaki vulcan classic vn900
60ratrod is offline  
Old 05-20-2011, 08:54 PM   #2277
67Slider
Registered User
 
67Slider's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Pueblo West, CO
Posts: 944
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Bled the new power steering unit. Working flawlessly. I am so stoked that it actually works as good as it does. What a difference it makes in the drive.
__________________
67 C10 Stepside
66 Mustang Coupe
99 Burb 2500
67Slider is offline  
Old 05-20-2011, 10:18 PM   #2278
Jeffs70
Registered User
 
Jeffs70's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Valley Springs, Ca
Posts: 857
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

I cut some holes in my trailing arm cross member for my exhaust and welded in some 4" pipe to sturdy it up and keep it clean.
Jeffs70 is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 12:43 AM   #2279
60ratrod
yes, i do
 
60ratrod's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Spokane, wa
Posts: 2,734
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

got my replacement cab support and driver's rocker tacked in place. i'm actually rather impressed with how well this novice body man did!
Attached Images
 
__________________
ERROR 404....... SNAPPY COMEBACK NOT FOUND
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

-60 Chevy C10, dead 350/good th350 combo, sitting on a 76 c10 blazer frame, built from 11 different vehicles "the abomination"
-07 gmt900 silverado 1500 lt xcab z71, granite blue
-81 suzuki gs650g "shelah"- current project
-81 kz1000m1 csr "sarge" -next project (just beautification)
-07 kawasaki vulcan classic vn900
60ratrod is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 08:56 AM   #2280
FRENCHBLUE72
PROJECT 7DEUCE
 
FRENCHBLUE72's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: GRANTS PASS OR
Posts: 21,608
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Started to weld up the cab seams.
__________________
GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS



MEMBER #6377

72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free.

Project "7DEUCE"

check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665



Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..
FRENCHBLUE72 is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 09:19 AM   #2281
elf w/capital T
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 994
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

22nd attempt at getting my signal/brake light issue fixed and changed oil
elf w/capital T is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 10:34 AM   #2282
gonnuts
Registered User
 
gonnuts's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Langdon, Ab
Posts: 348
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Put in a corvette servo in my 700R4 and took for a drive. 1-2 shift is much better now, not hard by any means but at least I don't have to let up on the pedal when it shifts.
__________________
67 Chev SWB, 400 SB .040 over, vortec heads, comp XE268 cam, performer EPS intake, edel. 650 AVS carb, 700R4
gonnuts is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 11:11 AM   #2283
67c10rustbuket
Registered User
 
67c10rustbuket's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Mustang, Oklahoma
Posts: 2,806
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

I sold my original 283 this morning on craigslist $100 ! good bye, time to clean up that frame, .
Attached Images
 
__________________
Dan <---(my name)



67 SWB C10 project "GEORGIA"-59 Brookwood 2dr wag...Next project-03 Tahoe 4x4 5.3 family ride-07 Hondur Accord, commuter car
67c10rustbuket is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 02:11 PM   #2284
fast50ranger
Registered User
 
fast50ranger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Marbury, Alabama
Posts: 195
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Changed the oil. I know that is boring but it had to be done.
__________________
Big Block Powered
fast50ranger is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 03:09 PM   #2285
Hard On Parts
Registered User
 
Hard On Parts's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cedar Vale, KS
Posts: 145
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Installed new sending unit from LMC, painted oil dipstick.
Hard On Parts is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 09:33 PM   #2286
cpisani70@aol.com
Registered User
 
cpisani70@aol.com's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Wallingford CT
Posts: 260
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Replaced the ignition cylinder,the dash pad , got it registered, took apart a / the carb for the first time and cleaned out the fuel bowl Now it runs a lot better.
Posted via Mobile Device
cpisani70@aol.com is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 10:35 PM   #2287
Brewski*
Registered User
 
Brewski*'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Rocky Mount, MO
Posts: 1,293
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Opened the hood, hooked up the horn, Honked it to try to get the dog to come home.
Brewski* is offline  
Old 05-21-2011, 10:55 PM   #2288
Red68
Registered User
 
Red68's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Rhome, TX
Posts: 209
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

I installed a tach kit today. My truck didn't come with a tach originally. Also took it to a show after I cleaned it up.
Posted via Mobile Device
__________________
1968 C10 LWB 327 bored 40 over, RHS heads, KB pistons, Eagle rods, Edlebrock carb & intake
1968 C10 flatbed 307 w/ 4 spd manual (dads old ride)
1936 1/2 tn pickup, 400sb 350 turbo (partially restored)
1949 1/2 tn, needs complete restore (future project)
1969 Chevy impala 4 dr no post (wifes future car)
2010 GMC Serria 4x4 crew, leveling kit
Red68 is offline  
Old 05-22-2011, 12:25 AM   #2289
project 67 sub
Account Suspended
 
project 67 sub's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: san bernardino ca. everywhere
Posts: 3,938
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

looked at it walked passed it quite a few times while working on my bug, sat a few things on it for a little while while i was working on the bug then took the stuff off when i was finished
project 67 sub is offline  
Old 05-22-2011, 01:33 PM   #2290
streetroddertim
Registered User
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Arkansas city Ks
Posts: 26
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Painted the wheels and ordered the baby moons
Attached Images
 

Last edited by streetroddertim; 05-22-2011 at 01:35 PM.
streetroddertim is offline  
Old 05-22-2011, 01:52 PM   #2291
wtchop
Registered User
 
wtchop's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Martin, TN
Posts: 42
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

cleaned the bed up. need to repair some of it where someone ran exhaust stacks on it sometime in the past.

before



after

wtchop is offline  
Old 05-22-2011, 05:42 PM   #2292
1low
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Moyie Springs ID.
Posts: 160
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Finished the clean up on my frame. Off to powder coat
1low is offline  
Old 05-23-2011, 02:29 AM   #2293
cppursell
Registered User
 
cppursell's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 144
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Not today but yesterday I gave a wash and photo shoot for my truck: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=465927
cppursell is offline  
Old 05-23-2011, 06:51 AM   #2294
Bennett68C10
Registered User
 
Bennett68C10's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 5,518
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Well I finished putting my rear brakes back together and filled my diff with fluid. What a pita it was getting the fill plug out, somebody put a cast plug in for the original, it wouldn't budge so it broke into several different pieces. Had to heat it with a torch to get it out. Then I finished the routing the pipes on my side exhaust where they exit in front of the tires and grinded down all the welds.
__________________
Keith

66 Suburban

Burb Build Thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=751361

IG: bennett68c10
Bennett68C10 is offline  
Old 05-23-2011, 08:45 PM   #2295
cliff67
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Fairfield ct.
Posts: 84
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

working on the 59 dash install
Attached Images
 
cliff67 is offline  
Old 05-23-2011, 09:44 PM   #2296
ChevLoRay
Old Skool Club
 
ChevLoRay's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Benton, AR "The Heart of Arkansas"
Posts: 10,880
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Crazy thing about those '59 dashes...as wide as they were, don't you have to narrow it to put it in our trucks? There's a guy near here who put a dash from a '59 Edsel in his '68. He had to widen it to make it fit.

I said that because I remember how wide they seemed to be when they were new. Dad bought a '59 Ford, while my cousin bought a '59 Impala HT. When I started driving, it was on the Ford.

Back in the day, there was some scuttle about having to add marker lights on the fins of the Chevy. Seems it was just under the width limit.

Oh, I like it.

But, on my truck...son and I reattached the engine cross member and the trailing arms. Waiting on the upper/lower control arms so we can get some ball joints and start that phase. But, we worked on it for a change.
__________________
Member Nr. 2770

'96 GMC Sportside; 4.3/SLT - Daily driven....constantly needs washed.

'69 C-10 SWB; 350/TH400 - in limbo

The older I get, the better I was.
ChevLoRay is offline  
Old 05-23-2011, 10:47 PM   #2297
cliff67
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Fairfield ct.
Posts: 84
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Belive it or not I had to add about 5" to the dash but that could of been from the way it was cut out of the donor car. It was a ebay deal, Next time I will ask for more pic. for sure. I leaarned to drive a stick in an old impala in the driveway .So It will be cool to look at that dash again ! But I have a long way to go to be driving this one
cliff67 is offline  
Old 05-25-2011, 12:50 AM   #2298
blazerboy_4life
70Custom10
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Rapid City, SD
Posts: 322
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

I put my stepside box on!
Attached Images
 
blazerboy_4life is offline  
Old 05-25-2011, 11:30 AM   #2299
colin_havens
Registered User
 
colin_havens's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Mountain Home, AR
Posts: 405
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Ordered some parts last night, to get my motor really tuned in. Right now its just a little rich lol. Ordered a jet and rod kit for my Edelbrock 650 Thunder series carb, a timing tape, and some distributer advance weights and springs for the MSD HEI on my motor, oh and a vaccum gauge. Hope to lean out the idle so your eyes dont water when you stand beside it, and get some better gas mileage and get rid of the bog down when I put my foot to the floor. Gonna be a high octane weekend with some high speed blasts down a back road doing test and tune
colin_havens is offline  
Old 05-25-2011, 03:08 PM   #2300
GASoline71
"I ain't nobody, dork."
 
GASoline71's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Whidbey Island, Washington
Posts: 8,959
Re: What did you do to your truck today!

Actually it was yesterday. Installed new set of MSD Ignition 8.5mm Super Conductor plug wires. Way better than the cheapo Accel Super Stockers I had in there before.

Gary
Attached Images
  
__________________
'cuz chicks dig scars...

My 1972 GMC 1500 Super Custom (Creeping Death) "long term" build thread.

The Rebuild of Creeping Death after the wreck

Quote:
Originally Posted by LONGHAIR View Post
I would never rebuild a 305.
Quote:
Originally Posted by prostreetC-10 View Post
I love using vacuum gauges as part of the carb tuning process. I hook the gauge to the inside of my garbage can and leave it there.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marv D View Post
Remember Murphys 2nd law of mechanical relationships... "OPPOSING COMPONENTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE, AT THE SAME TIME, GENERALLY END UP OCCUPYING ADJOINING SPACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN"
Quote:
Originally Posted by cableguy0 View Post
Its cheaper to listen to advice given when you ask for help than it is to ignore everyone and wait for carnage.
GASoline71 is offline  
Closed Thread

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 09:35 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright 1997-2022 67-72chevytrucks.com