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1969k10stepside · 10-01-2006, 09:14 PM

I did little to nothin'.I took a little paint off my truck cab but that was it.I cut up some truck frames(71 C10,69 C10) to get ready to take to the scrap yard,but I ran out of Oxygen for the torch so I didnt finish.What did you guys do?

67ChevyRedneck · 10-01-2006, 09:27 PM

Finished putting my bed back together, installed a rebuilt 700R4, put on half of my new rims/tires, drove the truck on the road for the first time in 2 1/2 years.

arkracing · 10-01-2006, 09:36 PM

http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=212108

subtle71 · 10-01-2006, 09:50 PM

Installed a H.I.D conversion headlight set up on my 1971. I opted for the ones that actually have a low beam and a high beam. I could not wait for night to come so that I could get out and try them out. More importantly, I could not wait to make sure that I had them aimed correctly. Nothing is more annoying than vehicles that blind you because the owners are too lazy to take the time to properly adjust their headlights.

BowTieMan · 10-01-2006, 10:15 PM

Got a new tailgate and did alittle body work on the fuel door I had on the side that is now shaved.

*trkklr77* · 10-01-2006, 10:26 PM

scored a bbc edelbrock streetmaster intake from the pnp, also got some of the nice 2 bar style marker lights.

cleaned the dist in my long truck, it got all funky and carbon fouled and quit running on me.

put loaded doors on the short truck as per its supposed to rain this week and my doors were bare.

my weekend continues to tommorrow so i will be getting the oval port heads from the same bbc motor, mine are peanuts.

i also put a new deep tranny pan on and you can see the bang up job i did of that.

**hevy_chevy67** · 10-01-2006, 11:52 PM

Didn't do much, just washed it and cleaned it up a bit. But I FINALLY got to take a nice long cruise in it. Actually got to drive it on a 2hr trip instead of around the farm and to town.

Kenneth_CS87 · 10-02-2006, 12:01 AM

Got my motor in.

timcos · 10-02-2006, 12:02 AM

I got my beast back and have been WD-40ing everything.

Now my wing windows work, almost got the lock oon the driver's door working...it works but will not unlock with the key. I am working it out.

I did remove that dreadful air blocker thingy on the front of the hood. The truck sat for two years after the woner passed and his wife did not sell it for a long time.

Kenneth_CS87 · 10-02-2006, 12:03 AM

Also tested fitted the front end I got for it this week.

Rollie396 · 10-02-2006, 12:06 AM

Stopped by the machine shop and found out that I can pick up my block and heads next week.Stripped down the box I bought last winter (finally),stored the good parts and scrapped the bad ones.Found a bodyman!!cab and front end go to him in two weeks.I hope this is one of those rare times that everything goes smoothly and the truck is done on time......it could happen.Shaved the clutch linkage hole in the firewall.Started to sandblast the rad support.Quickly realized it was too rusted to warrant fixing and ordered a new one along with a bunch of other panels and patches.Finally hooked up and tried out the tig machine I bought over a year ago (works better than I hoped by the way).
Now it's time to go back to work to help pay for some of that.

'71c204x4454 · 10-02-2006, 12:27 AM

Not as much as I had hopped. Putting a 2" lift under her. Got half the leafs in and doing a u-bolt flip and installing a No-Spin so got that done. Cleaned off the frame and axle and painted them with Por-15. Which brings me to a question. When I cleaned the axle I found blue paint on it and numbers stenciled on the top in white. Has anyone else found that?

BowTieMan · 10-02-2006, 01:46 AM

My axle was blue in my 2wd 70 but it was replaced before I got it cause my option list shows a posi and mine is open so I dont know.

**Palf70Step** · 10-02-2006, 05:11 AM

Nothing yet really. Today I went to the first event of our Crusing The Coast show, and built a model with my son. Saturday I pulled stumps with the truck and hauled dead trees and stuff away. (fun, fun

) Hopefully I'll get some things done on the truck as I am off till the 11th, but all this Crusing all week might slow me down.

indyracer · 10-02-2006, 09:49 AM

Not even close to enough. All I got done was some sandblasting on the hood latch components. Next is the hood hinges and then all gets a fresh coat of black powder and baked at 400 degrees for 20 min. Let cool for 30 min. then serve.

Myself · 10-02-2006, 10:38 AM

I cleaned up my Trans Am and took it to a show, and got me a third place trophy.

**slomotion** · 10-02-2006, 11:01 AM

Hauled the eng/trans out and pressure washed the eng bay in prep for getting it painted. Only one blue finger-nail this time!

krue · 10-02-2006, 11:19 AM

Spent the weekend with my boys. Friday night football (we beat the in-county rivals 54-0

), Saturday my oldest boys football team got a beating. After the game we took the camper to the lake for a few days (just got back).

*Shane* · 10-02-2006, 11:49 AM

welded some tab's on the frame for the brake lines ... installed tilt colum ... watched college football mostly. War Eagle!

BowTieOgre · 10-02-2006, 11:51 AM

I picked up my new A/C cab and motor/trans donor vehicle. I had enough energy after that to clean the garage in prep for fitting a vehicle in to pull the motor/trans, primed and painted some more suspension parts and organized my parts piles. Oh, and I ran for my life around the backyard for 20 minutes from a nest or hornets i uncovered in the donor vehicle.

Im sure it looked rather comical from the road...kind of like an old Benny Hill episode...without the music and women. Thanks to HartRod for leaving the wasp spray in the back of my truck!

396muncie · 10-02-2006, 11:53 AM

Got the bed unbolted(thanks to the torch) and taken off my 72 K20. Talk about rusty. I can see why the PO put a bedliner in. Unbolted and removed the auxiliary tanks and bed from by 72 C20. Next weekend will be installing the C20 bed on the K20.
P.S. No friends, relatives, or neighbors around so my wife helped lift the K20 bed off the frame.

They're stronger than they look

BowTieOgre · 10-02-2006, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 396muncie

P.S. No friends, relatives, or neighbors around...

Ive had that problem a few times but I think ive found the answer. Fire up the grill and ice down a few suds...youre bound to catch a few that way!

jimmydean · 10-02-2006, 12:52 PM

Mounted my air tank, started to run my air lines, got my power booster installed, but I still need to get the pedal bolted to the push rod. I'm a little lost as to how to do it because the coloumn is in the way.

**LockDoc** · 10-02-2006, 01:20 PM

Well, I did get something done. Sandblasted and primed some of the front end parts. I also got the inner panels blasted but I didn't get them primed. Actually, I stuck them in the back of my '94 pickup in case it rained and forgot to get them out when I primed the rest of the parts.....

OH WELL!!!

CRS is a terrible thing to waste so I use it when ever I can.....

I need to get the white truck cleaned up. A guy from BC Canada emailed me and asked if it was for sale (he saw it on my personal web site) so I have to get some pics emailed to him.

LockDoc

JRB · 10-02-2006, 01:55 PM

All of my trucks are feeling neglected. I have been so busy building my shop that I havn't touched all five of them in 2 Months. I need to get back to work on them and make some profit so I can help pay for the shop. At least that is what my wife tells me.

JRB

10-01-2006, 09:14 PM	#1
1969k10stepside Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 21,019	What did you all get done this weekend? I did little to nothin'.I took a little paint off my truck cab but that was it.I cut up some truck frames(71 C10,69 C10) to get ready to take to the scrap yard,but I ran out of Oxygen for the torch so I didnt finish.What did you guys do?

10-01-2006, 09:27 PM	#2
67ChevyRedneck Hittin E-Z Street on Mud Tires Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 23,090	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Finished putting my bed back together, installed a rebuilt 700R4, put on half of my new rims/tires, drove the truck on the road for the first time in 2 1/2 years. __________________ Jesse James 1967 C10 SWB Stepside: 350/700R4/3.73 1965 Ford Mustang: 289/T5-5spd/3.25 Trac-Loc 1968 Pontiac Firebird: Project Fire Chicken! 2015 Silverado Double Cab 5.3L Z71 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport 4.0L 5spd 2020 Chevrolet Equinox Premium 2.0L Turbo 2011 Mustang V6 ~ Wife's ride American Born, Country by the Grace of God 1967 CST Shop Truck Rebuild! My 1967 C-10 Build Thread My Vintage Air A/C Install Project "On a Dime" Trying my hand at Home Renovation! 1965 Mustang Modifications!

10-01-2006, 09:36 PM	#3
arkracing Weekend Warrior Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: CT Posts: 1,787	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=212108 __________________ -'07 GMC Sierra K2500HD -'66 C10 Suburban -'68/'71 K20 Service Bed Project -'69 Chevy C30 Mason Dump -'33Ford P/U 396ChevyPowered

10-01-2006, 09:50 PM	#4
subtle71 Granddad's Ol' Truck Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MS Posts: 588	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Installed a H.I.D conversion headlight set up on my 1971. I opted for the ones that actually have a low beam and a high beam. I could not wait for night to come so that I could get out and try them out. More importantly, I could not wait to make sure that I had them aimed correctly. Nothing is more annoying than vehicles that blind you because the owners are too lazy to take the time to properly adjust their headlights. __________________ *1971 Chevrolet Custom 10 short step-side* *2005 GMC Sierra SLT 2500HD crew cab 2wd* [I]1971 Chevrolet Custom 10 Deluxe lwb fleet-side

10-01-2006, 10:15 PM	#5
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Got a new tailgate and did alittle body work on the fuel door I had on the side that is now shaved. Attached Images __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

10-01-2006, 10:26 PM	#6
trkklr77 Account Suspended Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: vacaville ca, because it as far from indy as i can be Posts: 775	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? scored a bbc edelbrock streetmaster intake from the pnp, also got some of the nice 2 bar style marker lights. cleaned the dist in my long truck, it got all funky and carbon fouled and quit running on me. put loaded doors on the short truck as per its supposed to rain this week and my doors were bare. my weekend continues to tommorrow so i will be getting the oval port heads from the same bbc motor, mine are peanuts. i also put a new deep tranny pan on and you can see the bang up job i did of that. Attached Images Last edited by trkklr77; 10-01-2006 at 10:30 PM.

10-01-2006, 11:52 PM	#7
hevy_chevy67 Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Blackfalds, Alberta Posts: 604	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Didn't do much, just washed it and cleaned it up a bit. But I FINALLY got to take a nice long cruise in it. Actually got to drive it on a 2hr trip instead of around the farm and to town. __________________ 1971 Chevrolet K10 - SWB, 5.3LS, 4L60e 1970 Chevrolet K5 Blazer - Project 1969 Chevrolet C10 - SWB, 350 Holley Sniper, 700r4 1969 GMC Suburban - 5.3 LS, 4L60e

10-02-2006, 12:01 AM	#8
Kenneth_CS87 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Stockton Posts: 114	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Got my motor in.

10-02-2006, 12:02 AM	#9
timcos Chief Honcho In Charge Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bentonville AR Posts: 970	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? I got my beast back and have been WD-40ing everything. Now my wing windows work, almost got the lock oon the driver's door working...it works but will not unlock with the key. I am working it out. I did remove that dreadful air blocker thingy on the front of the hood. The truck sat for two years after the woner passed and his wife did not sell it for a long time. __________________ 1992 1500 4x4 Shortbed 1984 Ford F250 Supercab Longbed 6.9L Diesel 1972 K10 Cheyenne Super Fleetside Short Bed - 350 - A/C 1971 VW SuperBeetle 1960 Wife 1984 Son 1986 Son 1989 Son Previous Trucks 1967 C10 SWB (1980-1981) 1971 C10 LWB (1998-2004)

10-02-2006, 12:03 AM	#10
Kenneth_CS87 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Stockton Posts: 114	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Also tested fitted the front end I got for it this week.

10-02-2006, 12:06 AM	#11
Rollie396 someday it will be done! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lloydminster,AB. Canada Posts: 1,620	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Stopped by the machine shop and found out that I can pick up my block and heads next week.Stripped down the box I bought last winter (finally),stored the good parts and scrapped the bad ones.Found a bodyman!!cab and front end go to him in two weeks.I hope this is one of those rare times that everything goes smoothly and the truck is done on time......it could happen.Shaved the clutch linkage hole in the firewall.Started to sandblast the rad support.Quickly realized it was too rusted to warrant fixing and ordered a new one along with a bunch of other panels and patches.Finally hooked up and tried out the tig machine I bought over a year ago (works better than I hoped by the way). Now it's time to go back to work to help pay for some of that. __________________ '72 C-10 Proud owner of a million new and used pieces that used to be and will once again be(god willing) a testament to the term "they don't build em like that anymore. '80 LWB 2wd beater '67 GMC long fleet (cab donor) '66 long step (parked till it's turn comes around) '65 short step (parts truck that will donate it's bed and possibly frame to the '66) '06 Grand Prix wife's car (she hardly lets me touch it) my pics Last edited by Rollie396; 10-02-2006 at 12:11 AM.

10-02-2006, 12:27 AM	#12
'71c204x4454 '71k204x4454 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hood River Or. Posts: 137	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Not as much as I had hopped. Putting a 2" lift under her. Got half the leafs in and doing a u-bolt flip and installing a No-Spin so got that done. Cleaned off the frame and axle and painted them with Por-15. Which brings me to a question. When I cleaned the axle I found blue paint on it and numbers stenciled on the top in white. Has anyone else found that? __________________ 1971 K20 4x4 1964 buick skylark convertible

10-02-2006, 01:46 AM	#13
BowTieMan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale Arizona Posts: 747	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? My axle was blue in my 2wd 70 but it was replaced before I got it cause my option list shows a posi and mine is open so I dont know. __________________ "A true hotrodder wouldn't be content untill he had created a car so violent, so hairy, so totally sick that the very act of dropping the hammer would result in instant death. Anything less results in the need to go faster." - Tony DeFeo

10-02-2006, 05:11 AM	#14
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,251	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Nothing yet really. Today I went to the first event of our Crusing The Coast show, and built a model with my son. Saturday I pulled stumps with the truck and hauled dead trees and stuff away. (fun, fun ) Hopefully I'll get some things done on the truck as I am off till the 11th, but all this Crusing all week might slow me down. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

10-02-2006, 09:49 AM	#15
indyracer Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alexandria, IN Posts: 134	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Not even close to enough. All I got done was some sandblasting on the hood latch components. Next is the hood hinges and then all gets a fresh coat of black powder and baked at 400 degrees for 20 min. Let cool for 30 min. then serve. __________________ Cheers, Tony A day without sunshine is like, you know, night. 1970 Chevy CST10 (Green) 2005 Silverado Z71 2000 Pontiac Bonneville



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10-02-2006, 10:38 AM	#16
Myself Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Northern Arkansas Posts: 1,144	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? I cleaned up my Trans Am and took it to a show, and got me a third place trophy. Attached Images

10-02-2006, 11:01 AM	#17
slomotion Old Duffer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maine Posts: 1,822	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Hauled the eng/trans out and pressure washed the eng bay in prep for getting it painted. Only one blue finger-nail this time! Attached Images __________________ '68 Short C20 Flatbed Dually w/ 292 4bbl, Langdon cast headers, and WC T5 trans. '81 G10 Shorty Van "Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement." Will Rogers "Under promise, then over achieve."

10-02-2006, 11:19 AM	#18
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Spent the weekend with my boys. Friday night football (we beat the in-county rivals 54-0 ), Saturday my oldest boys football team got a beating. After the game we took the camper to the lake for a few days (just got back). __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

10-02-2006, 11:49 AM	#19
Shane Account Suspended Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: over yonder Posts: 14,270	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? welded some tab's on the frame for the brake lines ... installed tilt colum ... watched college football mostly. War Eagle!

10-02-2006, 11:51 AM	#20
BowTieOgre Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 1,461	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? I picked up my new A/C cab and motor/trans donor vehicle. I had enough energy after that to clean the garage in prep for fitting a vehicle in to pull the motor/trans, primed and painted some more suspension parts and organized my parts piles. Oh, and I ran for my life around the backyard for 20 minutes from a nest or hornets i uncovered in the donor vehicle. Im sure it looked rather comical from the road...kind of like an old Benny Hill episode...without the music and women. Thanks to HartRod for leaving the wasp spray in the back of my truck! __________________ 1986 C10 - LWB, 305/700r4, posi, vortec heads

10-02-2006, 11:53 AM	#21
396muncie Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 270	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Got the bed unbolted(thanks to the torch) and taken off my 72 K20. Talk about rusty. I can see why the PO put a bedliner in. Unbolted and removed the auxiliary tanks and bed from by 72 C20. Next weekend will be installing the C20 bed on the K20. P.S. No friends, relatives, or neighbors around so my wife helped lift the K20 bed off the frame. They're stronger than they look

10-02-2006, 12:52 PM	#23
jimmydean Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 3,728	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Mounted my air tank, started to run my air lines, got my power booster installed, but I still need to get the pedal bolted to the push rod. I'm a little lost as to how to do it because the coloumn is in the way.

10-02-2006, 01:20 PM	#24
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,818	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? Well, I did get something done. Sandblasted and primed some of the front end parts. I also got the inner panels blasted but I didn't get them primed. Actually, I stuck them in the back of my '94 pickup in case it rained and forgot to get them out when I primed the rest of the parts..... OH WELL!!! CRS is a terrible thing to waste so I use it when ever I can..... I need to get the white truck cleaned up. A guy from BC Canada emailed me and asked if it was for sale (he saw it on my personal web site) so I have to get some pics emailed to him. LockDoc Attached Images __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 - Last edited by LockDoc; 10-02-2006 at 01:39 PM.

10-02-2006, 01:55 PM	#25
JRB Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 287	Re: What did you all get done this weekend? All of my trucks are feeling neglected. I have been so busy building my shop that I havn't touched all five of them in 2 Months. I need to get back to work on them and make some profit so I can help pay for the shop. At least that is what my wife tells me. JRB

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