Project - '69 4x4 named "Patches"

[my67chevytruck]

Nice work guys.... looking forward to the progress.

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by daverod

Nice work looking good.

Thanks Dave.

Originally Posted by msgross

I'm all ready for the promotion, just waiting for PA to get their act together. Only allowed to have x amount of Majors in the state so even though i'm eligible, in the spot and doing the job I can't get promoted until they have the "control grade" as they call it... Only costs me about $900 a month for their mis-management in the past.

I have seen a few of those rockers split like that to fit...

Sorry to hear about the delay with your promotion. Since you've been in this position for "x" amount of months will they pay you back pay once you get promoted?

Now that you mention it, I vaguely seem to recall seeing other guys split their rockers as well.

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

Nice work guys.... looking forward to the progress.

Thanks Bud. Progress has been put on hold for a little while. We had revival at church this past week, so I was there every night. Then I leave on Wednesday morning of this week heading to Arkansas for a fishing trip. I'll get back from it on Sunday, so maybe next week I can start back on the truck again.

[msgross]

no back pay... that would be nice though. In the end i'll probably be doing the job for one year (-$11,000) until I see the pay.

[my67chevytruck]

well since no progress on the truck, How was the fishing trip? where are the pics of the monsters you all landed?

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

well since no progress on the truck, How was the fishing trip? where are the pics of the monsters you all landed?

The trip went well, 10 times better than last year and last year was good too. We caught alot of beer and drank alot of fish. Sorry, no pictures taken this year. We mainly caught rainbow, cutthroat and brown trout. The biggest fish was a 4-1/4# 24.5 inch brown. We were fishing on the Northfork River in Salesville, Arkansas.

Now it's time to get back to business on the truck.

[sdailey]

I did manage to work on the truck a little this weekend. Nothing too exciting to post about though, but it's progress.

After we hung the door and was satisfied with how it lined up it was time to button up everything. I started welding up the a-pillar and kick panel and did a little grinding.





We then moved onto the cab corner. I got the old one cut out and we mocked up the new panel and trimmed it down to a close fit. We still have to trim it some more before it's ready to go in though.







See, nothing too exciting, just grunt work.


Stay tuned.......

[my67chevytruck]

progress is progress. looking good.

[Alan's Classic]

Happy BDay.

[my67chevytruck]

Happy B-Day Shannon!

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Happy BDay.

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

Happy B-Day Shannon!

Thanks fella's.

[Seven9er]

wow man, this is the first time I seen this thread and I read it all. Very nice work and I cant wait to see the finished product. Congrats.

[Alan's Classic]

Did you get your he'n and she'n out of the way so you can go to work? it depends on how the wife is feeling tonight as to whether I can work or not. She's not doing to good right now.

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by Seven9er

wow man, this is the first time I seen this thread and I read it all. Very nice work and I cant wait to see the finished product. Congrats.

Thanks. It's definitely a work in progress.

2nd Mar Div. '92-'96

Semper Fi !!

[Seven9er]

Originally Posted by sdailey

Thanks. It's definitely a work in progress.

2nd Mar Div. '92-'96

Semper Fi !!

I wish mine would end up like that nice someday, definitely high quality work.


OORAH
2nd LAR
2nd MAR DIV 02-06

[sdailey]

Not much progress to post about lately. I've been out of town recently visiting family and then out of town again for a wedding in Pigeon Forge, TN over Labor Day.


We managed to work on the cab a little over the weekend, until we ran into a little snag with parts. Long story short, I had to order another driver's side outer rocker, because we ran into some fitment problems with the first repop Counterpart rocker that I had. This time I ordered a Key Parts rocker from Top Banana, so we'll see if that makes a difference or not. In the meantime, we decided to work on the passenger side. We test fit the outer rocker with the old floor in place and hung the door and everything looks good at this point.


Anyway, here's a cheap motivational snapshot of the passenger door. These Goodmark doors line up really well right out of the box. With past reviews of repop doors on here I was really worried that we'd have more problems with them fitting that what we are.




While the door was hung we figured we'd check the door hoop fitment with the new drip rail and once again another problem was discovered. I somehow ended up with (2) driver's side drip rails. Oh well, what can you do? Hopefully, I get some parts in later this week and can get back to making some progress soon. It's hard getting back in the groove once you take a break for a while.

Stay tuned.

[my67chevytruck]

progress is progress.... looking good.

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice progress! I'm glad to hear good feed back on a repop door. It always bothers me to spend that kind of money to not really know what you will end up with.

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

progress is progress.... looking good.

Thanks Heath. Have you made any progress on your K10 yet?

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Nice progress! I'm glad to hear good feed back on a repop door. It always bothers me to spend that kind of money to not really know what you will end up with.

Thanks Ryan. Like you I've heard nothing but bad feedback on repop doors since I joined this site. To say I was concerned when I bought these Goodmark doors would be an understatement. However, I bought these in a parts lot from a guy giving up on a resto, so I really don't have much money in them compared to buying them new direct from Goodmark. I had already planned on buying some used OE doors if these didn't work out, but it looks like I'll be running these for sure. The body lines match up almost perfect right out of the box. The only real issue I have is the window hoop not having the correct bend, but that'll be a simple fix.

[my67chevytruck]

[QUOTE=sdailey;4194175]Thanks Heath. Have you made any progress on your K10 yet?



Shannon,

I have not done anything further on the K10 , trying to finish up my son's '67 and doing a little tune up work on the '56. I have aquired all the sheetmetal patches that the k10 will require hopefully.....

[sdailey]

Where to start........things have been a little crazy the past month or so and I haven't done much of anything on the truck lately.

The last thing we were working on was trying to get the driver's side rocker installed. For some reason the front and rear of the rocker tapered in toward the cab leaving a huge gap between it and the bottom of the door. We thought the rocker may have been defective so I ordered another one made by a different company. The result was still the same even with the new rocker. We then decided to make due with what we had and ended up splitting the rocker to make it line up with the door. This may seem crude but it looks like it's going to work.

Rear



Front





This is how it lines up now since we "widened" the rocker.




That's about all of the "progress" that has been made in the past two months.


On another note, thanks to Alan I found a great Goodmark distributor and was able to buy up the last "big" sheetmetal parts that I needed for my build.


New bed floor






New tailgate





New inner replacement cowl






Here it is mocked up. I was really impressed with how well it fit.







Then here's my most recent purchase. AAW's Classic Update wiring kit #510089.






I swear one of these days I'll get around to putting all this stuff together. So stay tuned.




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[swamp rat]

Things may have slowed but its still good progress!

[my67chevytruck]

sweetness...

[Strodder]

Nice job. I really like the metal bed. I have a 73 Step Side bed on a 65. I wonder if they make it for them.

[my67chevytruck]

Shannon,,, who's the slacker eh ?

[jbclassix]

I like your build!