What did you do to your truck today?

[coulter]

Originally Posted by doobiebro

Coulter sweet truck. Where did you get ur bumper from?

thanx!!! i got it from classic truck parts of america

[61_FL_Apache]

Got my tranny rebuilt, its back in and im on the road again!!! WOOHOO!!!

[198plus]

My inner fenders got some color today.

[66farmer]

That looks great. I get my paint truck parts back this week.

[gofastnut]

Snapped a couple of pics of her so I can put one up as my avatar later. Jacked up and blocked the front end. Gonna try to pull out the front springs without disassembly, so I can cut a coil out. I know the rear will be easy to do, just want to see if the front can be done with everything together.

[E911manager]

All the Firewall holes are filled, started the filler work on it, wiring pulled out of the caprice, caprice brake peddle assembly mounted.
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[towersddg9]

Took out for a drive around the block, just over a year since I drove the truck, really dig the power steering, here is a pic of the ac vent hose I ran

[C4 Metal Werks]

Installed an HEI distributor on the 250 today. WOW, what a difference. It idles smoother, starts easier.......Maybe I'll start getting better than 7MPG now.

[sigshooter]

took my west coast mirrors off, not sure if I will replace them with shiny ones or just put the small original style on

[samuellg1977]

SOLD IT!!! Times are getting hard around the old homestead, so the truck (the only thing I owned of any kind of value) had to take the long ride. I will get anohter one someday, but right now, bills and other things take precidence. Eh, what can ya do? I will hang around til I get ran away. I like talking with you guys and helping where I can. Thanks for all the help you all gave me when I was gettin the old girl rollin.

Sam

[65C105.9Cummins]

Taking my 84 3/4 ton suspension off the old frame to clean up.
Measuring how far back my fire wall needs to be to make sure the head will clear.

[Johnny Too Bad]

It was pretty cold again today here in Denver (7 degrees this morning and about 18 degrees tonight), but I was still able to get a few things done. Started sanding last night with 150 and finished up tonight with 220. Just have to fill in a couple of dings and re-fill the mirror holes in the doors that the PO tried to fix. Then, I plan to lay down some black primer. Gotta wait for some better weather.

Speaking of mirrors, I pulled the big rectangular mirrors that look like they came off of some later model tri-pods and will replace them with small rounds. The PO said he used the bigger mirrors so that he could see around the spare tire on the DS carrier. I pulled the spare and removed the bracket. I plan to fill in the hole in the spare tire cutout and carry the spare in the bed, so the small round mirrors should be fine.

I also installed the seat I found out of a '61 at the pick-and-pull.

Next step is getting plates at the DMV tomorrow and taking it to a buddy's shop on Saturday to fix a rear main leak.

[MisterC]

I decided to quit driving it for a while and do some work on it.

I removed the seat and the wrong carpet that the PO had installed. I was pleasantly surprised to see the condition of the floorpan and the original mat.

Next step is to replace the leaking fuel neck hose. Outside of being a contortionist, does anyone have an easy way to get in there and tighten the clamps on those?

[aerotruk63]

Originally Posted by samuellg1977

SOLD IT!!! Sam

You do what you have to do, then build a better one later! But that one's memory will always be with you. Glad to hear your sticking around.

[losthope]

Originally Posted by samuellg1977

SOLD IT!!! Times are getting hard around the old homestead, so the truck (the only thing I owned of any kind of value) had to take the long ride. I will get anohter one someday, but right now, bills and other things take precidence. Eh, what can ya do? I will hang around til I get ran away. I like talking with you guys and helping where I can. Thanks for all the help you all gave me when I was gettin the old girl rollin.

Sam

That sucks to hear! But sometimes crap happens, Im sure youll end up finding another one when the time is right,there seems to always be a good deal on a truck every now and then ,take me finding my 66 after i wrecked my 65 for instance....they are out there. I dont think anyone here will run you off seems to be like one big family here once your in.....truckless or not..

[losthope]

Originally Posted by MisterC

Next step is to replace the leaking fuel neck hose. Outside of being a contortionist, does anyone have an easy way to get in there and tighten the clamps on those?

when i took my gas tank out to clean it i pulled the tank and the whole filler tube out as a unit,i forgot to mark where everything was tightened together when i took it apart so i set it back in and mocked it up where the filler tube looked like it was sticking out of the cab nicely and then reached up on the inside marked where both the top and bottom of the rubber hose was with a sharpie, pulled it all out and clamped it all together and slide it back into place through the rubber grommet sticking out of the cab....

[awbrown]

Originally Posted by samuellg1977

SOLD IT!!! Times are getting hard around the old homestead, so the truck (the only thing I owned of any kind of value) had to take the long ride. I will get anohter one someday, but right now, bills and other things take precidence. Eh, what can ya do? I will hang around til I get ran away. I like talking with you guys and helping where I can. Thanks for all the help you all gave me when I was gettin the old girl rollin.

Sam

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO say it is not so ....

[MisterC]

Originally Posted by losthope

pulled it all out and clamped it all together and slide it back into place through the rubber grommet sticking out of the cab....

Perfect! Sometimes I get tunnel vision and I never considered that obvious move. Thank you!

[66ChevyMax]

Blew off the dust from Monday's dust storm PITB.

[Rich 5150 69]

Originally Posted by samuellg1977

SOLD IT!!! Times are getting hard around the old homestead, so the truck (the only thing I owned of any kind of value) had to take the long ride. I will get anohter one someday, but right now, bills and other things take precidence. Eh, what can ya do? I will hang around til I get ran away. I like talking with you guys and helping where I can. Thanks for all the help you all gave me when I was gettin the old girl rollin.

Sam

I`m sorry for your misfortune, hope you stay with us, man I hate to see a fellow have to give up his ride.

[doobiebro]

Originally Posted by samuellg1977

SOLD IT!!! Times are getting hard around the old homestead, so the truck (the only thing I owned of any kind of value) had to take the long ride. I will get anohter one someday, but right now, bills and other things take precidence. Eh, what can ya do? I will hang around til I get ran away. I like talking with you guys and helping where I can. Thanks for all the help you all gave me when I was gettin the old girl rollin.

Sam

Sam been down that road with my 62...You will find another someday for sure. My latest truck (60) is my newest project (3rd truck) I acquired 8 years but determine to have it running this summer. Times are getting hard but slowly and surely my truck will get done.....

[samuellg1977]

Thanks for all the kind words. I will get to finish it, but in another man's name. The guy I sold it to asked me to finish the truck for his wife and gave me a budget of $10K to get it done. I don't think it will take that much IMHO, all the hard work has been done... now, just to make it pretty. New hood, fenders all around, newly remodeled interior and a turn-key 350 TPI motor are on the list... Wish me luck. Kinda hard to turn wrenches on it knowing it isn't mine anymore and I have no real say in what goes on or in it. I should have passed on the offer, but I really need the money right now. He is a pretty cool guy though. I say "I need" and he whips out cash and says "Go get it" and has yet to question me about anything (so far). I guess it could be worse. I could've totalled it out after years of work and dumping tons of cash in it only to get raked over the coals by my insurance company. Oh well, enough rambling. Thanks again.

Sam

[awbrown]

Sam , you may have a good start on your next truck if you convince him to replace all the panels...lol

Good luck and I am sure things will get better for you ....

[mud.man.rj]

Sorry to hear you had to let your truck go, but at least you have some extra work and cash to help pay for things, I did the same in the past to a now friend and it made all the difference in getting things back in order over a few years, so finally got the same truck back just a fem montha ago, thats what hard work will do, good luck, it will turn around for sure man.

[Narxoleptic Customs]

Painted the door jambs...


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