What did you do to your truck today part III

[Slow Build]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

Shook My kid up at 4:20 and drove home from LA in the Truck. That was about 400 miles. This is the only picture I got from the Brothers Truck Show.

Looks like you guys were with good company.

[Chevy Fleetside]

Originally Posted by Slow Build

Looks like you guys were with good company.

Yes. it was a good weekend.

[blown240]

Today I got my exhaust tucked up better, and lowered the torsion front about 4 inches.

Here are some comparison pics:

[Evoracer]

Daily driver project...

Drove it to work for the first time today.

[blown240]

Originally Posted by Evoracer

Daily driver project...

Drove it to work for the first time today.

Nice! I bet that felt great!

[Evoracer]

Originally Posted by blown240

Nice! I bet that felt great!

Yes, very cool. 'Been awhile since she's been on the road.

[The Rocknrod]

Ordered the Altman Easy Latch kit and some new Door Hinge sets.
Cleaned up and arranged the sheet metal in the shop. Put together the parts that need media blasting. Getting ready to remove the cab from the frame to cut out the 3-speed cross-member and rear trans cross member, may have to get a welding guy in here with a torch though.

[mattbert56]

Originally Posted by Evoracer

Yes, very cool. 'Been awhile since she's been on the road.

It's funny how mostly everyone is restoring there trucks specifically so they can rive em to work. Always feels good to accomplish the first maiden voyage. Cool truck also

[joe dirt]

new coker bias whitewalls and black wheels,..also got her out to a few cruise ins last weekend

[Pappyx3!]

[QUOTE=blown240;7225669]Today I got my exhaust tucked up better, and lowered the torsion front about 4 inches.

Like the new stance, and the logo looks awesome.

Pappyx4!

[1963c-10]

Originally Posted by The Rocknrod

Ordered the Altman Easy Latch kit and some new Door Hinge sets.
Cleaned up and arranged the sheet metal in the shop. Put together the parts that need media blasting. Getting ready to remove the cab from the frame to cut out the 3-speed cross-member and rear trans cross member, may have to get a welding guy in here with a torch though.

I ground off the rivets to remove mine. Wasn't too bad of a job. Plenty of room to work the crossmember out once the rivets are gone.

[derail]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

Shook My kid up at 4:20 and drove home from LA in the Truck. That was about 400 miles. This is the only picture I got from the Brothers Truck Show.

Saw the truck at the show and it looked great!

[chad64chevy]

well haven't posted anything on this thread in awhile! but I got some updates, I went to clemdaddy's Saturday and picked up both of my doors I dropped off awhile back, also got a smoked grey big back window! then on Monday I came home from work and my gauges came in! I also added two pics from off the website of what the gauges looked like that made me buy them! there the last two pics

[rickywideglide]

got these doors for fathers day, been in someones loft for 30 years most of the rubber and window channel felt decent shape,exterior has a few dents and little rust,but much better then what i have now

[Slow Build]

Bought this stuff from someone parting out his project. He bought the parts in 2005.
CPP Aluminum tank
CPP Master cylinder and booster
CPP 5 lug rotors
CPP Calipers
Tubular upper and lower control arms (look like Western Chassis)
Trailing arms that I have yet to identify (the guy thought it was all CPP but it's not)

I'm not sure if I'm going to use the lower control arms because the spring bucket looks a little low. The Western website doesn't say anything about these being drop control arms so I'll have to look into it. Got a good package deal price so I couldn't say no.

[LDO]

organized and marked more baggies full of bolts, screws and stuff. I did manage to bolt my fan to the fan clutch today. Too much on the honey-do list but I will give old betty some time tomorrow if the weather cooperates.

[OldChevy61]

Got the trailing arms and coil springs off. Back end is stripped. Just waiting on muscle to move the cab and on to tearing down front suspension.

[LDO]

Originally Posted by OldChevy61

Got the trailing arms and coil springs off. Back end is stripped. Just waiting on muscle to move the cab and on to tearing down front suspension.

Are you lifting cab off with doors and glass? If so, what are you using to lift off and did you build a cart to set it on?

thanks.

[Lugnutz65]

BEFORE you lift the cab, make sure you support the very corners of the frame. Otherwise you'll have a frame coming off those jack stands! I'm sure you realized that. Just wanna be safe.

I recommend first taking doors off and windshield out if possible. Four able bodied men can easily lift the cab off the frame and that is what I recommend. That's how we put mine BACK onto the frame.

The hoist method is clever and works great but I was working in my yard and couldn't wheel a hoist away from the frame. So that method was out.

You will not be able to do what I did because you have the wheels off the frame, but here goes. My son and I actually tipped the cab off all by ourselves. We slowly slid the cab until it would gently tip onto the PS rocker - so it was on the ground. Then carefully tipped it enough so he could balance it by holding onto the PS upper door frame at the roof line. I rolled the frame out from under the cab using a small pickup truck. I then came to the DS rocker and had him tip it to me. I balanced it holding on to the DS rocker until he came over to assist with slowly lowering it to the ground. Two men and 5 minutes.

[TJ's Chevy]

I used my tractor to pull mine off.

[OldChevy61]

Doors and glass stays on for now as I don't have a dry place for it. The cab needs very minor work, mostly a couple small dings and a lot of sanding.lol. Really weighing the option of just rolling around under it with the blaster and not take it off. Get underneath and rear frame clean and paint,put back together, then move to the front. Cab mounts are in great shape and not very dirty under the floor. Nothing I can't clean from underneath.

[blown240]

I got my rear springs on. I used Classic Industries 3" trucks springs. It lowered my panel just under 4" in the rear. Ill be curious to see how much they settle.



compared to my wife's sequoia:

[jbgroby]

Rigged in a few ground straps today, got at least 4 more to go, not counting the heavy duty straps for the block.

[canadian_diesel1964]

Got the s-10 booster on with the help of Captain Fab's Fabulous Bracket!

[LDO]

Originally Posted by jbgroby

Rigged in a few ground straps today, got at least 4 more to go, not counting the heavy duty straps for the block.

straps look great JB!