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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Got my exhaust installed today. I’m officially ready for cam breakin.
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Project "C10 Fever" (68 factory black 396 swb) Project “Faded Glory” (71 c10 med bronze original paint refresh) Project "Little Sister" (70 c10 blue original paint refresh) Project "Blue Bomb" (70 c30 blue original paint refresh) SOLD Project "Vitamin C" (71 c10 orange original paint refresh) SOLD |
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Bed back on the frame. Doors back on the cab.
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SoCoC10,
Looking fabulous brother! You gotta be excited. I'm like a kit waiting on Christmas right now. Got ball joints, tie rod ends, lowering spindles, etc. to work the front end over on my ride. Hope to post up some progress photos in the next few weeks.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Measuring for a driveshaft, I thought I better put some weight on the frame just in case, so I loaded a dozen 50 lb. bags in the sweltering heat of Noon & no breeze, half-way through thinking "I'm too old for this *&%".
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Tony 71 Custom Deluxe, SWB, 2WD, 402, A/C. I developed an assembly guide (kit) for restoring this truck from the ground up, complete with details including full hardware descriptions. Much of the info. applies to all 67-72 GM. My build thread, with some info. about the assembly kit https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=730025 |
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
Drove it for the first time in 7 years...75 feet to the end of the driveway! Pic below is at the end of my journey. The transmission goes and the brakes stop, but I gotta get the engine tuned up before I go any farther.
Oh, and I washed it for the first time in 5 years.
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Project "C10 Fever" (68 factory black 396 swb) Project “Faded Glory” (71 c10 med bronze original paint refresh) Project "Little Sister" (70 c10 blue original paint refresh) Project "Blue Bomb" (70 c30 blue original paint refresh) SOLD Project "Vitamin C" (71 c10 orange original paint refresh) SOLD |
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Got my new "Gates" V-Belt installed on my A/C Compressor, I've had it for about a month sitting on the bench in the barn.
My O'Rielly's Duralast rubber band just kept on a stretch'n and finally in slow traffic with higher pressures would slip and squeal, not to mention it was too narrow and bottomed out on the pulleys. So as hot and humid as it's been I finally broke down and swapped it in this morning.....problem solved! Love my A/C, even with the fan speed on low it will cool the cab down really nice in 100+ deg. heat. |
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I Drove the 68 today to 3 different parts stores on the hottest day of the year to buy AC parts to restore/fix the AC in my 2001 Yukon XL, while enjoying ice cold air in the 68 that I restored 3 years ago
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Hey, thanks, it’s nice to hear compliments after years of work to get her to this point. I never made a build thread but here’s a thread from the day I picked it up, it includes a little history. The firewall was Swiss cheese and as everyone here knows, one thing led to another which led to a full resto. Driving it on a weekly basis is the goal, but I have to get the engine right first.
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Looks great!
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Spent a few hours yesterday wire wheeling and sand blasting every part of the frame I could get to with the cab still on and engine still in. I'll do the rest at a later date when there is access. No need to get all crazy on a drive quality, rusty old truck. It's already going to look better underneath than on top for a while.
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Finished up the new suspension.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter
I've been hearing about using a few different items to soak metal parts in to remove rust. Over the weekend I soaked a couple pieces of metal in a thin vinegar/water mix and let it sit over night. Since I did not have a pan large enough to completely submerge one part I had to do it one end at a time which didn't work out too well since the exposed end rusted right up and I had to do it all over again to clean that up. The 2nd part I had already wire wheeled heavily and didn't make much headway cleaning it and after over night in the mix it wasn't much better so since it was a thicker piece of metal I used the grinder on it and removed most of the deep rust then returned that part to the mix for a while then it came out acceptable. I washed them both in a baking soda/water mix to neutralize the vinegar's acid. I blow dried them right away and epoxy primed them. For small parts this is easy and cheap enough to do.
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Media blasted and painted a power steering pulley. I have 2 different PS pulleys painted and ready to install...hopefully one of them is correct.
I also put some casters on my fancy painting rack....that way I can spray away from the garage/vehicles and roll it inside to finish drying at night.
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Installed the gas filler neck gasket. Assembled and installed the fender dust shields and cleaned polished and painted some emblems.
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Oil change, and ready to drive it to work tomorrow
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Finished up welding the firewall and cowl gutter. Little more grinding then it's ready for filler . Hope to have it painted this weekend
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Put in the last little bit of 134a to get to the prescribed 1.8 lbs total for my VA system...Now she blows just a hair over 38 degrees vent temp @ 92 ambient! -klb
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My first ever post on here and fitting that it is about something I did to my truck today. Tinted all the way round.
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