What did you do to your truck today part II.

[earl84]

The past several days I got my big block cleaned up and painted and picked up an entire crossmember from a '79 C20 to swap in and got it cleaned up. Got a lot of new parts coming for both prior to installing. Will do the final cleanup and paint on the crossmember after getting the parts installed.

[wayno]

Busy couple of days - got the front fenders all mounted with prothane bushings for the cab and up front. Cleaned up the gauges getting that ready to go back in - and cut down the rubber mounts that hold in the radiator so my new champion radiator will fit inside it without bending the bracket. Ready to put the new shroud and fan on tonight... busy boy.

[mr andrerson]

looking good Wayno!! who's A arms are you using? what size rim/tire combo are you using?

[mr andrerson]

didnt see your build til after i posted... duh. That PB stuff is sure purty..

[wayno]

Yeah man - the PB stuff definitely makes it look real good. Got the fan mounted to the shroud... shroud attached to radiator and cut the upper radiator hose. I also fabricated up a bracket and lengthened things to get the manual clutch back into operation. Need to do some grinding and clean up my welds... but I think it might work. Lastly, put some of the chrome bolts attaching the fenders to the radiator core.

[wayno]

Originally Posted by mr andrerson

looking good Wayno!! who's A arms are you using? what size rim/tire combo are you using?

Thanks man. Running 255/35 R20's - the plan is to make delmo specials out of them.

[Lugnutz65]

Got my C50 grille out and stripped some paint. Bowtie gets removed and the badge will be relocated to the center area. I also put some POR-15 on the back of my grille support and original grille.

[endlessearth]

Notice anything unusual?

[TJ's Chevy]

You pulled the motor??? Painted the bay???? And I see some strange contraption cup on each side.....

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

You pulled the motor??? Painted the bay???? And I see some strange contraption cup on each side.....

Cold air intake tubes. Rubber hoses will run from those tubes to a modified air cleaner assembly.

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by endlessearth

Cold air intake tubes. Rubber hoses will run from those tubes to a modified air cleaner assembly.

Nice addition...I might have to use that idea. lol.

[Lugnutz65]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

You pulled the motor??? Painted the bay???? And I see some strange contraption cup on each side.....

Strange? Not at all! You, my friend, have not watched enough James Bond movies.

Originally Posted by endlessearth

Cold air intake tubes. Rubber hoses will run from those tubes to a modified air cleaner assembly.

Cold air intake. That's what you are supposed to think! Hah! (evil chuckle comes on now if you had audio enhanced subscription). Those are cleverly disguised ROCKET LAUNCHERS! Get outa my way or else!

[TJ's Chevy]

Originally Posted by Lugnutz65

Strange? Not at all! You, my friend, have not watched enough James Bond movies.



Cold air intake. That's what you are supposed to think! Hah! (evil chuckle comes on now if you had audio enhanced subscription). Those are cleverly disguised ROCKET LAUNCHERS! Get outa my way or else!

HAHAHHHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HEEHEEHEEEHEE!!!!!!! Good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well...come to think of it....I never even heard of James Bond...probably cause I am to young.

[ChrisDollins]

Originally Posted by Lugnutz65

Got my C50 grille out and stripped some paint. Bowtie gets removed and the badge will be relocated to the center area. I also put some POR-15 on the back of my grille support and original grille.

Cool! I always thought that would look good! What are your plans for it? Painting, getting it chromed or leaving as is? Either way is cool. Want to see a pic on the truck.

Chris

[Lugnutz65]

Originally Posted by ChrisDollins

Cool! I always thought that would look good! What are your plans for it? Painting, getting it chromed or leaving as is? Either way is cool. Want to see a pic on the truck.

Chris

I pulled the grille from this bus. The chromed grille in the second photo is from a build here on the forum. Maggie's Custom - scroll down to post #444.

I have not decided if I will do the chrome or paint. Since I have not decided on the paint for the truck yet, all options are open, . . . . BUT I GOTTA SAY THAT CHROME REALLY LOOKS GREAT. I don't wanna copy, but if it looks good, it's hard to do something less.

[ChrisDollins]

Holy cow that does look good! Wish I would've seen that before I ordered my normal one. I wouldn't worry about copying, what looks good, looks good! This is all I've done today. Snow day so built legos with the family. This is as close to 60-66 as I can get with what we have lol.

Chris

[pimpston65]

stripped, repaired,retaped the entire oem harness oh and saved $$$ by not needing to get a new harness

[pimpston65]

more harness pics

[pimpston65]

found some crusty AC44 plugs cheap, before and after a little elbow grease...

[pimpston65]

copper gasket of course

[markeb01]

Resolved a couple of last minute bugs and wrapped up the Ron Francis rewire. I'm glad to have the truck back in service after most of 3 weeks down time.

[65Gregg]

Changed the oil and filter on mine. Every time I do this I cuss my long tube headers for being in the way of the filter but get over it as soon as I start the engine and listen to the exhaust. I decided to use a K&N oil filter this time because it has a 1" nut on the canister which will make removal easier on the next change.

[endlessearth]

Originally Posted by Lugnutz65

Strange? Not at all! You, my friend, have not watched enough James Bond movies.



Cold air intake. That's what you are supposed to think! Hah! (evil chuckle comes on now if you had audio enhanced subscription). Those are cleverly disguised ROCKET LAUNCHERS! Get outa my way or else!

You found me out. Those are rocket tubes to be used for clearing busy intersections.

[pimpston65]

got me 2 yards of SMS's 65 C10 finest from the brown truck guy

[jayoldschool]

Very nice (and very expensive).