What did you do to your truck today?

[Bugeyev8]

Got the 98-01 Dodge Ram seats installed in my 62...what a pain in the ASS !!

[Chevy Fleetside]

Stripped and cut up the 81 parts truck with a couple of friends/board members today. It is cut into managable pieces. I found out it has a 200R4 tranny and came with an aluminum drive shaft. The drive shaft must weight about 10 lbs. It was refered to being a pvc pipe. I am going to use it in the 66. I think the engine is a 5.0 so I guess that will go to the scrap yard.

[Slow Build]

Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

Stripped and cut up the 81 parts truck with a couple of friends/board members today.

It was kinda fun watching team sawsall in action (team motto: We have extra blades and we're not afraid to use em). When it started raining I thought there was no way we would get it torn all the way down. But when it stopped raining you guys ( and gal) hit full stride. Good fun.

[64c20crewcab]

With front sheet metal off and motor yanked within the last 7 days, I started the frame cleanup - removal of the oil sludge from frame rail, cross member n front suspension. Lots done but nowhere near finished.....

[SCOTI]

Cut up the bed floor a little more. Welded it back together in a slightly different configuration. Grinding before, during, & after.
Build thread updated....

[64GMCHorsepower]

Fixed my brakelights, fixed my turn signals......Got my new alternator installeds, got my shocks installed....bumper installed...temporarily......Just gotta bolt down the passenger seat, tie up the wiring under the dash, install the radio and speakers, and we are ready tp drive!!!

[carnuts07]

emptyied snow from bed and found a bunch of junk from the PO

[Sillyoldman]

I moved it under its own power. Needs pipes. No brakes yet. Was hoping to run brake lines this weekend but it just ain't happening. Plan is to get it running and stopping properly then Ill start cutting and welding in new rocker, floor & cab corners.

My cruddy video today. Music is Feel the noise, quiet riot. That was not planned

YouTube- 1963 Chevy pickup

[Eagletucky]

Broke my 61' down to the bare frame. Cut the floors out of it in prep for the floor replacement in my 66 Burb. Moved the 5 lug crossmember from the 61' to the burb. Did alot of cutting, grinding, getting dirty. Lots of progress, now to cut out the rusty burb floors!!

[ravens65]

Well.... finally got to work on it again. ran the rest of the new wiring harness (e-z wiring my a$$) don't buy from them!!! installed the billet gauge cluster with ultra-lite gauges and billet knobs and also installed my grille. all thats left for the wiring is the heater, stereo, electric seats and tail lights Hey anybody know how to wire the aftermarket tailights???? there is two wires in the lights a green and a black and the wiring harness has one for stop lights and one for running lights , thought that the black would be ground but...... is one wire for each and the ground is from bolting the housing to the fender???if so which wire?? after wiring the two spd wiper motor this should be a no-brainer for me but still confused. E-z wiring is crap had to buy $40.00 worth of connectors and $30.00 of wire . one wire for wipers, what a joke the wipers should have about 6 wires, had to keep getting online for diagrams also do I need that p.o.s. relay for the heater, it looks like a small electric heater ???? look at all the finger prints that I will always have!!! what was I thinking? can really smell all that leather in there,( leather dash, headliner, pillar post, door panels) it sure smells new. Eric

[Vernski]

Originally Posted by ERIC BUFFARD

Well.... finally got to work on it again. ran the rest of the new wiring harness (e-z wiring my a$$) don't buy from them!!! installed the billet gauge cluster with ultra-lite gauges and billet knobs and also installed my grille. all thats left for the wiring is the heater, stereo, electric seats and tail lights Hey anybody know how to wire the aftermarket tailights???? there is two wires in the lights a green and a black and the wiring harness has one for stop lights and one for running lights , thought that the black would be ground but...... is one wire for each and the ground is from bolting the housing to the fender???if so which wire?? after wiring the two spd wiper motor this should be a no-brainer for me but still confused. E-z wiring is crap had to buy $40.00 worth of connectors and $30.00 of wire . one wire for wipers, what a joke the wipers should have about 6 wires, had to keep getting online for diagrams also do I need that p.o.s. relay for the heater, it looks like a small electric heater ???? look at all the finger prints that I will always have!!! what was I thinking? can really smell all that leather in there,( leather dash, headliner, pillar post, door panels) it sure smells new. Eric

Eric nice looking truck I like the gauges they look good. Did you powder-coat the grill & bumper or paint it? They have that soft look....Vernski

[ravens65]

Originally Posted by Vernski

Eric nice looking truck I like the gauges they look good. Did you powder-coat the grill & bumper or paint it? They have that soft look....Vernski

nope just primer black, it just looks wicked in flat black

[lock]

Finished powdercoating my front brake components and mocked them up.

[nbrfd007]

It's Alive, my 62 Burb, put a new carb on today. Started on first try. Sounds great, got the clutch working. Drove it for the first time. Still got to work on the brakes.

[ruffrida2005]

Glad to see you back to work on it Eric.

I went to my parents house to load up my 64 cab. comes to find out the roof skin is cracked pretty much all the way around the drip rail. Windshield metal needs fixed. Too much work for the cab. I'm going to break out some dynoglass on it all so I can drive the truck till I can afford a new cab. I think a new one will be cheaper.

[Mitch6667]

Finished the tubular trailing arms (now i just need to triangulate them). Replaced pan hard bar crossmember, and transmission crossmember with a tubular style. Also ordered coil overs for the rear. Has we say on the eastern shore, It has been an Oh **** Son day.

[panelrodder81]

Did an oil change to get a better idea of the condition of the engine I just put in and have been driving for about a month. Oil was really solid, wasn't abnormally black, nor did it have any grit in it... yay. Fixed an oil leak on the top of the motor, who would have thought you'd need a gasket under the distributor! (I forgot to put it on when I put the HEI in I guess.) Then I installed a cheap little oil gauge in the truck since all I have are idiot lights. Ran out of time to make my gauge holder/bracket so it's just zip-tied to the dash for now. Next weekend I'll finish that up and get my temp gauge installed and put my new torque converter cover on... hopefully.

[64c20crewcab]

2/28/10 Lots accomplished on the frame clean up from forward cab mount to front bumper mount. Not done but getting there! Time, patients and favorable weather helped!

[lakeroadster]

Got the gauges mounted in the '67 Camaro dash in my '65 SWB SS. Also installed boots for the Shifter and floor hand brake.

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by lakeroadster

Got the gauges mounted in the '67 Camaro dash in my '65 SWB SS. Also installed boots for the Shifter and floor hand brake.

Can't wait to see this finished!

[markeb01]

Added diamond tufting to the firewall to match the rest of the interior.

[jgh64pkup]

wow mark im amazed every time i see your interior

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

wow mark im amazed every time i see your interior

Thanks for the feedback. I guess one of these days I'll have to stop messing with it and leave it alone, but I never seem to run out of ideas for new projects.

[glendale]

well i have not done much. but my plaque showed up yesterday so i flaked it and hung it. what do you guys think?

[jbgroby]

Today with the weather being near perfect I was able to weld up the last of the small holes that the PO had put in the door for bigger West Coast mirror's and welded up the chevy C-20 badge holes. I drilled out the two holes needed for mounting the V-6 emblems on the front part of the fender.

I also drilled out the last remaining nut (broken bolt) that held on the stock mirrors. I'll have to use longer bolts and reach from behind the panel to put on the new mirror.

I can't remember if they have a blind nut anchor for this I thought there was, Anybody got a pic or link for one.

I tapped my very first hole for a 16 t/per inch for the lower fender mount.

And tonight I'm going to a club cruise-in.

All in All a perfect day.