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RDrancher · 04-02-2018, 09:54 PM

I like it! That front seat setup looks about like what I've been looking for for my Burb.

68Timber · 04-02-2018, 11:28 PM

That thing’s ready for a cross-country trip now.

**Palf70Step** · 04-18-2018, 04:03 PM

Just been tinkering and driving it around between all our storms. Yesterday I decided to clean up the center seat console. The 30+ years was making the wood a bit tattered.. So out she came and disassembled it. I am still surprised how good the material is since the seat was put in (around 1987...according to the stickers on the seats). I did make one change and turn the 3 slots into one large opening. It seemed more useful than the slots.

I took some 80 grit paper and cut off all the old sealant and crappy looking stuff. I then did everything with 180. I am not a very good person with wood, so I have no idea if that is the correct grit for this stuff, but it is what I had. I then rubbed on some stain sealer that I had lying around. It even matched real. Today I reassembled everything.

**Palf70Step** · 04-18-2018, 04:05 PM

It looks way better than it did. I guess I am still in the 80s with the look, but at least it is not a tattered look.

RDrancher · 04-18-2018, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Palf70Step

It looks way better than it did. I guess I am still in the 80s with the look, but at least it is not a tattered look.

That would be..."Period Correct."

Still jealous of that seat.

Whamo · 04-18-2018, 05:55 PM

Arm rest looks great!

krue · 04-18-2018, 09:27 PM

Looks good Bill.

**Palf70Step** · 04-20-2018, 07:26 PM

Beautiful day to be out, so went to a local gathering. This one group meets at a local spot called the Rebel Dip every Friday. Since there is a rat rod event at the local drag strip there was a lot of them there. Met some nice folks and had a good couple hours.

**Palf70Step** · 04-20-2018, 07:27 PM

Some More

**Palf70Step** · 04-20-2018, 07:28 PM

Last couple

**Advanced Design** · 04-21-2018, 08:22 PM

Great cruise in pics!

The arm rest looks much better....thinking the slots was for cassette tapes?

Tagging along for the rest.

XtremeBowtie · 04-21-2018, 10:15 PM

Does the insulation make a huge difference? Seems like it would...

Trucks looks great!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Tweaking, cleaning up things on the ole girl. I have been tracing out wiring trying to figure out why my heat/AC fan controller has an always hot instead of a switch hot power feed. Everything works fine, I just have to remember to turn on heat/AC blower before I get out of the truck.

While working on that I stripped inside down and insulated the inside before I install some tunes into the girl. She is shiny inside now.

Now that this is done, I will get back to setting up the sound and hopefully fire what wire connectin is wrong on the heat/AC.

**Palf70Step** · 04-21-2018, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XtremeBowtie

Does the insulation make a huge difference? Seems like it would...

Trucks looks great!

Yep, noise way down and keeps the heat out also.

**Palf70Step** · 05-10-2018, 10:13 AM

Couple days ago, not a nice thing to find.

Original water pump gave out.

I thought, hey there aint much to a 250 6, shouldn't take me long to swap it out.

Oh that is until you add AC to the mix. Dang compressor.

Anyways got her done and I knew I should have, but I didn't, but came out hours later and she is peeing everywhere. The lower radiator hose split.

This time I decided to also change the heater hose. Good thing, found a tear in it also.

Anyways all back together. Found the tranny dipstick tube was leaking too, so redid that. Hopefully it's fluids will stay where they are supposed to.

Now back to enjoying it. Tomorrow is bath day for both.

**N2TRUX** · 05-10-2018, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XtremeBowtie

Does the insulation make a huge difference? Seems like it would...

What Bill is using is good for reducing resonance. It dampens the sound waves that are amplified by the bare sheet metal. It does offer a small amount of thermal protection, but its minimal. You need a composite barrier to reduce both resonance and thermal transfer.

**Palf70Step** · 05-13-2018, 08:19 AM

Drove to northern Louisiana yesterday for a truck club gathering. Unfortunately the GMC was not the mode of travel. I wanted AC and the AC on the GMC leaked down. Glad I didn't take it though, there was some CRAZY construction along the way. Thought you folks would like to see some of the trucks.

**Palf70Step** · 05-13-2018, 08:22 AM

some more

OutlawDrifter · 05-22-2018, 05:00 PM

Nice find Bill, I just stumbled on this thread.

Hope all is well!

**Palf70Step** · 05-22-2018, 11:08 PM

Thanks Outlaw.....doing OK. Slowly working out all the little issues. In process of AC work now on it.

rusty76 · 05-28-2018, 01:52 PM

Very cool truck. I’m late to the show but I’ll ride along.

**Palf70Step** · 06-02-2018, 04:21 PM

Went out to the C10 Roundup this morning. I expected more vehicles, but lots of things going on I guess.
Here is link to pictures I took.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...QwX2VrZGN6QmJB

Sure is hot today too. Glad I have some AC now.

darkhorse970 · 06-02-2018, 04:26 PM

Looks like a nice gathering.

**Palf70Step** · 06-26-2018, 03:15 PM

Took the 81 on it's first long trip over the weekend, about 275 miles. She drove good at highway speeds, but the AC seemed to be lacking to non-existent. So today, I first put a cut-off switch on the input water line to keep the hot water from the heater core so the AC won't have to work so hard. After that I was looking at things over seeing if there was anything else going on. All of of sudden....mind you it wasn't a very quick sudden...more like a Duh, I noticed something. You guys see the issue why the AC isn't working (2nd pic) ?

Well out get some parts and see where it goes from here.

OutlawDrifter · 06-26-2018, 03:45 PM

I imagine it works better when connected to a turning pulley

Simple solutions are always the best!

**Palf70Step** · 06-26-2018, 03:50 PM

Yeah, now to figure out why a new belt disintegrated.

04-02-2018, 09:54 PM	#26
RDrancher Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Decatur, Texas Posts: 673	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC I like it! That front seat setup looks about like what I've been looking for for my Burb. __________________ Romans 10:9 - The Truth

04-02-2018, 11:28 PM	#27
68Timber I know the pieces fit Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: MONTGOMERY, AL Posts: 5,523	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC That thing’s ready for a cross-country trip now. __________________ John 79 2wd Blazer (Bruiser) 85 M1009 Blazer (Sarge) build 74 Honda Z50 build

04-18-2018, 04:03 PM	#28
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Just been tinkering and driving it around between all our storms. Yesterday I decided to clean up the center seat console. The 30+ years was making the wood a bit tattered.. So out she came and disassembled it. I am still surprised how good the material is since the seat was put in (around 1987...according to the stickers on the seats). I did make one change and turn the 3 slots into one large opening. It seemed more useful than the slots. I took some 80 grit paper and cut off all the old sealant and crappy looking stuff. I then did everything with 180. I am not a very good person with wood, so I have no idea if that is the correct grit for this stuff, but it is what I had. I then rubbed on some stain sealer that I had lying around. It even matched real. Today I reassembled everything. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! Last edited by Palf70Step; 04-18-2018 at 04:12 PM.

04-18-2018, 04:05 PM	#29
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC It looks way better than it did. I guess I am still in the 80s with the look, but at least it is not a tattered look. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-18-2018, 05:55 PM	#31
Whamo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Nap Town, Indianapolis Posts: 233	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Arm rest looks great! __________________ Just a Hillbilly in the Hood http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=622194

04-18-2018, 09:27 PM	#32
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Looks good Bill. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

04-20-2018, 07:26 PM	#33
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Beautiful day to be out, so went to a local gathering. This one group meets at a local spot called the Rebel Dip every Friday. Since there is a rat rod event at the local drag strip there was a lot of them there. Met some nice folks and had a good couple hours. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-20-2018, 07:27 PM	#34
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Some More Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-20-2018, 07:28 PM	#35
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Last couple Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

04-21-2018, 08:22 PM	#36
Advanced Design Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oblong, Illinois Posts: 7,028	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Great cruise in pics! The arm rest looks much better....thinking the slots was for cassette tapes? Tagging along for the rest. __________________ Doug Advanced Design’s 1977 Blazer Build Advanced Design's '48 'Burb Build Mrs Advanced Design's '72 Suburban Advanced Design's 56 BelAir LS swap

05-10-2018, 10:13 AM	#39
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Couple days ago, not a nice thing to find. Original water pump gave out. I thought, hey there aint much to a 250 6, shouldn't take me long to swap it out. Oh that is until you add AC to the mix. Dang compressor. Anyways got her done and I knew I should have, but I didn't, but came out hours later and she is peeing everywhere. The lower radiator hose split. This time I decided to also change the heater hose. Good thing, found a tear in it also. Anyways all back together. Found the tranny dipstick tube was leaking too, so redid that. Hopefully it's fluids will stay where they are supposed to. Now back to enjoying it. Tomorrow is bath day for both. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

05-13-2018, 08:19 AM	#41
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Drove to northern Louisiana yesterday for a truck club gathering. Unfortunately the GMC was not the mode of travel. I wanted AC and the AC on the GMC leaked down. Glad I didn't take it though, there was some CRAZY construction along the way. Thought you folks would like to see some of the trucks. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

05-13-2018, 08:22 AM	#42
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC some more Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

05-22-2018, 05:00 PM	#43
OutlawDrifter Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Northeast KS Posts: 1,788	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Nice find Bill, I just stumbled on this thread. Hope all is well! __________________ 1999 GMC Suburban K2500 SLT, 454/4L80E 1991 Z/28, 6.0L/T56 1949 GMC 250, S10 Frame, 6.0L/4L80E Instagram @aceshighspeedshop

05-22-2018, 11:08 PM	#44
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Thanks Outlaw.....doing OK. Slowly working out all the little issues. In process of AC work now on it. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!



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05-28-2018, 01:52 PM	#45
rusty76 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Midway, NC Posts: 3,275	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Very cool truck. I’m late to the show but I’ll ride along. __________________ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=581873 The low buck build threads. Check'em out! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=666022 My build thread Crossmembers CC

06-02-2018, 04:21 PM	#46
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Went out to the C10 Roundup this morning. I expected more vehicles, but lots of things going on I guess. Here is link to pictures I took. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...QwX2VrZGN6QmJB Sure is hot today too. Glad I have some AC now. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

06-02-2018, 04:26 PM	#47
darkhorse970 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Monroe, LA Posts: 2,104	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Looks like a nice gathering. __________________ Keith SOLD - 1963 C10 Short Fleet 350/700R4 4/6 drop 1967 GMC Super Custom - Short Fleet COPO concept w/427 BBC T-400 w/Doug Nash overdrive 4/6 Drop, Buddy Buckets, etc... Frame Off (In Progress) I call it "Vulgar Display of Power" 1980 Silverado Original paint 49k Original miles 4/6 drop Check out my build thread here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post6209941

06-26-2018, 03:15 PM	#48
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Took the 81 on it's first long trip over the weekend, about 275 miles. She drove good at highway speeds, but the AC seemed to be lacking to non-existent. So today, I first put a cut-off switch on the input water line to keep the hot water from the heater core so the AC won't have to work so hard. After that I was looking at things over seeing if there was anything else going on. All of of sudden....mind you it wasn't a very quick sudden...more like a Duh, I noticed something. You guys see the issue why the AC isn't working (2nd pic) ? Well out get some parts and see where it goes from here. Attached Images __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God!

06-26-2018, 03:45 PM	#49
OutlawDrifter Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Northeast KS Posts: 1,788	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC I imagine it works better when connected to a turning pulley Simple solutions are always the best! __________________ 1999 GMC Suburban K2500 SLT, 454/4L80E 1991 Z/28, 6.0L/T56 1949 GMC 250, S10 Frame, 6.0L/4L80E Instagram @aceshighspeedshop

06-26-2018, 03:50 PM	#50
Palf70Step State of Confusion! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gulfport, MS USA Posts: 47,220	Re: Palf's 1981 GMC Yeah, now to figure out why a new belt disintegrated. __________________ Bill 1970 Chevy Custom/10 LWB Fleetside 2010 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner SR5 Double Cab - DD Member of Louisiana Classic Truck Club (LCTC) Bill's Gallery Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God! Last edited by Palf70Step; 06-26-2018 at 04:04 PM.

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