What did you do to your truck today?

[1enick72]

Sanded and sanded and then did more sanding.

[MikeS.]

Arranged for it to be shipped cross country.

[MARTYZ]

Went to Barrie automotive flea market in Barrie , Ontario,, parked the 66 in the show area and got best 60-69 truck award. First award for the truck. Shopped the market and picked up few pieces foR the truck.
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[cb1965]

Finally started cleaning the donor crossmember.
Sanded and painted upper and lower control arms.
Replaced all ball joints uppers and lower. RENT THE BALL JOINT PRESS, IT WILL MAKE LIFE EASY. I had both ball joints out in 5 min. no joke. I did use an impact driver tho it took me longer to grind off the rivets in one arm.

[markeb01]

Originally Posted by Rich 5150 69

.Mark did you lay it out in the sun before hand....?

Nature hasn't been cooperating lately, we haven't had any sun for days. Just rain - and more rain with a high temperature of 55! I kept it in a closed bedroom set at 80 degrees, but it cools off quickly. The cab of the truck is currently sitting at 90 degrees and it's only marginally more flexible. I don't think my little heater will get it much warmer than that.

[markeb01]

Congratulations! Always fun to get acknowledged.

Originally Posted by MARTYZ

Went to Barrie automotive flea market in Barrie , Ontario,, parked the 66 in the show area and got best 60-69 truck award. First award for the truck. Shopped the market and picked up few pieces foR the truck.
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[Johnny Too Bad]

Got my front bumper put back on after painting it white and got my tires mounted and balanced on my new (to me) chrome 15x7 American Racing wheels. Finally got rid of those 15x11's that the PO had painted black.

[mud.man.rj]

Got my box cover done today, Caraftec.inc, man very nice cover, sits flush too, just need my tires and rims, should be next week. Oh ya and a True fire Flame job on the front end Tuesday night then rippin up the mud and streets.

[tincan1966]

All work has ceased here for a while. Suffered a mild heart attack on Tuesday morning, so basically confined to home until further testing is done and I can get the thumbs up from Doc to resume.
So...with that said I will be a more constant fixture here, drooling over all you other guys' progress, but I will be back to work soon!.

[Rich 5150 69]

Hey tincan sorry to hear that, you`re not suppsed to have hose things happen, get well soon and get to wrenching.

[tincan1966]

Thnx Rich! yeah I know, this sorta snuck up on me.

One thing for sure, this group is inspirational to keep going and get back after it.

[Mad Rods]

Originally Posted by tincan1966

All work has ceased here for a while. Suffered a mild heart attack on Tuesday morning, so basically confined to home until further testing is done and I can get the thumbs up from Doc to resume.
So...with that said I will be a more constant fixture here, drooling over all you other guys' progress, but I will be back to work soon!.

Glad to hear your ok!.....
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[ABX131]

After reading the post on Rustoleum Blue, I went and bought a can as well as 4 other colors in the Rustoleum 2x line. I did some test spots on my truck to figure out what I want to do....will try to post pics later, I wouldn't mind some outside input on a color..

[dantimdad]

update pics of the inner fenders and such:











I am VERY happy with the results!

Steven

[padresag]

picked up this 66 custom cab today. 1 not bad r/f fender and a p/s pump and brkt 283. this cab even has the green tinted back window still in all n/c. it is for my 1t that has major rust problems around the inside w/s and frt pillars. the floor problems by the frt braces seem to be the only real problem with it
the fellow in the pic is Jim who is building a 66 GMC panel and has made it into a 4 x 4 with later Blazer axles and springs 350 crate eng . nv4500 with adptor for t/c. going to be quite nice

ron

[lucifer]

Fixed my drivers side hinge post. Was rusted and welded.

[badmood]

Put in new window regulators and door control. Wasn't to hard that what I love about these truck easy to work on.

[Oldgearz]

I attempted to swap out my stock springs for chevelle springs on my 62 and realized that on some trucks, no matter how much wd40 you use, if those bolts have been in there since 1962, good luck getting them out without shearing the bottom bolts!! D'oh!! Now I get to drill em out and buy new bolts.

[JRFlatBlack66]

Wired up my auxiliary fan to try and stop my cooling issue looks like I'm back to the drawing board though. Just can't seem to keep the 454 cool. Also pulled out a rats nest of (Telephone Wire) that the previous owner had put in to wire up some gauges first time I have seen telephone wire ever used but hey guess thats all he had, but no worries all is good now.

[Rich 5150 69]

Originally Posted by JRFlatBlack66

Wired up my auxiliary fan to try and stop my cooling issue looks like I'm back to the drawing board though. Just can't seem to keep the 454 cool. Also pulled out a rats nest of (Telephone Wire) that the previous owner had put in to wire up some gauges first time I have seen telephone wire ever used but hey guess thats all he had, but no worries all is good now.

What have got inplace for cooling now...? Rad, thermostat, shroud...?

[corvettejim1968]

i stripped and repainted my door panels to look 1965 Deluxe correct.i didnt like the black anymore

[TexasArtist]

I climbed under it to look at the u joints i put in the other day.
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[CRGRS 66]

Originally Posted by MARTYZ

Went to Barrie automotive flea market in Barrie , Ontario,, parked the 66 in the show area and got best 60-69 truck award. First award for the truck. Shopped the market and picked up few pieces foR the truck.
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I drove through Barrie on my way to McKeller/Dunchurch!

Not in my truck mind you, would have liked to have gone to the Barrie show, but was at a buddy's cottage for a guys weekend.

I am going up to Gravenhurst this coming weekend for the 19th Annual Gravenhurst Antique and Classic Car Show... you?

[AngryPirate]

Originally Posted by dantimdad

update pics of the inner fenders and such:











I am VERY happy with the results!

Steven

That sir, looks like some sweet hammertone paint work.

Also, how do you like your C/H compressor? Which model is it? 230 or 115?

[AngryPirate]

fabricated a door for the under truck bed box on the flatbed that's on it.

installed the latch, fabricated a post of the latch to catch on and then welded everything on.

What a pain doing it with one person, not to mention it was 98 degrees here yesterday, wearing welding clothing.