What did you do to your truck today?

[shortbed70]

Originally Posted by sams60gmc

We'll I haven't been on here for a while but I'm glad to see this thread still going strong!!! 1000 replies, woot. Anyways. I've gotten quite a bit done, I've machined some 8 1/2'' tubing and capped one end and cut out my control arms and welded them in. I also re built my upper bag plates out of thicker material. They turned out great. I have my bags somewhat plumbed up. They go to a T in the front bumper with a schraeder valve for now for I can just manually fill them until I get a compressor and a tank. Anyways here are the pics.

I just did the same thing with my lowers for alot less then tubular ones and I did it myself.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by burbguy

I cut off my bumpstops sunday, and after having it fall off of the floor jack(and onto me) I went to the E.R. for xrays...no broken bones.And a word of advise throw away the cheap floor jack from kragen's...LOL

Jackstands come in handy and they are cheap. HaborfreightCheap in price not quality.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by shortbed70

I just did the same thing with my lowers for alot less then tubular ones and I did it myself.

The ones made out of a tube actually look like less work and less metal.

[shortbed70]

I dont care for the cheap ones I had my dodge truck fall on me and the rear end u bolt missed my head by about 2" and the running board hit my across the chest and leg and knocked the wind out of me and gave me a nice slash. I had the wheels blocked and the back wheels off and stands under the frame when I heard a pop and moved just enough to watch the stand fold and cheat death. One of the gussets welds broke inside the leg and caused it to fold. Glad to see you made it out ok.

[shortbed70]

Originally Posted by daverod

The ones made out of a tube actually look like less work and less metal.

I had the metal laying around and I cant afford the full tubular arms.

[daverod]

His are stock arms also. He just made his pockets out of a tube.

[sshockr]

New Plugs and wires, mounted the trans crossmember, ran fuel lines to front of bed for temporary use of caprice gas tank and figured out the last piece of my header clearance issues.

[burbguy]

yeah actually I had just pulled out the jackstands, and was laying on the driveway reaching under to bleed off the "cheapy" floorjack, when the wheel of the jack got into the crack of the driveway. It then gave a little jerk and slid off of the jack and the bumper came down on my left arm. If I had a decent jack with a larger cup it probably would have stay'd, but the cup on my jack is only like maybe 2" in diameter, so it wouldn't take much to fall off... anyways I got lucky that when it came down on me it kinda spit me out instead of sitting down on me fully...

[Chevy Fleetside]

Originally Posted by burbguy

yeah actually I had just pulled out the jackstands, and was laying on the driveway reaching under to bleed off the "cheapy" floorjack, when the wheel of the jack got into the crack of the driveway. It then gave a little jerk and slid off of the jack and the bumper came down on my left arm. If I had a decent jack with a larger cup it probably would have stay'd, but the cup on my jack is only like maybe 2" in diameter, so it wouldn't take much to fall off... anyways I got lucky that when it came down on me it kinda spit me out instead of sitting down on me fully...

I think I have that jack from Kragen you are talking about. I think the cup was about 4" round. Well on my other jack that I didn't like, had about a 7" round cup so I used that one instead. I also have the 6 ton jack stands from Harbor Fright (no that is not a typo ) and seem to be doing fine.

[kizer]

Finally got the stock steering wheel off and the shaft out of the column. Now I'm close to pulling the cab and not worrying about stabbing the ground when I put it on stands.

[aerotruk63]

Have all the drive shafts back today. Primed ready for paint when we spray the frame and 17" steel wheels.

[Rob H.]

I put the good driver's side sunvisor on that I got off of a 68 C/60 former garbage truck. I was really happy when I looked at the old truck down at Dad's and saw it had the same color visors as my 67, also got a nice vinyl covered door panel that matches mine! It had the bigger armrest instead of the small ones on my 67 but I guess you can't have everthing for free!

[hb32]

I took the truck to Midas where they finished off my dual exhaust.

You Tube

[markeb01]

Unfortunately it's marked as a private video and won't allow it to play.

[steveb64]

Installed my modular drop spindles and checked my front tire clearance.

[hb32]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Unfortunately it's marked as a private video and won't allow it to play.

Fixed it.

[markeb01]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing, it sounds great.

[Bugeyev8]

Originally Posted by hb32

Fixed it.

sounds great, is that the 292 in there??

[Bazooka]

Got the gauge panel ready..

[onequickchevy]

Drove mine. In fact i've driven it everyday this week. Nothing like having two downed vehicles at the moment. Not suffering too bad, actually loving everything but the fuel milage!

[Bugeyev8]

Originally Posted by Bazooka

Got the gauge panel ready..

I like those gauges, wish I had gone that route..I used sport comps because at the time it was the direction the truck was headed, now I want a more vintage look, here is my gauge panel...alot like yours

[hb32]

Originally Posted by Bugeyev8

sounds great, is that the 292 in there??

No it is a stock 230. Next I am in the market for a Holley 390 cfm carb and a Offenhauser single quad manifold to fix the Rochester stumble.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Nice looking truck. I had a friend with one of these years ago, and finding all the pieces to make a decent grille was next to impossible. To see a chrome one in that condition is amazing. The seat looks like a great fit. I like the addition of the fog lights, they look great.

Thanks. The grill is CLOSE, but not perfect. It has a little tear and some minor rust on the top bar near the driver's side. I'm hoping a little grinding, a minor MIG repair and re-chroming (someday!) will make it right. I recently had to take part of it apart and found the price tag on it: $650 Then I went on eBay and saw one with 14 bids on it up to $800. That's REALLY crazy.

As for the fogs - I got them for $10 at an Estate Sale recently and they cleaned right up - so I HAD to try them on my truck. I haven't decided how much I like them yet. I'm fine with the truck being Old School but I'm Old Man enough all by myself! I don't need to add to it in that way.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by hb32

No it is a stock 230. Next I am in the market for a Holley 390 cfm carb and a Offenhauser single quad manifold to fix the Rochester stumble.

I put a $10 rebuild kit in mine. Fixed the stumble. The acc. pump gets dried out and does'nt work.

[DWright]

Originally Posted by hb32

No it is a stock 230. Next I am in the market for a Holley 390 cfm carb and a Offenhauser single quad manifold to fix the Rochester stumble.

i have an offy single quad intake. pm me if youre interested.