What did you do to your truck today?

[sams60gmc]

Got the cab loaded on a trailer to take to Lukes house later this week for a drip rail shave!

[fryer1979]

...been thinking about her a lot more than usual lately...I think the sickness is taking hold...

[markeb01]

A few weeks ago we installed Gabriel gas shocks on all four corners. The rears (60-62) worked great, but the fronts (63-85) Gas Ryder Truck shocks were dreadful, like having no shocks at all. The truck wallowed around like a 48 Pontiac, wandered on the road and took 3 or 4 cycles to stop bouncing after easing over a speed bump. Went back to the super duty gas shocks up front and got them installed today after repainting them black. Now the truck again feels confident like it can handle anything. With the standard shocks it took a lot of work just to keep going straight and not get sick! Another learning experience.

[lakeroadster]

Originally Posted by markeb01

A few weeks ago we installed Gabriel gas shocks on all four corners. The rears (60-62) worked great, but the fronts (63-85) Gas Ryder Truck shocks were dreadful, like having no shocks at all. The truck wallowed around like a 48 Pontiac, wandered on the road and took 3 or 4 cycles to stop bouncing after easing over a speed bump. Went back to the super duty gas shocks up front and got them installed today after repainting them black. Now the truck again feels confident like it can handle anything. With the standard shocks it took a lot of work just to keep going straight and not get sick! Another learning experience.

Mark,

Could you post up the p/n's of the shocks you used? Would be a good point of reference.

Thanks!

[markeb01]

Yes indeed. The big shocks are Monroe part number 76817 currently titled Gas Grande, and are almost excessively stiff and take a great deal of effort to compress by hand. Here’s a link to a Napa posting:

http://www.napaonline.com/Search/Det...817_0117561992

The ineffective shocks are Gabriel part number 61525. I'm pretty sure mine were labeled Gas Ryder. The ones on the link are labeled Sport Ryder. The Gabriel site lists them as Pro Guard (all under the same p/n). They can be compressed rather easily, and I've got a bad hand/arm. Here’s a link to where I bought them:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Shock...Q5fAccessories

Perhaps because they were old stock they weren’t up to snuff, but I also bought a matching pair of rear 60-62 shocks from the same source and they are tip top. To me the 61525's just seem too soggy for the application.

[scooterskoolkustoms]

to hot to go out side went over 100 today,I was out early morning and put the gas tank back in.

[sams60gmc]

Today I shaved my drip rail and set Lukes garage on fire

[jbgroby]

Sparks hit sumtin'

[knuckledragger]

Pulled the front clip off the 65 this morning.I may go back out and yank the engine and trans later.

[sams60gmc]

Originally Posted by jbgroby

Sparks hit sumtin'

ha nah I was just kiddin. He layed it out and lit em up!

[chevy_mike]

Well did it yesterday but on the '65, swapped out the 3" dropped springs for CPP dropped modular spindles and half coil cut off stock springs. Put new KYB shocks and CPP upper shock mount reinforcing brackets and new sway bar bushings. Also pressed in two new wheel studs. It was a long day in 90+ heat but in the end all worth it. Truck drives like a completely different truck... in a good way!

[lakeroadster]

Started installing the pressure treated plywood floor in the bed. More data in my build thread.

[Cops053]

Well new here, and today did a complete tuneup on my 66 shortbed stepside, plans for the week are to change all the hoses on the 76 350 engine that is in it.

[Rich 5150 69]

Hauled about a cord of firewood in three separate loads sense I lowered it....

[mr andrerson]

Originally Posted by chevy_mike
Monday evening I put my valve covers and air cleaner on.



YES!!! Love those air cleaners! The valve covers look pretty sic too.
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[lakeroadster]

Finished up installing the treated plywood in the bed. More details in my build thread....

[1/2Dozen]

I picked this truck up a few weeks back, it had a few wiring issues that I managed to get solved with help from a few others on here. Installed a better fuse panel then what I had, thanks too Gulffishin!

The white pic is what it looked like when I picked it up but I had to paint it black. I plan on a candy apple red over a gold base with silver flake and a white pinstripe to seperate the black from red like my motorcycle.

[sams60gmc]

Today I started building 2 solid aluminum ball bearing watts link center sections. One will be mine and one will be Lukes.. (frenchblue72)
Then I got some more work done on the drip rail shave.

[Sick5]

I finaly got 700r4 up and running yesterday. And today will finish power door lock on passenger side. And. I'm hoping to see if I have enought metal to start working on the bed
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[Sick5]

Finish both doors with power Door locks
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[knuckledragger]

Installed the 78 front suspension.Waiting on captfab to send me the p/s adapter.

[chevy_mike]

Monday evening I put my valve covers and air cleaner on.

[Bugeyev8]

Fabbed up the rear bumper brackets and a hidden reciever hitch today, I did not have room for a class 3 hitch between the bumper and bed. I used the smaller one should be fine as I do not plan to tow anything over the 4k rating the reciever has, I could have bought the brackets from LMC for 98$ plus their bend you over shipping but...I wanted the bumper tucked in and higher than the factory mounts them

[fryer1979]

Originally Posted by chevy_mike

Monday evening I put my valve covers and air cleaner on.

YES!!! Love those air cleaners! The valve covers look pretty sic too.

[aerotruk63]

Excellent Idea!