Last weekend my wife and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary. We planned to go to the city, have supper, enjoy a park and the sunshine with our son, do a few truck errands, buy groceries and then come home. Well the little fella squashed those plans after we dropped off the grill and hood pieces at the chrome shop. He had a little "freak out" and was extremely difficult to calm. My wife nursed him in a parking lot. Then we had to change him. So into Walmart we went to make it easier. Attempted to go to the park, he was unsettled again. I asked my wife should we just go straight to supper...yes she said. To McDonald's!!!! WHAT?! Then we got groceries and came home. Yes, spent the day in the car with our upset little baby boy, our gourmet supper was McDonalds and no time at the park! 😂 What a day!
But some stuff has happened with the truck in the meantime.
Ordered some pieces for the 1/2 ton- new tailgate, angle strips, bolt kit. Ordered a bunch of finishing touches for the 1 ton. Grill and hood pieces are being rechromed. Ordered 5/8" pulley for the alternator. Removed, adjusted, and reinstalled steering box as per manual. Removed headlight buckets from my parts truck as the trim retaining screw tab was broken on the original.
Resurfaced my throttle pedal. I bought a reproduction and unfortunately with the original throttle linkage it didn't line up worth a toot. The linkage hit the floor, a very steep angle to insert the ball into the rubber socket. So I used the old one. Sandblasted it clean after removing the rubber, painted it black, cut rubber to fit, sprayed super adhesive onto pedal and rubber, mated them and then bolted the rubber down. It doesn't match the clutch and brake, but matches the floor. Plus, my throttle works as smooth as silk once more. I also got some gmc floor mats that look pretty sharp.
Throttle pedal- easily replace rubber if need be, works well and doesn't look too bad.
1970 Chevrolet C10 Grandpa's -- My first truck -- In progress to shiny Follow the build in the Project Journal 1950 Chevrolet 1-Ton Dually "Ole Red Girl" In the Stovebolt Gallery More pictures here 1951 GMC 9430 1 ton dually--Shiny! | 1972 Chevrolet C20- Rusty- the puzzle box lid for the C10 | 1962 AMC Rambler American- my wife's Parts trucks- 1951 GMC 9300 | 1951-GMC 9430 | 1951- Chevrolet 1300
