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That will work Lynn. You will get two credits for your report. lol
Send some pics of your project and you'll get two more.

I'm not on here much but got my cab acid dipped a couple months back

JW51,

I used CLR and a BBQ grill brush on the heavy rust and a gray scotch brite pad on the rest scrubbing till well foamed up and the pad slid around easy without sticking to the truck and I also used Krud Kutter rust remover that seemed to work great, then rinsed and looked at progress then if it needed more I did it again, Managed to finish the truck the other day,FYI your hands and fingers may get irritated by the chemicals for such a long period of washing and scrubbing so rubber gloves are probably needed...just saying from experience.
Here is a pic one side done and sprayed with satin clear and the other side like it was before...

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Rattle can or something else?

I'm here for my credits. LOL

I uploaded some photos to my photography website, the easiest way for me to show them off. They are in a private gallery at www.timjharrisphoto.com/53chevy3100 password is chevy

Drove the '50 in the front yard yesterday & decorated it for Christmas. Garland & twinkle lights on the bed rails, a lighted tree hanging out the back end, & an inflatable Santa behind the wheel waiving out the window. Now to wrap about a dozen boxes as gifts & stacked in the bed box.

We need to see pics of that, Spot.

AD in the front yard decked out for Christmas? Now that's the ticket.

Welded in a new door skin for the inner bottom drivers side door.

Yes rattle can satin clear from lowe's

I painted my drivers side door jamb today:

http://ssrjim.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/quest/

Fixed the turn signals intermittently working, adjusted the steering column away from the dash (had to really pull hard on the shifter to get it to move), corrected wiring on the hi/lo switch for the headlights, and installed a battery quick disconnect.

Found out the the kingpin needs replacement now though....

I worked on getting the custom bed started, did a mock up, took measurements, finalized some plans.

Saturday my self & a friend spent 4hrs walking through a local Pick in Pull to find some seats for Marge. Any pair of buckets on the lot was $65 for a pair. I found a pair power bucket seats w/built in seat belts out of a mid 2000's Chry Sebring that doesn't need recovering & was the color & pattern I like....joe

I took my 49 1/2 ton for our maiden voyage around the block. After almost a year of work, it felt so good. It has no exhaust yet, but man was that fun. I put a 235 out of a 57, so gratifying to get it on the street.

I got my front fenders blasted and rear lower tip patch panels welded in. Unfortunately, I only got to do some of the blasting/cleaning and am hiring a good shop to do the paint prep work & primer. I just don't have a spot set up to do some things. The hood & fenders bare & then in epoxy.

Bittersweet feeling not doing these parts myself- but the shop's doing a phenomenal job! And EVERYBODY notices the hood...
Brad

Qdub, we're exactly on the same page, brother!

Yesterday for my maiden voyage, I drove my '59 around the block twice... no exhaust!

I have my '59 license plates installed, my registration sticker on the windshield, proof of insurance in the glove box and I'm ready to drive it to a muffler shop today when I get off work!
Afterwards, inspection sticker!


Jerry

Worked on my brothers 53 yesterday and stared at my 39 jc and 42 suburban till I was nice and drunk.

Rewired the keyswitch to ballast resistor with heavier wire on my 51 3100, then took out the makeshift screws in the ballast resistor with "real" bolt set up.

I painted my cowl today

http://ssrjim.wordpress.com

Sometimes old parts in decent shape are hard to find. After a long search was finally success. I always liked these hubcaps and tail lights and thought they would complement my original ornamentation really well. The tail lights were partially damaged so I was able to save this set from scrap.

These hubcaps have been on there for a little while. I finally was able to shine them up the way they were meant to be.

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I polished and trimmed a partially damaged set of these and adapted two wire tail lights:

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Still working out some electrical gremlins

On the Good Humor 52 truck,I`m rebuilding the 1955 rear axle.I am changing the backing plate, because it has the prong type for the cable.I found a 1955 Olds still has the two mounting bolts on its plate.I can still use the stock cables.Also installing new bushing
sleeves on the rear leaf springs.I did ask inline tube if they would customize the cable and put the prong on the 52 cable, they said they couldn't do it.


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The man in the brown box showed up today and brought me a few things from Classic Parts. I got my new defroster hose (Yay!), and that puppy is in. Also put in the new vacuum hose grommet. Amazing how tiny little things can make a guy happy. Also received my new windshield rubber. Didn't get it in, but it sure needs it. Also, got a bad surprise when I found out the new dual dash speakers made to fit the '51 (that I've been waiting for so I can stop wearing my ipod buds,) don't fit the radio in the truck. In other words, somebody did a very nice job of reworking the dash so they could fit the present stereo with 5 1/2" centered knobs. I'd never thought about the possibility that the very nice looking dash wasn't original knock outs. Looked behind it and, yep, there's fiberglass patches where there should be AD radio holes. Oh, well. I couldn't afford to get that $500 original style radio for a while, anyway. And at least I've still got a few old cassettes around somewhere. Ozark Mountain Daredevils, anyone?

The UPS man came to my house too! What an exciting day! Now if only it was in the negative degrees...
I got my wing window rubbers, door glass channels, and other window/door rubbers.
Also got my dual MC and just waiting on my bracket to convert over... so I've started planning my brake line routes

I installed my rebuilt Trico vacuum operated wiper motor today. The wipers work like a champ with only one vacuum source and no rain-X!
My sweetheart and I drove the truck into town today... much joy and many thumbs ups and waves!
What a rewarding feeling after all the hard work and love put into this project!

Got my rocker assembly and pushrods cleaned up in preparation to reinstall the reworked head on my 235, and started making my move on a round recirc heater via ebay... I have a feeling this new year is going to be VERY eventful!

Drilled 34 holes into the side of my '65 for side trim. I was questioning my sanity with each new hole

Also modified some used OEM fleet side trim for use on the rear step side fenders.

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Yesterday I stripped out everything from the dash except the wiper motor and the headlight switch. The wiper motor has a stripped out clutch head screw and the button to release the headlight switch knob will press in fully, but won't release the knob. It's the little things that seem to be the worst pain sometimes. LOL I ran out of time, so I'll deal with those later.

I also removed the passenger side half of the windshield and just as I suspected, there is about an inch long area of rust through at the lower outside of the window channel.

Took mine on a cruise in 70+ degree temps and enjoyed and rejoiced in the blessings given!

Started it!

Man, that felt good.

Repaired the broken horn wire .

In the middle of making it go faster. Patrick's rear kit.
Going good so far, just have to get the torque tube bushings out.
Jim
'52 GMC

Jim,

We knocked out the forward bushing/seal by hammering on a metal water pipe from the rear-end side of the tube. Sorry, I do not remember the diameter of the pipe.

Ordered & received my Cadillac motor parts for Marge today.
Amazingly the cost of the cam/lifters were about 3/4ths of $500 order I made.
Glad I was sitting down when I made the order....joe

Wow, It's been a while since I posted progress, but I've working on it steady none the less.

got the interior mostly done

interior

gas tank mounted

and painted

front fenders primed

front fenders painted

misc parts painted

front fenders mounted

front fenders

More pictures to follow.......

Friday night I fixed my passenger door lock. I got a used key lock cylinder with the rod that my truck was missing from Oldblue48 (thanks again!). I swapped the little rod over to my truck's key lock cylinder. I ended up taking out the whole door lock/latch assembly, cleaning it, re-greasing it, and reinstalling it. The door that used to have to be shut pretty hard (almost slammed) to latch securely now operates like new, and the lock works using the key. I'm pretty pleased with how it worked out, and am planning on doing the same cleaning/re-greasing on the driver's side one of these days.

Yeh, That's what I am working on. Trying to get the right diameter to get by the bushing stop and still hit the bushing to drive it out. I think I will slightly heat the tube to help.
Thanks
jim

Nice work. I've been hunting & doing wood-work & haven't done a thing on mine, but I finally took my truck cab to get sandblasted yesterday...That's progress for me! I guess that means I call my project a frame-off restoration in the classic resto-lingo?

Brad

Started disassembly on a 1959 fleetside Saturday. Got the front end and bumper off. Sunday it was the doors and cab interior, guages, switches and trim. Monday night it was the deluxe cab trim and mirrors. Tuesday I pressure washed the engine and cab, and cut the bed strips off. I've been derusting nuts and bolts'n stuff in vinegar.