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I installed the harmonic balancer and had 2 intake/exhaust bolts that needed the keepers ground so they would be flat against the intake manifold and Fenton headers.took care of that and tightened the bolts.

Rear springs disassembled, cleaned, prepped, painted, ready for reassembly. Rear end removed, prepped, painted, ready to install. I still need to locate a 4.10 for this 1 ton but I'll drive her with the 5.14 until I do. Last thing to do on the chassis is the exhaust and then primer is a spraying!

GMC 1 ton front sheet metal assembled for test fit of panels before primer. My wife came into the shop this afternoon and said, "Oh wow! It looks like a truck again!" It sure went smoothly except for a couple spots where I need to clean up some welds, a couple rubbing points and radius a few corners. I'm about to try to get the hood aligned to set gaps next and anticipate it being a pain. Any tips?

There is a Stovebolt Tech Tip on fitting hoods. I can't figure out how to link stuff but just go to the Tech Tips page and you will find it.

Tips found here

Thanks fellas. It went fairly smoothly tonight. Glad it wasn't in paint but I got it looking pretty good. Now time to tear the whole thing apart for clean up and then primer! Yikes! This is really happening!

WOW ... this is crazy! I haven't been on the page for years and it remembered my password. Well done. I just thought I'd brag that I finally installed vacuum assist brakes on the Toad.

I bolted the cab in place and have the radiator and core support I place.

Installed new front shocks, modified the bumper brackets so that she sits straight and level, and did a little headlight wiring.

Managed to complete my heater install,I snagged a pair of Austin Mini demister hoses for nothing (the best price).
Makes a change actually being able to see where i'm going..;)

Of course this just coincided with a mild snap and daytime temps of 50 plus degrees!

Trying to fit the full floor boards and the passenger side kick panel. "Factor Fit" (?) ! Measuring it with a tape measure shows it is larger than the stock one on the other side. Better than being too small I guess. Going to take some cutting to resize it along with some bending and hammering.

Replaced the vacuum wiper motor with a 6 volt electric one. Don't plan on driving in the rain but if I do I don't want to depend on the old vacuum wiper motor.

This weekend I was planning on getting my running boards, rear fenders and bedsides ready to go to the blaster for cleanup and primering. But I wound up finding a weld that needed grinding here, a crack that developed there, and a dent or two that needed a little more work. So didn't get them there. Close though!

Got hub seal in and put hub, bearings and single tire on so that I could take other hub off to replace it's seal. Got that one off and took it home n cleaned up, along with both tires.

Changed the oil, lubed the frontend, tightened the F wheel bearings and adjusted the Huck brakes. Then took it on nice relaxing cruise with the heat on, much needed therapy...

got cab in the shop and taking wonsows out, to start getting the cab ready, waiting in stuff to get the motoe ready, sont likemuch,,,,,, Monshine Mike

A few weeks ago,on the way home from some friends, after a nice dinner, the headlights went out on my '55.`(fun stuff, no street lights!) A moment or so, and they came back on. Then they seemed to work ok for a while. Last week it happened again, I tapped the dimmer switch and they came back on. So, I ordered a new switch from LMC, and when I was installing it, noticed the spade connectors were loose and corroded. Lights work good now, I'm thinking a good cleaning and fixing the spade connectors would have solved the problem....

I got one kingpin done and am letting the other side soak in a nice PB Blaster tonic for a few days....

Got new Lokar throttle cable and swap meet pedal assy hooked up to the my 4 barrel Holley on the flatbed 235, today a test drive. Carb is 390 cfm, on an old Clifford intake mated to old nickle plated Corvette exhaust. love it!

Block sand, block sand, block sand, block sand...ugh

I spent more money on the old truck. That should count for something. I ordered some new dash switches, a gage cluster and some new grommets for the firewall.

Fun in the shop today. Pulled the battery, topped it off and set on the charger. Pulled the crusty ground strap and replaced it. While I was down there I saw the fuel line was kinda ugly and since I didn't have a filter-- I robbed the filter off a different project and trimmed some new line, installed all at the fuel petcock. Messed around with measurements of the bedsides for the new jumbo box project.

Greased the chassis and adjusted the brakes after the big trip.

Wind is howling through the trees, buffeting the snow against the doors as the Nor'easter ramps up. The coal in the potbelly stove is glowing bright, keeping the shop toasty warm.
Stripping everything off the frame of the '51 COE preparing to remove the old engine and trans.
All's right with the world.

The first step of dragging it out of the weeds!

Sounds poetic.

After you have have dragged it out of the woods, will you remove all the cab/front-end sheet metal, and maybe the radiator?

I will remove the cab, bed, fenders, basically any usable sheet metal from the frame and then start with the sheet metal patches and bondo

The yellow 261 was installed in the 47 3800 dually. Of course the Rock Auto transmission mounts were too wide and the engine doesn't seat right into the frame. They will be changed out. followed right behind the engine with the SM420, carrier bearing and driveshaft. Need a good source for the dual outlet water pump.....
Best my friends - Joe

Block sand, block sand, block sand, block sand... Lunch, block sand, block sand, block sand.... Yeesh.
And to think, I'm still on my first project truck! 2 more to go!

And the FUN goes on!

I got the GMC 228 unbolted and ready to pull. The '47 is getting ready to welcome a 1955 235!

I tore down a NAPCO 1/2 ton front axle. So far I have 3 out of 4 trunnions that will need welding up. 2 were completely broke off and one other was loose and would have failed soon. I'm going to have all 4 welded up. Then I got to spend most of the day cleaning 60 years of black, gooey mess up. It should be welded up this week and I'm ordering parts to get it all back together.

Finished this up yesterday... on my '65 c10 :

02/17/2017 — add a fuse block


Now I have to figure out why my blinkers suddenly stopped working.

-W

Replaced both front spring shackles and rear bolts and bushings today. Not a big day, but progress is progress! Just keep peckin' away at it...

Installed the door trim and adjusted the door fit and clearances for the weatherstripping to be installed soon. Going to tackle the brakes next.
http://s1281.photobucket.com/user/doyleosborne/library/1950%20Chevrolet%201%20Ton/Getting%20there

I like the grey

Finally got around to swapping out the dropped spindles for standard ones. No more tire rubbing!

Spent six hours heating and banging and prying stuck brake drums off my new project. 1958 Chevy Viking two ton with hoist. Got it running and now working on getting it to stop.... Always a good idea!!!'

Well, if any of you have a '65 C10 and your blinkers stop working... check this plug here :

blinker plug - 1965 Chevrolet C10

It seems to work better, plugged in. /sarcasm



-W

Both rear brake cyls and all of the old brake lines removed, heading to get custom bent lines and new crush washers tomorrow from Gregg Distributor.
New master cyl installed and all 4 brake cyls replaced. Cleaned up all of the brass unions, bolts, pivot points and original shoes ready to reinstall.