Today I put a seat belt around my 93 year old father and took him for a ride. Then I put a seat belt around my 6 year old granddaughter and took her for a ride. They both love my 1948 red Chey 1/2 ton. It is stock and drives like an old truck. What a GREAT day!
Took out the broken passenger side glass out of my 58 Apache and replaced it with good glass. Removed the old tint from the rest of the glass. Fixed my exhaust leak.
Got the tranny (3 speed) back together yesterday, put it back in the truck today. Also got the universal joint and bell assembly back in. Hope to finish up tomorrow and road test.
oil change, rotated the tires, and readjusted the brakes. Getting it ready for it's first real road trip, going from Danville IL to Greenwood IN tomorrow.
Still in the process of switching back to fuel injection. Got a great harness from the fuel injection connection. Lot of work to do by this weekend tryiny to get road ready. We're having a car show at the Church this weekend.
Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making.
Got my new driveshaft installed,including dealing with a clearance issue.(yet another oversight on my behalf!) Secured my rear airlines for the airbags and finally got them air tight! Set the pinion/driveshaft angle. Just rear shocks and bumpstops to go on the rear. It's getting real close to being driveable(sort of)........woohoo!
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
Replaced rubber bumpers on hood, rubber bumpers in glovebox, new window channel felts, installed driver side sun visor, got hand lettering started on doors and rear fenders, brake and turn signal wiring straightened out, contacts cleaned and in full working order for horn. Next is radio and speaker, finish hand lettering and get the new white walls balanced and installed. Slowly but surely.
We're going to need pictures of that lettering when you get done.
Yakimabowtie, that was a good find. It will still look stock to the uninformed and less worry about insulation wearing through.
I'm in the middle of replacing the rubber fuel lines in my '56 with steel. I hope that stops the trouble I've been having with fuel delivery. I have the tank soaking in phosphoric acid in preparation for Red-Kote.
"It's just a phase. He'll grow out of it." Mama, 1964
Mounted the aerial for the radio,changed the dimmer switch,and now the wife wants me to do something about the loose"nut" behind the steering wheel.Anybody else have this problem? Roy
Mounted the aerial for the radio,changed the dimmer switch,and now the wife wants me to do something about the loose"nut" behind the steering wheel.Anybody else have this problem? Roy
Delved into the worls electrics and fixed tailights/turn signals. Tomorrow domelight.
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The 53 hasn't run well since I installed the new pertronix ignition. Finally had time today to look into it today. Changed the fuel filter, checked the timing. Whaddya know, maybe the pertronix install affected the timing. It started to run like it should again.
It may not be the easy way, but it is the Cowboy Way - Ranger Doug Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. - Ben Okri 1953 Chevy 3100 1960 Volvo PV 544 1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe
Mounted the aerial for the radio,changed the dimmer switch,and now the wife wants me to do something about the loose"nut" behind the steering wheel.Anybody else have this problem? Roy
Finished fabrication of 2-1/2" duals on my 65 C10. Long tube headers, 28" Cherry Bombs and full length duals. Pretty pleased with the "old school" sound it has.
Here is a video link, more info in my build thread:
Looking good! I assume you are lining up your boards and will then drill for your bolts. I will be installing my bed as well. Could you keep us updated with pics as you go along with the process.
Looking good! I assume you are lining up your boards and will then drill for your bolts. I will be installing my bed as well. Could you keep us updated with pics as you go along with the process.
Yep, I'll try and keep it updated. We don't have our bedsides yet, so we're doing this a little unorthodox. Normally, I'd put the whole box together on the floor, install the boards (loosely bolted), then set it on the frame and drill the holes.
Since we are waiting on the paint/bodywork and I'm impatient, I decided to see if it could be done this way and there really is no reason you can't. The only thing is that you can't bolt down the front (at least not permanently) b/c I think the front bed panel is attached with the same bolts as hold the boards down. Otherwise, most everything else sits on top of the wood and we'll drill the holes where the angle strips attach along the sides once the bed is done.
Crap, put the darn bed strips on backwards. One end has two of square punched holes close together (about 2" apart), the other end is a single hole. I figured the two holes went towards the back, but now the sills don't line up with the frame holes. And, indeed, there is a difference in the spacing depending on which way you turn them.
Now, off to remove several dozen bolts/washers/lock washers/nuts and start over. Ugh.
UPDATE: Well, disaster averted. I was complaining about my problem and the wife asked why I didn't just pick it up and turn it around....duh!! 5 minutes later, problem solved. I'll post updates in another thread so as not to hijack this one.
Went out in the garage & looked at it, wishing it was done...joe
Been there,done that!
I'm installing my wiring loom at the moment, so far,so good. I haven't done the 'smoke test' yet though.....!
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in Scotland In the Stovebolt Gallery More pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings "Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
I also rewired using an American Autowire kit with "20" circuits which would accommodate a bunch of extra equipment like elec wipers and aircond. The amazing thing was that when finished, I flipped the switch and nothing happened. I was almost disappointed as I stood there with my fire extinguisher in hand. Everything worked and nothing smoked,
Got the rear fenders and hood back from the sand blaster. Checked out how much work needs to be. Hood is nearly perfectly straight with minor surface rust but not rot. Fenders...hmm, only 9 areas to patch on one rear fender and maybe 5 on the other lol I'm too cheap to buy any pre-fab patches so everything will be hand made for the most part. I took down my front fenders and inner-fenders to the sand blaster as well.
Got the rear fenders sanded down to bare metal and started cutting out patches and tacking them in today. Will finish cutting all the patches up tomorrow and hopefully get everything welded up tomorrow as well.
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Hi and thanks for watching! Getting into gear was a little diff, but that was the tranny - LOL The engine is 235 I just got done rebuilding the carb - those things leak!! The automatic choke is nice though.
Dan and Melina from MN. 1956 Chevy/GMC custom 1 Ton dually step side short box.
Around here we always gig folks to encourage them to attach pictures with their posts, some do and some don't even tell us what truck their working on. However you went the extra mile and sent in a video. Well done.
Well, our truck is important to us. If someone is looking for encouragement to continue to restore of custom build their truck then I hope we did just that. We will post more as time goes on. Check my youtube page and also I set up a little face book page for Chevy Task Force Club. Check it out! Thanks for you kind words. Dan
Dan and Melina from MN. 1956 Chevy/GMC custom 1 Ton dually step side short box.
well I gave mine a hand shine and put a fresh coat of "Rain-X" on the outside glass. Winter project for this yr. is to get my redesighned and relocated wiper regulator arms in sinc, currently the passenger side has half the travel of the drivers side wich travels perfectly. Uncle had a neat idea on the wipers but needed to put a bit more thought into it ....lol
It's interesting how this thread gets a ton of posts when the weather is nice but when cold weather hits many of us complain about how cold it is and how they won't be able to tinker on the old bolt until it warms up. For you guys located in the colddddddd climates and are able to keep the bolt inside, I would suggest getting a propane heater to be able to continue all this work. They are not every expensive. Mine will carry me through the cold months and half of the next year. http://www.heatershop.com/images/mh12t_big.jpg This one costs 42$
I got the back of the cab sanded and primed last night. If the weather stays nice, I'll get it painted this evening.
I did figure out how to upload most of the project pictures, but not sure how to get them in the right order. I'm alot better with mechanical things than electronic things......
