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got about a third to half of rear cross boxed. waiting for bolts so i can finish the rest of it. mo

got my '52 VIN verified, weighed, and registered. she's on the road!

Yesterday I installed my grease zerks and cotter pins, and installed my AC pressure switch, set the timing and put a bright yellow dot on the timing mark. Tomorrow I'll attack the hood. Then it'll be off to Rich's for my exhaust.
Rich's

Didn't get too much done but took it out for a rumble and rattle ,still lots to do!

You inspire me John. I will add some recent pics when I get the hood on. I think I'll do a video when I'm finished. I noticed you haven't added backup lights. Will you be doing that. Also, what are your plans for your bed.

Thanks Jim,
I haven't bothered with back up lights,it never had them when it was original,and it's something I can live without.
It's not a legal requirement here either.
You may have noticed my 3rd brake light wasn't wired either.
Although as you can see in the video,the LED lights are pretty bright!

The bed will be done as Chevy intended,although probably with oak rather than pine,as soon as I've saved some more cash!
I'll have the timber sourced locally and machined for bed strips etc.

I ran a sand blaster for about 7 hours today. Now the entire bed of my 50 chevy 3100 has been stripped to the metal (and small rusty impressions). Going to treat the rust next and then apply epoxy primer.

Hard wired the tail lights and license plates lights today. I here a lot of people talking about going with LED's because stock tailights aren't bright enough. Maybe it's because I am using repro '64 Impala tailights with good reflectors, but from what I am seeing this should be "good enough".

Kudo's to my wife for heading out and operating the "whoa" peddle for the photo's.

Tail Lights, Night Time:
http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/50496/2078747030103882008S600x600Q85.jpg

Brake Lights, Night Time:
http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/48950/2759875010103882008S600x600Q85.jpg

Tail Lights, Day Time:
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/12994/2182623850103882008S600x600Q85.jpg

Brake Lights, Day Time:
http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/50263/2041659940103882008S600x600Q85.jpg

Well, maybe not today, but yesterday I replaced the push rod pan gasket. So far, so good. Other then that, not too much. I should be doing more engine detailing, painting, etc.. but ...

I thought my truck ran well before, but I put in new wires, plugs, cap, rotor, points and condenser and wow!!! Pretty dramatic difference. Didn't realize it but it must have been dragging a cylinder because it is so much smoother with a noticeable increase in power.

Found out that I am in fact getting spark at the plugs! ...now to figure out why she still won't fire up.

I put trim rings on my Suburban wheels.

Before

After

What went wrong with my day . . . or . . . POR15 Storage advice.

Read on:



The subject of "storage of POR 15" has been well covered above. I just thought I'd add my own funny story to the list. I recently stored some POR15 in a 16oz Lipton Tea plastic bottle. I filled it to about 1" from the top and closed it up tight. I have recommended this to others because I saw it somewhere and it sounded like a great idea. Simple, right? Just pour out what you want, then squeeze the botttle a bit to get rid of the extra air and reseal.

BAD IDEA!!! It may have worked for others, but not for me.

Here's what happened to me tonight.

1. I had to cut the lid off with a utility knife.
2. The POR15 came bubbling out like a volcanic eruption.
3. I now have a few freckles that were not there this morning, and they are semi-glass black.
4. I have a black line on my nose that will be there for weeks and make for interesting conversation.
5. The POR15 was lumpy, but did spread out OK and will probably cure just fine.
6. The sweatshirt my wife wanted me to throw away has POR15 all over the sleeve. It's a shame, that sweatshirt has been with me for over 15 years.
7. I painted stuff with POR15 that I had no intention of painting, but it was either that or waste the stuff that spilled. Waste POR15? Shoot no! That stuff is expensive!
8. I can still laugh about it!

Over the last few days, got started on the rebuild of the front end, and the upgrade to my brake system. Fun work so far, and nothing's broken where it shouldn't yet. Figure that'll change before I'm finished, but it's off to a good start.

That looks great Cletis. Is that on the suburban? What wheels are those?

Yes that's the Suburban. The wheels are stock centers with new Stockton rims installed.

Thanks,
I just checked their website. I've been looking for wheels. Back when I needed wheels for mockup I bought what I thought would fit my center cap, Camaro rally wheels.
However the caps would not fit the wheels.

That company had a poor reputation in the past. Don't know if it has improved

I got burned by them

Good luck

Thanks for the warning. They may have improved in whatever area needed improving as Cletis must have had a positive experience with them.

got the frame straightened out today. the one front horn was off about 3/8 inch. pretty easy for me, i dropped it off at the bodyshop, went home and cleaned the shop, since it was gone. now i can start some major frame work.

Yesterday, after attempting to charge the air conditioner and finding a halfway crimped hose spewing freon, I got it working and blowing colddddd air. Success!!!
Big plans for today...
Today was designated Hood day. I had planned on getting the hood back on after 6 years. That is all I lack besides exhaust, carpet and headliner. Then I realized the air conditioner evaporator was too close to the kick panel to loosen and tighten the hinge bolts. Lesson learned: put your hood on before installing your evaporator. After loosing the evaporator and getting the bolts loose and ready to set the hood I discovered I had no shoulder bolts for the hinges. I had ordered a full set of stainless bolts for the AD truck which included these. After digging around I found the original bolts which, though not stainless are in perfect shape. Tomorrow I'll use these and hopefully get that hood back on.
"The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men..."

had the cab sandblasted and primered the frame rails.

Replaced the battery tray on my 65 C10. I had to grind off the small bolt that screws into the fender to remove the old tray. I also found 4 original 6 lug wheels.

Jim,
How come you didn't find the leak when you evacuated the syetem?

...don't know. I guess the leak wasn't bad enough to hear the sucking sound. Also the leak might not have leaked during evacuation.

It was just like christmas in february for me. Box of new parts arrived today. So today I went out and checked to make sure they were right. Most were fine but the 2 rad hoses were wrong and i'm looking into the fuel pump. The pump they sent is half the size of the one on there but I think it is because the old has the vacuum on it to work the wiper motor.

[IMG]http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll149/Countryss/truck2.jpg[/IMG]

Rack i made for 54 GMC

Nice, real nice!

heres another shot of it
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also a cup holder i made out of a mack truck filter and an old oil wrench i had lying around
[IMG]http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll149/Countryss/cup.jpg[/IMG]

scored a set of 15" 6 lug brand new ralleys for 250 with bowtie center caps, chrome, and just the right back spacing to clear my cpp front disk brake kit! ....i love craigslist!

Just finished my winter must do list. I started 3 weeks ago and removed my 3spd trans and sent it to a long time trans shop in Vancouver(Berts Transmission) to have them stop it from jumping out of third.(Note: I had all ready installed new synchro rings and that had not worked.)They found 4 problems, 3 from PO and the main one was the maindrive shaft( input shaft) being worn out. They replaced it with a rebuilt one.( 1 week turnaround) Next was the poor threads on the diff for the cover. I had to install 4 Heli-coils. I also changed the engine oil and filter, greased all the frame grease points.Next I want to install my Fulton visor.

I got my starter from napa yesterday. Put It on this evening. Got me a water bottle and some fuel line.. Filled the carb full and she fired right up..Im excited. Not too bad for my first 216 rebuild.. Just wish i had the cab on it so i could go for a spin. That'll give me some motivation to get the cab done..

started the reinstall of the mustang ii suspension crossmember today. (took it out to straighten a frame horn and i had it off maybe a 1/16th on ten feet from front to back). got the new box plate cut and tacked in. also bead blasted a bunch of small parts now that i have air again. tomorrow weld the plate solid and cut in the reliefs for the rack and pinion. taken it easy this week kind of tired. lol MO

Where's your pics MO? Let's see some of those welds.

For the last few days I have had the truck over at a friend of mind's place. He has a lift and we have been working on the running-board arms. I would imagine very few of these old trucks have escaped a side bump or "beer bruise" to the running boards. I never considered this until now that my boards are on and the splash panel doesn't line up equal to the other side and generally nothing fits well. I have shimmed three and put a pry pipe on one to drop it about an inch. My advice to anyone with their cab off would be to check the level on these arms to make sure they are level and true.

no pics, my welds are ugly and i have no camera right now. also dont have any clue on how to post pics here.

welded the boxing plate solid. also started the measuring and marking process for the mustang ii crossmember. cleaned up the crossmember and started to cut for the rack and pinion reliefs in the frame. i was just starting to test fit the first relief(half of a metal tube) when the wife came and shut me down for supper. didn't work to hard this weekend but i am moving on anyway. see you all next weekend. mo

Buying a camera at Walmart is easy.
Samsung
You'll find pictures of your work most helpful when parts are ready to go back together.
Posting here is also easy once you get the hang of it. Just take one step at a time and get the camera first.

New water pump. thermostat. tomorrow maybe get headlight dimmer switch installed.