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Put gas in my new tank and checked the sender,all is good and no leaks or gas smells.

Got my home brewed windshield wipers working at last.....
It's one of those jobs i've been deliberately avoiding due to the location,i.e. under the dash!
I contorted,cussed and sweated my way under there and got it done....

The linkage was done some time ago and yesterday I got the motor mounted and wired too,just need a switch and new blades,job done!

Took a break from sanding last night and sprayed the bottom half of the dash (it's going to be two tone). Tonight hopefully will be the last little bit of sanding and then we paint the cab.

Remounted my front bumper correctly! Recently realized I mounted it upside down when I finished the truck. DOH!!!

i got started to hand polish the paint and bring out the red in my 1936 1.5 tow truck,boy that work! its not pink no more!

Got the other air shock mounted and leaf spring put back on. I'm proud to say that now the frame doesn't rest on the axle any more. Well, at least on the left side

I'm hoping to be able to take the air compressor over and see if I can't get this thing up in the air! If all goes well, I'll be able to move on to the brakes!

Finally! Some progress!

I got the horn put back on the manifold. About 40 years ago, when I put the 235 powerglide engine in the '51 burb, I mis-drilled the horn mounting holes in the manifold tab. The horn has been hanging on and flopping around on one bolt ever since. The other day the bolt broke and the horn fell off. It was caught by the generator.

Today I studied on it, took a measurement, center punched a new hole location, drilled a pilot hole and mounting hole. Horn bolted on and fit perfectly. Who-hoo!

I think I have learned how to do a few things since I was 19.

Kurt

Forty years to finish a job, sounds like my body shop. lol

WhooHoo! Got her back from my paint and body guy. Nice to have it back in the shop. Now I can finally start putting everything back together.

Got the wiper motor and trans in and the defrost ducts after getting the core support/hood adjusted.
Tomorrow- wiring!

Looks like you're doing it right Baba. Where are you getting the wiring?

Put the 58 Impala Steering wheel on the 68 pickup column on my 52 panel. Then covered the tranny cover and the batter box cover with the stuff like peel & seal. Removed the gas pedal and installed the horse hair underlayment for the rubber floor mat. Also sprayed my "bowtie" brake pedal pad with undercoating so it would not be slippery but I just don't like it.....I'm gonna strip it back off, paint the back and glue me a piece of thin rubber to it....and, the idler pulley for the serpentine belt was BARELY rubbing the back of the electric fan housing so I fixed that little problem to.

A few more runs up and down the street and I may put the tags on it and go for a ride

Played hookie from work this morning and put the first coat of paint on the '59 cab. Tonight we'll give it the second coat. Pictures tomorrow, I promise........

I got the wiring kit from Speedway. It was about half the price of the Painless kit. I'll let you know how it turns out.

First off, I'm back after being gone for a couple of years. Been working on my Masters degree, not my truck, but I didn't get rid of it.

Well, I've done a lot in the last couple of years. I combined the good parts from my parts truck with the good parts of my good truck and then got rid of the parts truck. It found a good home with a friend who picked up a 1963 C10 fleetside.

This last couple of months, I have made a lot of progress. I got the engine swap finished (235 to 327), put the new Holley mdl 4165 (650 cfm) installed, installed the VintageAire A/C system in (not charged yet), stripped and refinished the grill/headlight assembly (I went with a 1960 model, I got it with the parts truck), got the cooling system all installed and closed, and installed the new fuel pump..

Over the last couple of days, I got the engine running, even though I had a half a tank of 5 year old gas, put new tires on the front, and last night, I actually took it out for a short, but loud, trip to the local gas station to mix another half tank of high octane in with that old stuff.

I say loud because I have not installed an exhaust system yet. I still have just the factory ramhorn manifolds and nothing else. I'm looking at going full custom dual exhaust with flowmasters (or similar) with the turn outs just in front of the rear tires and under the steps.

That's what I've done to my Bolt recently. :-)

Video of the motor running

Gallery with some of the trucks in my life

Last week, I bought a '55 Bel Air 235 engine to put in my '51 1/2 ton replacing my 216. Last night finished cleaning and priming block. Took head off and tomorrow taking to engine shop to get checked out and valve job. Found the original timing gears have already been replaced by a PO so make that one less item I have to do. Took some #s off the cam to see if the engine shop can id for me. Hopefully sell some ebay listed items this weekend to clear up my garage/work area.

Finished painting the '59 cab!

http://s783.photobucket.com/albums/...ct/?action=view&current=cab91412.jpg

2 tone dash

http://s783.photobucket.com/albums/...t/?action=view&current=dash91412.jpg

Finally ordered both stainless fuel lines and tank mounting pads so I can move the new Spectra tank and dual action fuel pump outta the diningroom. ...the pump made a nice center piece, I thought.

This completes the entire fuel system. Tank to carb the only thing original to the truck is the filler neck.

Was your truck assembled in the St. Louis plant? Mine was built there sometime in February 51. I bought if from someone near Concord Village and hauled it back to Dallas.

Yep. August of '51. Lived all its life around the greater St.L area. I'm the third owner, bought it off a guy in South City who did little to nothing to save it.

We're connected! lol

I've been working on my bedrails most of the day. Being a Very amateur woodworker I must stop every time I move between sawing and drilling. With me it's, "measure 20 times and spend 20 minutes thinking what will happen, then cut." I am taking pics for those that might be interested in bedrails. More to come...

Headliner trim pcs removed and glass blasted, Heater shell stripped and core trim painted. ,,,more to come tomorrow

I finished mocking up my bedrails tonight. I got one picture snapped and then dropped my camera and it is now kaput. I will crank-up my wife's camera and see if I can take some pics of the mock-up and the rest of the adventure. I'll break it down tomorrow and begin the sanding.

Looks like I wasn't the only person had a bad day Jim,I look forward to your pics,assuming the boss will let you use her camera!

I pulled the truck out the garage yesterday with a view to going on it's first real shakedown run and to calibrate the electronic speedo.

Long story short the left rear brake caliper took a dump....it's marked it's territory all along my driveway.
On the plus side at least it happened in the driveway at 5mph rather than approaching a set of stop/traffic lights.

Ironically the rear calipers are two of the very few second hand parts on the whole truck,well apart from the body and chassis.
I had checked them before fitting and everything seemed to be A.O.K.....

Unsuprisingly the FLAPS here don't sell Firebird calipers or re-build kits.

Changed oil and took a ride tomVirginia and burnt a contraband cigar. Still fighting communism after all these years!

Finally got my 56 running today, after it had been sitting since 1997 according to the previous owner. Got it unstuck last summer, and put in all new brake lines and cylinders over the winter. Making progress, slowly but surely. LOL

Where them dang pics?

I'll get some out there tonight! =)

Separated at birth! lol

Picked up my vent window frames with the new wing glasses installed for my '59.
They look great... but on one of 'em, I rivited in a vertical seal plum backards!
Quick fix, but... what a Goober!
Jerry

i did the driver side king pins today on my 1936 1.5 wrecker truck. nice and tight now!, now to do the right side.

Here are some pics of my 56 Chevy 1/2 ton that I finally got started after sitting since the mid 90's. This is how I found her a year ago and is how she looks today for the most part.

http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu108/reiserg/1956%20Chevy%202nd%20Series%20Half%20Ton/

I went to Seeburg Muffler in North Kansas City and had them change my noisy dual exhaust from the headers to one pipe and muffler out the back. Now I can hear the engine and transmission noises that were drowned out before. Nice job on the exhaust though.

..one step backwards. Tried to put the bottom door seal retainer on my 52panel but ran into some problems....or maybe its just me. Anyway, I've pulled some of the weather stripping back off the bottom and will have another go of it....after consulting the guru's here on the bolt.
Darn it, I will figure it out....I will figure it out....

OK, I drilled out and turned the vent window vertical seal around and riveted again. NOW I'm done with that part of the project!

On another note, I needed a 4'th wheel with clips to complete the set for my '59 truck and found 2! So now, I even have a correct wheel for the spare on my side mount. Best part of all, they were FREE!
I like free... just sayin'

Jerry

Got the tank mounting pads and stainless fuel lines last night. Tank, lines and pump go on tomorrow!

I have been sanding and preparing the wood for my bedrails. After sanding down each piece to a smooth finish I pulled down my Minwax Helmsman Spar Urethane to find a half gallon left over from treating my bed-wood over a year ago. As I applied the urethane I noticed small bits of dried product on the wood. Rather than stopping and dealing with the urethane I continued to treat one side of each piece of wood. After drying I could tell I would need to re-sand. I re-sanded and filtered the urethane through cheesecloth and reapplied. The result was better but the problem then seemed to be that the urethane was too thick. *SOLUTION*
I went back into the house and took a 4 hour break.
Then I visited Home Depot where I bought lots of sandpaper and a new qt. of urethane. Tomorrow is a new day...
Pics? You don't want to see.

i started overhauling and painting my engine in my 55 2nd 4400, i'm painting the engine chevy orange and black with silver touches here and there, i have the head and manifolds done and am already amazed how beautiful it is. now since i am painting the engine and overhauling it, maybe the old pain in the rear will start and run for me for a change. as the canadian stovebolters say, oy!

today i'm going to get the head gasket set and start that part of the rebuild, i'm kinda exited 'cause this is the first time i have pulled an engine and overhauled it, and man does that paint look good on the head and manifolds, i can't believe that I did it by myself !!!!

Proud of your progress Indy! Keep it up and keep us posted.

Today I installed the felt on my vent window division bars and drilled out the fasteners holding the lower window channels to the window frames. Then, I sanded the frames down to bare metal and painted them gloss black.
Now as I look at the awesome new glass vent windows, then look at the weathered door window glasses, I've 'bout decided to buy some new door window glasses!
Jerry