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Way to go Wayne! Congrats.....

Taking out my radio to send back to Antique Radio AGAIN.... What a lemon.

Got a pile of small parts cleaned and ready for paint tomorrow. I've got the week off so if all goes as planned I might actually get something done. I really wanna put something TOGETHER!!!

Got the bed on and teh glass in. Whoohoo she's gettin' close to being on the road again!
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Hard work is paying off. Looks nice.

I cleaned up and painted a more period correct inside rear view mirror for my 37,I had installed a billet mirror so I could have a mirror. I picked up the mirror a couple years ago and finally got around to painting it,I also picked up a inside sunvisor that will work but I will have to wait until I get material to redo the interior before even thinking about installing it.

I got the body off the frame on Sunday so Ive been laying on my back scraping and sanding.First coat of Chassis Saver on last night second coat now.Maby I can get it on the finished frame this week end.

Installed the barn door switch. Tested the tail light. Success!!

I just finished rebuilding the horn that I will sell at the next swapmeet.

It is.

Got the spotlights back on and working. Glued the new weatherstripping on the doors. Found it is way easier to just take the doors off to glue on the weatherstripping.

Got the more correct looking inside rear view mirror installed,dont know what it was originally off of but looks better then the billet mirror I was using.

The truck rolls a bit with the camper on , so today I fitted new heavy duty 4x4 shocks and that has cured the issue.

Stripped my cab of anything and everything useful yesterday so it's ready to scrap... Hope to update blog tonight.

Have a cab in New Mexico I'm buying but have to arrange shipping
from there to NY

Any takers?


Tj

But door adjustment is easier to do without the weatherstripping in place.

When I was at the point of weatherstripping the doors I had heard so many horror stories about weatherstripping doors and thought about taking the doors off but, I had heard many more horror stories about hanging doors. That was my motivation for leaving them on.

Had to drive the 37 around some today to make sure the new battery is all charged up and A-OK....and drove it around getting parts for the "newer" bolt!

I bolted my new tag on yesterday.

Only the 2nd tag it's had since I bought it almost 10 years ago... yikes! I've had it that long?

-W

Luckily I have new hinge pins and bear claw latches. Just got the bolts in, closed the doors and snugged up the bolts. Everything seems to work fine.

I had 3.55 gears installed.

Got the pass side splash pan on and modifying the drivers side to clear the dual exhaust,should have it done in a couple days and will use them as tool catchers when I drop a tool tinkering on it.

went to the winter swap meet in Lebanon TN and scored on a heater switch, two 600x16 tires, oil filter and spotlight for the 53 chevy 3104. Had a great time.

Fished in the drivers door latch, replaced the drivers striker plate, temporarily installed the drivers inner door handle, removed the TPI plenum to access the EGR area in preparation of making some intake block off plates. Oh yeah, replaced the broken spring on the drivers door latch mechanism.

Got the front grill support stripped to bare metal

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Rust proofed:

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Primed and painted:

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And installed:

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And yes that's a heater in the background - it was cold this weekend.

Looking really good Mark.

Pulled the wire welder out and started welding holes! Holes in the doors from (?) many mirrors installed over the years. Holes above box step for aux. feul tank. Holes on stake pockets where tie down brackets used to be. Holes in dash from missing spotlight. Holes at rear box brace, licence plates? Holes in kick panels for (?). Pert near 40 of em!!! Prevous owners must of run amuck with a drill near as I can figure. Maybe it will stop whistlin when I drive it now! Next..... some grinding work!

Got into the rear brakes on the 57 GMC LCF 370 today, to see what parts I need. Wheel cyl. bores look good, think I will hone and just replace the washers. Found out that it has 2 cyls. per wheel on all 4 corners and they are 1 1/2" bores on all. Shoes look good with plenty of lining left. All 4 return springs were broken, and need the inner seal.
Both adjustment screws were frozen up, got them loose and oiled up. This is just the right rear, who knows whats in the left side. Ready for cleaning every thing,get parts, and put back together and head on over to the left side.

Got the driver side splash pan modified to clear the dual exhaust and painted,will install tomorrow night.

Thanks!

Disassembled TPI plenum. Put most of the parts in the soup. Made an EGR block off plate out of 1/4" aluminum.

Got the drivers side splash pan on and not sure if it was worth the effort but its on.

Cleaned more of the plenum parts. Unpacked my Champion aluminum radiator to check for damage. All good. Unpacked my Classic Parts box for more necessary parts.

Well, I took the cover off the '59 rearend I picked up Saturday from a fellow bolter. I wanted it to replace the center section in my panel and what to my SURPRISE, it is a 3.38 ration....talk about a happy man. No more 3.90. Wow, the Stovebolt God was sure looking over me today.

got my door hinge fixed thanks to the tech tip, now for the first time since i bought the truck the door works properly and no longer falls off every time i open it !!!!!!!!!!

Didn't get anything done but I just scored a restored early style front sway bar on ebay today.
Decided on a whim to bid on it at the last minute and won. ...I'm actually surprised I got it.

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Also bought a fresh air heater off baldeagle and finally made some updates to my blog - www.rustyfiftyone.com

Finished the last thing after installing the splash pans,when I ran the new brake linesafter the disc conversion I used the holes for the splash pans to attach the brake lines to the frame so I picked up clips for 1/4 inch bolts.

More cleaning on the TPI plenum. Had one bolt fight me on the drivers side intake tubes, gonna have to drill it. Cleaned the PCV tubes. Removed the old engine wiring harness.

Replaced the radiator on the '65. The almost brand new Champaion developed a leak. I thought poor workmanship until I got it out and discovered the leak was caused by the condensor tube touching and rubbing on the core. The poor workmanship was mine! Placed a cut ruber hose over the tube and reassembled with a new radiator. I'll have to get this one welded and then I'll put it in the '66.

Got both rear spring bolts, bushings and shackles repaced. Welded up the rt rear frame mount and reamed to fit the new bushing. Got the bed bolts cut and ready to pull the bed.

Took the seat back to the upholsterer to have them re-do the seams that didn't come out that well when they did them last fall. It is going to be spring here before we know and I can get back it again.