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Assembling a carter YF for the 37,painted a couple parts so waiting to dry before the final assembly.

Started welding up the various cracks and busted seams on the bed. Man do I need the pracrice. I now have a usable tailgate and the sides don't flap and bend when climbing onboard.
Thankfully I have plenty of practice welding to do in unseen places before I start to tackle the cab & fenders.

Finished the assembly of the YF and took apart the Harrison heater.

Did some work on the '56 today. Awhile back I dinged a front fender coming out of the shop. Not bad but I found out the rear bottom corner was held on with bondo. Notice I said was. After that it stuck out and had to be pushed in to open the door.

Today I fixed it. The piece that is supposed to bolt on is completely rusted away. I built a block of oak to fit the gap and attached it with sheet metal screws. It should last my lifetime. Whoever gets it after I'm dead can laugh about the 'farmer fix'.

I also gave her a lube job while I had it in the air.

Replaced my Master Cylinder and adjusted it. I need to pull the speedometer out and replace the numbers on the odometer which will more than likely my last project till spring.

Just got the '41 back from the paint shop and it looks great. Painted it the same colors but now there are no light spots or dents or runs etc.

It looks great you say Commetman, where are the pics.

Cleaned the air filter and replaced fuel filters. This weekend it's plugs and install new 10mm wires.

Got the shock / spring towers welded on

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Had to bolt the rack in to figure where the engine mounts fit

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Then welded the mounts in place

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Great work John.

Waiting for engine delivery...6 weeks today. I am unbelievably excited..for a old guy.

Stabbed the engine in the '52. Now I can get rid of the Gantry Crane that takes up so much of my very limited work space.

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Great work and great pics Dave.

sweeeeet. The puzzle is coming together! Looks nice.

stripped a rear fender to bring inside to do some work on... too cold outside, so into the basement it goes!

Fried my old ignition switch, swapped for the same. Switch was bad from factory, drive back to store and get another. Got two faulty switches and now the store is closed.. Ordering push button from summit.

The other day I went to wall lumber in Madison nc
Picked out some curly white oak boards then had them saw and plane them
And yesterday me and a friend used a table saw to cut the places for the new stainless bed strips I got from Jim Carter's and now they rest with a hundred of other pieces awaiting the paint job, Brewster green and black
Grill should be back by first of the year. , oh yea I had to bore block 30 over , parts should be here from Patricks next week also got rear torn down and found a 410 set of gears at farm I had forgotten , that's next week lol

got the '41's frame painted

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And the engine painted

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Received in the mail an very good looking AD Radio purchased from Calif. Price was right. Now to install it.

whoooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i got my headlights working!!!!!!!!!!!!! first electrical system that actually works !!!!!!!!!!!!!



Indy

Pulled front bumper, bumper brackets.valence and hood latch panel getting ready for the Scott Danforth crossmember install. Front clip next. need to drain radiator and trans cooler first. I will have pics as I progress further. This will be a major undertaking but it needs to be done as the Sub will be for sale in the spring of '14 and I don't want the new owner to be saddled with alignment problems and premature front tire wear.


Weeds

Painted the hood and front fenders. have to be creative on how I paint things due to my very limited space. Turned out ok, but windy day so a bit of dust that I will need to compound out.

Painting

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Really looks nice DavidF. Looks like a solid color. I'm going to use a solid green, not sure what shade. What type paint did you go for?

Dennis

Thanks Dennis. I am using Dupont Ful-Thane single stage. I like the way it sprays and lays down nice.

I finally got round to attending to a couple of electrical gremlins.
My fuel gauge had been playing up,the gauge istself checked out as OK so it was down to the sender or wiring,only snag was i'd boxed the whole gas tank in.
After an hour or so I found the culprit,a bad/loose ground,an easy fix but thanks to the boxing a simple 5 minute job turned into a marathon,the flickering brake light issue was down to the same problem,but much easier to cure.

Lesson for today,always check your grounds are good!

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Nice work David.

Replaced the lifters and rockers with something a little better than stock

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Now working on getting the engine mounted in the frame....

...love the pics.

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Engine and tranny are now in the frame, hopefully this weekend I can start on the engine bolt-ons.

The green is the color the cab will be.

John:

Very interesting color...will stand out for sure. Why not paint the transmission the same color while you are at it? It seems that is what they do on all the quick build car shows like OverHaulin, etc. Good progress.

John, what tranny is that?

In anticipation of the 10 days away and 1000+km trip, I gave the truck a full set of new brakes .

I love that truck.

Finally got back into the garage.

- confirmed the operation of the ingition switch (truck runs in "accy", now know that the switch is okay)
- removed the glovebox
- removed the dash center trim piece (screened for speakers, but the truck never had a radio).
- pulled the original cigarette lighter out.

Next up is gage cluster removal for restoration and re-wiring!

Installed a second heater in the shop... tired of being cold and those days are now over (pending an apocalypse that is) ....

Removed the 235... started cleaning and de-greasing everything

Replaced the trans with a better SM318 (I know, but that's what she came with) and replaced the carrier bearing.

Leaking oil, so replaced the valve cover gasket. Is there no way to get the oil pan off of a 250cid in a '66 C10 without raising the engine? Trapped between the cross-member and flywheel...arrghh!

Hope it's not the rear main leaking. Would have checked, but had to get her together to drive to work today.

I assume you can't remove the cross-member?

Riveted -and it's where the motor mounts are attached.

The sump won't clear the cross-member when I slide it forward, and the pan won't clear the flywheel if I slide it towards the rear.

Guess I'll install the new gasket by touch.