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Thanks, I am too Kevin. I really think it will be a “cherry on top.” Tonight I installed the left inner fender, remaining kilmat installed inside doors, battery tray installed, rad and tubes installed. Guess where I found that inner fender bolt…on my bench. In a bag. Right in front of me. I’d looked there I swear 5 times.

Man looked I guess!

Next up, hang the front fenders, cowl cover and paint those.

Hours:665

My eyes are green with envy! That etching is gonna look sharp. Nice work.

I just spent part of Canada Day in Breton at the local show and shine after visiting with Fox, I can tell you the brands that are etched into the wood are amazing and the C10 is looking pretty cool too!

Thanks Doyle. It was great you could make it out. A few of my other buddies were kicking around and they really admired your 1 ton.

I have been busy lately. We went houseboating in BC, camping in the mountains with my family, camping at the lake with my brother and his family; it has been a whirlwind lately, but things are getting done.
Front fenders and cowl cover- painted.

Tailgate letters masked and painted low gloss black, tailgate masked and painted green. The letter stickers don’t quite fit the aftermarket gate perfectly. I wouldn’t use them on a tailgate if it were me. I used the stickers as a mask for the paint job. I had to slice and dice to make them fit properly. Some were too tall, some too narrow, some too wide, reproductions rearing their head again. Ugh. I stuck the letters to my jeans prior to make them not so sticky. We will see if it works.

Rear inner tubs rubber lined.
Bed wood laser wrapped up.
Bed wood sealed with 3 coats of clear varnish.
Bed wood assembled in box.
Interior progressing- first pieces of 1/2” insulation laid down on floor. Back cab wall insulation applied over kilmat.
I applied some more sound deadening tape on the door skin inside.

Slow, but busy at Fox Rods.


Hours: 685

Wow the painting is really coming together looks amazing!
The bed wood with the brands lazer etched on is going to bring a lot of attention to your build.

What a great night. My uncles and dad came over tonight and we hammered this out. Tightening all the bolts prior to the lift took a while, but good times were had by all. Only I bonked my head on the bolts under the wood. I will have to shim the cab slightly, but it went very well! The couple brews after were well earned. Fun fun.

Hours: 687

Well, my use of the stickers bit me in the posterior. With the size discrepancy they didn’t work as well as I had hoped, especially the ones I had to cut to size. The letters were “ok”, but there was some minor bleed through, and the “sticky” removal technique caused more work in the end. The slight bleeds I tried to “fingernail” back into the green, but it wouldn’t move much. If it did, sometimes it would discolour the green and caused it to look terrible. The microscopic fuzzies from my jeans technique were able to be removed by cutting them with a fingernail. I wouldn’t recommend this. The paint was simply too hard to work as I had left it too long.

So…

I masked the now black letters, sanded out the errors in the black, and then remasked, following the green as a guide in most places, but in some breaking new trail- especially the T. If you look at the picture with the E & T you can see how poorly it turned out. Little bleeds, flecks of white, etc. Ugh. It was brutal and I had to sand out some green that was very tough to blend in such a small space. Then, I re-prepped the now green tailgate. This in turn cost about 8 hours. What a tedious task. Cutting painters tape to match, and recutting, matching, checking, sealing, etc…

In hindsight, I should have painted the whole gate final paint coat and then painted the letters. My sticker plan didn’t work very well.

As for those reproduction stickers… some don’t fit worth spit. If you buy them to apply to your 67-72 Chev/GMC…buyer beware. Some were a very poor fit. I can see why so many tailgates have the letters deleted or are simply body colour.

Also, an FYI for anyone buying a reproduction tailgate: the C is different on the aftermarket gate. The lower left of the C is sharp (like an L), whereas a stock gate will have a rounded lower left corner. Think your stick on letter stickers will match this discrepancy? HAHAHA! Oh, poor you! I posted this elsewhere, but figured it would be very useful on this thread. I attached one photo of an original C.

After prep, I resprayed the black. I waited for a few hours after the last coat for it to tack up quite a bit, and then I CAREFULLY removed my masking. What a tense moment, but in the end I am quite satisfied with the result. With my error, it actually helped raise the black letters to the previous paint height, which helped hide the transition between green and black.

During that fiasco, I finished installing the insulation. I am working on a firewall rubber mat to cover the rest of the firewall. The new carpet only comes up to the top of the toe board and then stops. This rubber will slide under the new carpet. Fit, mark, cut, enlarge holes, fit, mark, cut, double check, try again.

While all this was going on…
1.
E Brake and rubber pad installed. This thing fought like a bear to go in. I glued the rubber in place on the pedal. I can’t find the chrome trim piece. I thought I ordered it.
2.
Reinstalled brake pedal rubber and glued it down. Installed its fancy chrome trim.
3.
Installed tailgate once cured with standard hex head hardware while the original type bolts are drying in their paint after sand blasting.
4.
Bumper and license plate recess installed.
5.
Fuel door installed in the wood.
6.
Began looking at the plan of attack for the wiring harness…

A lot of hours. It doesn’t look like much, but that’s truck building I guess.


Hours: I have to add up all the tallies on the shop board. There are a pile of them! I bet 20…

Today I did a few things.
1. Mounted the tailgate latch and rods inside the gate. Double checked things, added a little rubber strip on the backside of the gate to stop rubbing on the straps. SLOWLY close it up, and click! It closes beautifully with nary a rattle or shift. Very pleased with its operation.

2. Continued and, I believe, finished up the firewall insulation and rubber install. Drilled holes for the AC unit, throttle cable, pedal mount, etc. Sprayed some adhesive down and laid it in. It looks quite decent. Perfect? No, but it’s up under the dash and I have more things to install and thus hide the imperfections!

3. Assembled and installed the 2 AC vents in the dash. What fun!

4. Installed and retweaked the travel of the throttle pedal. Full travel achieved and in a comfortable position too.

5. My kids wanted to play trucks in the C10 cab as I had it out on the pad in the sunshine. Yep, yep!

Updated hours: 708