Re: 69 GMC "Ol' Blue"
 

Can't go wrong for $60 and a cruise to get it.

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Saw your score on Facebook! I'm betting you can work those pieces into some really sweet parts, high five! :gmc2:

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No, I don't think you can! Gotta love parts runs :metal:

Thanks! It was well worth the trip. He even threw in a core support for 10 bucks! Couldn't pass on that deal :lol:

Re: 69 GMC "Ol' Blue"
 

Well, with parts sitting on the floor I just couldn't help myself but to slap them on for a bit. I have a lot of aligning to do!

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The gaps are no good! I'll be trying to work on those a little today.
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Starting to look like a truck again!!!

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Re: 69 GMC "Ol' Blue"
 

Kinda gives you the feel good feeling don't it!

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Yes it does. I wish this was the last time it was going together :lol:

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Here's a few pictures of the alignment prior to adjustments

Big'ol gap!
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And here's some after a little rework. I'm not completely done, but I think it looks 100% better.

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Re: 69 GMC "Ol' Blue"
 

Definitely something i need to learn and work on! My problem is i'm all of 5'7" with my boots on and my front fender is at about my arm pit.. I need a walk around scaffolding to work on my truck LOL!

Re: 69 GMC "Ol' Blue"
 

So that was 2 fenders, a grill,and a core support for $70? Looks like a good find.

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Very nice work on the gaps. I know how much of a pain it is to get them close.

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Great work! And nice score on your new pieces!

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Yeah, that's how I'm feeling now :lol: This truck is a lot taller with the sheetmetal sitting on it.

Yeah! I thought it was too good of a deal to pass up. The passenger has rust and previous damage repair so I don't plan on using it, but the cost for the grill pieces I was missing was well worth it.

Thanks! Yes, I'm kind of hoping that when I tighten down the core support it will drop in the front a little because there is still a bigger gap at the bottom than the top. I may even have to shim the front of the cab up a bit more to get it right.

Thanks! Hopefully I don't screw them all up when I take it back apart and paint :lol:

Re: 69 GMC "Ol' Blue"
 

For some reason i lost track of this thread. i had to go back several pages to get on the up and up, but i am excited to see all the progress. gonna be a heck of a k2500

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Thanks! It's definitely cool to see it looking like a truck again...If only for a short period :)

Re: 69 GMC "Ol' Blue"
 

Well, it wasn't a ton of progress but I did manage to fix the drivers door handle area.

Before...

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Notice the gap between the handle and door?
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And here's the finished product. I'm pretty happy with it. Not bad for an amateur :)

Much closer now!
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Little skim coat of bondo and good as new!

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Well, I'm going to have to smooth out the welds a bit better before I skim it. Yesterday's grind job was just a rough one. :)

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Looks good, hard to believe it sat so high before, was it ever out.

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Very nice work on the door handle repair:metal:

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Thank you! Yeah, it's almost like they caught the handle on something...or maybe the door got stuck somehow. It was a lot of work, I can tell you that much :lol:

Thanks! I probably went overkill by cutting it out of the door, but I didn't have any tools that I could have used to repair it with it in place. Now hopefully I can get it smooth enough that you won't be able to see that I did that :)

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I am not very happy with today's update. Looks like crap, but hey, it's progress...

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Bummer. Hard to tell from the pic, but what looks like crap about it? Anything Bondo can't fix?

I'm a bit nervous about the possibility of doing mine some day (might not happen, anyway). It's one thing to work on the bottom part of the body on the rockers, lower parts of fenders, etc. It's another thing to do that part that is high enough to be seen more easily and I'll have to look at every time I open the door.

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It ended up concaving a bit and no matter what I tried, it just didn't help. It will cover up with a skim coat, but I was hoping for a bit better job on the metal work. Well, I hope it covers up :lol:

Yeah, this is a pretty visible section that I'm pretty nervous about too. Well, too late now.