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View Poll Results: If you had the option, which of these grills would you use?
Original 66 painted grill 1 20.00%
64-66 C60 painted grill 2 40.00%
an original aluminum grill that needs to be restored 2 40.00%
the repo aluminum grill that is now available 0 0%
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Old 04-06-2021, 02:58 AM   #776
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Killer idea on using the cowl corners to fix the hood... consider it stolen.
Great work my friend, stay after it.
I was amazed at how well it worked. It's a lot easier way to fix those rust areas that appear around the rear hood brace. I hope you can make some use of it. Thanks for checking in.
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Old 04-08-2021, 12:17 PM   #777
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I'm still working on the cab lights. I'm trying to find some suitable rubber sheets to make the mounting gaskets. I've tried 2 different types that didn't work and I've got another ordered that might be correct. We'll see.
I am continuing work on the doors. I got some filler applied and smoothed out on both doors and another coat of epoxy. Yesterday I did a small amount of filler on a couple of small places and the the next step is some slick sand. These pics are before the epoxy and final smoothing before the slick sand.
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For cab light gaskets I was thinking that rubber roll roofing material they use on commercial flat roofs. Certainly UV resistant cuts easily with scissors, the right thickness, should be able to get some free scraps.
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For cab light gaskets I was thinking that rubber roll roofing material they use on commercial flat roofs. Certainly UV resistant cuts easily with scissors, the right thickness, should be able to get some free scraps.
Good idea, I'll have to look in to that. Thanks
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Old 04-09-2021, 06:57 AM   #780
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Soft foam rubber fender covers, they're about 1/16" thick... might work.
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Soft foam rubber fender covers, they're about 1/16" thick... might work.
That's a good idea but I am actually looking for material 3/16" thick. I think I found something last night on the web that I am going to try. Yesterday I sprayed some epoxy on the inner patch area on both doors, did a little minor sanding, and now they are ready for some slick sand. I might spray them today. I also had one corner on the bottom of the pass. door that had some rust through show up when I blasted the doors. I have cut it out and spot welded the patch in. I also ordered new pins and bushings for the hinges so I removed the old pins so I'll be ready when I get them.
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Old 04-13-2021, 11:43 AM   #782
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Here are the hinges anxiously waiting for the new hinge pins and bushings. I didn't get around to getting some spraying done but the corner patch is done. here is the first pic of the patch and the piece that I cut out. I have now sanded the entire pass. door and it is ready for another coat of epoxy. I also did a little work on the door pillars on both sides of the cab and they are also ready for epoxy and then slick sand. The outside of the driver door doesn't need any further work except sanding.
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I'm posting the pics of my bed steps for an interested member
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Old 05-13-2021, 02:52 PM   #784
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I finally found the seal material for the roof lights so I have completed the mock up of the lights and tested them. They work. After some decompression on the work on my doors I have continued with them. They have been patched, smoothed, end received a good coat of epoxy. I got the new hinge pins and bushings so the hinges have been rebuilt. I installed the Honda door seals and I've been working on aligning the doors. I found that I had 2 main hinge bolts on the drivers door were stripped, Ugh. It was actually the nuts in the body panel that were stripped, but upon closer inspection I found that rust was not the reason they stripped. the nuts looked clean. I decided that before doing anything radical that I would try tapping them out to a 5/8" bolt from the 9/16". I used a 3/8" drill bit and drilled out the old threads. I also enlarged the oval hole in the body so the larger bolt could move freely. I then tapped the hole. It worked perfectly. I will enlarge the oval hole in the hinge so the bolt will move freely there also. This is a matter of removing 1/32" from each side. So I hope to get the door back on today and continue the alignment. I'll post up some pictures later today
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Old 05-18-2021, 01:28 PM   #785
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Here is a picture of the roof lights all lit up. I have decided to put them on their own power with an on/off switch on the dash. Also some pics of the driver door work on the hinges.
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Old 05-18-2021, 02:27 PM   #786
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Looks great! I love the lights on the roof. I want to do that on my GMC build.
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Old 05-19-2021, 12:36 AM   #787
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I'm posting the pics of my bed steps for an interested member
Those outside pictures sure look a lot different than PDX, Oregon.
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Really like the bed steps, might be tempted to hide the rather poor conditions my bed sides....

Nice work.

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Old 05-20-2021, 12:27 PM   #789
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Looks great! I love the lights on the roof. I want to do that on my GMC build.
Thanks, man. I really like the look. The painted lights caught my attention since many of the ones I found were chrome. The lights have new pigtails and LED lights.
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Those outside pictures sure look a lot different than PDX, Oregon.
I really went in another direction when I moved to the desert. I still go up to PDX for July and August
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Really like the bed steps, might be tempted to hide the rather poor conditions my bed sides....

Nice work.

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I like them too but they just don't fit the look I'm going for and I also didn't have the heart to cut into my new bedsides. Thanks for checking in.
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I have got the doors aligned pretty close except the bottoms need to be tweaked about 1/4" in to align correctly. I also got the door latches on to help with the alignment. They are working great. I still need to get a couple of outside handles as my originals have some pitting. I decided to take a break on finishing the doors and start on finishing the hood. I got the remainder of the top stripped. It's ready for bodywork and epoxy. I'm also trying to get rid of a small tin canning on the driver's side.
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I am making some pretty good progress on my Sanity and I can see the end in sight. Glass is the next biggy so I need to get the top ready to paint white and get that done. at that point it will be drivable which is the priority right now. I want to drive this truck further than around the driveway. I have said that I won't be getting another of these trucks but once in awhile something come up that you can't let get away. I drove about 90 minutes north to Mammoth, AZ and this is what I ended up buying. C60 dually with large utility bed and some decent sheet metal, good glass, nice hood and doors, no engine but all drivetrain is there. Now I have to find a way to get it back to Tucson. Guess how much?
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Hmmm, a case of beer? That's gonna need a big trailer
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Cool big truck! $500?
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Old 06-01-2021, 12:40 PM   #794
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He was asking $500 but I got it for $400.
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Hmmm, a case of beer? That's gonna need a big trailer
That's the problem, getting it towed home for a decent price.
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I wired up and installed the on/off switch for the roof lights but I was not happy with the way it looked on the dash so I am modifying a choke knob for the horn button to fit into. I got the knob done and now I am modifying the connection to the dash.
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Slick! That will blend in better with what's already there...good idea.
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Wow! That's a great idea.
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I love the switch for the roof lights! Great job...and awesome buy on the c60!
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Slick! That will blend in better with what's already there...good idea.
Thanks. Yeah I just didn't like it. I was really lucky that it fit in the knob so well. I had to use the dremel and various files to get it opened up. It fits so well that I had to thread it on through the plastic left.
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Thanks, sometimes the fog lifts enough to come up with these things. Getti older really sucks. I have to rest more often so while I'm sitting around....
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I love the switch for the roof lights! Great job...and awesome buy on the c60!
Thanks. I'm still working on getting it towed down to Tucson with 2 flat front tires and the tires are off in the rear but all 4 are there and flat. Th people who sold it are doing one of those "Grandpa died and had quite the junk yard going". sort of situation. They said they had gotten rid of most but there's still a lot of stuff there. No more Chevy truck stuff, but I am going back up there in the next few days to see what I can do. It's held up in the back by a stack of large beams on the rear bumper area but the rear is still in the dirt. I'm wondering if I can chain it up to the BAT (2014 3500HD Chevy 4x4) and drag it out from where it is sitting and where I can get at it better.
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