My 69 lonbed

[superflysteiny]

I love the project, I don't know if this helps but the firewall on my 67 is smooth and I relocated the master under the dash, wilwood makes a side mount for under the dash really keeps the frame and fire wall clean. You most likly already know this but hope it helps. Keep up the great work

[brian69longbed]

yeah i'll probably keep the master on the firewall just to ease the headache, im planning on using a hydroboost set up. there's very little modification on the mounting plate and the plunger only needs to be stretched 1". at least thats the plan for now. no work this weekend though... need to change rear main on my s10. its close to a c10 only in the title ha ha

[brian69longbed]

so i worked on my 2002 s10 4x4 zr2 this weekend. this just reminded me why i like old trucks. i needed to change my front seal. come to find out the front seal is part of the front cover. had to replace whole cover. cover has lip on bottom. need to remove oil pan. to remove oil pan you need to pull of front wheels, axles, entire front differential and remove bolts front steering box. plus remove battery, battery tray and vaccuum actuator. what a pain. also changed timing chain, water pump, belt, coolant and oil.

sorry for the long post but be happy for all your old truck builds... new crap sucks

[VA72C10]

Well then stop working on the new junk and get us some more pictures of the 69....

[brian69longbed]

gotta show some love to the daily driver! plus i need money and parts! wanna sponsor me? ha ha

[brian69longbed]

i could really use some ambition.. can anybody spare any?
i'll start work again next check. tight month.. not happy about that. truck looks sad all dusty and neglected like.

[superflysteiny]

Some of the most unreal cars and trucks take years to build. Take your time the end result will be worth it.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by brian69longbed

i could really use some ambition.. can anybody spare any?
i'll start work again next check. tight month.. not happy about that. truck looks sad all dusty and neglected like.

GET TO WORK!

[VA72C10]

Did that work for you? I'm sure there are a ton of things you can be doing like cleaning parts, sourcing cheap deals on parts, and finalizing plans while you have down time. Is everything prepped for paint? Got any patch panels to make or weld on? Do the cheap/free/manual labor things while you wait for more money to shake out of the money tree...

[brian69longbed]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Did that work for you? I'm sure there are a ton of things you can be doing like cleaning parts, sourcing cheap deals on parts, and finalizing plans while you have down time. Is everything prepped for paint? Got any patch panels to make or weld on? Do the cheap/free/manual labor things while you wait for more money to shake out of the money tree...

im going to buy a presure sand blaster at the end of this month and a gallon of DTM primer. after all that i can really start getting busy.
thanks for the ambition. ha ha

[brian69longbed]

here is the engine for my truck. 79' 350 bored .030 over. this is going to be my 383 stroker.

[brian69longbed]

no money had to work on pictures...

[VA72C10]

Cool man, I like them.

[brian69longbed]

i should have some progress pictures soon!!

[brian69longbed]

began sand blasting today

when i shave my cowl what happens to the mounting holes and the elongated holes for the spray??


this is my original glass for 1969! a little OOOO steel wool and glass cleaner! they look brand new!

[VA72C10]

Looks good. Nice job on the glass. With the cowl, I am not running the sprayers. So those holes went away. THe mounting holes also are shaved. The biggest thing is to be sure to weld SLOWLY with lots of time in between for the metal to cool and switch back and forth from one side to the other. IF not, it WILL warp on you. And without the mounting holes, you won't be able to screw it down if it warps.

[brian69longbed]

so you cover the mount holes and just use all the remaining holes?

[VA72C10]

That's what we did...don't know any other way to do it honestly....THe only other way we thought was to screw in the panel and then grind off the screws and fill weld and grind them flush. But you'd never get the cowl off again if you did that.

[brian69longbed]

WOO HOO PAY DAY!!! guess what im doing this weekend...

[VA72C10]

Cool...is that primer for the frame or sheetmetal?....or both?

[68 Quad C10]

Originally Posted by brian69longbed

began sand blasting today
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when i shave my cowl what happens to the mounting holes and the elongated holes for the spray??

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this is my original glass for 1969! a little OOOO steel wool and glass cleaner! they look brand new!

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My suggestion on the smooth cowl mounting holes weld them up (only the ones that are on top of the cowl) and drill the hole in the firewall of the truck to fit a upholstery clip like this (see image) and then spot the upholstery clip on the cowl cover to line up with the original mounting hole then it will push in and hold nice and tight shouldn't rattle if you spray some rubberized undercoat on the bottom side of the cowl and the clips just a thought I have not done it yet but that was what I was planning.... i feel that would be better then no fastener in those locations but your call

[brian69longbed]

Originally Posted by 68 Quad C10

My suggestion on the smooth cowl mounting holes weld them up (only the ones that are on top of the cowl) and drill the hole in the firewall of the truck to fit a upholstery clip like this (see image) and then spot the upholstery clip on the cowl cover to line up with the original mounting hole then it will push in and hold nice and tight shouldn't rattle if you spray some rubberized undercoat on the bottom side of the cowl and the clips just a thought I have not done it yet but that was what I was planning.... i feel that would be better then no fastener in those locations but your call

cool thanks for the info! im still unsure exactly what im going to do

[brian69longbed]

blasted my cab today. 400 lbs of sand and 5 hours of work. reveled some rust but nothing serious

[VA72C10]

Good work. Cab looks very good....wanna swap?

[nuke1]

That cab looks super clean! I sure wish that they were that clean up here, also, wanna send up one of those cranes, i could use a new job and that looks interesting. hmmmm