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so have you figured out how to get it off the one foot tall jack stands yet???:metal: :b69:
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mucho 2x4's...
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subscribed to see progress...
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looks good, cant wait to see it on the ground
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uhg, 2 weekends have gone by an i was unable to get up there to finish the rear. this weekend looks promising though. Come hell or high water, the tires are getting back to the ground this weekend.
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i guess hell and high water came cause i didn't make it up there that weekend. But, i'm leaving in about 30 min to head up there and have (hopefully) a couple guys helpin me out this weekend.
i only have one more weekend after this that i can work on the truck before the goodguys show. hopefully i make it. |
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Great find will be looking forward to more build flicks down the road and of course the finished project. Picked up my 69 LB down in Tennesse for $1,300 had a motor knock
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ok, so this weekend went well. I was able to button up both of the rear bags, got all of the air line run for the gauges into the cab, and also got my headmen headers installed. as the pics show, the truck sits at 4.5" off the ground aired out. and i have to say, it sounds really sweet with open shorty headers.
It's getting trailered to my uncles shop this week to get 2.5" or 3" exhaust put on it. He used to run an exhaust shop and has his own bender (not one of those manual things) so he's gonna try and get the exhaust to the back bumper. When we looked at it this weekend, we talked about routing it to the outside of the frame rail before the rear end, then out to the back bumper (gas tank will be going in the back section this fall). problems is, my air tank and compressor are both back there.... so, it may end up just getting dumped right before the rear end. anyways, here's some pics for ya: http://www.iveldesigns.com/__Downloa...6_10_2007/web/ |
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welp, she's on the road again, as my daily driver. I made the maiden voyage last sunday from cedar falls to des moines (2 hrs) with no issues. Been driving it all week and only had a couple issues come up. The first was the manual compressor switch that i installed to cut the power to the compressor so it doesn't kill my battery when sitting over night. the switch just broke, so i had to replace it.
the other issue was that my pressure switch in the tank made contact with the bed cross member and shorted out. I knew it was close and had planned to change it this weekend, but apparently the bed shifted a bit and made contact. So, for right now it's hard wired and i use the main power switch to stop the compressor when it gets up to 150psi or so. I'm really happy i put that switch in now :) here are the pics: |
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and some more
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some shots of the rear
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bump to get moved to the project forum
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Looks really awesome, good work :)
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This is the first time I've seen a lowered project that got me thinking about actually doing it.... not bags and all, just a 2/4 or so... Any chance you have any closer pics of the flipping" of the carrier bearing? If I drop my front 2 and rear 4, from what you experienced, do you think the flip would be necessary? I can't believe I'm actually thinking about it.... Looks pretty cool sitting low in the grass like that.
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Got the bed back on yet ???
Love your truck, take lots of pics !!! |
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I agree 100% take lots of pics! You got me motivated to bag mine as soon as I get the 454 in. |
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oh yeah. the bed has been back on and i've been driving it daily since mid June. So far I've only had a couple issues, none that couldn't be fix in a parking lot.
However, i flew out to san fran last week (tons of 67-72's out there btw) for 4 days, and when i got home and jumped in to head to work on friday, the compressor wouldn't kick in. So, i drove the econo car to work that day.... long story short, after testing everything for power, unplugging and replugging all of the wires going into the relay switch (no power after the relay), i flipped the main toggle and everything worked as planned. Must have gotten some corrosion in one of the wire plugs after sitting for a while. I was supposed to meet up with another board member a couple weeks ago to go take some shots, but i wasn't able to make it. Hopefully we can do it soon so we have more pics to share. |
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killer truck. i love it ...so simple in design yet so affective on the mind......haaaa i just wrote that...............looks good tony
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Here are a few picks i've taken since getting it back together.
this weekend i'm drivin' up to Cedar Falls for a show/cruise and when I get back, i'm gonna start prepping for body work this winter. by prepping, i mean buying tools and getting the garage cleaned out. So far my list includes shaving the door handles and locks, replacing the cab corners, putting a patch in the bed and putting a 68 clip on. Hopefully by spring it will be ready for me to try my hand at painting. Gonna go with the same red since the interior is still in great shape. This way i don't have to worry about jamming it. |
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Is that at full dump ???
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That thing is sweet! Nothing like down in the weeds!
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Looks great! The 68 clip will look even better!
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Too many 68 clips.....You need to keep the wonderful natural beauty of the 69/70 front end. ;)
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Do you only have one bolt holding the rear bags on? DId you use drop spindles in the front?:
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:( I think it could go just a bit lower....JUST KIDDING! Looks great man!
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Yup, 2.5" drop spindles up front, 2.5" blocks in the back. However, with just a bolt in C-notch, the rear blocks are kinda pointless. the axle hits the frame long before the bag bottoms out. surprisingly, it's not to bad of a ride when the rear is aired out going down the highway. the front tires just barely touch the inner fenders when aired out. 5mph is the max i'd go with the fronts aired out. my kids love doing wheelies down the road :metal: :metal: |
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I have basically the same setup on mine but I got rid of the upper spring pad and bolted the bags to the frame. I went with an 8" step notch to get the rear bags to bottom out with 3" blocks. 8" is enough to do that with a Camaro rear sway bar in there. Otherwise I'd say 6" would be enough.
Just in case you are considering going bigger on the notch ;) |
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:) , i've been considering a small step notch. nothing crazy, just enough so that i can get the truck to sit level when aired out, or so that the rear bags bottom out. Either way, I want to find a steel floor for my bed and raise it 4 inches or so. Right now the wood over my pumpkin bubbles up when i air it out.
Oh, and i do have my list of body work items for this winter finalized. These are in order of how i plan to do them:
Since this all will be the first body work I have ever done, I will do my best to keep this thread updated with pics. We'll see how much of this i get done by next May 31st. I don't plan to park the truck until mid October, or the first snow... which ever comes first. Nice thing is, the truck will be in my garage this year, not 2 hours away like it was last winter. |
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well, it has been a good summer. drove the truck nearly every day, and had only minor issues. made many 100+ mile trips in it, hauled a few things, including 19 60lb bags of cement that i needed for the fence i put up in my back yard. all of that, and no big issues. the guy at the lumber yard thought it was pretty cool when i added some air to the back to keep it from squatting so much.
anyways, i think i just made my last road trip with it this weekend. I made a loop around iowa to pick up a welder for the body work i'm planning, and to unload a couch and a few other big things taking up space in my garage. Now i actually have room on both sides of the truck to work. I also located a set of 68 fenders, and i know where the core support i need is at. thanks teeipup! so it looks like i'm ready to start tearing things down!! Assuming i finish the dog house i started today, this week, i'm either gonna start pulling the front clip off next weekend, or am going to cut out the rust in the bed wheel well and get it replaced with the patch panel i have. so yeah, pointless post. i'm just excited to get back to working on the truck, and for it to be in my own garage this time, not 120 miles away :metal: until next time.... |
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here's this afternoon's progress. I was really tempted to start pulling the front clip, but only had the afternoon, and i don't really have a place to put it. So, until someone is ready to buy it from me (i'd like to see $350 out of it, minus the inners) it'll stay on. at least until all of the other todo's are done.
so, without further ado, here are the money shots for my first every body work attempt. First, the rust: |
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and now, rust be gone!
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new metal in, and a couple weld shots. I'm also a welding novice (you can tell by the burn through i got toward the front), but i'm pretty happy with how things turned out. Grinding will made any booger weld look good, so that's the next step.
for this, i spaced out the spot welds about 4 inches, and just kept goin' from one end, to the other. rinse and repeat. from what i can tell, it looks like there is minimal warpage in the metal. If i had to guess, there won't be any more than 1/16" of mud over this when i'm done. here's the pics! |
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once i get the welds ground down, i'll be moving on to the next task, the Roof Seam. I plan to grind out the seam sealer stuff from the factory, and will do the same spot weld procedure for this as well. I'll probably take more time on this though since it will be much more visible than the bed patch.
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You probably know this, but you can't be too careful about protecting your glass from weld slag. Double or triple layer of protection (depending on what you use). Same procedure as a one night stand...
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heh, yeah, i plan to wrap it up well. not sure yet what I'll use, but i figure some poster board should work pretty well.
What are you thoughts about potential fire between the inner and outer rook skins? I don't plan to cut any metal when i clean the seam, just get the gunk from the factory out. so maybe it won't be a concern. |
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If you do get a flame going in there it won't last very long before it chokes out from o2 deprivation. I wouldn't be too concerned about it. Maybe be sure your dome light hole is plugged.
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Very Nice looking truck.. I like it A LOT... keep that clip also
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back from the dead kinda, but im axious to see the progress made on the truck since i just picked up a 1970 longbed...
-wes |
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