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i noticed you have a two piece driveshaft... i was wondering where you got the new carrier bearing for it and how you replaced it b/c i need a new one for my 2-piece. thanks, phil

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not much happening on this over the past couple months. been working on a new business i'm starting, so hopefully the cash and time start getting better soon. I did do some work on the bed, and have started some of the other body work. also have a complete 68 clip that i've peiced together from various board members. just need to get out to loc doc's to get the core support.

i did put a new carrier bearing in, however, i bought it from a board member (it was new in the box) and i don't remember who made it. I drove it all summer, with no issues. probably put 3-4k miles on it in 4 months time.

hopefully i have some updated pics soon.

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not much of an update here, but i've ordered the filler plates for the door handles and gas filler and will be getting the fuel sender and lines next week.

I'm also looking for info on installing a door popper kit.

i'll be taking the truck to a couple body shops to get a quote on paint in the next couple weeks. I'm trying to decide if i should go the same color as it is now, or if i should use the Hot Rod Flatz Red. what do you guys think?

hopefully it'll all be done before the Midwest Get Together - May 31st.

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here's an update... minus the pics. i left my camera at work.

I now have done the frizzle fry fender mod to both of my front fenders. I need to grind the weld and skim coat the D side, but i got the P side done today.

I also pulled the rear bumper in preparation for the body guy that i lined up today. I'll be dropping the truck off tomorrow to get the cab corners and finish what i started on the rust on the bed.

That'll give me time to finish the fender mod, and fill all of the holes i don't need and sand the the whole front clip. Once i get it back, the clip is coming off and the 68 clip will go on.

I doubt i'll get it painted before the midwest meet, but i have decided to go with Hot Rod Flatz Hugger Orange, and will have my dad do the paint job.

If anyone within a few hours of des moines has a long bed steel floor they don't need, let me know. That's the next project.

I also need to say thanks to LockDoc for the core support and door panels i picked up today. Both cleaned up nicely and pretty much finished off my list of parts i need to get before paint.

until next time...

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PROGRESS!!! although not by me. Got some pics today from the body guy. Looks like he's doing some great work and i can't wait to see it tomorrow in person when i pick it up. gotta love a 1 week turn around!!

here's some pics.

sorry for the tease... the pics are too big to upload, and i need to head home. i'll upload them tonight.

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Hey, we've waited long enough.... Ron and I want pictures...:lol:

LockDoc

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here ya go.

I'll be posting up some more pics of the work i've been doing on the front fenders.

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and more...

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and more....

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btw, how do you guys like my garden hose air line / wiring grommet? :)

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Good idea about the garden hose. I used some on mine as an insualtor for vibration between the fuel tank and the frame when I relocated my tank.
Your work is looking good. Can't wait to see the end results.

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Keep up the good work. This is one of my favorite LWB trucks.:metal:

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ok, so this weekend was productive. I have to say that most of this productivity was due to LockDoc a) having the core support i need and b)referring me to a body guy to tackle the work i was to chicken to do.

with the truck at the body man all week, i felt like i needed to get stuff done. First, the fenders. I did the "Frizzle Fry Fender Mod" aka FFFM to both fenders. I sectioned a 14" strip, 1" tall above the arch where the inner fender mounts. This should give me another inch of clearance when aired out. this should be all i need to travel 5-10 mph w/o hearing my tires rub on the inners. I still have to do the actual inner fenders, but the outer fenders are done.

here are the pics:

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...rk/fender4.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...rk/fender5.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...rk/fender3.jpg

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then it was on to shaving the trim holes. this was my first time block sanding. I had purchased a 15" and 5" flat block a while back, and got some 80 grit paper this weekend. I have to say it was a lot of work, but it turned out really well IMO. I used evercoats metal to metal filler. seems to work well, but i will need to get some finer stuff before paint.

i only got to the P side fender this weekend. 14 holes in all. no rust, just holes. this week i will work on the D side holes and 2 rust pin holes.

I didn't take many pics, but here you go.

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...rk/fender1.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...rk/fender2.jpg

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so today i got the truck back from Ron the body man. I have to say, great work, and great time. I met the guy last saturday, dropped my truck off on sunday, and picked it up 7 days later. very affordable too! during that time he did all of the work posted above.

anyways, when i got home i started in on shaving the stake holes in the bed. I had the filler plates sitting in the tool box for over a year now and wanted to get to it.

I had ordered the fillers off of ebay, and on first fit, they were slightly too big. A quick trip to the grinder took care of that. Oh, one word of advice for anyone doing this. KEEP A MAGNETIC SCREW DRIVER HANDY! lets just say i dropped them down the stake hole more than once. and i more than once went to the tool box for a magnet.

So far i just have these roughed in. I hit them with some metal to metal and then the DA with 40 grit. I'll go over them again later this week.

here's the pics:

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ork/stake1.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ork/stake2.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ork/stake3.jpg

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ok, so now for the fun one. at least i think it's fun. My wife also took this time to snap a few "action shots" of me. she thought i looked like darth vador with my respirator and "saftey" glasses on with my hood up. Not sure about you guys, but i don't like bondo boogers or grey hair... :)

So a while i back i said i was gonna shave the roof seam line above the back winder. today i started that task. All i did was remove the paint, but i think i'm going to just use filler for this. I had planned on welding, but i'm not sure it's worth it. in the end, after welding and grinding, i'm still gonna have to use filler, and we're not talking about to much of a fill here. just enough to smooth it out.

what do you guys think?

anyways, here's some pics:

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ork/shave1.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ork/shave2.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ork/shave3.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ork/shave4.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ork/shave5.jpg

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I wonder how much that area flexes? That would be my only concern with using filler.

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ok, now for the last one. when filling the holes in my fender, i needed something to back the weld. So, i did a little research on the forums and found that weld doesn't stick to copper or brass. So, i headed down to Menards and picked up a dowl and a 6" piece of copper pipe. I made sure the dowl was the right size for a snug fit.

When i got home, i hammered the dowl into the pipe, then put the pipe in the vice. once i got it nearly flat, i took a BFH to it, and made it flat. I then put it back in the vice and gave it a little bend.

It worked AWESOME! each weld went fast, and i had no blow throughs. having the wood handle also allowed me to keep right on going, not worrying about burning my hand. All in all, i think it took about 10 min to fill all 14 holes.

Here's the money shot:

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...ywork/tool.jpg

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yeah, mine too. that's why i didn't jump right in with the filler. figured i'd think about it for a bit and see what you guys think about it.

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post 100!! woot! i'm a bone-a-fyed triple digiter now... even if most of the posts are my own

:metal:

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i almost forgot. My rear roll pan from Mar-K is on the way. should be here on tax day.

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i cant wait for the day that i have a shop to tear down like you. looks like ya got alot of work ahead.

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19723DR - thanks. i have to say i'm enjoying reading your thread as well.

so today the brown truck brought me my door popper kit. I wasn't expecting it since the site i bought it from seemed kinda shady, and never replied to my emails. anyways, it's here, and i just had to jump right in on it.

I'm using the Dec issue of CCT as my guide for this. All in all, seems simple enough. i ran into an issue drilling the hole in the latch for the pull cable to hook into, so i'm gonna stop by a local auto shop tomorrow and see if they can drill me a couple holes.

tonight i got all of the guts of the door handle / latch removed, drilled the holes for mounting the solenoid, and got the D side door welded up. I used patch panels i got off ebay, so it went really quick. They all fit very well and should be easy to clean up.

here's the pics:

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...oors/door1.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...oors/door2.jpg

http://iveldesigns.com/__Downloads/1...oors/door3.jpg

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roll pan showed up today. all i did was de-box it. Looks great!! can't wait to get it mounted. i should have time this weekend.

tonight i got the D side latch and solenoid installed. now i'm trying to figure out the wiring diagram for the remote's brain box. i think i have it, but we'll see once i give it power.

i also picked up a 10 slot fuse box from napa today. i mounted it under the dash next to the factory box. now instead of a handful of inline fuses off the battery, i'll have a single wire running into the cab to the box, then will run my bags, compressor and doors off of the box. should clean things up quite a bit.

after tonight, i probably won't touch the truck until this weekend. I need to get a couple web sites finished so i have funds for paint. as of right now, paint is tentatively planned for May 3 or may 10. that gives me a couple weeks to get things buttoned up and on the road for the midwest meet. :metal:

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it's alive!! first via hardwire, then via remote!

i'm pretty excited cause once i started looking at the wiring diagram, i got worried that i wouldn't be able to figure it out.

i am seeing some sort of grounding spark issue when the doors pop. not sure why it's doing it, but you'll see a spark at the front of the door in the video below. Any ideas on why that is? i have the solenoid grounding via the mounting bracket, and the brain box is temporarily grounded to the steering column bracket.

now that i got this far, i should be able to easily finish in another night. i have a fair amount of cleaning up to do with the wiring. right now everything is laying on the floor while i test everything.

here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/v/DgwJOAUwUS4

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Cool :metal:

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well, i couldn't help it. the kids got out of school early today, and i had to go pick them up. That meant i had 4 hours time to work on the truck.

so, i finished the door poppers. Final wiring and all. here are the pics to show how i took care of cleaning up the wiring. all in all, i'm very happy with the outcome. the only issue is that the doors don't ground well, so i'm going to need to run a ground from each door to the cab. but that's not high on the priority list.

here's the pics:

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...e/solenoid.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...ne/wiring1.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...ne/wiring2.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...ne/wiring3.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...ne/wiring4.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...ne/wiring5.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...ne/wiring6.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...ne/wiring7.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...ne/wiring8.jpg

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knock knock? anyone out there?

anyways, like i was saying, this weekend is a 100% work on the truck weekend for me. tonight i got out in the garage a little late, so i didn't want to do any loud stuff (damn neighbors).

i started out my welding the trim holes in the D side fender. didn't take any shots of that since it looks the same as the P side i posted earlier.

I then decided i might as well do some tack welding on the roof seam. so, i got the sand paper out and cleaned up a few spots, marked them with a sharpie and welded them.

nothing to exciting, but here you go:

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...sole/seam1.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...sole/seam2.jpg

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the night was still young, and i can't go to sleep before midnight, so i was looking for something else to do. So, i pulled the cowl in preparation for shaving the antenna. that came off w/o issue thanks to the front clip removal thread over in the FAQ.

again, trying to keep the noise down, so i didn't make any other progress there.

Over the past couple of weeks i've been tossing around the idea of making a console for the truck instead of just mounting my gauges under the heater control as i had planned. I also want some cup holders and a place to put my switch box instead of sitting on the seat.

So, i did some cardboard fab work tonight to mock up what i want to build. if you're looking to build a console for these trucks, it seems to me that a 13" wide console is perfect. it is the same width as the resess for the heater control, so everything will look semetrical when finished.

i plan to cover this in the same fabric that my bench is covered in, and am considering either mounting a speaker on each side, or a heat vent and running some tubing from the heater to each vent. or maybe both. either way, this is pretty low on the todo list, so you probably won't see an update on this for a while.

nothing to exciting during the "build" of the cardboard mock up, so i'll spare you the details and skip to the pics.

Here ya go:

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...e/console1.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...e/console2.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...e/console3.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...e/console4.jpg

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I always find it fun to draw the faces on the gage holes when mocking up stuff like that. Makes people REALLY question your sanity. :lol:


It's looking good.

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I just stumbled on this thread from the console post elsewhere - what a great project thread!

Great work and a really sweet ride :)

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thanks man. can't wait to get it back on the road again.

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now that i could make some noise again, today started out with a lot of grinding. the P side door is done and the driver side fender is also done. the fender has been roughed in with metal to metal and is ready for a final skim coat before paint.

after i was done my kids came out to inspect the work. allie wanted it done better so she made her brother do the work while she "supervised".

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...gate/door1.jpg

then when mikie wasn't getting it done the way she wanted it, she took over...

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...gate/door2.jpg

and this is what I ended up with

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...gate/door3.jpg

* my kids did no grinding... the shots were staged :)

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after the grinding was done, i started in on the roll pan. It was a pain in the but to get lined up properly with only two hands, but after some creating thinking (aka remembering a thread i saw the other night) i got a couple small jack stands out and used them to help. I also used some painters tape as well. this really helped. so i got the sides tacked in with a couple tacks on each side.

then i went to remove the tailgate... :devil:

when i went to pull the gate, i soon found out that these gates don't come out at an angle like i assumed. so i started in on the bolts for the pivot point. however, thanks to my newly installed roll pan, i couldn't get to the bottom bolt. sooooo.... i had to cut the tacks (thank god i only tacked it) to get at the pivot bracket. :devil:

after cutting the tacks, getting the tail gate out, i realigned the roll pan and tacked it back in, this time committing to the "never removing it again" and putting a bunch of tack across the top.

i had decided that easy removal of the gate was important, so i came up with a plan. It's simple really. i notched the pivot point so it wasn't as wide at a certain angle, then i cut the gate so it would slide over it. It actually turned out really well.

Here are the pics:

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...gate/gate1.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...gate/gate2.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...gate/gate3.jpg

and here are the pics of the roll pan installed:

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...lgate/pan1.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...lgate/pan2.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...lgate/pan3.jpg

http://www.IvelDesigns.com/__Downloa...lgate/pan4.jpg

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Progress looks good:cool: I always liked this truck. Hot Rod Flatz will look good...

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thanks. i agree that Flatz would look good, however, i have decided to go with a shinny paint for a handful of reasons.

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Roll pan looks really good on there. Nice, simple solution on the gate. Keep it up :metal:

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Hey I'm really enjoying this thread; good to see some long beds getting some love. BTW: What color are you thinking? I probably missed it, but if you don't mind repeating...

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thanks man. it's been a fun project, and probably will be for the next couple years. these things are never "done".

the color i'm going with is Hugger Orange. specifically GM paint code 72, so it will almost look red. going to shoot a base coat / clear coat.

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thx. I want to clean it up a bit so the skin doesn't peel back. I'll probably run a couple tack welds in there to hold things together, then smooth it out.

I'm really anxious to see how your fender mod turns out for me. I haven't done the inners yet, but will be, but probably not until after paint. Did you finish your fender mod article showing how you did the inners? I have some ideas, but i'm curious if you ran into any issues.