I'm still here working on the '69 here and there in between this crazy Georgia weather. We just had snow and tornado warnings in the same week.
Anyway, I found another good deal on Craigslist here locally for a new repop unstamped Chevy tailgate for $100. The guy was restoring a '69 and lost interest in it. I'm not sure if I'll keep it or sell/trade it for a stamped gate. Many thanks to Alan's Classic for forwarding the Craigslist link to me.
I also took on the task of rebuilding my steering gear box. Advanced Auto wanted $190 for a remaned one with $65-$75 core charge or $45 for a rebuild kit. So being that I had 2 gear boxes I figured I could rebuild one and if that went south I at least had one to use as a core still.
This shot was after I degreased everything and shot some etch primer on the housing.
Here's the part number for the rebuild kit from Advanced Auto.
Here's an article from 4-Wheeler magazine that I used for the rebuild. I didn't take pictures of every step in my rebuild because this article has some good ones already.
http://www.fourwheeler.com/techartic...ild/index.html
Here's a shot after final assembly.
Poor Man's paint booth
Of course, there was a honey-do list since I was painting already.
Then here it is installed.
It's small progress but progress nonetheless. At least that's what I keep telling myself.
Stay tuned.