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04-03-2018, 02:48 PM | #1 |
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Re: 1968 GMC Shorty - Pearl
Where is the Rod Run going to be?
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04-03-2018, 04:11 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1968 GMC Shorty - Pearl
Pigeon Forge weekend of the 21st
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Slow and steady, got the inners fit and tacked in last night
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Re: 1968 GMC Shorty - Pearl
Rocker looks great. My '68 GMC needs almost the exact same metal replaced on driver rocker.
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Drive her on up the mountain, we can knock it out in a weekend!
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Re: 1968 GMC Shorty - Pearl
May have to do just that! I need you to show some of your skills. Especially since we're working on identical trucks.
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I’m at a standstill on the cab currently waiting on some tools to help prep the floor for paint and kill all rust. While waiting on that to come together I started on the tailgate patch. Sucker was rusty but luckily the bottom lip is solid
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Can’t figure out what caused all of the rust
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09-18-2018, 11:02 PM | #9 |
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Great build! I love seeing metal work on these old trucks; somebody has to save them!!
Well done!!!! Mike
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Thank you sir!
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Just realized I never documented my rust discovery on my cab floor so here it goes:
While tying in my DS inner rocker patch panel I was having a hell of a time finding good metal at the front drivers floor board, I took a wire brush to the entire floor pan and discovered that the old bed liner that was sprayed on the floorboard years ago was holding moisture and generating rust. Luckily the only rust that ate through was at the drivers feet but the rest of the cab had heavy surface rust. First thing I did was get some aircraft stripper and get all of the paint off, then I took my DA to it which helped some but not really cleaning out the putting, now I’ve been treating with ospho and wire brushes but I think I’m gonna have to go to naval jelly to really kill it. It’s been a pita but I’m glad I discovered it before the truck was going back together. Game plan once all rust is gone, I’m gonna cut out the entire drivers side foot board area and replace with a patch panel. Once all metal is good and rust is gone we will get the por-15 treatment top and bottom and then new SEM bedliner top and bottom to seal everything up once and for all
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Slow progress on the tailgate. Soaked the inside with naval jelly, I think it needs another treatment before I will feel really good about closing it back up. Also started spot welding the pin holes on the front face. It’s a lot of tedious work but should look good once complete.
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Cool truck. I’m late but I like what I see.
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My project ADHD continues. Picked up my heads and crank from the machine shop today for this girl, hope to have the rest in a couple weeks to start assembly on the 327. Also got the straight six ripped out and sold so I can prep my firewall and get ready to make some progress
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Good work on the tail gate!!! I have a couple of tailgates that are just push in, dented. I plan to "disassemble" in a similar manner. I plan to leave the top and bottoms attached to the outer part of shell. straighten and repair outer and inner while apart, weld back together....
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Heck yeah, Andrew! That’s some good work on that gate. What all are you doing to the 327? I’ve got a 68 large journal that I’m planning to run in one of my trucks in the future.
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Thanks man, the 327 started out as a head build but has quickly grown into more. So far I had the heads resurfaced, new stainless valves put in, hardened seats, z28 valve springs, cleaned out the valve guides, and new seals. The crank was polished and cleaned up. Had a little ware on the cylinder walls so I ended up boring 30 over with new pistons and possibly new connecting rods depending on resizing needs. It’s essentially a complete rebuild now, I could have ran it without all of the bottom end work but I wanted a reliable setup that will last for years to come so here we are
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If there aren’t pics, it didn’t happen.
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If you don’t mind my asking, how much did they charge for the head work? Mine needs the same treatment.
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Nice work, Andrew!
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A little behind on updating this thread. I did finally finish the floor board patches and sheet metal work on the cab. The floor patch panel that I was planning to use fit like garbage so my good friend Robbie Purser hooked me up with an og patch panel
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Once that was behind me I was able to spray the color match raptor liner. I took a fender to the local paint store and they scanned it for me and gave me a quart of color matched single stage paint. I will say the raptor liner sprays super nice, I will definitely be using this stuff again.
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A couple more
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And finally, some progress on assembling the 327. On the lookout for a 700r now.
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