My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by TA_C10

Yeah man, I had to slice n dice mine too. The replacements aren't perfect but they are close enough. Be glad your not rebuilding them from scratch!

That is very true!

[Kronald_70GMC]

Well thats a relief. I have managed to get my rocker fitting quite well without having to slice and dice it. Bottom door gap is nice and even now. The cab corner on the other hand, now that I had to slice and dice. Still alot of work to do on the cab corner but I'm feeling good about it now.

[TA_C10]

That looks nice and straight. Good work.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by TA_C10

That looks nice and straight. Good work.

Well thank ya sir

[Scurry67]

looks great. i would say the rockers/cab corners patches were the biggest pain for me. you seem to have it well under control

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by Scurry67

looks great. i would say the rockers/cab corners patches were the biggest pain for me. you seem to have it well under control

Thats good to hear that it looks under control. Im just kinda winging it and hoping for the best. Thanks for the compliments. Your feather fill is looking spot on.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Hey guys. Im looking for a little bit of input on something here. Ive managed to get my cab corner mocked up to an extent but im not sure that it is correct in the curve if that makes any sense. I think that it may dive inward of the body lines to soon. What are your guys thoughts on this?

[chewychevy67]

Why don't you go look at my cab and take a cardboard template of the curve. That would help you. A body moulding could help too.

[CryingJoker]

Man i hope to have the same patience with my rust repair on my 70 I'm currently starting as you seem to have. Good work keep it up.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by CryingJoker

Man i hope to have the same patience with my rust repair on my 70 I'm currently starting as you seem to have. Good work keep it up.

Thanks!

[May70]

Can you post some pics of the rocker panel with the door open? You are exactly a few steps ahead of me and I am really wondering how the @$#@ this is gonna go together!

Also how does the outer rocker top edge compare to the inner rocker height wise? Ill PM you some pics as not to hi-jack your thread (hah). Thanks man you are doing awesome work.

[Kronald_70GMC]

I have been working at getting the cab corner welded back together which is alot of fun. Every tack I make wants to shrink it back down so I need to put it farther out than where it should sit so that once it shrinks, it is in the correct spot. It is turning out quite nice but is very slow going. You can see just how far off it is towards the bottom of the cab corner. Good thing I noticed this or it would have been far too much filler to correct it in body work stages.

[Kronald_70GMC]

I'd say the cab corner is about 90% to the correct shape now. With a little bit of luck, I might just be able to get it all finish fit and installed this weekend.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Has anyone else noticed that the view counter appears to have stopped quite some time ago or is it just something on my end?

[chewychevy67]

Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

Has anyone else noticed that the view counter appears to have stopped quite some time ago or is it just something on my end?

Nope it don't work. Been a few months now.

[mr48chev]

Wow, I don't think I would have ever taken one on in that shape. I've primarily got to weld up the 50 something holes that my uncle drilled in the 71 I have that he had for years. I think my dad gave him that electric drill for his Birthday one year too. You sure are doing a nice job on it though.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

Wow, I don't think I would have ever taken one on in that shape. I've primarily got to weld up the 50 something holes that my uncle drilled in the 71 I have that he had for years. I think my dad gave him that electric drill for his Birthday one year too. You sure are doing a nice job on it though.

Thanks for the compliments. I just keep telling myself that all this work will pay off in the end.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Cab corner has nearly been finish welded. I had to cut it back off in order it weld all the bottom stuff. For some reason my welder is trash at welding from underneath. Its all good though as I had to remove it for weld through primer and to finish cutting the back to fit. It turned out to be alot easier than expected to remove the lip around the bottom of the cab corner. Im hoping to possibly get it tacked into position tomorrow. We'll see if I have enough time.

[Kronald_70GMC]

All welded up. Just need to check for pinholes in the welds, clean up the back side, shoot with weld through and it will be ready for the final install!

[Kronald_70GMC]

I'm hoping that someone who has installed vintage air might be able to chime in on this. Im still trying to figure out how I can mount the unit as clean as possible but I can't afford the unit as of yet. I would like to have the fasteners hidden from the engine bay to stick with my clean firewall theme. So my question is, if I were to weld in two vertical channels on the inner firewall that were just wider that the overall unit, would I then be able to build a mounting plate that I could bolt to the unit, and then to the channels? Im fairly sure that it would work, my only concern is that I would be then mounting the unit, Im guessing around 3/4" further into the cab. Does anyone know if this would work? Thanks in advance for any help on this.

[curtisb]

beautiful work, thanks for the pictures. this will help me when i start my restoration

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by curtisb

beautiful work, thanks for the pictures. this will help me when i start my restoration

Right on. Glad I can help out in any way. Lots of what I've done was found on this forum.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Nothing ever seems to work out in what I think i can get done in an evening. There is always something unforseen that slows me down. Tonight It was my rear floor patch. It looked like it was pretty close from the bottom which is where I've been viewing it from. I should have looked from inside the cab as well but of course, I didn't. Oh well its all fixed up now. I had to slice it along the top edge and twist the top out towards the back of the cab to get it to where it needed to be to work with cab corner. After all that fun, I even managed to get it tacked into position.

[TA_C10]

very nice work sir.

[gmc684x4]

Very nice looking truck

What are you using for a mig ?

I had a mig pak 10 from Ct i hated it and sold it even a welder i know had a hard time with it