Project G-TR, Gearbox Garage Shop Truck

[cafetony]

I think you should take a vacation from all that snow and head over to nice sunny wa state and help me wire and paint my truck.
you deserve a vacation . (It might not be sunny)

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=608373

[79azc10]

The truck gonna look great when done

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Thanks for all of the complements, guys. We are trying to mix a little bit of stock with a little bit of custom. Nothing extremely crazy, but just enough to "enhance" the factory look. Although I appreciate the full on, custom builds, I like to keep a little of the vintage feel of these already sweet looking trucks.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Finished up the front brakes and mounted the new wheels/tires. It's back on the ground for the moment. Should finally be prepping the engine/trans to install by next weekend.

[atm70chevy]

Originally Posted by GEARBOXGARAGE

Sooner or later, if you're around C10's long enough, you'll see a bed or 2 that has worked its way loose and slid forward in the slotted frame mounts, causing the front panel bolts to dimpled the back of the cab. This was exactly the problem I faced on the cab for this build, but I had neglected to take any photos of the affected area. To help keep this problem at bay, I came up with a slick little part to put in the slotted holes and keep the bed mounting bolts set toward the rear of the slot. Check them out and tell me what you think.

That is a geat idea. I would like to use these when I put my bed back on. Did you make those or do you sell them on your web site?

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Originally Posted by atm70chevy

That is a geat idea. I would like to use these when I put my bed back on. Did you make those or do you sell them on your web site?

I had a buddy make these for me, but I've had a lot of people commenting on them. I'm planning on getting some quotes from local machine shops to start selling them. I've been so busy getting the truck put together that I haven't had the time to get it done as soon as I had hoped. Hopefully here in the next month I'll have an idea of what kind of pricing and packaging I'll have for them.

Thanks.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Did a little more wiring under the dash this weekend and started gathering up everything I need to do the engine/trans install. I'll be ordering the new windshield this week and will hopefully have it in Friday night if all goes well. Here's a few pics of the engine lined up with all of the fluids we'll be using. Going to try out the Joe Gibbs Driven oil, I've heard good things about it. I also added a close-up of the Terminator EFI Throttle body. It's getting down to the wire now.

[BugzC10]

Looks like your getting close to firing her up...woohoo

[BossHogg69]

That motor looks SICK NASTY with those black chevrolet valve covers (my favorite of all time!!) and that black throttle body! The engine brackets & pulleys really set it off. Nicely done

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Originally Posted by BugzC10

Looks like your getting close to firing her up...woohoo

Getting real close! Still feeling a bit behind schedule, but I think we will be fine once we get past this point. Power Tour is 3 months out and I would like to have a few weeks to break everything in before the long haul.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Originally Posted by BossHogg69

That motor looks SICK NASTY with those black chevrolet valve covers (my favorite of all time!!) and that black throttle body! The engine brackets & pulleys really set it off. Nicely done

Thanks, BossHogg69! I originally had polished aluminum valve covers and an Edelbrock carb, but I'm glad I spent the coin to upgrade the looks and add some modern technology. What can I say, I'm addicted to the parts catalogs! It doesn't help running a small parts biz on the side, makes it too easy to feed my addiction, LOL.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Gettin' serious now. Took the hood off last night and prepping for the windshield install on Friday.

[BugzC10]

Originally Posted by GEARBOXGARAGE

Gettin' serious now. Took the hood off last night and prepping for the windshield install on Friday.

Mike....are you going to install the windshield or farm it out?

My wife and I installed the front and the rear. Front was scarry since I busted the front taking it out.

[youngrodder]

Looking good Mike.

Marc

[1stchevy]

This is gonna be one sweet shop truck!

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Originally Posted by BugzC10

Mike....are you going to install the windshield or farm it out?

My wife and I installed the front and the rear. Front was scarry since I busted the front taking it out.

BugzC10, we are doing the install ourselves this Friday night. I ordered a Pilkington windshield today and it should be in tomorrow. Should go pretty smooth.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

Looking good Mike.

Marc

Originally Posted by 1stchevy

This is gonna be one sweet shop truck!

Thanks, guys. I'm getting anxioius to have it done, but with the winter we are having, I should have it ready to go about the time that all of the snow is gone.

[BugzC10]

Well Mike...how did the windshield install go?

[BugzC10]

Mike...when you get around to selling these, I'll take a set.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

3 WORDS.... TAIWAN. MADE. TRIM. We were using a Precision brand gasket, but the trim was a foreign knock-off. I bet you can't guess which one didn't fit.

I had my suspisions about the trim and they proved to be true. After thinking about it, I've shaved all of side trim from the truck, might as well be sans trim on the windshield and back glass as well. So now I'm waiting on new window gaskets without the trim groove from Precision. Anybody need a set of '71-'72 windshield and back glass gaskets w/ trim grooves? LOL.

In the mean time, I've been getting a few more details finished out so we can go right to installing the engine after the windshield fiasco is done. Gonna be a busy next few days.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Originally Posted by BugzC10

Mike...when you get around to selling these, I'll take a set.

Those are becoming a popular item and getting a lot of requests. I really need to market them! I think the new ones will have the hole centered, though, instead of off-set. When I had these made, I was being a little over-cautious on keeping the bed away from the cab, but centered will still keep a good alignment.

[BugzC10]

Originally Posted by GEARBOXGARAGE

3 WORDS.... TAIWAN. MADE. TRIM. We were using a Precision brand gasket, but the trim was a foreign knock-off. I bet you can't guess which one didn't fit.

I had my suspisions about the trim and they proved to be true. After thinking about it, I've shaved all of side trim from the truck, might as well be sans trim on the windshield and back glass as well. So now I'm waiting on new window gaskets without the trim groove from Precision. Anybody need a set of '71-'72 windshield and back glass gaskets w/ trim grooves? LOL.

In the mean time, I've been getting a few more details finished out so we can go right to installing the engine after the windshield fiasco is done. Gonna be a busy next few days.

Sorry to hear it didn't go well...don't you just love those little surprises! New OEM trim is extremely hard to find. Maybe you could fine a decent used set that could be polished, but that just eats into your timeline to get er done.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Great news! The windshield gasket came a day early so we did the install and turned out pretty good.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

Successful weekend putting the engine and trans in. Everything fell into place perfectly. No on to finishing out the plumbing and getting the remainder of the wiring done.

[GEARBOXGARAGE]

One more with the Terminator EFI throttle body on.