My 68 swb build.

[Slick67]

Excellent placement of those lights. They look perfectly at home there. Nice work!!!!

[77chris03]

Originally Posted by nlped

That's gonna look good when finished!!! Good progress!

Originally Posted by LEX

Those taillights are bad arse.

Originally Posted by Slick67

Excellent placement of those lights. They look perfectly at home there. Nice work!!!!

Thanks guys. For all of Yall this is a pain in the rear. Seriously a pain. Plan on starting the other one tonite maybe. Might try to take a break from cutting and welding and do some stuff for the shifter assy and column or door.
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[77chris03]

just got back and this is what i got done...oh btw, when you go from solid wire to flux core, reverse the polarity on the leads...oh so much better....you can tell by just looking at the pics....

not pictured, i did somewhat get the shifter linkage hooked up...its a little tight but i think it will loosen up over time...need to adjust for the reverse lights...

[Slick67]

It looks much cleaner! Are ya gonna fix the little crease in the blue fender before you install the light buckets?

[77chris03]

Originally Posted by Slick67

It looks much cleaner! Are ya gonna fix the little crease in the blue fender before you install the light buckets?

I might if i can get a decent body hammer. If not paint and body can do it
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[77chris03]

heres what i got done last night...im a little off but filler will make up the difference in the inperfection...

[77chris03]

and heres the last few....i didnt have enough sheet metal to replace the hole, so i did what i had to do and pieced it together...phone died so no pic of the weld up...too bad it is ugly.!!!!!

[Slick67]

Lot's of work there Chris! It looks cool, very clean layout on those tailights bro!

[YBNORML]

Nice work! They look like they belong there.
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[77chris03]

Originally Posted by Slick67

Lot's of work there Chris! It looks cool, very clean layout on those tailights bro!

Originally Posted by YBNORML

Nice work! They look like they belong there.
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thanks guys...you should see it in person...i think they look better in person. i just wanna get it finished. i was gonna get out there bright and early this morning but decided since Britts dad was over, why not finish the dang kitchen? britt and i painted 3 weeks ago and i told her it needed crown molding and bam....she got it today to finish the room off...heres what it looks like...now all we need to do is get her some natural slate on the floor, granite counter tops and shes set to go on a beautiful custom kitchen, what ya think? so far in total its cost me about 180 bucks to do the kitchen and start in the living room with paint....

[77chris03]

back to my build...we got out there and got a few things done...not much but a little progress.... got the passenger window felt and glass in...i found it easier with help from another person to hold the glass in the door, unbolt the motor, slide the rollers in the sash and door track, rotate the motor around and voila!!! its in...got it in in 10 mins with 0 problems. you should see it roll up and down on a 18volt drill battery...weeeeee!!!lol

got the door latch out of the door, cut the two tabs off so it wouldnt ever lock on me(i wanted to keep the door locklever in) got a small hole drilled in the latch to accept a cable for the door popper and mounted the solenoid.. tried to run the cable and crimped it too loose, so i gotta redo it....dang...heres some pics...

[Slick67]

We were both gettin stuff done since the weather was great! Cool you got the windows in!!

[77chris03]

Originally Posted by Slick67

We were both gettin stuff done since the weather was great! Cool you got the windows in!!

the passenger is better than the driver window...damn...ill have the bear claw latches in tomorrow...so ill be cutting on the bed tomorrow or tuesday..i think im gonna cut the top rail off and put a piece of plate all the way down the length of the bed...get rid of that water trap from the factory///

[77chris03]

Originally Posted by Slick67

We were both gettin stuff done since the weather was great! Cool you got the windows in!!

the green 4 wheeler is gone...sold it to a guy with one leg..seriously. he drove 4 hrs to get it. he lost his leg in a bike wreck and now is stuck on quads... i test rod it for him, and his wife looked at him like he was crazy...she said really? he cant even keep the front tires on the ground!!!

Still gotta get the other windows....wink wink...lol

[Slick67]

Originally Posted by 77chris03

the green 4 wheeler is gone...sold it to a guy with one leg..seriously. he drove 4 hrs to get it. he lost his leg in a bike wreck and now is stuck on quads... i test rod it for him, and his wife looked at him like he was crazy...she said really? he cant even keep the front tires on the ground!!!

Still gotta get the other windows....wink wink...lol

I know....I know....I'll throw some dough yer way next check. Dang windsheilds. errrrrr.

[77chris03]

heres what i got in the mail today...

[77chris03]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YigCgwaGb2o

[77chris03]

and thats what i got done tonite...the cable is looped on each end after drilling a hole in the latch to accept the cable...the cable is crimped just enough for the loop and then braided and heat shrinked and crimped again...

[77chris03]

i got an a total of 40 mins to work on the truck today...heres what i got done....installed the door lock lever on the passenger door, adjusted the window track, got the drivers door latch back out, drilled the hole for the cable, remounted it, hooked the linkage back up and crimped the loop on the door latch. wouldve finished but i ran out of crimps for the cabling...also got the steering shaft in and secured...thats it for tonite...maybe more tomorrow, and hopefully ill get my door loom set in from brothers and my steering wheel soon so i can button up the doors...

[Slick67]

It was like a bad 80's video......pop.....pop....mmmm.....pop!!!!! That's super cool! Got em workin!! 2 weeks bro, I'm countin!!

[late68]

Where did you get the door glass from?

[77chris03]

Originally Posted by late68

Where did you get the door glass from?

it is a kit from brothers truck parts ITEM # PWR0P72 price in the catalog is 749.99 plus 28.00 shipping....get ahold of Jaime on here (vendor for brothers) and see if he could help ya out if ur interested...they have a manual window kit # OPWK200 for 399.99 plus 28 shipping

[slick copper]

Hadn't been on in a while. Great work on everything! Especially like how the tailights worked out.

[77chris03]

I have one pic....and its a mess of wires....and before i left my storage unit i armed the truck....lol i got the alarm and keyless entry wired...all im waiting for is the dang door loom for the doors....brothers is taking forever....i want to button up the dang doors already...!!!!!

[77chris03]

Originally Posted by Slick67

It was like a bad 80's video......pop.....pop....mmmm.....pop!!!!! That's super cool! Got em workin!! 2 weeks bro, I'm countin!!

btw i wouldnt mind the help...