1970 Med Olive Project

[MMcMasters]

Originally Posted by sprint_9

Hey I like the detail stuff.

Truck is coming along really nice.

Thank you sir

[MMcMasters]

Originally Posted by sprint_9

Hey I like the detail stuff.

Truck is coming along really nice.

Thank you sir

[Derek@AccuAir]

Just went through the entire thread. Love the build so far! I'm in to see it finished.

[MMcMasters]

Originally Posted by Derek@AccuAir

Just went through the entire thread. Love the build so far! I'm in to see it finished.

Thanks Derek, I appreciate it!

[NewType72]

No kidding you got a new toy! You better share with the rest of us

[oldertruckfan]

I'm in on this one. I drove up to Rochester yesterday to pick up a few parts and had the opportunity to chat with this VERY knowledgeable guy and check out this awesome build. Learned a bunch of stuff! Thanks for the time well spent Mike! I really enjoyed our talk!

[MMcMasters]

Originally Posted by oldertruckfan

I'm in on this one. I drove up to Rochester yesterday to pick up a few parts and had the opportunity to chat with this VERY knowledgeable guy and check out this awesome build. Learned a bunch of stuff! Thanks for the time well spent Mike! I really enjoyed our talk!

I enjoyed it too sir!

[MMcMasters]

I have been slacking on keeping my thread up to date. After a lot of back and forth, I ended up going with an American Autowire Classic update kit because I have used them in the past and their stuff is top notch. I started on it last night and I was able to finish the dash portion of the harness. I will be eliminating the factory gauge harness, factory heat/ac harness and a good portion of the engine harness because of all of the modifications I have made to the truck. . It seems like a waste but once you look at what I removed, it's not that much.

I also got my engine management harness, PCM and TCM in as well. I mocked the harness up and cut my hole in the firewall for my harness grommet. Once the engine covers are on, the harness practically disappears. I'm mounting the ECM/TCM and relay panel in the cab so everything will be hidden away and clean.

I also got my battery mounted in the rear. I still need to wire both front and rear body harnesses, wire my Dakota Digital gauges, finish wiring the vintage air, fuel pump and make my runs from the battery to the engine. And did I mention that I hate wiring

Also, I completely failed on my goal of firing the truck by Memorial Day and I'm pretty bummed about that. I'm just going to keep my head down and keep working on the truck as much as I can and hope to be driving it sometime this summer. This picture is for my motivation only

[Jason7121]

I'm doing my wiring now also. Using the same kit as you. Keep us posted it's looking good.

[GR8-68]

Don't worry Mike my goal of driving mine by June is slowly disappearing. As long as it is what I want in the end I am good

[MMcMasters]

Originally Posted by Jason7121

I'm doing my wiring now also. Using the same kit as you. Keep us posted it's looking good.

I will Jason, thanks!

Originally Posted by GR8-68

Don't worry Mike my goal of driving mine by June is slowly disappearing. As long as it is what I want in the end I am good

I hear ya sir, I feel the same way

[Bennett68C10]

Yeah I wouldn't worry to much about it Mike, I haven't worked on mine for about 4 months now

[Hart_Rod]

Originally Posted by MMcMasters

Also, I completely failed on my goal of firing the truck by Memorial Day and I'm pretty bummed about that. I'm just going to keep my head down and keep working on the truck as much as I can and hope to be driving it sometime this summer. This picture is for my motivation only

Your'e doing great! I'm 10 years late on mine.....

[MMcMasters]

Originally Posted by Bennett68C10

Yeah I wouldn't worry to much about it Mike, I haven't worked on mine for about 4 months now

Originally Posted by Hart_Rod

Your'e doing great! I'm 10 years late on mine.....

Thanks fellas! I'm very motivated, my only issue is life keeps getting in the way. I will drive this truck this summer or die trying

[69short]

I love this truck. Is very motivating to see your updates. I think we all want more pics lol. Even the tedious boring stuff is nice to see.

Keep up the great work

[MMcMasters]

Originally Posted by 69short

I love this truck. Is very motivating to see your updates. I think we all want more pics lol. Even the tedious boring stuff is nice to see.

Keep up the great work

Thanks for the kind words Justin! I have some cool stuff happening this week, I will post some pictures this next weekend I hope. And you truck is bad ass!!

[GR8-68]

Everything you have done is cool Mike, I think I may have meant June of 2018 not 2017

I am going to rename my project "Project 1968 FDIC"

[Camaroguy]

Your truck is beautiful and the work you are doing is incredible. Keep up the good work!

[NewType72]

Definitely felt that with my pops 73. It's at least 6 months past the due date already but a couple test drives show it's close finally. As you said keep that head down and add a nice little trim piece every couple hours or so to make you smile. That always helped me

[shores6]

Looking good, Mike!

[roOstersan]

Incredible build and I love all the detail work! Plus I'm partial to medium olive myself!

[MMcMasters]

Originally Posted by GR8-68

Everything you have done is cool Mike, I think I may have meant June of 2018 not 2017

I am going to rename my project "Project 1968 FDIC"

Originally Posted by Camaroguy

Your truck is beautiful and the work you are doing is incredible. Keep up the good work!

Originally Posted by NewType72

Definitely felt that with my pops 73. It's at least 6 months past the due date already but a couple test drives show it's close finally. As you said keep that head down and add a nice little trim piece every couple hours or so to make you smile. That always helped me

Originally Posted by shores6

Looking good, Mike!

Originally Posted by roOstersan

Incredible build and I love all the detail work! Plus I'm partial to medium olive myself!

Thanks fellas!

[MMcMasters]

Last week we took off on a little family adventure. It was 8 days total, 4000 miles driven, lots of cool stops along the way and I met a new friend. Leading up to our vacation I took a chance and contacted Kyle @ C10Acres on Instagram. For those who have not heard of Kyle, you will probably hear of him soon. He is a super talented guy and does phenomenal work shortening bed sides. We talked for a while and Kyle agreed to work on my bedsides and what was even more cool is he agreed to get them done during our stay in the Phoenix area.

He started on the bed sides on Friday evening and I picked them up at 7pm on Sunday evening. He has this procedure down to a science but he found an old and ****ty hidden repair in the drivers side that was unexpected. He was still able to get them done and get us on the road as scheduled.

Another cool thing to me is he was able to save/shorten my existing side trim and re-installed the rear marker lights. I know some people wouldn't waste their time having bed sides shortened but it is important to me to use as much of the original truck as possible. The original sheet metal is much thicker and for me it's just much cooler to use the original stuff. Here are a few pictures of the process.

Passenger side cut lines taped up


clamped together and ready to be welded



And here is the passenger side welded up and metal finished.

The driver's side had a little existing damage right behind the bumper from what looked like a small rear end accident. Kyle called me to let me know when he starting cutting on the panel in this area, he ran into an ugly repair that had a lot of bondo. He put his head down and fixed something that I didn't think could be fixed. I really thought thought we were dead in the water at this point but as you can see in the following pictures, the man is talented.

Here is what he ran into












And here they are finish welded and the marker lights welded back in.


I couldn't be happier with Kyle's work and like I said, I got a new friend out of the situation.

Now its back to reality which means I need to finish wiring this garbage and get it on the road.

[Jason7121]

Wow amazing talent he has. Looks good Mike glad you had an awesome vacation as well.

[GR8-68]

He done a wonderful work on your bedsides