My 1970 GMC “Project Splice”

[Kronald_70GMC]

Alright, I was finally able to get rid of the "wave" that I was getting on the pillar. Turns out I was oversanding where the gas cap used to be. I also continued around the indents and even started filling inside of one indent. I added some new blocks to my collection as well to help with those small details.

[sakustoms]

Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

Alright, I was finally able to get rid of the "wave" that I was getting on the pillar. Turns out I was oversanding where the gas cap used to be. I also continued around the indents and even started filling inside of one indent. I added some new blocks to my collection as well to help with those small details.

those are cool. where did you pick those up?

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by sakustoms

those are cool. where did you pick those up?

They are from Big Kid Blocks. I just found out about them earlier this year and I love their products. I got their door gap tool and initiation block kit earlier and I absolutely love them.

[sakustoms]

Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

They are from Big Kid Blocks. I just found out about them earlier this year and I love their products. I got their door gap tool and initiation block kit earlier and I absolutely love them.

Awesome. I will check them out when the time comes.

[Kronald_70GMC]

The first recess section on the back of the cab is complete. The new mini blocks work awesome!

[sakustoms]

Man you are really going all out. That's a lot of bodywork to be doing for an area you will never see when the bed is on. Unless you're running a flatbed. LOL

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by sakustoms

Man you are really going all out. That's a lot of bodywork to be doing for an area you will never see when the bed is on. Unless you're running a flatbed. LOL

Haha no flatbed. I don't know about never seeing it though. My dad's truck is all together and I can see the back of the cab pretty decently.

[sakustoms]

Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC

Haha no flatbed. I don't know about never seeing it though. My dad's truck is all together and I can see the back of the cab pretty decently.

Wow really? Most C10s I see the bed is so close to the cab I literally see the rounded back of the cab and a few inches in. Hmm. Guess I'll need to test fit the bed on my kid's truck before finishing bodywork. LOL

Thanks for the extra work.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by sakustoms

Wow really? Most C10s I see the bed is so close to the cab I literally see the rounded back of the cab and a few inches in. Hmm. Guess I'll need to test fit the bed on my kid's truck before finishing bodywork. LOL

Thanks for the extra work.

Haha I'm also just super picky. I have noticed that these trucks have very different tolerances from each other sometimes. Maybe it's just a Canadian thing.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Getting close to done with indentations on the back of the cab. The first three just need a few small touch ups and they are done. The fourth needs a sand and probably a few touch ups and the fifth has one coat and will need another for sure and maybe touchups.

While I have been waiting for the mud to cure, I have been adjusting some other things that have been bothering me which included the roof rail right where the winsheild pillar meets it. I dont know what happened there but it was not pretty. It also looked nothing like the passenger side so I decided to grind out a bunch of excess metal leaving me with a small hole to weld up. I forgot to take a before picture but I assure you it was ugly.

[BigBird05]

I have spent the last 2 hrs reading about your truck. Wow! Not being a body man could you explain to me what you mean by lay down or laying in wire? I think you are about 2 years ahead of me on your truck.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by BigBird05

I have spent the last 2 hrs reading about your truck. Wow! Not being a body man could you explain to me what you mean by lay down or laying in wire? I think you are about 2 years ahead of me on your truck.

Thanks for the read, it's awesome that people are interested in my project. Id love to help you out but could you be a bit more specific on what you are after? Are you referring to when I was putting a piece of wire along my rocker?

[BigBird05]

Yes you were cutting open the rocker and adding wire.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by BigBird05

Yes you were cutting open the rocker and adding wire.

Yes so there were a few spots where the panels just weren't meeting up where they should have been so I would just slice it and then I would pull it the where everything lined up and sometimes I was left with quite a large gap. Some areas were around 3/8". So what I ended up doing is I picked up some lengths of 1/8" steel rod and I would use it to help me fill in those larger gaps. It was a bit of work because I would then have to make tacks on both sides of the wire until it was all smoothed up but it was better than attempting to bridge the large gap with just weld. Hope this helps.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Couple more small touch ups to sand in the last two indentations and they are done. After that, I plan to block my cart up a bit to get it to a comfortable working height to fill the cab corners and rockers. Getting closer and closer to seeing some primer!

[BigBird05]

Thanks.

[sakustoms]

Looking good.

I used tig wire to help close up the door gaps and to expand and shape the one rocker.

[May70]

Lots of sanding but looking good. Dreading that part.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by May70

Lots of sanding but looking good. Dreading that part.

Thank you! It is alot of sanding but it is very rewarding to see everything form up and come together as one smooth piece. It's not as bad as it seems. Just tackle it one piece at a time.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Well I finally finished up all those glorious indents. I even just about finished up the passenger pillar to the lower body line. Still clinging to that first can of bondo. I have enough for one more mix on the ol' oinion board. Next will be touch up of the door openings and then I'll lift the whole cart to work on the cab corners and rockers.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Started the finishing touches in the passenger door jamb tonight.

[Kronald_70GMC]

My Big Kid Blocks are showing me more areas where my old blocks just weren't cutting it. I'm getting a much better result this time around. Everything is coming along nicely.

[BigBird05]

Now that I have found this thread I am reading everyone. Are you going to be painting it yourself? If so tell us amatures every step and the produces you are using.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by BigBird05

Now that I have found this thread I am reading everyone. Are you going to be painting it yourself? If so tell us amatures every step and the produces you are using.

Haha I will be painting it myself but I'm a while from paint and certainly no expert. I will share everything that I know about painting once I get to that stage and hopefully it will help some others. I'm glad your following along and everything I do will be posted here.

[Kronald_70GMC]

So I have been waiting for some larger casters for my cab cart to go on sale and they finally have! I got these 8" 1200 LB bad boys for 25$ a piece today, regular 60$ a piece. For sure overkill but I wanted more height anyway and the locks on the old casters were pretty fubar'ed. Also being only 3", they were not fun to get back up onto my rubber garage floor when I'd move the cab to the other side for cleaning. Now if only the last dude didn't weld the damn things on. Turns out that a Sawzall with a good blade cuts them off pretty decently. Now the worst part is that I've already sacrificed 2 drill bits to the metal gods and I was already low on the things to begin with so I guess this will have to wait until I can get more bits.