My '67 Fleetside C10 renew

[fakerwade]

From one guy who doesn't usually do body work to another,,, it looks good!!! (for what it's worth)

[FrankieD]

[QUOTE=jlsanborn;5604023]Yay! Half-a$$ cleaned the shop! It's always a damn $hit-hole and I just had to put a broom down before I got to doing anything. It's about 50% shop and 50% storage shed but I've got plans for that in the future.

We all would love a place like that to work in but the heat bill in the winter would kill me. Lucky Dog

[Bomp]

Like it.

[Low Elco]

Duuuuuude. I don't think I'd a told that! Polishing my halo over here..... Get the Durablocks kit, about $40. I love mine, sticky back 80 grit and give er hell!
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[67cheby]

WOW...great SHOP !! jealous !

[Low Elco]

PS- what you're doing looks good! Skim it 3-4 inches either side of the low spot. Knock it down till the mud featheredges. LEAVE IT. IT'LL FEEL HIGH. LEAVE IT. Repeat over damage on the rest of the panel. Hose it with 3 good coats of featherfill 2.0. 80 block the featherfill, tap down high spots lightly. 2more coats of featherfill. Block with 150. Reprime. Block with 220. Reprime. Wetsand with 400 on a block. Spray color. Drink and giggle.
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[jlsanborn]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

WOW...great SHOP !! jealous !

Thanks Mike! It's been a project of its own. Three years ago it was a "barn" with a 20' x 20' hole cut in the side and corrals inside. No power either.

[quote=FrankieD;5604826]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Yay! Half-a$$ cleaned the shop! It's always a damn $hit-hole and I just had to put a broom down before I got to doing anything. It's about 50% shop and 50% storage shed but I've got plans for that in the future.

We all would love a place like that to work in but the heat bill in the winter would kill me. Lucky Dog

Thanks Frankie! I enclosed that loft I built for the wife and made my little workshop under there. It's insulated to the hilt and I've got a small baseboard heater on a t-stat to keep it from freezing. I made the slider door big enough to get projects in and out. I can take the chill off pretty quickly and work on most things I need to. Got a computer and tunes in there too. The rest of the shop is a wood-stove affair.

Originally Posted by Low Elco

PS- what you're doing looks good! Skim it 3-4 inches either side of the low spot. Knock it down till the mud featheredges. LEAVE IT. IT'LL FEEL HIGH. LEAVE IT. Repeat over damage on the rest of the panel. Hose it with 3 good coats of featherfill 2.0. 80 block the featherfill, tap down high spots lightly. 2more coats of featherfill. Block with 150. Reprime. Block with 220. Reprime. Wetsand with 400 on a block. Spray color. Drink and giggle.
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How the heck did you get Boppa's done so fast doing all that!? What did you use for filler? I got some stuff called Half Time from Napa. They said its their most popular. It is some tuff sanding tho! I've been working on the doors lately and will get those primered first. If everything looks good, I'm golden. If it looks bad then I've got my work cut out for me!

[Low Elco]

Ha, I use Halftime! Get it close close in metal! Really, it's a Lot faster than Jackin around with mud. Seriously. Get some good blocks, start knocking your mud down when it's just past rubbery. The better you do each step, the faster the next steps will be. Also, it helps if you work like you're killin snakes, but I don't think that's a problem for you!
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[jlsanborn]

You're an artist AND a comedian! That bit about smellin gas in the dark and The Kid liking "hot eatin" - I don't care who you are, that's funny right there! Killing snakes - I'll use that one!

Thanks for the bodywork tips! I'll pick up the Durablocks this week. My plan was to shoot epoxy over the metal then go to a high build for block sanding. Make sense to you?

[Low Elco]

Yup- that's what I did! Incur able smartass since birth! Killin' snakes is a standard Midwest term for someone who doesn't exactly have a relaxed working pace. I've been accused of it for years. If you dig the funny, new Ron White tomorrow by download only at

http://ronwhitespecial.com/

Enjoy!
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[jlsanborn]

VeeWee rolled out the driveway tonight. Should have funds tomorrow or Friday. UPS dude is gonna be busy trying to turn that big brown around in my road every day! Now back to the bodywork!
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[Low Elco]

Whatcha gonna order? Enjoy early Christmas!
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[XxCHEVYMANxX]

^^^^X2 ! C,mon Johnny spill the beans.lol

[jlsanborn]

It's a damn dillema! I have struggled with the "build plan" already, having bought parts that are collecting dust and not really moving things forward (wheels/tires, Muncie). All I need to finish the chassis is the rear swaybar, tie-rod ends and shocks so I'll do that right off the bat. I'm thinking then I'll get all the soft parts for doors and cab, grille trim and bezels, emblems, lenses, glass.... I'll see how far it goes. Still need bed strips/hardware bumpers and of course MOTOR. I'm going to look at a small journal 327 with 461 heads today after work! If it's got a forged crank I'll probably score it, bring it home, put it on the stand and watch it catch dust. See!

[Bomp]

I hear ya. One thing leads to another or you get one thing and have to wait. Hurry up and wait and when it comes time to do something I just stand around and ponder.

[Low Elco]

I was gonna say, seeing Bomps blast box has given me new inspiration. X2 on the indecision. Trying to decide which way to go on LBT. Don't wanna tear down too far, winter's a comin', and I (hopefully) have some more sidies coming. It's fun just to bomb aroound in, but, it burns some oil, the suspension sucks, the crust on the body I have most of the panels for, which way to go? Gaaah!

[jlsanborn]

Officially done GETTING firewood (got the other half of g-daddy yesterday). Put the racks and cables up, vacuumed the stink-bugs and crap out, pressure washed the inside. Looks like a new truck!! Still have splitting and stacking to do tho.

Swung by Napa today and grabbed new tie rod ends. Documented and loaded all my crusty stuff to drop by the blaster's tomorrow after work (door panels, grille, rad support, inners and a bunch of little stuff). Next up will be building my spray tent.

[jlsanborn]

Truck was a 292 I6 with a column shift three speed. It has the forward mounted crossmember that supports the bellhousing. I picked up some V8 engine stands, but I'm not sure about where to put those and if I should change crossmembers?

Aren't there different mounting locations for the engine stands?

Is that bell mounted starter going to suck?

Are there optional mounting locations for the crossmemeber if I change to the trans mount style?

[jlsanborn]

I've got a healthy list of stuff to order, but I want to make sure I hang on to enough cash for paint. What's a good SWAG for primer and paint? I've got a gallon of epoxy and enough black for wheels and small parts already. I'm guessing I'll need more epoxy, high build and color (single stage urethane). Think $1000 will cover that? I wanna be fat because I'll also be needing more abrasives, thinner, all those kind of consumables too.

[XxCHEVYMANxX]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Truck was a 292 I6 with a column shift three speed. It has the forward mounted crossmember that supports the bellhousing. I picked up some V8 engine stands, but I'm not sure about where to put those and if I should change crossmembers?

Aren't there different mounting locations for the engine stands?

Is that bell mounted starter going to suck?

Are there optional mounting locations for the crossmemeber if I change to the trans mount style?

Hey Johnny, I'll have to look at mine to make sure, but if I remember right my motor mount stands are in the rear location. I also have the bell housing mount X member. that configuration was correct for the 3 speed trans. and works for the big muncie granny low 4 speed. Like I said, let me double check exact mounting points.

[jlsanborn]

That'd be awesome John! I've got the M20 Muncie, but it bolts up to the bell. It kinda sucks that the bell has thru holes on the bottom of the flange, but I can deal with that. I don't have any support issues either. I've seen lots of guys run this setup. My biggest concern is the bell mounted starter. I don't wanna hack the bell to run a block mounted starter. Is that bell mounted starter crappy? Am I limited in flywheel diamter with this? If there's a big reason for me to change to a rear crossmember I wanna do that now.

Enough with the chit-chat, jlsanborn is building on this thread again! I dropped off a pile of junk at the blasters on Monday. He's about a week or so backlogged but I'm stoked. I ordered an a$$-lode of pretty stuff today too! Pretty much everything for the interior, all the door bits, a complete rubber kit, mirrors, emblems, grill trim and bezels, can't even remember it all right now. I'll put up pics after Big Brown comes. The Boy prettied up the big-o sway bar and got that hung while I finished out the passenger door tonight. There'll be paint fumes here soon!

[FrankieD]

not sure if these guys can save you any because of shipping but you can get an idea on pricing. They are 5min from my house.

http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/default.aspx

[FrankieD]

My 70 W/granny 4spd and the 72 3spd parts truck had the same bellhousing mounts. You could use a car bellhousing they didn't have the mounts on them and then you would have the threads for the bottom bolts.

[Low Elco]

Woot, woot! Looks like progress! Always feels good to go forward!
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[XxCHEVYMANxX]

Well I was wrong, my engine stands are mounted in the forward position. I have never had any trouble out of my bell mounted starter, its the same starter I used when it was my daily driver for a year. the engine stands only have two mounting positions(on my frame), and the bell mount X member looks like it has three positions. also remember that the Z bar for manual trans had different mounting points, and sizes too.