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Big Block's Return-Its All About The DETAILS Man..
Well some of you have seen this truck before but since I posted picks of it, it has had some misfortune at the hands of my teenage son. Here is a pick of her at work.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...y/IM003303.jpg And here is a pick of the culprit next to the victim. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...00425-1638.jpg And a picture of the victim stripped of all her pride. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wboy/010-5.jpg Since I do not have picks of what happened to her I will keep it short. She had a run in with an item that was not going to move with the passenger front wheel. This run in wrecked one of my 38 inch TSL SX tires and almost ripped the front leaf spring bracket off the frame bent the U bolts on both sides and sheared the centering pin out of the leaf stack and jacked the passenger front fender. Now don't think he is getting off with out being out of pocket he has to buy all New Tires for the truck and since Interco's Tire plant burned down 8 months ago my TSL SX's are very hard to get and if you can find them they have went threw the roof in price so he is buying 4 new 38 inch BFG KM2's.. So since we have this amount of damage and it has been run hard the last 11 years since I first rebuilt the truck and re did the body it is time for the kid and his little brother to learn how to do body work and paint and restore the old girl. Now since all the parts I have gotten him are OG off other truck there will be some work on them all but all in all for the most part rust free. So he started with the bottom side of the new hood this weekend and prepped the under side and sealed it with POR rust proof sealer. Before http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/003-19.jpg After http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/004-19.jpg Next with some help he got to work on the damaged mount. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wboy/011-6.jpg And here is what is left of the mount after we got it off. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wboy/012-5.jpg Now that is it for tonight Ill have more soon as I am having new U bolts made tomorrow and getting a new centering pin for the stack. |
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Thats awesome Paul...I cant wait to see it all back together....:D
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glad after that hit he is ok and didn't hit his head on the steering wheel
or windshield ,i guess he was ok if not please say so . but i was wondering if it was like when my son totaled my old IHC pickup we went down to the accident and my son keep the state trooper between me and him as he explained what happened lol the trooper got to laughing so hard that he had to sit down lol son was seventeen or so lol friends said it looked like we was playing ring round the rosy anyway all i wanted was to make sure he was ok but it took his mom to reassure him that the world wasn't ending that evening lol god love kids loved that old truck in fact where the devil is that kid rofl |
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No the kid is fine just a half asleep kid not paying close attention.. OK here he goes. Here is the new mount all bolted in place with grade 8 blots. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/002-21.jpg The boy got more done tonight..Here are the old and new U-Bolts I got the new ones made at a local semi truck repair shop.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/001-15.jpg Putting them back in.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/003-20.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/005-19.jpg Well the son has learned another good lesson from all this.. The law of Action and Reaction. Problem.. What happens when you hit a object very hard and it puts lots of TORK on the gear box?? Thats right it blows the upper seal out of the box so he will be going to get a reman one tomorrow.. |
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love the rust proofing!
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I keep getting crap from my kids about me selling my 1948 Dodge Power Wagon I restored ground up. I had it for 14years then sold it in 1996. But I would probably be doing what your doing --fixing it from 4 wheeling mishaps. I had a blazer about the same vintage as your truck 1975, with 38" Groundhogs and winch back in the early 80's.
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i had an 80 gmc like yours. 32" tires on it, 350 done up. (flat top pistons, rv cam, hooker headers, edlebrock everything) and it had some insane power. at the time it was 80 cents/liter for fuel and i was complaining about it using $40 to drive 2 hours on the highway lol. now it would be more like 80-100!!
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Hey guys Thanks for all the comments and the past rigs you all ways regret getting rid of them after they are gone for sure...
The boy got a lot done this weekend a good friend of mine and I helped out some and Tristin recruited some help from one of his friends also..Here is what we got done.. First as you can see the old box had to go..On the left is my son Tristin and the right is a good friend of mine Wyatt.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/001-17.jpg Here is a pick of the newer box we got.. We had the under side of the floor sand blasted do to the rust on the cross members witch is weird as the box sides and floor and tail gate are straight and rust free?? http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/002-23.jpg I had a local welding shop make me new cross members out of 12ga steal instead of the 16ga the factory ones were.I did not get a picture of it but the boy got the under side of the box and all the inners of the box sides with POR so they have a nice think coat of rust proofing on them now like the hood. He also got 2/3's of the frame POR'ed this weekend too.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/008-11.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/009-10.jpg And a pick of the goof ball playing in the POR.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/004-21.jpg Also he got his cowl in for the hood on Friday. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/003-22.jpg And I got him started on the body work on the hood. Now this is his first major body work he has ever done but with some teaching he will do fine. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wboy/010-6.jpg After teaching him how to shrink high spots and fill and smooth them out he shot the bear metal spots with metal etch primer and then he shot high build primer on the hood. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wboy/011-7.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wboy/012-6.jpg Will get it blocked out this week and get the sealer on it I also started on the doors today but I did not get any picks yet..:eek: |
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looks good Paul and Tristin seams to be having fun and maybe learning a little but where was Joe during all of this I know he had to be close by.
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Thanks Travis.. Joe was in and out fishing and riding bike all weekend..
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well since Friday was the boy's birthday and I got the wheels back from the powder coater I got his 3 tires he had bought the wife and I bought him his last tire for him for his Birthday..
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Well the sky's finally opened up today and the sun shined so the boy and I were able to get back at the truck today and block out the 1st coat of high build on the hood. He did a pretty good job for his first time he did sand to far in areas but that is not to big of a deal..Here is the hood ready for high build primer again..
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/001-21.jpg We also got the passenger door ready for it's first coat of high build primer. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/002-27.jpg So next it was time to teach him how to mix up the 4to1 primer. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/005-24.jpg Then time to learn how to spray and primer is a perfect thing to practice with.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/003-26.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/004-24.jpg And the fruits of his labor today.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/006-20.jpg We got alot done today. The boy is buying his first major tool tomorrow he is buying a wire welder he has saved up $550.00 and is going to by a nice welder and get a tank of gas tomorrow so we can get going on the box and new cab corners this week too.. Ill be picking up a driver side fender this next Sat and some other parts we need from out at the farm and we will keep pluging along.. |
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Lookin good TC! With some more practice, you may have a custom car builder on your hands! Not trying to get soft on you, but I love to see Fathers in their kids lives- teaching and showing them things. Great job on the truck, and with the kids!:). I believe if more men, stepped up and did more stuff with their kids--the world would be a better place! Keep up the great "All around" work! Take care, Will
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Your so very right there Will.. Helping them along and teaching them makes all the difference in life most of the time. He is on the path to be going threw CAT's "Think Big" Program here in 2 years. He will be starting at the largest Truck Shop in the state here as soon as school is out. He does want to get some about body schooling also as he would like to do custom semi work down the road too but a CAT Teck as is main line.. |
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Well been crazy busy this last week but we will be making major progress later this week. But last week the boy took his money he had been saving up and bought himself a new Hobart wire welding and cart. This is his first major tool he has ever bought so he is pretty crazy happy. We have a Miller stick and tig welder in the shop but he wanted a wire so i told him he needed to pay for it and he did. Now I have trained him on how to weld with a stick in all 4 positions I figure you can do that with a stick you can run a wire welder all day i learned how to on the Nat Gas pipe line then I switched over to Boiler and larger scale AC system welding after I got sick of welding in the hot sun or the freezing cold.
Ok so this is his first time wire welding and had him welding 12ga in a matter of minutes so he was able to get 3 cross members stiched in and 2 71 inch seams welded shut today now he just has 2 more to do then we will do any clean up it needs then seam sealer and POR and the bottom of the box is done then it is all body work.. Later this week the front and rear bumpers will be going to get sand blasted then I will heading to the paint booth with the hood and bumpers.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/009-12.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/005-25.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/004-25.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/003-27.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/002-28.jpg |
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its all down hill after you start buying kool tools....
keep up the good work, theres alot you can't learn in skool. somethings just have a "feel" to them. |
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Well he got a bunch more done this week and tonight.. First off the new box supports are all welded in and seams ground and buffed and also recoated the hole bottom of the box one more time with POR.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/007-14.jpg Missing the finished pick Ill get it tomorrow. He also got the rear drums wire wheeled and POR'ed. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/006-22.jpg Now this winter we will be doing a rear disk break swap so more to come there.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wboy/010-9.jpg And then he mounted them on the truck just to see how they looked. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/009-13.jpg Now also I got the new style center caps for the wheel from the salvage yard and I used a 4 inch hole saw to cut the centers out of the front. Now to do this you have to order new lug nuts but you can get them from Dolmar 16-6116 is the part number.. Fronts http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/008-14.jpg Rears http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...wboy/012-7.jpg Ok more to come it should be moving along faster now. I am going to go to the paint booth with the front and rear bumpers and the hood this week.. |
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The Hubcaps go great with the wheels!!!
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She's coming right along... Good job Tristin..;);)
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**** those wheels with those chevy caps look sick!!! i wouldnt be able to drive it in the mud again after that. tell tristen good job on the work looks great prom date should get a nice rumble in that! hahahahahahaha
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Thanks much Guys for all the comments.. The truck is a lot of fun to work on and finally Dad let me work on it lol...We have a lot of parts coming this week for it I want to have it done for some truck shows this year but Dad thinks I am dreaming but you have to have a goal to shoot for. Thanks Much Mike for the comment and Cory you are a NUT.. Back out to the shop..
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Well I sent the boy in town last night to pick up something from a good friend of mine. I told him take the truck and bring back what was there and here is what he found..
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/006-23.jpg The LMC GOD'S have smiled on the over haul project.. NEW fenders and cab corners and inner also new inner fender wells all new window track seal and door gaskets and new gas doors and parts and new complete door hinges and complete door bolt kits NOW we can get at it.. Also the hood is in final prime and ready to be sealed in in the paint booth it go's and the bumpers are at the sand blaster so lots got done yesterday and we are planing to have the box in the paint booth in a week.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/008-15.jpg Also my youngest boy Joey decided he needed his own over haul project to work on with Dad so he brought this wagon I made years ago for my oldest son and it has been in a barn for at least 10+ years and he want to redo it so it also will be the same colors as the big truck when done.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/009-14.jpg |
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that wagon looks like it needs a 3 1/2 hp motor on it for the boy to ride around in the parades
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Hope your LMC parts work out better than mine. I redid my S10 a few years back. Most of the sheetmetal didnt fit and needed lots of reworking, window tracks and seals wouldn't hold the window, and my chrome bumper, handles, and trim are rusting after only 2 years.
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Well got stuck working Sat this weekend but that is a good thing I have been down the road with no work so I am not bitching..;) But the kid got a bunch done with out me but I chipped in late Sat night and today some. He got the hole in side of the box wire brushed with the grinder..
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/002-29.jpg And that made one **** of a mess in the shop but looked good after. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/003-28.jpg Then he got it POR'ed and I seamed sealed it this morning. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/005-26.jpg Before He POR'ed the inside of the box we washed all the floors down in the shop and cleaned it all up nice as I cant work in a mess and after that my youngest son Joe wanted to work on his project but we broke out the dewalt dustless sander for that.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/004-26.jpg Joe also traded to the local lawnmower shop his 2 bigger rear tires for 2 matching the steer tires..He is dead set on redoing the old wagon..:) Also I was able to get the passenger side of the box all sanded down and and damage filled and in high build primer. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/006-24.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/008-17.jpg Got the tailgate in the shop today and got the the latch working perfect it is very smooth and easy to pull Since it had a a GMC chrome center piece it was bolted in with 4-3/8 bolts I had the boy weld them shut top and bottom so now the tail gate is ready to be sanded down and body work and primed.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/007-15.jpg And before I got home last night I was able to get in the paint booth and spray the hood for the truck. I mixed up the same semi flat black as the 69 cuda and sprayed it.. BEFORE http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/001-21.jpg And AFTER.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/009-15.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/010-10.jpg The hood came out good one spot I dont like no one eles sees it but me but the kid did real good for his first body work and I did not work on it much for him.. |
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The truck is coming along nicely and I am glad Joe has found a project to work on as well. It is good to see you and the boys spending time together.
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What is POR?
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It is a rust proof primer that you can put over rust and it will stop it from rusting it all..
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kool guys, looks like your getting there
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Thanks Much Russ it has been a fun project to work on with the boys.. We have been working on it I just have not had time to get picks up but today we were able to block the high build down on the box and it was really pretty straight all in all but I did high build the box and tailgate one more time I hope it can go to paint at the end of the week of first part of next. Here are some picks after we were done blocking i forgot to get some of it primed again you could tell after I re-primed it how nice and straight it was looks great.. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/008-21.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/007-19.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/009-17.jpg You can tell in the picks that were my son is re-etching then the high spots are very few and far most were just sanding threw the body line. And here is the pick of the new tires and center caps on the truck that I forgot about a few posts back. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/005-30.jpg Enjoy comments welcome.. |
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It's always great to see the accomplishments of father & sons' teamwork projects, good on you Paul for teaching your boys the right way to live & learn life lessons. :cool:
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Thanks Much Joe for the great comment.. It is funny he did not see it that way at first when he had to drop 1100 on new tires but as we have worked on it and I have put into it his mind has changed. I have noticed that he is picking up extra hours at work so he can buy parts and things he wants for the truck..:eek: |
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Well all life has gotten in the way of my fun lately.. I have been blessed with tons of work for my business and life at home has been crazy. My wife had some surgery to fix what a issue that we have been trying to figure out what has been make her sick over a week ago and it has been a tuff road the last 10 days but she is on the up side..
The boys and I have been working a little on the truck but took sometime this weekend for Fathers day as that is what i wanted to work on and here is what has been going on since the last update many weeks ago. There really was no picks I could put up for the constant blocking of the box but here is the last pick before it went to the paint booth. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/008-17.jpg So it went to the shop on Thursday and it came home today.. NOW mind you it has yet to be cut and buffed. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/008-22.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/009-18.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/010-14.jpg In the shop under HO lights. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/011-12.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/012-11.jpg I will set the gas doors and tailgate later this week I am waiting on some more hardware. Also 2 weeks ago we got the bumpers back. Now we only mounted the rear as it will not be in the way of anything but the front will have to wait. FOr some reason the sunlight made it look funny I thin in the pick but it is the same Black as the wheels. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/004-30.jpg But one pretty big set back today. I was hoping to get the new fenders and doors hung this weekend but we found a hidden surprise under some patch work today. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/005-31.jpg Just seeing how far i need to go. http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/007-20.jpg http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...boy/006-28.jpg So I have new inner and outer rockers and full passenger and driver side floors coming I have the inner and outer rocker already in the shop so lots of new sheet metal this week when time and other projects allow time.. Thanks for looking.. |
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Great looking Updates Paul
That Chevy Is coming along NICELY !!! Alfy |
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Thanks Much Alfy.. There should be a big box of sheet metal for the boy to start playing with by Wed this week..
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Paul - just read through all this - pretty major project - the elbow grease is paying as it looks fabulous. Pat the boys on the back for us. Also real glad the mississippi is getting well - 'if momma ain't happy ain't nobody happy'
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Looks good Paul!
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It's gonna look great in red, even if that hasn't been buffed etc yet, it still pops!
SHame about the tin worm hiding in the floor, but it looks like you got that covered, can't wait to see the finished article. |
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