Slick 60's

This generator was not putting out any power, when it did work right it's still not as good as an alternator. I picked up a GM 10si at Napa with the wire pigtail. I drilled new holes in the generator bracket so it will hold the alternator in the correct alignment with the belt. The adjustment arm was too short, so I used one from a marine 302 that I had lying around. It was too long so I cut off the excess and drilled a new mount hole

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This is a 3 wire type alternator, hook up is pretty easy. I removed all the generator wiring except the field wire, which goes to the GEN light in the instrument cluster. This will excite the alternator and also illuminate if the alternator fails. I still have to finish the lower bracket and run the wires tomorrow.

Here is a pic of the modified generator bracket, ugly, but functional. I finished the wiring today. I used 6 gauge for the main charging cable, 12 gauge for the voltage sensing wire, and 16 gauge to the GEN light. I fired up the 223 and the alternator started doing its job right away. I put the freshly painted inner fenders back in place and secured the wire harness to them. The motor needs to be cleaned and painted but I'm going to do that later.

Today I got my new shift collar ($16 on ebay) and decided to install it to hopefully fix my sloppy 3 on the tree. I was hoping to find an obvious problem to my sloppy shifting, which occasionally binds. So off came the steering wheel, and I started disassembly.







This tab was a bit loose, so i welded it

I think this is the culprit, this hole is about twice the size of the shifter that fits into it. Copper pipe to help the weld puddle


I drilled it to what I think it the correct size and ground it down

Column is reassembled

Started sanding it down and getting ready for primer



Primer done

The steering wheel was from another truck and does not match. I'm going to paint the entire truck inside and out and it will be a color change

Things went faster than expected to I mixed up some basecoat for the column and steering wheel.




The clearcoat was last and it laid down nice. I put about 4 coats on the column and the steering wheel


Next I have to paint the cab interior and reinstall the column

Looking nice! Love the blue! What brand of paint are you using? What is the color or paint code?

The paint is PPG DBC and the color is Grabber blue from the 2012 Mustang. Thanks

Nice work on the column and Wheel.
Let us know if it corrects the slop problem. Sounds interesting.

I believe it removed the slop. I put the assembled column in the vice (before paint) and the shifter was nice and tight and there was no delay when the moving the shifter in relation to the arms. The old collar was badly worn at the retaining pin allowing the shifter to move before engaging the shift tube, it also was worn where it engages the shift tube.

I decided to paint the dash before putting the freshly painted column back in. I can't move the truck with the column out and I don't want to put it in then paint around it. The radio opening was hacked by someone in the past to fit a sweet cassette player in it. I am not an audio nut, but a stock AM radio just won't work for me, so I welded a single DIN opening into the dash. The base and clear laid down really nice, with a couple minor runs, just to keep it looking like a factory paint job.

Nice build.. I like your work

that dash is going to look great with some chrome trim!

Thanks, I'm impatiently waiting for it to dry so I can reassemble it

Got some more work done on the 64. The dash was wet sanded and buffed, because it would be impossible to do once the windshield is back in. I fit the ashtray and reinstalled the column. The column shift feels great now, no slop, really easy to find the gears now. I had some old light grayish blue basecoat so I sprayed the whole floor with that, then used the grabber blue along the edges or anywhere the carpet may not cover, kick panels got painted grabber blue. The whole floor was then shot with clear, again leftover from an old project.

Good spot to use left over paint, no one will see it once the carpet is in! You are make nice steady progress, keep up the good work!

I got tired of only being able to spray one side of my tailgate at a time while on saw horses. What I really want is a fancy body shop panel holder, but they are very pricey. I have a few square rail garage door track assemblies so I put them to use. They were welded to form a base and a short receiver piece was welded to the base. Then you can add sections to get your desired height and there are holes at the end of each piece which work great to attach parts to for spraying. Using both bases I stuck some sections horizontally through the tailgate and was able to then spray primer on both sides. They seem to work well so far and held a fender nicely. I may have to make two more since I have about 12 of these garage door rail assemblies sitting around. It only took me about 15 minutes to cut and weld these up.

Great idea on the stands, you can get a lot more accomplished at one time.

Thanks. Now I need to make some to hold the doors

Shot some color today.

Sweet Build.....
I want to use this Color and Flat black on my Crew Build...
What gun are you using to paint with..?
Will be watching your progress....
I am finally moving forward with my 5 yr project...lol