Slick 60's

Finished welding up the small patches I had left on the PS door posts. Only had an hour, put got it done.

Hope to have the Cab back on the frame for engine mock-up on Wednesday night.

"Finished" round 1 of my wiring today. EZ harness, MSD Ready-To-Run Dizzy, Blaster 2 coil and 8.5mm wires. Truck fired right up. Couple original gauges arent working but i think the CVU got unplugged. Also the passenger turn signal isnt working so I get to chase those out tomorrow. Overall I'm happy.

how was the EZ wire harness work out. That is what I got for mine.

straightened and welded up a couple of small places on my inner fenders, then ground them down and primed them....(i figured i'd fix the issues before media blast and epoxy).

Did some more welding on the cab.

Rebuilt my steering column and prepared it for mock-up.

Cab is on track to be on the frame Saturday!

Yanked out motor/trans again.. dumping the MII suspension, cutting the rails and clamping the Trans Am clip in place. It's been a long hard road....

Finally got the rear bumper brackets I've been looking for.
Finally got around to bolting down my new core support and adjusting the fenders so the FREAKING grill will fit like its supposed to. Misalignment, thy name is woman. More trouble than you're worth.
And discovered a neat little item on those new core supports.
The holes that mount the splash guard and the header supports DO NOT take cage nuts. They're threaded. Way cool. I'm going to post this as a separate item for those who aren't reading this thread. So if you see it, ignore it.
U@ss

changed my front tires and got the toe-in set. steering wheel is back in the center where it was before i changed the springs.
thanks to the guys at the tire shop across the street for their help and the use of their pavement.

scraped por 15 off my frame to find the vin which i need to get my title changed over as i have no door tag (never did, the original cab took a hit to the cab corner and door and the p.o. never bothered to look for it at the accident scene.

Took the '66 for a ride, try to do that daily while the weather is still nice.

Leaned on the uni and schemed. Found out that what looked like a rust spot in the right footwell below the hinge was actually junk in the paint causing it to lift.

Bead blasted a bunch of y-block parts.

SPark

Cool weather must be magic.
I pre-fitted some "special" parts today and will be bead blasting them Saturday or Sunday so I can shoot them with epoxy primer and some kind of color. Anyone used hammer-tone and if so, how does it hold up with use?
I'm doing a pictorial "how to" to go along with these parts, but won't post them until the jobs finished.

Got the TA clip clamped into place. And re-leveled the frame one more time.

Uncle Skip wrote:. Anyone used hammer-tone and if so, how does it hold up with use?

rust-oleum hammered finish?
used it on my wheels, held up good
used it inside the bed ,did ok on the floor but peeled on the sides.
the rougher the surface the better it sticks
applies good with a quality brush or roller and does not leave marks

Didn't do anything on the Slick. But, I did empty all my parts outta the camper (storage) to get to my fenders. Then reorganized everything going back in to make finding parts easier in the future

painted my front bumper black then took apart my winch motor
cleaned it all out and fixed the broken copper strap inside. put it all back together and its working again

Pulled the front clip, pulled the old tired 352 and np435 out, getting things ready to install the new 390 and C6 auto.

well now that the subframe is clamped in place and centered in the wheel wells... I'm putting the motor in today and making motor mounts. yesterday I also made make shift ladder bars so I can at least roll the truck in and out of the shop. progress at 2 hours a day! it's hard to believe how much you can accomplish in 2 hours a day....