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Posted: June 3, 2010, 11:23 pm
by ICEMAN6166
coming along nicely Greg
Posted: June 4, 2010, 6:49 am
by Greg D
Thanks Brian,
I got some more of the frame painted with POR yesterday after work. It's a PITA so I am trying do just do a "section" every day.
Posted: June 5, 2010, 6:55 pm
by Alan Mclennan
Greg!, get some sun on those legs mate! and some thong`s ( on your feet!)
one question, are they stock engine mounts?
Posted: June 5, 2010, 8:20 pm
by Greg D
I hate thongs, lol. I do wear one of my pairs of sandals to work though. I can't be showing off my feet on the site - they look worse than yours, lol.
The jury is out on the engine mounts Alan, somebody said ancient Transdapt they could also be home made. From looking at them closely I say they were made for something else and then adapted to the truck. They take stock insulators though which is good - I'll need new ones.
Posted: June 6, 2010, 2:15 am
by Alan Mclennan
Would an engine tube get in the way of the axle?, if not I`d be going down that route while everything is out!, IMO
Posted: June 6, 2010, 9:17 am
by Greg D
I don't know a lot about engine swap mounts Alan. I have seen 1 or 2 trucks with a tube crossmember mount and they seem to clear the axle fine. I have to add though one of those trucks had no engine and I don't know what the mount was designed for.
Posted: June 6, 2010, 9:40 am
by Michelle
What else can I say. You look like a happy camper. A man and his machine.
Posted: June 6, 2010, 5:24 pm
by Greg D
As hard as it is on my bad shoulders & bad back Michelle, I do love working on them.
I still have the center of the cab floor between the rails and some of the inside of the frame rails to do to the back of the cab outside of the rails is mostly done (I won't paint back past the cab til I get the frame shortened).
Got some paint on the frame today. Also got the passenger inside lower cowl painted (drivers side was done a few weeks ago). At least now I can start reassembling the frame, hang the other axle & springs and run brake lines, etc.
Ooo, shiney!
Posted: June 6, 2010, 8:27 pm
by Reds Rod Shop
Looking good Greg, If the truck wasn't in the background, I'd say you were cleaning toilets. lol.
Posted: June 12, 2010, 9:48 pm
by rwhistles
That looks just like the brush I bought at family dollar. Truck is gonna look good when you get it finished Greg. Keep it up.
Posted: June 12, 2010, 10:16 pm
by Greg D
Harbor Freight puts them on sale fairly often. 1. 6" and 1. 1" each of plastic, brass, and stainless steel bristles. They are pretty good little brushes especially when you get them for like $3 or $4 for all 6.
Posted: June 19, 2010, 8:39 pm
by Greg D
Well, today we had some disassembly..............
and the beginning of some reassembly!
dirty work
Posted: June 19, 2010, 10:00 pm
by Truckrat
Looks like you have been having fun getting down and dirty with the Slick parts, Greg. It is 10 pm saturday night and I am down in Texas at Chris's house in the shop helping him with the crew. We are mixing up the blue to spray and then we'll be done for the night.
Tomorrow we will spray the clear coat and I'll be on the way home. So far it is looking pretty good. Are those your monoleafs on the truck? TR
Posted: June 19, 2010, 10:13 pm
by Greg D
Yea Gary, I pulled the whole axle, disc brake, monoleaf assembly from the Uni as a unit and bolted it in the 64.
Posted: June 19, 2010, 11:08 pm
by fire truck
lookin good greg
I think Gary will need some red bull tomorrow.....
Posted: June 20, 2010, 2:28 pm
by Michelle
Gary, if you were bald with one ear rignt we could call you Mr.Clean. If the Y block looks as good as the bell housing when cleaned, it will be clean enough to eat off of. Looking good fellow Slicker.
Posted: June 20, 2010, 5:31 pm
by MadMaxetc
If it didn't smoke you should be fine. But you should know more when you pull the heads off.
Looking good!