Sweet.... I like the idea with the ash tray too. mine is just a big hole right now. Guess I have ideas to do with it now, once my engine swap is done.

 

Got a little done on the truck today. Kinda crushed for time. Woke up and split and stacked a ton of firewood. Wire wheeled some of the frame and cut out the rotted transmission crossmember. Probably going to make a new one at school. Not much going to get done for the rest of the day cuz its bow season here so Im gonna hit the woods for a while lol

 

You can get about 400 hp out of that with a set of 370 hp injectors, AFC kit, and a #4 TST fuel plate. Throw in a 4K governor spring kit and you will love it.

 

nice build you have going...keep up the good work, and keep the pics rolling. i would love to do the cummins swap one day, but right now just trying to get my 79 250 4wd cc back on the road. bought a summit 20 circuit universal (yeah right) wiring harness..nightmare if you cut ALL of the old harness out first...sorry, didnt mean to hijack your thread, but i LIKE your project, and good luck

 

Remember that firewood I said I was stacking? well here's the pile. Thats my brother. He is about 5'6 or a little shorter.

Here is a crappy cell phone pick of the rear half of the frame painted with KBS Coatings Rust Seal paint. It has about 2 coats of rust seal and The top coat they offer.

Have a bunch of smaller parts for the frame at school painted just need to bring them home. More pics soon to come.

 

Got some work done in school today. Wire wheeled the brake assembly backing plates and prepped them for paint.

Here is the paint Im using for all the underbody parts.

Started body filling the ash tray I welded shut on the dash. Its gonna be pretty cool when its finished.

Hopefully getting more parts painted at school tomorrow. Will try to get a pic of them all hanging up painted up nice clean lookin. Its amazing what a nice coat of paint does to a project. Makes it look so much better.

As usual any comments are welcome. Im learning a ton as I progress in this project. Im tryin to learn as much as I can about this kind of stuff. Being 17 and doing this restoration is quite an experience. Thanks guys.

 

Just skimmed through, you're doing awesome work man! Keep it up!

 

I was a little older, but the learning experience is exactly why I bought my truck. It is cool to get something you can learn on, and in the end have a nice ride as well

Keep up the good work

 

Little bit of an update. Havent done much lately because Ive been kinda busy with this!


Its my first buck with a bow. Pretty decent. Not huge but I was still pumped up and shakin like a leaf. 1 deer down 5 to go haha

Finished up painting a couple parts. Hanging in the paint room at my highschool shop class.


Also finished bondoing the dash. Cant even tell there was an ash tray there anymore. Not bad for my first time bondoing something.


Let me know what you guys think. Your feedback helps a lot. Motivates me to keep workin on this truck haha

 

nice work!!! i shure wish i had a automotive class at my high school id have been all over it!

 

nice build so far, started at that age too. it's awesome when you see it going together.

 

Nice work. Congrats on the buck as well. I am a muzzleloader guy, but want to start getting into bow hunting. Something about primitive arms and the more patient, slower type of hunting appeals to me. Kind of goes along with my slow approach to redoing old trucks. Just more relaxing.

 

The only thing that improves a good build thread is popping in a couple of deer hunt shots.

I am extremely jealous.

 

thanks guys. I plan on taking my doors into school and patching the bottom door skin on both. I dont have any other doors so I figured this would be cheaper. I Kind of have a little trouble finding dentside truck parts in my area. I wish I could. Its alright though. good practice haha

 

Havent got much done. Finished the dash with glazing putty and got it all smoothed out. Brought my fenders in to do the body work on them. So far I have 2 coats of high build on my dash. Plan on priming one of the fenders tomorrow and finishing up the body work on the other one.

Homemade paint booth
Here is where the ash tray is welded shut. Cant even tell there was once an ash tray there. Perfectly smooth and blended.