Cold weather got me started……..finally!

[Kman]

Bed floor being replaced with a new panel. Hopefully this weekend I will road test the new engine. Getting closer to the paint shop step by step!

 

[Kman]

Picked up the truck bed and road tested the new engine. Had to adjust the timing a little bit, but no leaks and it’s running sweet. I believe it’s time to pull the glass and send it off for paint. I’ll still have a lot to do when it gets back, but that will make it finally look like all this effort is for something. Most people look at the truck and think nothing has changed like my wife. Paint will fix that.

 

[greg vess]

Before you put a headliner in put them put some silence dead in her strips under the headliner it'll take a lot of the noise out of the cab. It looks like you already put the floor in but usually that if you put the silence deadener in the floor too it really makes a big difference. A lot of guys will put the heat in that in under over the sounds and that keeps the heat down off the floor pans.

 

[greg vess]

I had thought about it. I’ve already replaced so much on this truck. I did not want to have to do it again if I upped the horsepower. It was hard to have that restraint lol! It may happen down the road, but the paint job is gonna be a big dent in the pocket.

I would have at least put a B303 cam pack in it. Put a little rumble in the pipes.

 

[greg vess]

That truck is nice and clean underneath and the suspension as well. New paint and you will be in business.

 

[Kman]

Before you put a headliner in put them put some silence dead in her strips under the headliner it'll take a lot of the noise out of the cab. It looks like you already put the floor in but usually that if you put the silence deadener in the floor too it really makes a big difference. A lot of guys will put the heat in that in under over the sounds and that keeps the heat down off the floor pans.

When I bought the truck in 2020, I had the floor pans replaced, transmission rebuilt then it sat. The floor pans are just in primer. I’ll definitely put some sound deadening material everywhere. It should make a good dependable cruiser. It just doesn’t look like much to most people right now. I get to pull the glass out and send it to be painted in the next week or two.

 

[basstracker89]

Keep us posted, it's been fun to watch

 

[greg vess]

When I bought the truck in 2020, I had the floor pans replaced, transmission rebuilt then it sat. The floor pans are just in primer. I’ll definitely put some sound deadening material everywhere. It should make a good dependable cruiser. It just doesn’t look like much to most people right now. I get to pull the glass out and send it to be painted in the next week or two.

I like a old truck showing patina. As good as it looks underneath and under the hood, a nice interior and the paint is just icing in the cake.

 

[basstracker89]

I like a old truck showing patina. As good as it looks underneath and under the hood, a nice interior and the paint is just icing in the cake.

I like the rat rod look too

 

[greg vess]

It has a nice stance to it now. Now that I think
about it a nice fuel injection 302 will make a nice cruiser. A big block would literally guzzle gas and a Sunday cruise would cost you 50 bucks. Like B basstracker89 and I, we would have to beef up the engine but that all comes at a hefty price and before you know it you have 20 grand in the motor. Being able to go out and start the engine and go for a nice cruise without having to worry about octane requirements would be a nice change. Just get the eye appeal stuff done and just enjoy the truck for what it is.