What are you working on today??

[Stev]

Rescuing my truck from winter storage on the mainland.

Went cruising around Vancouver before heading home and I found this thing just hanging out on a side street. Another canadian truck, still had the flathead in it but it had a fabbed bed, mercury tailgate, 1950-53 rear fenders and 51 bumper. Wild.

 

[cuda hunter]

Went cruising around Vancouver before heading home and I found this thing just hanging out on a side street. Another canadian truck, still had the flathead in it but it had a fabbed bed, mercury tailgate, 1950-53 rear fenders and 51 bumper. Wild.

Did you knock on the door? Meet the owner?

 

[Frank Odenthal]

Finished the transmission stand for the rebuild. It can be mounted to the engine stand as well. No picture of that yet.
Now the teardown can begin.

 

[3175375]

Getting closer to installing. I need to clean up the surfaces and get another coat of urethane on it. I’m liking this very much. 8^)

 

[Vaanth]

 

[3175375]

I installed the walnut spice rack that I purchased from Dave’s Spice Racks (Custom Spice Racks – Mindfully Made for You). He’s in Minnesota.
I wiped down the back after installing the spice rack with a tack rag and buried it with Minwax urethane rattle can - warm semi-gloss.

I will probably flip it over after the back dries and look one more time to decide whether to give the front one more coat or not.

Install will be done before Easter. Yay!

 

[Boydsdodge]

Swaping out a very loose timing chain set. I was surprised to find that stock style timing sets are not available around here any longer. Had to order in from the Rock.

 

[Vaanth]

Not a C-body, but it's what I worked on...

Moved from a field to a covered area to begin a long term return to life as I can fit it in with everything else.

383-4speed with Air Grabber hood and 3.23:1 Sure Grip. Blue over the original F8 green with F8 green interior.

 

[Boydsdodge]

Not a C-body, but it's what I worked on...

Moved from a field to a covered area to begin a long term return to life as I can fit it in with everything else.

383-4speed with Air Grabber hood and 3.23:1 Sure Grip. Blue over the original F8 green with F8 green interior.

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Love the F7 and F8 green B, C and E bodies.

 

[Big_John]

I've been wanting to do this for a while.

I always really liked the toolboxes that I'd see once in a while from the Plymouth Troubleshooting competition they did in the 60's and 70's. The boxes themselves, when they come available are out of my price range, but I figured out what toolbox they used and started looking for one. I think it's a Utica-Bonney box. It's very different shaped with the ends tapering down to the base. Kind of coffin shaped.

Here's a '69 version of the Plymouth box.

Here's a '65 version. The later ones had different graphics that I liked a lot better. The end also had a Bonney tools logo on it.

I discovered that not only Chrysler used this box, Delco used it too. I have no idea exactly, but it may have either been a give-away or came with some specialized equipment. I found one on eBay. Mine was a little nicer than this one.

I wanted a '65 version to match my '65 Barracuda. That car is white with a red stripe so I wanted the box to match. I wasn't trying to make an exact duplicate and made mine with the later style graphics and color to match my car. Mrs. Big John cut the letters in red vinyl on her Cricut machine. The flag sticker covers the Delco.

 

[3175375]

What a better day to share this than today, Palm Sunday, when our Christ humbly rode on a donkey colt…


https://youtube.com/shorts/R9t2KTxmAJ4?feature=shared

 

[edbods]

Oh man that is so cool. Do you have any young kids? They're 100% going to get a kick out of discovering it if you haven't told them about it, or give hints about a little hidey hole

 

[3175375]

What a better day to share this than today, Palm Sunday, when our Christ humbly rode on a donkey colt…



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[3175375]

Oh man that is so cool. Do you have any young kids? They're 100% going to get a kick out of discovering it if you haven't told them about it, or give hints about a little hidey hole

Thanks.

We started the fabrication of the project last November.

Our children are grown, at least physically. Lol.
However, their children will get a kick out of it.

The black walnut on the face of the door is from the east side of the driveway. Two trees had fallen and I had the trunks rough sawn and kiln dried at a local sawmill about 5 years ago. The second owner before us planted those trees (his son and family live at the homestead across from us) about 40 years ago.

None of the black walnut trees that were planted were irrigated, but by God, so needless to say, the facia lumber was extremely hard! Thank goodness for planers!!!

 

[Vaanth]

Not a C-body again, but reviving my 1976 Dodge D100 that has been sitting in a field for years.

It had led a rough life before I got it and I used it as a daily driver in the 80s. It had been hit on nearly every panel. It was T-boned twice on the driver bed side, and the trucks that hit it were totaled. It had been hit hard on the right bed side too and patched heavily with filler. The front bumper was folded back into the fender and split. I pulled it straight and welded the splits. A tree had fallen on the roof as well. It had been used to haul gravel mounded as high as the roof and the bed sides were bowed out. I pulled them in, but was still tweaked so that the tailgate wouldn't stay shut. The bed floor itself is bowed down between the frame members. The original 8-1/4" rear axle had been so overloaded that the axle tube welds into the central section had broken loose and the tubes were leaking. Its 318 and 727 performed well though. I never tried to make it look good, just drove it and hauled with it. I did patch it up some and swapped the rear axle. I handed it off to my parents after a while, and later it became a field truck until it was parked. It will still be used only as a field truck, but it needs a little help.

I got it running again and drove it out of the field, but it would not draw gas, so I fueled it with a temporary gas can. I blew out the lines, but determined the pickup was blocked. I dropped the tank today....

The screws securing the sender/pickup were rusting away. Shown soaking in PB Blaster here:

Three came loose, but I had to use Vampliers to get the other three. The Vampliers worked great:

I found the blockage:

 

[cuda hunter]

That's some blockage alright.
Man has that truck been through it. Glad it's going back together.

 

[Big_John]

Three came loose, but I had to use Vampliers to get the other three. The Vampliers worked great:

I've never seen those pliers. I may have to buy a pair!

I do have one of those screwdrivers though. For those that don't know, you hit the end with a hammer, and it turns the blade very slightly to break the screw loose.

 

[3175375]

I've never seen those pliers. I may have to buy a pair!

I do have one of those screwdrivers though. For those that don't know, you hit the end with a hammer, and it turns the blade very slightly to break the screw loose.

Post in the tools thread upon receiving and evaluating the Vampliers

 

[cuda hunter]

The pliers look like a standard pair of linesmans pliers. What's the difference?
Thanks BigJohn on the screwdriver as I had no idea such a tool was made.
How are they different than a standard screwdriver? Technically?

 

[Big_John]

The pliers look like a standard pair of linesmans pliers. What's the difference?
Thanks BigJohn on the screwdriver as I had no idea such a tool was made.
How are they different than a standard screwdriver? Technically?

This picture probably explains it the best. Hold it against the screw and give it some pressure down and twisting counterclockwise. The tip twists 12° when you smack it with a hammer.

What's really nice is it doesn't slip and round out the cross or if the cross is already a little rounded, it will still bite in. You can get a #2 and a#3 tipped screwdriver.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003BI8HHQ?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1