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These next few posts will be rather picture heavy, I hope you're ok with that..... More work on the C10 on Saturday and it's nearly complete. Case spreader installed on the housing and spreading. I apply some GM Gear Marking compound to 2-3 locations around the ring gear. Taking a gear...

Also, worth noting, notice in this picture that the end of the drift is chamfered, no mushrooms here. Please do yourselves a favor and try to keep those mushrooms in the yard where they belong, NOT on your punches or drifts. This is one of my pet peeves (yeah, I know, I have a lot of those)...

Worked on James' C10 last night. This week hasn't exactly gone as planned so shop time has been less than expected but made good progress last night. After driving the pinion races out you can see they were in need or being replaced. Not trashed by any means but they are at the end of their...

^^This. I couldn't agree more. My personal vehicles I prefer to be "sleepers". Have the performance where it counts but other than that get lost in the crowd that they are so "common" or OG looking. Now back in the day my street rods and race cars were the exact opposite. Those were more...

A little more work on the C10 last night. Got home later than planned so not much accomplished. Started by pressing off the inner pinion bearing to determine the OG shim thickness. Grabbed the shim assortment and put the drawer on my workbench within easy reach. Funny how many shims I've...

When I see these idiotic things driving around all I can think to myself is how bad that cooling system is struggling. The looks are terrible but they're secondary to them impeding the ability to run and cool properly.

Looks like a fun trip. Thanks for sharing the pictures. I completely understand wanting to be involved in what your kids are interested in. I'm an old hot rodder/racer as well and my son became very interested in Jeeps in high school, so here we are. :D

Saturday I was able to get some shop time in to break down the rear end of an '85 C10 for James, fellow forum member. Pretty cool old truck and well built. I'm sure it's a blast to drive. Ready to pop the diff cover off and drain the fluid. WOW! I think that gear oil was the original fill...

Gold plating seems appropriate. :D

I would love to build another '67-'72 C10. Wish I could swing it right now.

Those colors are amazing Greg. We were there for our annual trip in August but seeing those colors makes me want to go back later in the year. We were at our annual Spearfish, SD gathering two weeks ago and the colors were just beginning to change early in the week but by mid to late week they...

Thanks. The guy drove up from New Mexico to buy it and seemed quite pleased with what he got. I can't believe you remembered the visor screws that I machined for my helmet. :D I kept our half-helmets as well as all riding jackets/coats/gear but I did let the full face/modular helmets with...

Cool looking build James. Missed this before but subscribed now. Mike

SOLD!

Glad that technique has worked for you and was helpful. Thanks Marc.

Thanks Russ. YES! There are plenty of things I suck at, trust me. However, I'm not going to post them. :rofl: Basically, I am a mechanic, plain and simple and that's the only thing I am good at so I capitalize on that and have used it to my advantage to make a living. I appreciate...

Finished up my son's WJ last night by hitting the blend areas with just a couple swipes of 2000-grit wet sandpaper then breathed over the areas with my mini-polisher and a couple of compounds. I am pretty pleased with the results and the whole job turned out seamless. My DIL stopped by while...

Continuing on with the repair. Primer block sanded with 220-grit then 320-grit before adding a couple coats of white epoxy primer in which was sanded using 500-grit wet sandpaper after curing overnight. I had a couple of small areas where I sanded through to metal that required a little touch...

Continuing on...... The rocker panel cut and now sneaking up on the fitment of the new patch panel. After I was happy with the fitment I coated the back side of the patch panel as well as the inner structure with epoxy primer. Then fit the panel into place after a night or two of curing for...

Continuing on the with the rust repair. In order to prevent this from happening again, I mixed up some SPI Epoxy Primer to coat the inside of the panels with. Any bare steel received a good coating of epoxy primer. After curing, the new inner panel was clamped in place, the small areas for...