My never ending 520 project

[gene knight]

On 9/28/2020 at 11:10 PM, wayno said:

How did you make the handles work, this is how I did mine on my 520 ute.

love the tailgate handle setup

[Kenp19]

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Still needs a little trimming on the window channel but it’s all one piece again not all that pretty but Good enough for plastic  the glass and the door both  fit great   So it’s on to the the rest of the rot Down lower 

[Noll]

Nice work, glad to see you're saving the cab 🙂 .

[Kenp19]

3 minutes ago, Noll said:

Nice work, glad to see you're saving the cab 🙂 .

I’m not Glad to be doing it 😂... Thanks man not my finest work but good enough I think I’d have had better results had I used my bead roller to make the channel and just rolled the radius into flat metal as opposed to bending something up and shrinking and stretching it like I did  because I didn’t want to have to “waste time” digging  out the right tool   😂😂 

[Kenp19]

And the rot repair continues she don’t get much further apart than this 

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Floor and inner rockers are repaired still a good amount of rust repairs to do but  the cab is on for test fit gotta do a bit of fire wall work to accommodate the new tilt column and pedal set up then on to the fun stuff 

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Took a break from fixing things to do some “fun” stuff and started working on my power rear glass 

[Crashtd420]

That's a killer mod I love it.....

[420n620]

where's the video of designing the rear power window ? That's pretty cool. 

[Kenp19]

1 hour ago, 420n620 said:

where's the video of designing the rear power window ? That's pretty cool. 

Thanks still in the very early stages of the project not much to show the regulator is just tacked on to a crude bracket right now to kinda see what’s what I’ll post more about it as I make some more progress I ran out of steel over the weekend so I moved on to my new pedal set up but I’m hoping to get back to the rear glass next weekend 

[Kenp19]

2 hours ago, Crashtd420 said:

That's a killer mod I love it.....

Thanks man 

[BrothersGarage]

Yeah that rear window mod is sexy. What tilt column are you running with? 

[Kenp19]

On 5/8/2021 at 12:26 AM, BrothersGarage said:

Yeah that rear window mod is sexy. What tilt column are you running with? 

 Thanks man it’s a work in progress  my steering column is some  “gm style “ eBay hotness  I forget the brand name  but its stainless and seems well built ... couldn’t bring myself to pay ididit prices for something I planned on immediately chopping up and possibly destroying😂

[BrothersGarage]

Makes total sense, looks fantastic too. Nice job!

[Kenp19]

3 hours ago, BrothersGarage said:

Makes total sense, looks fantastic too. Nice job!

Thanks Man just like seemingly everything else I do it’s still a work in progress. Im currently working on the column mount/ pedal set up getting it all fitted and hooked up to run the 7” gm booster  and stiffening up the column mount a bit 

[Kenp19]

Haven’t gotten much done the past month or so but here’s my chopped down 67 cougar taillights and chopped up 68 Camaro bumpers still plenty to do also got my tailgate handles operating using autoloc mini bearclaw latches I’ll have to get a video once I get back out in the garage ... someday 😂

[mikec4193]

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I just looked at the door post repairs....holey cow....that is amazing work right there....we all know why these old trucks didnt make in the greater Northeaster part of the USA....your hot rod truck is smiling now...you keep feeding it like you have been it'll be complete truck again...

 

thanks for sharing your journey.

 

MikeC

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On 8/25/2021 at 11:35 AM, mikec4193 said:

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I just looked at the door post repairs....holey cow....that is amazing work right there....we all know why these old trucks didnt make in the greater Northeaster part of the USA....your hot rod truck is smiling now...you keep feeding it like you have been it'll be complete truck again...

 

thanks for sharing your journey.

 

MikeC

Thanks it’s been a ton of work  nothing survives the salt 😂 sorry for the late reply I got a new phone a few months ago and haven’t been able to figure out how to get back on here till today lol good thing I’m better at metal work than I am with technology or the truck might never get done 😂😂😂

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Not a ton of progress but I rebuilt and reinstalled the rear diff with 3.70 gears big block side yolks, bearings, seals etc 

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Frame mods to fit bigger radiator 

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Sneak peek at the start of my custom single headlight set up