What have you done to your square lately??

[ChuckN]

Beautiful truck, never get tired of seeing it!

Thanks Sam! I’d like to see more of yours!

 

[1STLS1]

Ordered a new steering shaft and lower column bearing since I am in there.

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[Travlr]

Insurance told me they most likely would be replacing with a single piece and wouldn't be able to source a sliding back window. Since it was free I went along.

Amazon has them... Insurance didn't want to pay for it.

 

[Radiohead]

@radio "Had a segment of stainless piano hinge sitting around, now it's useful. And so is the glovebox."

Isn't that plastic? Is it something that can be made on a 3D printer? Just a thought for someone that has a 3D printer to make and sell

[EDIT] looking further....there's more to it. I'll dig into mine when I can to share a better opinion.

My Apologies.

Ha, no worries. The original design uses plastic and after time it says no. I doubt the glovebox engineer thought these trucks would be around forever, so save some money upfront. Remember, im thinking depression era remedies for modern problems. I figured I made it viable for 46 more years. Besides, the other piece I have is a goldish color made of ferrous and this way I can stay with the whole Silverado theme and rust prevention all in one.

 

[Tank6x2]

I called LS Fab about this filler last Wednesday. Got an answering machine said they return calls in 1 business day. Still haven't heard from them

Jokes on them, I got it to close/fit better anyways.

Painted it up an installed it for the last time hopefully.

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Got the bed trimmed for the sending unit an put back on.

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However I'm not optimistic that its going to fill very well at all. The cap they have ends at the bed floor a the tank fill is also basically on the bed floor. Its going to have to have a 90 like 3" below the cap a then a 45 or so to the tank. An i gotta get from 1.5" to 2" in there somewhere.

I’m 1/2 hour from their shop, they are incredibly busy small facility- the crew at LS will get back to you.

 

[Tank6x2]

I walked into the garage, moved some items I had stacked around it, leaned against another truck in the driveway, stared at it, looked at a couple difficult things I have to do, thought about it, went and got a hair cut.
Looked for the rest of the day for enthusiasm to get it done but wasn't to be found

Had a year like that it comes in waves

 

[Tank6x2]

I walked into the garage, moved some items I had stacked around it, leaned against another truck in the driveway, stared at it, looked at a couple difficult things I have to do, thought about it, went and got a hair cut.
Looked for the rest of the day for enthusiasm to get it done but wasn't to be found

Had a year like that it comes in waves

 

[Tank6x2]

Changed out the double steering joints to singles from my original thought process, gained about 1-5/8” moving the column down by modifying the upper bracket and finalized the steering column shaft stabilization heim joint/column lengths

 

[WFarm]

Last weekend I had the Blazer in town picking up some feed and when I went to load it up there was a couple checking it out. We got to talking and they have a 63 Chevy truck being painted by a man who, I found out later, does a lot of paint and body work for some of the nicer cars in the area. This man is 82 years old and has been doing paint and body work for over 60 years. I got his contact info, called him and drove out to his place yesterday. It’s a little over an hour from home.

We discussed what I wanted done to the Blazer, which amounts to repairing and painting the bed rails where they were damaged from the top going on and off over the years and correcting that ugly fit between the RH door and fender. He looked at the door and fender for less than a minute and said he did not understand why the door hinges were shimmed and in the meantime if I were to remove the shims and align the door that fit would look a lot better and he could then work it to make it correct, which will likely involve removing the fender.

So I drove home and attacked the door, removing the shims between the hinges and door and aligning things as best I could. End result is the fit or gap is much improved but still needs work.

I am on his waiting list for the paint and body work. He chuckled when I drove up and admitted he was expecting a beat up rust bucket when I told him over the phone I had a 75 Blazer. He was surprised at its condition and saw no hidden or likely issues with it.

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Typical spot on bed rail:

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[bucket]

Last weekend I had the Blazer in town picking up some feed and when I went to load it up there was a couple checking it out. We got to talking and they have a 63 Chevy truck being painted by a man who, I found out later, does a lot of paint and body work for some of the nicer cars in the area. This man is 82 years old and has been doing paint and body work for over 60 years. I got his contact info, called him and drove out to his place yesterday. It’s a little over an hour from home.

We discussed what I wanted done to the Blazer, which amounts to repairing and painting the bed rails where they were damaged from the top going on and off over the years and correcting that ugly fit between the RH door and fender. He looked at the door and fender for less than a minute and said he did not understand why the door hinges were shimmed and in the meantime if I were to remove the shims and align the door that fit would look a lot better and he could then work it to make it correct, which will likely involve removing the fender.

So I drove home and attacked the door, removing the shims between the hinges and door and aligning things as best I could. End result is the fit or gap is much improved but still needs work.

I am on his waiting list for the paint and body work. He chuckled when I drove up and admitted he was expecting a beat up rust bucket when I told him over the phone I had a 75 Blazer. He was surprised at its condition and saw no hidden or likely issues with it.

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Typical spot on bed rail:

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Looks like it was painted once, but they did not remove the top to do so.

 

[WFarm]

Looks like it was painted once, but they did not remove the top to do so.

Yep.

 

[WFarm]

This is my truck a few years ago when it was being sold by Garage Kept Motors. Top was black from the factory (Z59). Don’t know about that faux woodgrain stuff but it was removed and those areas painted white. Originally it was a solid color (ZY1) in Santa Fe Tan (60L)

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[bluex]

I’m 1/2 hour from their shop, they are incredibly busy small facility- the crew at LS will get back to you.

Still haven't heard from them but I figured it out anyways so it doesn't matter as much now anyhow.

 

[JamesSam]

Early this evening I drove it up to The Mission for some BBQ dinner. Mission BBQ that is, not a mission, anyways.

I've been driving it lately for a couple days on and a few days off to keep the rough running at bay. No real special destinations, just enjoying the rides.

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While I was out I saw another Square that was a CUCV with a longbed, or made to look like it, that had some furniture in the bed, and a bit of a Carolina squat going on. Then when I pulled an Esso Asso and cut through a parking lot to avoid a light I passed a guy pulling up to the front of my local Advance in a red GMT 400 GMC with one of the fancy GMC bed covers that matched. The paint on the truck and the bed cover were pretty faded but the truck was really cool. Gave him a thumbs up when I drove by, but he looked too concerned with what may be going on in his truck. Why he was pulling up to the front of the Advance I suppose. Unfortunately I did not have a chance to snap pics of them.

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[Camar068]

Ha, no worries. The original design uses plastic and after time it says no. I doubt the glovebox engineer thought these trucks would be around forever, so save some money upfront. Remember, im thinking depression era remedies for modern problems. I figured I made it viable for 46 more years. Besides, the other piece I have is a goldish color made of ferrous and this way I can stay with the whole Silverado theme and rust prevention all in one.

lol wasn't knocking your fix at all