I miss having a nice old car.

[Soup DeVille]

Add lightness, not weight!

Doesn't look like a Lotus to me.

[shp4man]

Confession? I kind of like the old funky step bumper. Have a big hammer to straighten it with!! 

The steering box has about 7 inches of play in it- can't be adjusted out. Running with no lube around the ins and outs of a car dealership for 25 years will do that. 

[giant_mtb]

7 inches??  Like, you have to turn the wheel 7" before steering input occurs??

[Payman]

7 inches??  Like, you have to turn the wheel 7" before steering input occurs??

I'd say more like 3.5" of slop L or R. Typical in old trucks.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Get a smaller wheel.

[giant_mtb]

I'd say more like 3.5" of slop L or R. Typical in old trucks.

Never driven a truck that old with that much slop.

[shp4man]

I'd say more like 3.5" of slop L or R. Typical in old trucks.

That's it, ya. The rest of the front end parts are pretty good, though.

[shp4man]

I cleaned it up and work is progressing. I thought my neighbors might be mad at me, but amazingly, they actually seem to like it.  Just this morning, a nice lady and her husband were out walking the dog, and she said "I really like your truck. It's so pretty!" LOL WTF 
It was custom painted by God! 

[Eye of the Tiger]

It is just such a truck. Nothing made today is a truck like this is a truck.

[CaminoRacer]

Nice! Spare tire + black steelie look is perfect

[Payman]

Looking good, except (last time I bring it up... promise) that rear bumper sticks out like a big ugly ass tumor.

[MrH]

Looking good, except (last time I bring it up... promise) that rear bumper sticks out like a big ugly ass tumor.

+1  Can you just take the bumper off?  It would look a whole lot better.

[shp4man]

Painted rear OEM style bumper is still available. Was looking at some other step bumpers of the same vintage, this is one of the better looking ones. 

[Soup DeVille]

Painted rear OEM style bumper is still available. Was looking at some other step bumpers of the same vintage, this is one of the better looking ones. 

A new painted bumper would look stupid.

[mzziaz]

Yeah. I like the bumper as is

[93JC]

Looking good, except (last time I bring it up... promise) that rear bumper sticks out like a big ugly ass tumor.

Dis here's a work truck, boy.

[shp4man]

So this last weekend, did a gravity bleed on the the brakes and the pedal came back nice. Somebody let the brake fluid level go below the point of no return.
Took out the radiator and thermostat, flushed the rust out, but checked out the radiator passages with a mirror, still partially plugged.
Put in some DIY coolant flush stuff, if that doesn't work, have some nasty, toxic stuff from work to try.
Cleaned up the front bumper, luckily had some flat white spray paint leftover from another project. 

[giant_mtb]

Why did you paint over that sweet patina.  American Pickers would not be pleased.

[Eye of the Tiger]

You can use the rest of the paint to make your own white walls on the tires. Everything this old needs white walls.

[shp4man]

Why did you paint over that sweet patina.  American Pickers would not be pleased.

No patina was harmed, only the removal of some really crappy silver spray paint somebody did. 

[shp4man]

New steering box and 2 new window regulators on order from Rockauto.

[CaminoRacer]

Window regulators?

[shp4man]

Window regulators?

Driver's side missing, passenger side worn out.

Edit: Just did the title transfer today. It's officially my vehicle now. 

[CaminoRacer]

I didn't realize they were called regulators for crank windows.

[giant_mtb]

No patina was harmed, only the removal of some really crappy silver spray paint somebody did. 

Ohhhh, I gotcha.

[shp4man]

It's a bitch cuz it gets dark at like 7 now and will only get worse when they change the time on Nov. 9. No time to work on Ol' Blue after work! 

[cawimmer430]

Hey shp4man,

What do you think about my version? 

[shp4man]

What a beautiful custom paint job!

[cawimmer430]

What a beautiful custom paint job!

Glad you like it!

[shp4man]

Glad you like it!

You know, the more I look at it, the more I think it's real art. Like, it transcends Trump and the election. Or maybe just drinking too much vodka. Not sure. Anyway, hell of a job!.