What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2020]

[mclellan83]

Since I got my Christmas gift early decided to install it before leaving the shop Christmas Eve, I still want it to go down some I believe but fitting into the stock location if I am stuck with this it will still probably blow away what was being put out in the first place

In reverse order since I am lazy and it automatically does newest first

 

[mclellan83]

Ordered some LED DRL/Sequential Turn Signals that are plenty bright but don't work as sequential so while I was testing them figured I would try everything else out

https://imgur.com/a/cH2bowv

 

[MrSony]

Replaced the wipers. I guess they dont like side to side movement. broke the plastic things with snow on the window. :/

 

[MrSony]

Replaced the wipers. I guess they dont like side to side movement. broke the plastic things with snow on the window. :/

 

[81cutlass]

8 years ago dad and I painted his 73 IH SBSS. Like 2 years later the cab corner rusted through (had no idea it was soft) and a big bubble came through the fender. He pulled the fender, hood and got some patch parts 3 years ago but need to weld them in and repaint the parts and been busy doing other stuff.

Of course it's been sitting in the garage/outside for the past 3 years and didn't start. Couldn't get fuel in the carb and had weak spark. Changed cap and rotor and rebuilt the carb. Carb was full of goo. Actually the first carb I've ever touched that was that that gooey especially since dad bought a new carb 5 years ago and it has 5000 miles maybe.

It runs okayish now. Need an accelerator pump gasket since the kit didn't have one. Hopefully get some room to get the metal work done.

 

[scoti]

More progress on my December/holiday off time thrash for my '99 OBS suspension rebuild. Major tasks on the rear are effectively done.

Main effort today was re-shaping the new 'lift' shackles as they would not clear the leaf spring bushing. The one I tried had to be forced on. Once installed, it took a hammer to make it rotate. No bueno. Swapped the stock shackle back in while I searched alternatives. I screwed around w/them again today & basically 're-shaped' them. Re-installed them after my tweaks & they slip over the leaf bushing + rotate w/no bind. The bolt head comes awfully close to the hanger bracket & might be an issue but I won't know until I have it on the ground to verify.

Chasing pieces now so I can install the Bilsteins & then set it on the ground. Weather turned to crap today so that's going to impede progress on the front slightly.....

 

[fleming442]

So, does "OBS" refer to anything older than currently offered, like an OBS Buick Century?

 

[Supercharged111]

So, does "OBS" refer to anything older than currently offered, like an OBS Buick Century?

I thought OBS referred to the GMT400 trucks and Joesregal body style Ferd.

 

[scoti]

So, does "OBS" refer to anything older than currently offered, like an OBS Buick Century?

I didn't come up w/the name-tag. That's how the GM truck masses refer to the GMT400 chassis trucks. It makes a difference as I own 2 different trucks that are between body style changes since they're crew cabs (crew-cabs, Suburbans, Blazers, & vans don't have sheet-metal changes as quickly as the base model trucks when they roll out the newest line-up). They usually change these models 2-3yrs later once the production kinks are worked out. My '89 CC dually is still a Squarebody & my '99 CC is still the OBS/GMT400 platform vs. the new for '99 GMT800 model.

I know Ford does a similar deal but I'm not familiar w/the year cut-offs.

 

[fleming442]

I was being facetious. "Old Body Style" could, quite literally, be any freakin' thing. At least "square body" or "jelly bean" refer to specific eras of truck design. It's a stupid new term that I'm quite tired of already.