Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

I would recommend tapping the dash lights or the parking lights instead of the headlights. Using the head light wire, you can still leave the park light on and kill the battery.

I just hooked mine up last week. Great little product.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

I looked at that and decided to go with just the head lights circuit. Because the buzzer would be activated with the emergency flashers and the engine off. There always seams to be a tradeoff some where regardless of how you hook it up. Thanks for looking over my hook up and noting its shortcomings. Sometimes that’s just the way things are.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Not with the dash lights. The power is fed from the light switch separately and on its own 5 amp fuse.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

I read on the down side of hooking up to the dash lights. There on a rheostat and if the lights are turned down the buzzer may not work or be low in volume. I wish there wasn’t a down side in how to install it but I couldn’t find one. Thanks for your posts, now if some one wants to install a warning buzzer they will know some of the down sides and can make up there minds on which way to go.

I read somewhere that there’s a three wire buzzer out there and it might be hooked up differently, but I don’t know how it’s hooked up, maybe it doesn’t have the problems.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Somehow I got "unsubscribed" from this thread. I've been missing it but now I'm back so you can continue Bruce88! :hi2: Seriously, thanks again for such a great thread.

Dennis

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Another thing checked off the list of things to do
A day to prep, a day to spray, and a day to dry

I had a gallon of Herculiner bed liner that I’m using as undercoating on the cab and front fender wells. I used the whole gallon on the area, possibly a little heavy for two coats but definitely wanted it to cover (smile). This stuff is thick with plenty of rubber granules in it and decided to spray it instead of using a roller or brush, the only spray gun that I think would spray it is a Schultz type gun.

The Hurculiner should work well for undercoating protection and some sound deadening but I don’t think I would use it as a bed liner, it doesn’t have UV protection and would require an additional UV topping for protection. Not a problem for under the truck (smile).

Attachment 655342

Attachment 655343

Some of the problems you might run into using a Schultz type gun.
The gun is some times known as a undercoating gun or spatter gun, it doesn’t have a precise spray pattern it just kind of throws the paint out of the tip. There are different manufactures out there for this type of gun make sure you get the paint containers for the one you’re using. For example the one I used will not fit on the Raptor bed liner bottles, there seems to be no standard bottle size that all the guns use. With the less than precise spray pattern you need to tape off all the areas you don’t want the paint, I wrapped the cab in that thin painters plastic and found specks of undercoating 6 foot away on it.

Attachment 655344

I used some cheap throw away painter’s coveralls to protect my clothes and they worked and painters gloves but still got a little bit on my hands. A badge of accomplishment that will take months to go away (smile).

Enjoy your build

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Looks awesome, great work as usual.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

That coating looks great on the cab, fenders and steps! It should provide some really good sound dampening quality too. Nice work as always!

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

looks nice!

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

From plan (A) to plan (B) to plan (C) then back to plan (B)
Definitely good to remain flexible to move the body and paint forward

My original plan (A) was to do all the body and paint on the small transport trailer then bring the body home and install it on the frame. After talking to the shop owner about the possible problems with how each different body sits differently on each frame and how it was a lot easer to deal with it if the body was on the frame before final exterior painting, decided to move on to another plan.

On to plan (B), do all the primary body work and internal painting like the inside of the cab, underside of the hood, inside of the fenders, and inside of the doors. Then transport them back to my shop to put them together on the frame. Then transport the body and frame back to the body and paint shop and do any final body work and exterior painting.

The shop owner then suggested plan (C) to minimize transportation logistics and time, offered to just transport the frame down to his shop and I would go down there and assemble the body on the frame there. Plan (C) was a well appreciated offer but things can change.

Let me start off with that the body and paint shop has been outstanding in letting me in there to do some of the work myself. It’s a busy place with all the work going on a number of different cars & trucks and giving up stall space to me could be costing them money. The weather has changed around hear with winter coming in they expect an increase in business and requested to go back to plan (B). I’m happy with their work and quality up to this point and working my project into their shop and not always being on the back burner and well get to it when we can. We all want our project done quickly and that is probably expecting too much but they have been moving my project along nicely.

So back to plan (B), this will probably add a few weeks to the body and paint with the weather and transportation windows but nothing in cost.

Will be working on getting the cab and hood back to my shop after this holiday, all the small parts that can fit into my small car I’ve been transporting myself. Hear are some pictures showing the cut in / internal painting accomplished. The inside of the cab may look like a different color but it’s the same color (GM 505 green) as seen in the other pictures, it’s just the flash on the camera giving it a color change. This is one sealer coat, three color coats and two clear coats all in a water base paint.

The step side bed will be remaining in the body and paint shop and be getting the finish paint that has to be done with the bed apart anyway and I will put it together on the frame after the truck is back in my shop.

Attachment 660582

Attachment 660583

Attachment 660584

The holiday season is upon us and it’s always a time for me to look back over the year and give thanks. Thanks to all that have come by this build and given their comments & suggestions and to this forum (administrators, staff and moderators) giving me a place to share my build. I’ve seen over the years that many a build has withered on the vine for all the lacking of sharing and interest from others that is not known by the builder working isolated from it in his shop. Thank you for stopping by and may your build progress as an enjoyable experience mine has because of you.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Looks real good, better than what came from the factory.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Looking AWESOME!

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Super nice job!

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Aright! now we are talking, color! Loooks great!

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Nice, no matter what plan you used.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Bruce, thank you for the gentle reminder to never give up. My project is back in the shop and will be moving along slowly over the next few months.
Maybe I can drive it by summer.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

WOW! You are doing some killer work on this thing. I was wondering how to put a light on buzzer in, and going through your build gave me the answer. If you need a hand putting the old thing back together let me know and I'll try to get down there and help with what ever I can.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Wow! Looks awesome! :)
You do awesome work! I have learned quite a bit and I am thankful for your generosity!
kevin
Posted via Mobile Device

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

wow!!!! You are doing a AWSOME job.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

The panels are coming together for exterior painting
The cab and fenders mounted on the frame ready to go back to the body and paint shop

One of the common questions on the general forum is how to stack the body mounts. Hears a picture of the parts and how they go together also included is some of the dimensions of the parts.

Attachment 667182

All the panels back on the frame. I did use an extra washer on the radiator support for panel alignment. Note the core cowl panel is installed just to check fit and fair and will be painted off the body.

Attachment 667183

I did install a Hoodliner insulation kit. A lot easer to fit and install prior to installing the hood. I used two Dynamat, part number 11905, Engine Compartment Insulation kits. One kit was not big enough to cover the complete area, will be using the leftover insulation under the cab headliner when it’s installed later.

Attachment 667184

Now just waiting for a weather break, if Mother Nature will cooperate, (smile) to get it back to the body and paint shop. It’s starting to look more like a truck again instead of a bunch of parts.

Enjoy your build

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Nice progress!!! Like you said it's looking like a truck! On the downhill slope now :chevy:

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

I love to get emails that say "It’s Just A Pickup" update‏
there are always pics!
Great progress Bruce, Its looking like you will be crusing around in the truck by spring time

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

Really good job, lots of information.

Re: It’s Just A Pickup
 

NICE!!! Love your write-ups. Thanks!