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thanks guys, yah long over due and still a ways to go to be finished. its the never ending truck I swear. got another lined up, hoping to start this fall.

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Always love the driving vids. Def a long time coming. Congrats!!

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7-6 Not a whole lot to report. Been strapped for cash and summer events. Also my other vehicles have been killing me. Finally got my 51' inspected again. They made me run my exhaust out the bed, so now Im going to have to do the same for the 49'. Since money is tight I got enough stainless to maybe do one side. Hoping once I redo exhaust and get this wiper motor conversion done, I can take it to get inspected.

I got the windshield in for final time. Got inside trim in. Started on door trim, its fitting really bad because of the new window track, so its been a pain.

had the 51' over at the 49's garage, always like getting shots of these two. Gonna one day line up all my trucks for some pics.

the wiper motor is out of a 99 explorer rear window wiper. Got it on ebay for 20 bucks so figured its worth a little effort than to drop 200 plus for a kit I'm not even that happy with.

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why'd they make you move your exhaust? Was it the same inspection place as before?

As much as folks want to make fun of Cali, that is the nice thing. Once the vehicle is registered, nothing else is needed. If it's newer than 1976 then it needs smog. Granted you can get fix-it tickets during traffic stops but no routine inspections.

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iowa- In PA I'm not sure when the law changed on exhaust, but some guys don't care if it dumps in the bed or not. In PA I reg my trucks as daily drivers, so I need annual inspection. I'm thinking of looking into classic plates, might not need the inspections then, not sure. I can't get antique plates cause my trucks are modified. With antique plates you reg it once and your good for life, just can't drive much or drive at dark with those plates.

Id have my 49' inspected this weekend, but I need to do exhaust over now. that and wipers, so I'm hoping next weekend I can get it inspected.

99 - in PA classic registration still requires a safety inspection just not emissions. Antique registration needs no inspection at all. I have my 55 first series registered as an antique and it is heavily modified. I just do t drive it much and it was registered like that when it was all original.

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Read your last build and saw you put in a 12v electric wiper motor that came as a kit, what were you not happy about with it?

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Wow safety every year for DD!! We only have to do s safety when it changes owners. Unless its a work truck then every year.

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Hussey, I have the Newport wiper kit. For the money I'm just not a huge fan. Its ok, but gets annoying turning them off and on because they are either too fast or too slow, maybe its just cause I have a 2 speed switch. Perhaps I could get a variable speed switch?

yah PA is somewhat uptight on inspections and registration etc. For daily vehicles they have emissions toward the bigger cities, truck registrations jumped up to $58 for small ones and $83 for bigger trucks, inspection for a truck is now almost $50. They raised title fees too, everything just went waaaay up, not a little but a lot.

99 I pay either $180 or $210 a year now to register my GMC 2500HD. It is ridiculous.

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7-13

Getting close to wrapping this thing up. Just really stretching out my time and money. Got steering wheel painted, fixed my tach. Put a moch up speedo gauge in until I can do that conversion.

Got one side of exhaust re routed. Not really sold on any location ( under running board, side of bed, bottom of fender or through filler pan, so.... I kinda
don't mind it dumping at the back of the fender. I'll prolly trim it down when its all on. Eventually I'm going to move rear end forward 1".

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Got my little adjustable wiper end in the mail today. Thanks to my friend shannon. I'm sure alot of you are aware of him on here. Though we are using very similar wiper motors, mine will probably mount a little different than his. Once I get it all rigged up I'll post photos of both applications.

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Nice piece. Does shannon sell to others? Is there park on that motor?

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I'm sure he would custom make these for folks. The motor is just one speed and self parks when power is off I do believe. I haven't wired mine up. I got this one off ebay for 20 bucks. There is another motor you can use and get brand new for like 30 bucks shipped. He sent me a link to his motor running. Seems nice. I'll post video when I get mine all hooked up.

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99 to Life, don't mean to high jack your thread. lower50's, yes I will make one for you, I have to do some figuring to see how it fits behind a factory dash though. So hit me up when want one.

Henry , looking really good.

Shannon

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7-27 Good god I been stuck in the 3rd base to home rundown for months. I should most likely be hitting the inspection station friday or monday. Then onto a couple months of shakedown. Got some interior to finish but its getting there.

Had to rerun my exhaust do to PA inspection, doesn't allow them to dump under bed. Speaking of bed, got my wood on. Its removable.

Gonna install and AC/heat unit but not hook up AC, need to do speedo conversion, install radio, do carpet and behind the seat cover and that will be
pretty much the jist of the final touches.

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Looks really good 99. Almost there!

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Sweeeeeet...Jim

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Nice...so which one is going to be the DD? :lol:

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thanks guys, yeah almost there for months!!! just tallied up my preliminary costs and I'm a little over budget on that and time, but oh well. I'll drive this as much as I can till fall, then it is up for sale. I'v planned on a build to sell for years and this has been a total span of almost 2 years (several months of dash and engine work) then about 1.5 years on everything else, on a consistent schedule of about 3days a week, and about 800 hours for everything. I'm looking forward to getting another one on the road, gonna be a long journey.

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turned out great!

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Right on dude. Just went through the whole thread and its looking great!!

I'll basically have the same suspension set up on mine aside from a few things. I have an older Ridetech AirBar some lower SuicideDoors arms with swaybar and shock mounts, speedway uppers and Belltech 2102 blazer spindles.

Cant wait to get moving on my project!

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Henry, the truck looks great. I love the patina on the truck.


Shannon

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8-7 FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY another big stepping stone off the list. Gotta wrap up a few interior things, do the speedo conversion and log some miles then its on its way to a new home.

made a little commercial thingy that shows the 49' toward the end. I'll be making some better vids, when I get better footage. Just kinda used what I had, luckily it was enough to even get this far.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXXf...ature=youtu.be

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99, congratulations on the inspection! Cool video too. Truck looks great! What's next?

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Congrats 99! Good job on video.

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Congrats, video is cool, nice job...Jim

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thanks guys, still need to log some serious miles, finish interior and get an alignment. so this project isn't out of my hair yet. up next is "prison bound" either goin for paint, prolly bagged, going LS and we'll see about trans. If I don't get my hands on a decent patina this fall, I'll just use the 55.1 body I have and paint it, since there is no patina.
with the time and money I have in this one, I really don't want to take the time and money to paint and risk the return. Market is at an all time high, it's hard to take the risk with selling a painted truck. Esp for me supporting my fam, traveling so much and running a biz so far from home, not to mention I don't make jack squat and its risky enough putting my money into this stuff. its like having a mortgage payment every month.

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Congrats Henry! It's gotta feel good to finally have it drivable. Have you found a new home for it yet? How does it drive/feel compared to the '51?

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hey greg, I thought you were buying it!!!! No one yet, haven't really posted too much about it. did put my 51' up for sale, auction ends tonight. It may not sell though. I got most the carpet in today. Pics suck I know. I'll get some better ones. Need to get some welt cord for the carpeting. Still need to make a custom shifter shaft. As for the drivability, I really can't say for sure yet, since I literally haven't driven this truck much, and it will need aligned. but I would say the 49' is better. Still have to play with the pressures and height. Since I have one bag that leaks I gotta run more pressure in that side. So I gotta fix that and take it for a looong cruise.

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Didn't know the 51 was for sale also. I wish I could take one of EM off your hands! Looking forward to your next build, too.

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So cool Henry. It looks amazing. As for the patina thing your right it's the hottest thing going right now. I've decided to flat clear mine the way it sits. Keep it up and get some miles!!:metal:
Bob

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Congrats. Truck looks great.

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dang man, super sweet!

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8-14 Took the 49hardtimes on up to Erie, about 100 mile round trip. zero problems, drives really good even with no alignment. Only one little problem I have right now is my fuel sending unit or gauge isn't reading. So I have to look into that. they are both new and I believe meant to work with each other. The gauge powers up and shoes E, then when powered off, falls past E. anyway I'll make some more vids when I have help filming. This one is boring but you get the idea. Here is the VIDEO

https://youtu.be/E8zHhjgS_lA

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Congrat's on the shake down cruise. I liked the video and the tach looked good. Nice ride!

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99, congrats on the cruise and video...Jim

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8-17, thanks guys. today I started on my speedo conversion. I'm using and autometer gauge, about $140 to my door, hope I don't ruin it! I hooked it up and it was def not reading right. So I did the calibration and it seems to be pretty close. I have a GPS I'm comparing it with. I can always re calibrate it later. I tore the gauge apart and scanned the plate. Matched up all my numbers like I did with my tach conversion. I'll post some video and possibly a how to thread if it all works out.

On another decent note, I fixed my fuel sending problem. Had two wires crossed on the gauge. On a bad note, my relay for the compressors stopped working today, but all the sudden started working. So go figure, cat and mouse when I just wanna wrap up all the little things, I get more problems.

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So cool. Must be a blast to drive it finally. I guess the cat and mouse is prob normal for everyone when doing this stuff.

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yeah def a blast to drive, really hasn't sunk in yet. all that hard work, its going to be nice to be finished. I like the truck better than my 51' so its a bit of motivation to fix up some stuff on my 51'. mainly interior. going to be doing a speedo and tach conversion for my 51 and some other cosmetic interior stuff.

So here are a couple pics of the speedo conversion. I'll post a whole how to on this next week. should be done with it then.