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Yeah, I just started loading my truck tonight. It's a 64. I just painted part of the dash housing and thought of ordering the white decals for the gauges. I ordered the Tach from a place in CA, it was under $300.
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Here are some pics of my truck...
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Sweet truck Rico
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Nice truck rico!
Well since i have a car that's my custom style car , i decided that the truck was going to be influenced by the lowrider style and build it with some "bomb" flavor, So i added more accessory stuff to it: first i added a peep mirror shade: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/014-6.jpg Then window vent shades: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/012-11.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/013-7.jpg Steering wheel spinner knob: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/015-4.jpg Pipe holder ,i actually do own a pipe that I puff on at my pops house i just got to remember to bring it back next time im there. http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/016-4.jpg Then i replaced the plastic crap the auto store's sell you for windshield wipers for these trucks that dont work worth a crap: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/017-2.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/018-3.jpg I wanted to buy "cat eye" headlight covers ,but didnt know if i wanted to run the "jeweled headlight visors also so i bought one too see what it looked like im kinda digging it...thgats why only one headlight has a visor in these pictures: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/011-10.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/010-9.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/009-8.jpg I had robbed the cd player out of the 66' to put in the 73 bug i picked up for the ol' lady ,so then i was given a brand new cd player that was missing the face plate,I also needed a cd player for my 54 ford so i looked up the model number and went out and bought the same exact one, now i just swap the face plate between my two cars,so i pretty much got two brand new cd players for the price of one pretty smart i think :metal: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/019-3.jpg I also add the red vent window "breezies" http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/021-2.jpg until next time....... |
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where did you find the window shades and the pipe holder?
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and the pipe holder i got at so-cal speed shop, or you can get them on e-bay |
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looking good dude.your left cat eye is a bit off center.
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The red wheels look awesome with the rubber! Very nice score on the truck, the winshield trim & tailgate are worth that alone!
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Tim the red button blade holders do work well except you need to load them with the natural rubber blades thin style refills, they don`t work well with the silicone blades.
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Amco used to sell the thin natural rubber in a large blade pack, I could get four refills out of it, the only problem with nat rubber is they only last a year, the heat cooks them.
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Love th ework you've done, glad your up and around and doin ok. Keep up the solid work on the bolt
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I say put the visors on both headlights. Looking good man !!
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Went to pick-n-pull on thanksgiving weekend when everything was 1/2 off,and got some front bumper brace's, a 1 1/4 sway bar off a 80's c20 and then pulled a rear sway bar off a camero it all came to $35: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/032-1.jpg First thing i wanted to tackle was the rear sway bar, after taking the links of the ends of the bars(because they will be installed opposite of the way the came off camero) I mocked the bar up: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/005-15.jpg the brake bracket on the axle has to move and since i didnt want to undo the brake lines i just carefully cut it off: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/002-18.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/001-12.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/003-12.jpg then i centered the bar on the axle: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/006-10.jpg used the old wear marks to mark the axle: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/008-9.jpg then since the camero axle is 2 3/4 the saddles have to be ground out to fit 3" axle: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/007-11.jpg Then bolted it all together had to bend the tips of the ubolt back to 2 3/4 to go thur the saddle using some big pairs of channel lock pliers saw somewhere else someone welded the saddles on but i wanted mine to be bolt on: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/009-10.jpg i the let the truck down and the frame was resting on the bushing hold downs so i had to move mine over since my truck is so low with out a c-notch, once i get my c-notch ill see about moving them back over to the very end: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/024-2.jpg next i mocked up the link bracket and drilled holes and as you can see their is about a one inch gap where the bracket will be bolted on the link on the bar: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/013-8.jpg All they had at home depot was some thin walled square stock so i just bought some big nuts and used them as spacers and bolted it together and it is strong as hell if i find some solid stock of aluminum or thick walled square tubing ill redo it; http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/015-5.jpg Then i measured for my link,you want the bar to be parallel with the ground for the bar to work right: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/019-4.jpg Measured where to cut the link spacer and i am using a new bolt thats threaded the camero had a bolt with a shoulder that the threads only went so far: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/020-3.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/021-3.jpg bolted it all in and cut the excess of the link bolt and its installed: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/022-2.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/023-4.jpg everything was repeated in steps on the other side the only thing left to do is make a new bracket holder for the brake lines. I plan on doing bed wood, rear tank and c-notch so i didnt worry about painting it untill i take the bed or the bed wood out plus it match's the rest of the under carriage . next up front sway bar! |
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Since Im waiting on my front swaybar frame brackets to be made and shipped to me i decided to tackle some small stuff I've been putting off,first i wired in some headlight relays which made a huge difference,sending the power straight thur the relays to the headlights bypassing the headlight switch,much brighter:
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0024.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0033.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0043.jpg then i extended the stock throttle linkage arm so the rod is level when it pulls: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0032.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0042.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0053.jpg Then i was crawling around under the back off the bed of the truck looking at how i wanted to relocate the rear shocks i saw something sitting inside the rear frame,it was a magnet key holder pulled it out,pried it open since it was rusted together and found some keys, gas cap key,ignition key,door key...the gas cap is long gone, the ignition was punched when i received the truck so i have to replace that, but the door key worked on both doors now i have a key!! SCORE! http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0023.jpg Not a whole lot done but something. |
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Cool find with keys, losthope!! What year of Camaro did the swaybar come from? I like that upgrade.
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Nice!!! Thanks for the link.
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Cool Tim , coming right along with it, I`ve picked up my relays, but have not had the time to install, also want to put m starter on a relay ( ford ).... |
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Thanks Rich !I think it is a simple but very effective upgrade and really something smart and safe and suggest doing
Im going to update a couple things on the relays i did...first off im going to run two fusible links to the relays one fuse to each one. so if a fuse blows you will always have high beams or low beams ,unless somehow both fuses blow at once.....right now I have one fuse powering both relays. Also i need to upgrade to sealed relays...I pulled these out of a ford probe(most full sized ford cars have them) in the junkyard they are located right by the drivers side hood hinge, unbolt one bolt and cut wires and your good to go with a set of heavy duty headlight relays with a relay bracket holder for a couple bucks ,im bend the bracket flat and mount it....next time im at the pick-n-pull im gonna grab a couple sets for spare's, heres the ones i pulled for my 54 ford im doing the headlight upgrade on next: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...jennz/0025.jpg |
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love the mirror visor! i'm gonna try that on mine since i have the same peeps. mine is so close to drive, still have to fix my brake issue and a minor tranny leak (think its the dipstick). wish my bomba was road ready i could be driving that but its in a shop collecting dust till the truck is done :(
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Yeah, I found a hidden key for my 66 mounted to the radiator support - unfortunately, it didn't work for the door. :(
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Thanks everyone on the compliments on the truck, I havent been able to work on it for the past week due to my 93 year old grandma having a stroke, i had been staying at the hospital out if town until she passed away on Monday due to the congested heart failure she had been fighting the stroke just did her in....When i got home the swaybar mounting brackets i was waiting on showed up so thats what i been working on:
lowered swaybar brackets: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/008-11.jpg ground off the rivets and drilled some holes and mounted them: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/009-11.jpg Used some dollar store oven cleaner to clean up the sway bar and bushing brackets i got at pick-n-pull: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...nnz/010-10.jpg painted the brackets and swaybar: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/013-9.jpg Then after fighting getting everything lined up i bolted it on, as you can see i needed the the swaybar mounting brackets(lowered type) because the power steering box hangs lower then the stock steering box: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/016-6.jpg Heres a picture of the swaybar next to the idler arm fits tight on this side also: http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/017-3.jpg everything works and steers just fine!!!:metal: I took a couple pictures of it out on the street so you guys can see that it does drive:lol: got to adjust the brakes next.. http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/015-6.jpg http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...ennz/014-7.jpg |
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Sorry for your loss Tim, my condolances to the family, your truck is coming along nicely.
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