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Yep. That is correct. The signal won't come on but the cornering light will to the side the signal lever is set to and stay on till the sentinel turns off.

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Also thinking of a light like this with a projector bulb with a shield on it so it only shoots light lower. This one would be easier to mount but it will stand out more than the rectangle one. Rectanglewould blend in more and look better with the lines of the Truck. Here's a look at both I'm contemplating.

I think I will use the rectangular lens. It has a wider pattern and a nice cut off. I put it around the height it will be on the truck and the fence is a highway lane across maby a touch more from the lens. I can adjust the cut off if I make a shield for it but I wouldn't do that till it's on the truck when it's finished.

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Looks like the landing lights on a Boeing 737. :lol:

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Northern Lights.

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OK guys lol. They really aren't that bright in person. Once they are working with the headlight they will appear dim.

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Mine was more of a geographic burn. I think they're cool...I mean, my disposition about the awesomeness of this build is well established. What's amazing is...just when I think you're done, you got another cool thing and another cool thing and another cool thing. Wild.

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Got it outside today to get a full view of it. Sometimes it's hard to visualize what it is your trying to accomplish when you only looking at small sections of the vehicle all the time. Hood hinges are being shipped back today. I hear Willie Wilson is the man when it comes to rebuilt hood hinges so soon I can put it back on.

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Looks good.

I don’t recall, do you plan to keep it factory height?

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Yes I am. When it's all done and if I don't like the rake look I may even the back and front to believe but that's about it.

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I did some paint on my phone with this picture out of boardom. Not great but gives me an idea of how it might look. Mabey soon one of these paint jobs will be a reality! I'm thinking I'll probably paint it like the truck in the last 2 photos without the cowl hood buy may just do the white roof. The 67 roof paint style isn't my favorite but it's still in the mix but only with the white bottom.

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So I used a different reflector back with my t3 headlights and wow what a difference. These now have a very noticeable beam pattern cut off on low beam and high beam. Truck is 6 feet away from the cardboard and not 100% adjusted. I looked into the retrobright bulbs but I did not like the look of the plastic lenses. All my newer vehicles have yellowed. Here's a Picture with the low beams and 1 with fog and low beams. Lighting Pictures never show up well for some reason but here's the best my phone will do.

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Looks decent from here!

Ya know my 2012 silverado headlamps have always been a little high. I get flashed a lot without the high beams even being on. I finally got the manual out to see about how to adjust them (I couldn’t figure out how on my own). The manual says to call your dealer. Omg! Seriously!?! So I had them adjust them. Made me appreciate how awesome these old pickups are.

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Yeah these trucks were made for service in the field need be. Modern vehicle mechanic repairs need to be hauled into the shop for a lot of things. That takes the fun out of them.

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Next on my list was my horns. They weren't working so I took them apart and cleaned them up. Now they work as they should. I'll have to get them painted yet. I may see if there is anyone who makes the stock style rivits so you can't tell they were opened.

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Got my hood hinges back from willie Today. The look nice. An original phosphate look with silver springs for detail and all the rivets were replaced.

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Did u ask for same coating as mine cause mine were all the dark color. Mine been on 7/8 years now and still work like new. If the back of your hood along the cowl is popping up and wont stay down send your hinges to Willie.

https://www.hoodhingerepair.com

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I got the same as yours but I requested the springs be silver.

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Dangit! I wish I had sent my hinges to Willie. If only I'd known.

...all looking good. I know you're not asking, but I vote for white cab only. It's gonna look sick no matter what....but that looks real cool to me.

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It's still definitely possible. I change daily. I have committed to black with red interior. Just not sure where the white fits in. I definitely won't do the 67 style white. It willbe the full roof .

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Yes...paint the pillars.

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Well wheni restored all of my ac/heater boxes I pretty much just replaced them with pieces that had alrebeen restored or aftermarket except the heater core housing. Mine was really in rough shape so I repaired it and painted it. As I pre fit everything in my dash I couldn't stand the look of it compared to the natural plastic pieces everywhere else. So today I got another one and polished it out for a natural look. It will look Much better. 1st picture is a before after just cleaning and the 2nd after using a plastic polish. Plus if it gets marked up by feet after I can just polish it back out. I also restored an original working relay as well.

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That looks nice. Feels like a new side hustle. You could be the Willie Wilson of those. I'd send you stuff.

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So I was thinking about the threads in the fiberglass. They sure weren't holding strong I thought there was something metal behind them with threadbut nope. So I drilled the holes out that hold the relay and mount the ac flapper box and put aluminum rivit nuts in them from behind so you cant tell they are there. Now they are metal and hold tight.

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I got the pieces riveted back on my ac housing. One thing I am curious about why my 67 housing has 2 of these vent doors on the bottom and the 71 housing I painted only has 1?

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Got my bumper brackets back and a few other odds and ends from my metal guy. Now the bumper brackets will clear the foglights nicely and the brackets totally looks stock.

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Well I didn't do much picture worthy this weekend. I did a whole bunch of wiring in the engine bay and forward light harness. I did wire the headlight washers so they only pump when the headlights are on. I bought a headlight relay kit from a 67 rs camaro and I am using it for my trucks lights. It will be tucked under the driver fender just as they did it on the camaros. So my next few things will be running the hoses and clamps for the headlight washers and hoses and I thi k I am going to add a power antenna to the passenger fender. Every luxury car had a power antenna from the 60s. I think I have it figured out.

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Picked this up today. Well see if I can make it work.

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Cool. I always thought those were a neat feature. It was nice to move them up/down to get stations tuned in. I liked the one on my Caddy.
You can get masts for them if needed.
How are you going to control it?

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With a switch at the dash. I don't think you can wire up the radios from the 60s to make it go up and down with radio function. I am going to add a relay so that it always retracts when the key is turned off if it is up.

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The Cadillac radios operated it by pulling or pushing the volume knob. Not sure what the other GMs did.
Either way, cool mod

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My radio is a 1970 cadillac wonderbar radio and it has no way to move the antenna. I got the antenna cleaned and all the old hard grease cleaned up and the antenna works great. I am going to put a new mast on it because the original has some pitting on it where the past owner left it. Now I'm waiting for the fender bezel in the mail. Ince it comes I cansee if it will fit the fender the way I see it in my head.

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I just read up on 1970 cadillacs and in that year they used a antenna in the windshield. That might explain why my 1970 radio does not control the antenna.

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Here's a line for ironcanine. Once this antenna is finished I am done doing mods. For real. Metal work will start after it's done. There are 2 things I really wanted to add but I won't be doing. 1 is the short bed tool box. This one is completely do-able but I'd have to mess around with the fiberglass box and the body mouldings. I do have confidence that I could remedy these but I do want to drive this truck someday and the time/money it would take to do this I have come to feel would not be worth it. And # 2 comfortron. Even though they do make a hvac control panel that directly fits in cosmetically I've studied this over many occasions and it's too complicated to work it into our hvac system. So hopefully the parts come in the next 2 weeks to mount this antenna and then it will be off to final metal and in the new year. My head hurts thinking how to work all these cadillac options into this truck. Maby next year I'll complete this build. We'll see how fast this goes thru bodywork. I'm sure it won't be as fast as I like lol.

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So here's what I'm thinking. This will be tight but I think it will work providing the bezel I have coming from a different year cadillac fits the contour of the fender in the area I have to work with. The one in the picture isn't steep enough. Before I can go further I'll need to get it in my hands. I will also have to indent slightlythe fresh air box panel on the cab where the tube goes down. The motor should be underneath it. I'll attempt this on a rustedfender 1st.

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When I was rebuilding my horns I bought the other 2 horns needed to make this a 4 note set up. I mounted the trumpet horn on the hood latch support directly behind the center bar of the grille. You can barely notice that its there from the outside. The other I'll find a place for in the engine bay.

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I'll believe you're done with mods when the truck is done. This whole truck is a GMC-tron. I kid you about it, but I don't want you to stop. I love what you have done/are doing. It is inspired and remarkably cohesive. Don't stop.

Now you're just tooting your own horn.

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Well I got the bezel in the mail today and it fits the body curve of the fender really well. I did use a spare driver fender Just to see if it would fit before I made the mod on my fender I'm using. I was going to do the mod on my passenger fender but where I have it here on the fender sitting in the driver seat you can't even see it. It's behind the Pillar so I might leave it there. Would be easier to mod the cowl behind d it on the driver side because the a/c stuff isn't there. Now to figure out bracketry.

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Finished all 4 of my headlights and Well I guess the headlight washers are final. I drilled them into my rechromed headlight bezels. With all the new chrome you can barely tell that they are there.

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I Like It A Lot. :metal:

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Thanks