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those emblems are over the top..... the talent on this site ... WOW
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Ok you all posted too many replies for me to respond to !!
All I can say is thank you for all the compliments, which I truely have to share with Jay, as it was only my idea but his talents that made those as nice as they are. Back a few pages I started talking about the face of my truck, and I started with the grill mods, and talked lightly about the hide aways, well it is time to address those now we are past the emblems mini-hijack. I started with 69 Mercury Cougar light boxes as they were low profile, and cheap on Ebay. Attachment 1189535 As you can see in these next 3 pics, I had planned on using as much of them as possible with heavy modifications done to them. I was hoping to keep them as modular as possible to cut down on any shade tree engineering. Attachment 1189537 Attachment 1189538 Attachment 1189540 Sadly I came to realize that in order to keep the integrity of the CHEVROLET letters that I wanted to light up, I was not going to be able to use those 15" wide doors and light boxes. |
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As I have already shown, I needed a consistant platform to work with to get these lights right, and the center section of the grill support as it comes stock is not a level and easy surface to work with, so out it came and in went my version.
Attachment 1189543 I was attempting to be clever about cutting the sheet metal, and keeping it all as one piece as possible, but as I learned later the backward sweep of the doors would require the headlights themselves to ride much further forward than I had anticipated. Attachment 1189544 Attachment 1189547 Here you can see the Cougar doors, now shortened by 5" resting in place as I am getting my mind wrapped around this. Attachment 1189549 And the p-side door section of the grill also resting in place. Attachment 1189550 This was a very slow and careful process for me on this aspect of the project as it turned out to not be easy for me to accomplish. By the time of this photo I was already one month into this particular modification...... |
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Hey Murph, those mods may be slow going, but IMO, Well worth it!!!:metal:
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One month, holy ****, but it looks great so far LOL
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keep at you will solve the problem
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Post the pics! Post the pics! Post the pics! Unfreeze your hands, and Post the pics!
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Ok the next step of progress that I guess was photo worthy, but about two weeks later, was marrying up the doors with their sections of grill.
Attachment 1190356 Attachment 1190360 This was a lot of check and double check to ensure I would have the doors and grill sections positioned correctly because it would not be cool to find out I couldn't pull this off... Attachment 1190361 Then two more weeks after that, this was what the face looked like with my reverse engineered light boxes and the Cougar hardware, though minus the Honda Prelude actuators. This is just before I started shooting paint.... Attachment 1190367 Which brings us up to the 19th of November... |
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Ok, now you're just being a tease. Give a little, take a little back, give a little, take a little back.
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your right on that low elco he is teasing us ...come on its christmas mcmurphy lol
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Table of content is the best cure for a rainy day.
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********************************************************************************************* A couple of noteworthy mods that were needed for this to work, and I think should be shared: These are the cutouts into my inner fenders I had to make in order to clearance the door actuators. Attachment 1190662 At the end of the day it turned out to be much less than I had anticipated; the majority of the headlight assembly is below the fenders, and is accessed from the wheel wells. I am totally cool with that, just have to figure some way to baffle it from tire spray. Attachment 1190663 Since a large part of my grill support bracing was removed to accomodate the head lights, I made these to suppliment the support. Attachment 1190668 Attachment 1190672 Attachment 1190673 |
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Just some more of the brace-brackets I made.
Attachment 1190680 Attachment 1190682 Attachment 1190685 Attachment 1190686 This is with the actual light buckets welded in, the doors added on, and ready for a fitting on the front of the truck to test the fender cuts, and to guage what the light beam aiming would look like.... Attachment 1190687 |
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hmmmmm, interesting,.... very interesting.
Are these operated by electric or vacuum? I see some wires but not sure if they are for the lights. Cool man. |
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Everything I read, from Cougars, to Lincolns, to GTOs all said the same thing about the vacuum. They wear out unevenly, and over time you get the "lazy eye" effect where one will open/close faster than the other. I wanted to avoid that, plus manage an easy exchange/swap of a worn actuator if need be. As you will see in future posts, I think I have achieved that. I tried to not allow for any consideration to go unexplored in this mod, which I may say added greatly to the extended amount of time it took..... |
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You got some nice fabbing skills!:metal:
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Wow! Been catching up on your progress and I'm blown away at your creativity, plus your ability to make your ideas turn into reality!! Can't wait to see how the grill and headlights turn out!
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looks great mcmurphy, cant wait to see it all together with the chevrolet lite up! also just wanted to say merry Christmas and stay warm up there
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that looks cool ..as to the cut out you did .can you weld in some steel or use a truck mud flap to help with the spray ..just my 2 cents
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Truly mind blowing. I love the creative engineering and dedication to sticking to it and taking your time. To my knowledge you'll be the only guy on the planet with this setup on a 60-66. Very cool!!
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I am honored by your sentiments, as I am ever and consistantly in awe of your work. I can honestly say that everything I have done to my truck I learned from this site, and your thread in particular. Thank you for all the inspiration, and the little "how to"s you put on your threads. It helps me to look past what I dont have, and accomplish with what I do have. Quote:
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*********************************************************************************************** So then, of course, the next step was a mock up of the face mounted on the front of the truck. On my garage door I laid a strip of tape that measured from the floor to the center of my head lights, and level. I imagined if I could do a mechanical "zero" of the light beams, it would give me an idea of how much adjustment for proper aiming I would need. After all, those aiming screws only have so much they can do.... I realize everything looks like it droops off to the right in this photo, sorry about that. Attachment 1191164 I just hastily rigged up my headlight harness to power the lamps for these photos. Which I hope explains the battery on the milk crate... Attachment 1191165 A little further out from the garage, loooking less cock-eyed I think... Attachment 1191166 Without any adjustments, this was my beam placement down my drive. keeping in mind there is a 1-2% down slope here. Attachment 1191167 Well with that looking to be within acceptable parameters, it was off to the next phase of this project..... ..... the air dam and fog lights. (que music.....and.....fade) LoL Merry Christmas you guys !! :metal: |
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I thought you were making a diehard battery commercial :lol:
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Dude!.. Lookin super-sweet!!!
Merry Christmas! |
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