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you never cease to amaze me with the cool solutions you come up with.
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I'll take some pics of how its mounted as i lay out the other trim pieces this week. |
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Here is some more close pics on the cletes im using for bed trim. The rear has the split, and there are a couple pics of the screws and how the seat.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...psaefbaf3d.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps60411b18.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps9d8423cf.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps12e7be78.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps7bbb5341.jpg I started the long trim pieces. A little tougher to slip on because of having to align the piece over 6 or so screws, and it gets tough to slip the trim piece on as it gets further on. I've got a couple of pics of it going on. And a little progress pic of where I'm at. I should have the others installed in a day or so, then the whole deal gets rhinolined. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps5ca7e1ed.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps45e5c957.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...psada7fe82.jpg |
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dude that is awesome LoL !!
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I decided to spend a few minutes and paint the backing area of the nostrils on the hood. It was blue from the paint job, but the light color made it easy to see in and notice the ugly latch and bolts etc...took 3 minutes but the contrast was nice.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...psd3f1aa55.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps69601721.jpg I finished laying out and bolting in the boards for the final time, as well as laying down and securing all the final trim pieces. This is the final layout, and although it looks decent there are a few obvious imperfections. These will soon disappear once the whole thing gets bedlined, bringing the bed together as one visual piece and securing the gaps between the paint work and the bed work. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...psb85bcca5.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...psee07bf42.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse1db6301.jpg |
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Not much progress. I've been waiting on some new tires before I can mount the black wheels up, and waiting on a quote from line-x or rhino on doing my bed and rails.
I did have a few extra summit bucks, and since I'm gearing up to do the rest of the hydroboost, I decided to pick up a line lock, since I'll have to mess with the brake lines anyway. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0208.jpg |
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Did the finish work on the the center console. Used the same vinyl from everything else to cover the top (along with some 1/2 furniture foam) to create the padded top. Then covered the front and edges with said vinyl. followed by a padded carpet sides. It fits in great, allows access to everything, and still has room in front to slide a cupholder if desired for longer trips. With the new components and amp, the sound is a HUGE change from what it was a year ago.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/001-27.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/002-31.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/003-31.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/004-26.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/005-21.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/006-22.jpg |
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First the SCARY news....on the way home from my 9 hr drive back from Kentucky, the return line on my fuel rail POPPED OFF and pumped fuel onto my warm headers. I was lucky that we had just started to pull off from a gas station, and the engine had been off for a fuel minutes and not at full temp. We shut it down and got the line held back in place, making the remainder of the drive just fine. They need to give me a set of the new design for free, as their product is defective.
Anyway, I did get my powdercoated wheels on in the front (dirty already in the pic). Took a number of pics when I stopped out at Glasgow Ky. I have a number of more HD pics coming from my brothers DSLR when he gets them uploaded. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/010-23.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/009-20.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/007-23.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/006-23.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/005-22.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/004-27.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/003-32.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/001-28.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...evy/002-32.jpg |
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I dig the console idea, and glad that fuel leak wasn't more of an issue.
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Your truck is bada@#:metal:
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Brew,
What do your rear tires measure to (height and width)? I'm doing a pro-touring restomod and trying to run and 18x12 on the rear. Just trying to get an idea in my head of how large of a tub I need to put in. Tire I'm looking at is a 315/40-18... Darryl |
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Thanks guys.
Darryl, my tubs are a bit oversized, but I wanted to go bigger in case i decide to narrow the rear in the future. My rears are 325/50/15 Below is a comparison of our tires, mine is on the left, your 18 on the right. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...eljay/waaa.jpg |
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How wide is your tub? How much clearance do you have between the outer sidewall and your inner fender AND how much clearance between the inner sidewall and tub? Lastly how much clearance from the tire to the top of the fender (closest point that would contact if bottomed out)? Thanks for your patience!!! D |
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Man, your truck is looking awesome! Great work on it!
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Thanks diesel.
Darryl, from the outside of the tire to the inside of the fender, there is about 1.5 finger widths, so about 1". One side has a little more room becaue the PO trimmed the lip at one point. The inside of the tire has almost 6-8" to the tub if I guessed, tub itself is a foot wide. There is pretty much no chance of it bottoming out, the old bedside hangs about 1-1.5" into the tub where they overlapped and it was welded, even at that low point there is at least 5-7" room. For reference, my tub is so tall that it hits the TOP bolt where the fenders bolt onto the bedside. Fully loaded with my brother in the back, there is at least 5" before you'd even come close to touching anything. |
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Got the replacement fittings in. I still can't believe that they didn't recall the fittings that had the issue. Tho for the mostpart they hve worked fine, all it takes is one failure. You can see the zip tie supports as backup as a "just in case". The new ones have a screw in retention so they cant come off.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0216.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0218.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0214.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0213.jpg Posted via Mobile Device |
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Not much of an update, just a little outerwear for the truck. I picked up a uv protected single layer car cover to keep her happy over winter this year. Since they don't make a low-cost one for our cars, I hit fleabay and poked around. I found a semi-universal cover for the Infinity/Nissan Midsize SUV's. It is the perfect length, a good height and width and fits over a shortbed stepside very well. It "tents" over the bed, so I can keep spare parts, wheels etc that I want covered in there.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0228.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0226.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0227.jpg |
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Nice looking cover! Got a link to the seller so I can grab one? (you can PM me if you would rather)
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Link to his ebay user. It looks like its the company themselves selling them.
http://myworld.ebay.com/autoarmour-a...84.m1497.l2754 It says its size "1679" |
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Thanks! This guy has a cover for everything.
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Since the "big guy" is in the garage for the winter (although mid winter updates are planned), I started on the "little guy"
Its the 64-66 model kit, but I'm using a Kyosho MiniZ RC car as the base. These started coming to the us in like 2000 as the first "full function" mini rc car, it uses a regular RC controller, has a primitive suspension and adjustable trims etc. They were 1;28 scale, but can be adapted to use a 1;24 scale model body. I built a "gutted" version of the body with a raised bed floor and made mounts for the body to the chassis. The rear suspension was extened about an inch and a half. The chassis is a bit narrow for the body, but I'm working on a solution to that with some wider wheels from a different rc kit. Here she is in a white mockup, I will paint the body and bed to match my truck, move the tail lights into the fender, and get the wheels, grill and accessories black to match mine. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0230.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0229.jpg |
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That is pretty cool there!
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That is wicked cool !!
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A little primer and some paint, and a few satin black trim pieces. Got a pile of the small stuff to paint still.
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Whats the model # on those componets and how do they sound?
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KS series components. Kicker makes a full line of them from 4 to 6x9. They make both component and non-component versions of the same speaker.
With a good box, well matched amp and the correct settings they sound awesome. When paired with the 6x9's I have for fill, and the sound deadening we added, its a WORLD different than I've ever had in an old vehicle. I get TONS of bass (feels like an 8" sub in the console), great highs, and I can turn the volume way up without distortion. Even with my crazy loud exhaust dumping right behind the cab, you can hear everything clear. |
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I just went through this entire build and I am VERY impressed. The truck looks amazing, great body work, great interior work. One gorgeous stepside! Can't wait to see more.
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Thanks Dub.
My neck is hurting after painting some of the small stuff. Forgot how un-steady my hands are after not picking up my striping or lettering brushes in like 9 months. Mirrors, door handles, and gas cap on and I painted the rad support, underside of hood and hood details. Getting there :) http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0234.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0235.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0236.jpg |
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Painted wheels, wide tires in rear, body on the rc chassis.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0239.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0242.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0238.jpg |
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Only some work on the mini-me. Bedlined the bed to match, and took a photo of the chassis and "Swingarm" rear suspension it has.
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Really cool mini me. :lol:
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FINALLY got some more pictures back from my bro. These were from the KY trip I posted about earlier, but he has a really nice DSLR, so I figured these would be worth putting up. Its a mix of the Glasgow carshow and the 'Vette museum in bowling green.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0780.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0781.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0783.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0785.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0786.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0787.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0788.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0790.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0792.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0793.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0794.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0795.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0797.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0800.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0806.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0809.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0811.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0847.jpg And I have no clue who's truck this is, but it was at the show, and I liked it :) http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/DSC_0834.jpg |
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Too cold to work on the truck, the garage heater isn't even keeping up. Instead I decided to go spend a week out in Jamaica, enjoying all that the warm little island has to offer, unfortunately all the pictures are on the GF's camera, but I'll toss them up soon.
In more un-truck related news, I did get a chance to get more tattoo work done. Another 4hr session into my chest plate, the zombie apocalypse piece I posted in black and grey. It needs another 2-3 hours of finishing background/color work and really stylizing a few details. I'm super happy, my tattoo artist doesn't suck. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/IMAG0296.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/IMAG0297.jpg |
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Finally got some new parts showing up...getting ready for the weather to be tolerable...gearing up for horsepower season.
Picked up some -8 and -6 stuff to do a mini-rework on the fuel system. Some of you have noticed my sloppy return hose at the tank, which is getting trimmed and fitted with a 90* to fit cleaner under the bed. The -8 stuff is to get rid of that ugly (and non-nhra compliant) piece of FI rubber hose right off my sump. This will mean I have 0, NONE NADA, ZIP rubber in my entire fuel system.....NICE. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps04acf482.jpg |
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I've read your build thread twice now. LOL. You inspired me to look for a 6.0L and I just picked it up Friday morning. I may have missed it, but I had a couple of quick questions.
1. What transmission mount did you use and did you have any problem achieving the 4 degrees of tilt for these motors? 2. Is your steering column a direct fit for the 60-66 or did you use a universal tilt column? Truck looks good and sounds mean! |
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Thanks Jimmy. The trans mount is as simple as it comes; its a parts-store off the shelf 4l80e trans mount, bolted to the stock 66 trans crossmember. Because of its straight across design (and the parallel-ness of the frame) you can slide the crossmember back, drill a couple holes and bolt it in place.
The steering column is a universal unit from ebay. I will warn that the adjuster is a little stubborn and the signals can be touchy (the auto-cancel thing isnt' centered so it clicks off early going left). I just had to get a couple ujoints and some D-shaft and bolt it all together. |
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UPDATE.....YES UPDATE....I DID SOMETHING....I ACTUALLY LEFT THE HOUSE AND WALKED TO THE GARAGE.....
It felt sooo nice to get my hands and eyes on my baby again. The sun was out, and the blue paint just makes me spirit lighten......wow thats some S.A.F.E sh*t. (lookup the reference if you aren't familiar lol) Anyway, albeit miniscule....I did some work. Many of you commented on my super-sheisty return line ending. The reducer-to-adapter-to-hosebarb wasn't really the "right" way to do the return, and even tho its the low pressure side of the system, the fitting just was sub-par for fuel system IMO. Trimmed it all up, and put a nice -6AN 90* on the end to finish it the clean, right way. From this: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0180.jpg To the correct fitting. (can't fit the camera in there to show the installed pic with the bed on) http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps31e86d2d.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...psfbcd723f.jpg |
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lookin good bro!
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