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Looks good. I think Im gonna do mine like that.
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Nice to see another New Yorker. Project looks great!
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Looking great!....Any latest update?
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My entire front crossmember setup is for sale guys. Check the thread here.
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I got my under dash pedal assembly in and almost finished. Thought I would post the progression.
Ok, here is the area I had to work with. I had a nice flat firewall to work with which made things easy. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/...843966db_b.jpg Since the firewall is just a piece of sheetmetal, I had to make some reinforcement for the petal assembly to mount to. Some 1x1 square tubing and scrape .25 plate. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2780/...63220eed_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/...6dfacb80_b.jpg Here it is welded in. I made some tabs on the top to plug weld to under the cowl area. It is also plug welded to the firewall in addition to the ends of the brace. This thing is SOLID. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/...aa8faa4c_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2738/...f0d06038_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/...9d484e1b_b.jpg Here is the pedal assembly, booster and MC bolted in. I didn't want to weld this in so I could remove it for whatever reason. I also welded a mounting tab to the assembly which bolts to the bolt hole from the stock pedal assembly. And yes, I can't use the factory wiper motor so I will have to use a hot rod style wiper setup. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/...df3fb491_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/...a32e6456_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/...93d55802_b.jpg |
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Oh thats freaking awesome man!! Looks good!
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It looks really good, and is really going to clean up the engine compartment. One question though. How are you going to check the brake fluid, once the dash is all together?
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Looks good. My firewall is also shaved similarly so I was needing a brace there anyways so I guess I'll be selling the frame mounted setup I bought from you.....man that thing's getting around :lol:
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I would do the same but i dont want to re figure the wiper motor.. but i like the way it cleans everything up on the outside.
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Great work!
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This truck is really comming along...
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That would be pretty cool!
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Looks nice!
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ca-lean. Those are the same gauges I want to use on my truck.
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looks cool!!!
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what size square tubing did you use for the c notch?
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Did a couple revisions on my dash drawing. I'm leaning towards the top one (A). I think the black stripe on the bottom will create a nice transition to the floor if the carpet is black. It also makes the dash feel like it's got two zones; upper for the gauges or lower for switches.
I think I decided on a color for the truck. Its a blue...I will post pictures of the truck later that I found that I picked the particular blue from. So I'm going to do the blue with white roof, chrome bumpers and the aluminum/stainless(don't actually know what it is) factory exterior lower trim. Haven't decided on wheels yet... http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/...2386b964_o.jpg |
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I like the top one too. Going to look good and be something different!
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So here is my current dilemma that has been eating away at my brain. I really like those Stewart Warner Greenline gauges in the above renderings the best, however there are no air gauges to match, so I would probably get one Dakota Digital gauge and find a mounting spot for it. Problem is it obviously wont match the SW gauges which will bug the crap out of me.
The next best thing are these Classic Instrument G/Stock Series gauges which are actually just like our gauges in these trucks...black face with light green numbers and orange pointer. They also have air gauges to match. Here is a rendering. So while these are not my fav, I like the fact that they are "period correct" and that the air gauges will match. So what do you think? |
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Humm.. yeah i like the top one the best too but i see what you are saying and not sure either. The gauge people like auto meter etc should look into making air gauges to match their stuff just for stuff like your doing.
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Yeah, i like the Auto Meter Ultra lights but havent seen them to match them
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Well I haven't updated this thread with my dropmember purchase, so here goes. Back in December I got the bright idea to sell my sectioned crossmember and get a dropmember. So I had to pull the engine and trans to do so. While the trans was out, I sold that too! The money is going towards a Tremec TKO 600. I said to myself I'm building a hot rod, so why the hell do I have an automatic in here! It all felt like two steps backward, but I think the end result will be well worth it.
I got a flaming river power rack from Summit. All the dropmember pieces except the actual crossmember I powdercoated myself with an Eastwoods gun. That thing is awesome! So much better than dealing with paint that doesn't have he durability. I also went ahead and got a swaybar from Nate. The only thing that sucked about the whole deal was welding in the rack notches in an already powdercoated from. I took pictures of that but can find them. I felt like I was performing surgery! A couple other notes for the record, I had to cut 1.25 inches off the ends of the rack. I also had to mill down one side of the AirRide upper control arms shafts because they were dished for the factory washer spacer thingys. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/...81ebe8e1_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/...be96f9b6_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/...0141c31e_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/...3a701282_b.jpg In this picture you can see the notch surgery. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/...1c9f2c4a_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/...386ace37_b.jpg Factory 73-87 brake calipers http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/...06306159_b.jpg |
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Here are some pictures of the stainless hard lines for the air and brakes.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4047/...8276292f_b.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2737/...0e939188_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/...d5676ef2_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/...9730bfb8_b.jpg And the tools of the trade. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2742/...7e052a7d_b.jpg |
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Here a couple pics of the cab repair that I found which I never posted.
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insane work! I want a swaybar too now!! How was that to install?
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OK, back to the steering column. I wanted to make a reinforcement panel on the firewall where the column passes through. I gave me an excuse to use my REINFORCED harbor freight bead roller which is now a beast!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/...ed666482_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/...be6c3996_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4007/...1ba5e567_b.jpg Here is the Flaming River Stainless tilt column and the Ididit mount. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/...7bbd09de_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/...f351c3f0_b.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/...cd01dbd0_b.jpg Upper column mount is also from Flaming River. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/...1522899d_b.jpg |
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Looking really good!
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Hey Jlaird.....The clamps you are using for your brake lines and air line.....made 4 you brand ???? How rough a time did you have bending up the lines, did you make patterns out of steel before you did the stainless ? Any problems flaring the stainless other than having to have a 37 degree flare tool ? Sorry if you have answered the questions elsewhere. Tryin to decide what to do with mine.....really like the way you have yours layed out, gonna steel some of your Ideas.
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Here is the bead roller. I still want to add a steering wheel to it.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3299/...778bcbc1_b.jpg This is the back where I added the square tubing. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/...4b5d05b9_b.jpg |
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Some more holes filled on the firewall tunnel area.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3319/...6ab1565a33.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/...446c3f8e06.jpg Here is a pic of some ads I bought off ebay for the garage. http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/...5b685352_b.jpg |
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