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It's Sunday, 91 degrees, just finished cleaning her up for next week's antique truck show over in Fayetteville. She's almost completely transformed into a Deluxe truck. One of the last things I need is to finish is my restoration of the gauge cluster. I replaced the amp gauge with a volt gauge from an 80 Silverado, mounted the original face plate to it. Put in a vacuum gauge from a 65 Pontiac. Left its face alone as I am wanting something a little different. I remove the overspeed and tandem brake lens and have printed up GEN and OIL so that I'll have double protection. Won't be the first time this setup saved my neck! I removed the power brake pedal pad that I made and replaced it with the later style pad with a little twist of my own! Bet there aren't many of these out there! Slapped on a hood ornament from a 65 El Camino and a 6 cylinder badge from a Nova. Mark01 turned me on to a set of stainless steel rails for the bed! To quote my wife " It looks sporty!" Hope ya'll enjoy. Mike.:chevy:

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Very nice! Like the 6 cylinder in there. Very unique! Keeps my head looking under the hood alot longer. lol :chevy:

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beautiful truck,nicely done!!!!

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That is one fantastic truck

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Nice Christian landlord!

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Thanks guys. Aren't these trucks fun!

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Super nice Truck, I like that Nova emblem as well, I installed one on the trunk lid of my 48 Fleetline...
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Nice touch Randy! Love that fleet line emblem.

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Wow, Nice truck Mike I know it takes a lot of work to get it like that ..I see a red floor mat in your future, does Dickie Chevrolet have Parts Dept...LOL.

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Yes it does! I'm an impulse buyer and I usually end up having too many parts and no place to put them. As you can see I really like the BLING!:lol:

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Preaching to the choir, bought parts to build, fix, repair and reinvent the wheel , got more than a piece of every car truck I have owned in the last 40 years.... Dealer name tag is priceless, how did you cut that out? ..Ed

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Hi Ed, I'm glad you like it. I separated all the letters I was going to use with a die grinder. It helped to have the thinnest cutting wheel possible. Have to be careful though because the cutting wheel on high rpm goes through pot medal like it was hot butter!

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Beautiful!

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Your truck is incredibly beautiful, and even better with the additions. Nice job and creativity. Have fun at the show. I think the last time I saw one of those clear floor mats was in my dad's 62 Buick Special, back in 1964! Very cool indeed.

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Outstanding

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Hi Mark, thank you for complimenting my truck. I have to say a lot of my inspiration has come from the quality work you have preformed on your build. I'm still beating myself up over the tach issue but that's just something that I do! Best regards Mike.

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Very nice. Close up pic of the hood ornament please

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65 el camino and chevelle, Don't even ask cause I don't know how to turn it around!

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Great Job on the truck.

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Thanks Jeff, DPowers and Slepysal

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Very nice and clean truck :thumbs:

Is your brake booster and master angled away from the air cleaner?

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Here you go:

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Looks awesome!. Any tips you want to share on how you converted to an amp gauge. I need to do this with mine as well as my new wiring harness does not support the volt meter.

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It's not angled Capt. it just appears like that in the side photo. The master cylinder has 3/4" clearance from the air cleaner.

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I love it!! :metal:

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Hi go to the top of the forum and type in converting from amp gauge to volt gauge. This is where I found my info.

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It's been a week since I posted this and I went to the car show as stated. Had a great time,made new friends,brought home some valuable information. Placed a respectable 3rd. place. It was respectable because 2nd. went to a silver 69 camaro and 1st went to an indigo blue 71 charger. Both were absolutely gorgeous. What made it really special was a group of senior citizens came to the show from there health care home and you could just see the memories in there eyes. They really made it all worth while. It's nice to make someone happy even if it's just for a little while. Happy Fathers Day to all. Mike.

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Very nice truck