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Ricos54 · 02-23-2014, 03:22 AM

Well I've been busy working on my pride an joy. Decided since I'm going to put Vintage Air in I would get rid of the cowling vent.

Then I went and bought some 1950 doors to get rid of the wing window. The passenger fit pretty good

When I got to the drivers side I had a bit of a problem. The door would not line up right

No matter what I did the door fought me. I started open and closing it then I pick the door up and down and notice the hinges where moving and the cab didn't move with the door. I went over to the passenger side and when I picked up the door the cab went up. I realized there was a problem with the hinges. The door hinges should be tight and not move when picking the door up. In my opinion it's easier to test your hinges with the door on the cab because it helps the weight distribution when lifting the door to test the hinge. So, if you lift the door and the cab go's up then most likely the hinges are good, but if you lift the door and the cab doesn't really go up then the hinges are bad. You can actually see the hinges moving when lifting door if you watch them. This means the pins and spacers hold the hinge together are worn out. Don't try to use them because they can and will brake. I messed with my worn out hinges and this was the result.

After replacing my hinges with some other ones I had, I was good to go.

Then I went to a salvage yard in Sacramento, there's a place called recycle RD. There's every manufacture there. The road is about a mile long, I drove to every different place to look at seats that I liked. I ended up going to the Lexus yard and found in mint condition some 2009 IS 250 black leather seats, they were electric, heated an cooled. Paid $800 for them which I felt was a good deal since they were mint. The car just got there and wasn't even in a wreck. They said it was vandalized and they hadn't put it into the system yet.
Here they are still in the car

And here they are in my truck

Then I received my tailgate and my roll pan

Today I decided to do a little fabricating

02-23-2014, 03:22 AM	#19
Ricos54 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Oroville, CA Posts: 166	Re: 1954 Chevy 1/2 ton Truck Build Well I've been busy working on my pride an joy. Decided since I'm going to put Vintage Air in I would get rid of the cowling vent. Then I went and bought some 1950 doors to get rid of the wing window. The passenger fit pretty good When I got to the drivers side I had a bit of a problem. The door would not line up right No matter what I did the door fought me. I started open and closing it then I pick the door up and down and notice the hinges where moving and the cab didn't move with the door. I went over to the passenger side and when I picked up the door the cab went up. I realized there was a problem with the hinges. The door hinges should be tight and not move when picking the door up. In my opinion it's easier to test your hinges with the door on the cab because it helps the weight distribution when lifting the door to test the hinge. So, if you lift the door and the cab go's up then most likely the hinges are good, but if you lift the door and the cab doesn't really go up then the hinges are bad. You can actually see the hinges moving when lifting door if you watch them. This means the pins and spacers hold the hinge together are worn out. Don't try to use them because they can and will brake. I messed with my worn out hinges and this was the result. After replacing my hinges with some other ones I had, I was good to go. Then I went to a salvage yard in Sacramento, there's a place called recycle RD. There's every manufacture there. The road is about a mile long, I drove to every different place to look at seats that I liked. I ended up going to the Lexus yard and found in mint condition some 2009 IS 250 black leather seats, they were electric, heated an cooled. Paid $800 for them which I felt was a good deal since they were mint. The car just got there and wasn't even in a wreck. They said it was vandalized and they hadn't put it into the system yet. Here they are still in the car And here they are in my truck Then I received my tailgate and my roll pan Today I decided to do a little fabricating