58 TRUK intro

[Baldeagle SR]

That sucks. But I am glad you let us know. I am afraid we will see more of this coming from China. Rich

[meter swinger]

Thats sad news ogre. I've always had good luck with classic parts. I hope they get the quality control problems fixed.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by drivea55

man that truck is still lookin nice Mr. Ogre sir...

mr ogre sir was my father... back in the era when all adults wanted to be mr, mrs, sir and mam
i'm just an ogre.. and thank you

just venting out of frustration of having to do the job 3 or 4 times due to crappy parts
got an email from amazon that the new speedo won't ship until mid august, which means they don't have it in stock
so i have to tear the bad speedo out to ship it back and put truk back together sans speedo if i want to drive it

[Advanced Design]

I don't blame you. This hobby / business is challenging enough to do when the parts are good. My experience last couple of years has been Vintage Air, Dakota Digital, and ididit all worked great and had excellent instructions. Just about every other part (brakes, fuel tank, LS harness and programming, etc etc) had issues or failures to work through. Frustrating and time / energy consuming.

Sorry to hi-jack....stepping off the soap box now.

[Daze57]

steppin on da soapbox and meanin; no disrespect
For a lot of these parts we pay good hard earned money for ................just sux and is v v sad - quality control is terrible - i have had the same issues with fenders and other parts ; just poorly made - and the answer i get is '' o well''
that is not good enough - we as a country pride ourselves in making good ''quality'' things..........at least it used to be - scouring the yards may be the only way to go
not all companies are like this - but the ones i have dealt with like the cheaper parts - i guess we are supposed to grin and deal with it .

ok ..................i am done
steppin off da box.

[_Ogre]

i posted over on hotrodders.com to see if i could fix my speedo and a guy offered me his that he removed
bad thing is i took out my original speedo and sold it on this forum. live and learn...
mid august delivery on the speedo so i cancelled the amazon speedo and will get this guys speedo

[surfmurf]

Good grief Charley Brown (aka _Ogre), how do you even THINK up all these super mods, let alone how to actually make them? If you're about done & thus bored, come help me with my 55.2. I'm trying to locate a left-front-side-fill gas tank for the rear of my 55.2 (close, but no good fit so far), to then remove the cab's tank and build my console. I see you use cardboard stacked on its edge for strength needed for your cardboard "molds" to hold their shape - excellent idea. Where do you get all the cardboard, buy boxes? Your cited a fiberglass website link, but it does not work. Any other ways to get there? Console is super-good, craftsmanship is beyond excellent throughout. Is your Shifter still on the column, I don't see it? Mine to go in Console, plus a dashboarddevices.com computer screen & system (much cheaper than a new truck)! I'm using very high-back Chrysler seats with integral seat belts. They do NOT block my rear view. Fine website, super-duper _Ogre thread = good photos, words a bit cryptic at times, more detail please. Your oldest fan - building my 1st street rod w/ modified '69 SBC 302 (Z/28) & 700R4. Murf

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by surfmurf

come help me with my 55.2

where was this offer when it was 14* below zero with 94 inches of snow on the ground???

thanks for the kudos
i have a column shift 700r4, i wanted to keep the console free for electronics.
as for fiberglassforums.com? it died i learned everything fiberglass from there.
i didn't use any molds, more like fabrication bucks, they can be made from anything
use cardboard mailing tubes for curved section, paint sticks and scraps of wood for bracing,
plywood, mdf frames for speakers, switches, headrest monitor and the single din receiver.
i prefer single din receivers as they are cheap and easily sourced, i added the 7'' headrest monitor but have never used it
the monitor will not be in the next console version

most important is to start by figuring out how to fasten in the part your making to make it easily removable
make a frame and use cloth over the frame for starting the fiberglass shape.
fiberglass is not that hard once you figure out how to fasten and brace everything

[TBONE1964]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

i posted over on hotrodders.com to see if i could fix my speedo and a guy offered me his that he removed
bad thing is i took out my original speedo and sold it on this forum. live and learn...
mid august delivery on the speedo so i cancelled the amazon speedo and will get this guys speedo

Hello Ogre,

Just wondering how you are doing on your speedometer problems? I would be more than happy to give you some help with it if you need it.

I have never heard any thing good about aftermarket speedometers. I could rebuild an original one for you if you are interested. Let me know if you need any help with this.

Take care,
Tom

[Nev68]

Hey Ogre, is that your truck I see at the bottom of page 103 in the latest Hot Rod magazine?

[_Ogre]

what issue are you looking at? i subscribe to hot rod but sometimes i skim and toss them

[Nev68]

I get "E" subscription, I think it is November (seems very early though)

This is the cover


This pages 102 / 103

[_Ogre]

very cool, thanks for posting that
last mailed copy is october
i have to wait for that one

fyi... that was the worst event to get into
it took 2 hours to get in and cars were parked over 120 acres
some people had to walk a mile to check in by the deadline
they chased us out early because they had another event scheduled
hot rod needs to get their **** together next year

[_Ogre]

even then it was a blast

[Nev68]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

very cool, thanks for posting that
last mailed copy is october
i have to wait for that one

fyi... that was the worst event to get into
it took 2 hours to get in and cars were parked over 120 acres
some people had to walk a mile to check in by the deadline
they chased us out early because they had another event scheduled
hot rod needs to get their **** together next year

No worries.
I'd love to do the Power cruise, even just a section of it.
If I ever get the chance to travel back to the US I might have to check the timing / dates.

[_Ogre]

typically the power tour is the first week in june
while we did have issues with getting into events
it is the most fun you can have in a week in a truk

[_Ogre]

nov issue of hot rod came yesterday
i'm getting emails and texts from all my gearhead buds

[Nev68]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

nov issue of hot rod came yesterday
i'm getting emails and texts from all my gearhead buds

Are you in the crowd photo?

[_Ogre]

nah, not in the pic, was right behind the lift they took the picture from
this picture is from 2011: truk is in the pic way back, i'm up front on the left
after seeing this pic i didn't get too excited about getting in the group photo



here's the picture from online that is on the bottom of hot rod magazine

[Kim57]

Your truck sure looks good.
Kim

[TBONE1964]

Very cool. Beautiful truck!

[ChuckDriver]

^ Yes it is!!

[_Ogre]

thanks guys... that was the 7th day of a 7 day power tour
there was 5 lbs of bugs on the front of truk

we washed truk in charlotte after the drive down
and again coming into bettendorf, 3 days and 600 miles before that pic was taken

[thebebop]

Amazing truck !!

[_Ogre]

thanks
did you find the amp to volt gauge conversion? starts on post 38
easy peasy