Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[Modges'66]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Dude, great things take time.

Yeah, Yeah.
And that is why you haven't seen crap from me lately!

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

Man, I soooooo want to get it outside and do the video tour so as to get the full spectrum of the colors in that cab and on the dash.
And list the mods as the video goes along.
I think someone asked about that around my 1 year post, but at the time it was too hard for me to get my head wrapped around. Now I am thinking I can really knock that out. (quote)... hmmmm

we're being very patient here, kinda squirming but holding it together...

hows the weather up there? any good early morning light for filming? maybe a magical boreallis background going on in the evening sky...

being patient, very patient...

I am getting closer to doing this Clem.
A little anticipation never hurt anyone, tho I am flattered by your pensiveness !!

Originally Posted by flips72

nice work on the parking brake murph, hate to hear about the skeeters, that would for sure be a headache to have to deal with.

Thanks Flips, and yeah, those blood suckers are BAD this year.
I will have to show you what saved me tho.... it works INCREDIBLY well in repelling them !

Originally Posted by rkn463

Theoretically that generation will be taking care of us when we're old. Scary, isn't it?
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There are some seriously scary connotations to that idea.... How are they going to take care of us, if they cannot keep from shooting each other up en'masse ??

Originally Posted by coulter

nice job on the ebrake cable mod!!! I always love the make it work type mods. sux about the nightmare dealing with the parts store just to get the right size belt
as far as the exhaust goes i bought a universal mandrel bend kit from summit that came with 2 45, 2 90s, 2 U bends and some straight pipes for less than 200. plus it was pretty fun to build. i recommend that route so we can see what you come up with!!! plus thats just another thing you can add to the "yeah i made that" list

Dude you seriously got my brain bubbling about the exhaust set up.
Do you remember where you got yours?

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

I'm fortunate on the "parts-guy" thing here. Once you've relocated you'll be happy to use the Napa on north Division. Darrel has been in the buiz for more than 30 years. There's three other guys in there (Chris, is one) that all have extended experience and won't steer you wrong. What's even better is that most of them are Chevy guys!!!

Well unless the Army is a LOT smarter than they usually present themselves, and they actually pick me up for my next promotion this winter, then at this point I only have 13 months left till mandatory retirement....
Could almost count the days, ya?

Originally Posted by 66C06

nice!!!!

Thank you, I hope you keep checking in !!

Originally Posted by Modges'66

I am still waiting patiently to see your seat dude!
Step it up a notch, will ya?

A drum roll, please................

Originally Posted by Bomp

Dude, great things take time.

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Yeah, Yeah.
And that is why you haven't seen crap from me lately!

Ok, Peer Pressure me into it why dont you.... See below ya big bully !!

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Ok ....... after dinner that is........ hang in there Modges !!

[McMurphy]

Some of you that have followed this build may remember back in December 2011 my wife and I pulling a front bench seat from a wrecked Bronco.
It looked something like this:


Ok it looked a lot like that.... but we were having fun, and I had a bench seat with head rests. I was not particularly fond of the stock head rests on this model, but I was willing to over look that. Then I found head rests in a Nissan passenger car and on an impulse I snagged them (from the junk yard of course, not from a random car in the neighborhood....)
Well this is what the seat looked like before.....................................................................and after I picked it up today.


This is Kristin at Fairbanks Refinishing and Upholstery who helped me select the materiels, and who did all the work getting this seat together for me. She was fantastically generous in describing certain things to me, like why wikking (sp?) does not wear well, and what other certain trade terms meant.
All in all I think she did a bang up job of it, and I got the impression that she was as happy with the results (tho she started off sort of skeptical when she saw the colors and textures I wanted) as I was today !!
Kudos to her for the job she did, particularly in taking the time to look at my build on this site to get an idea of what I was shooting for on the interior.
So this one is for you dear, thanks for giving me permission to post it !!


I promised her I would bring the truck by once it was done and let her see the finished rig !!

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So there you go Modges, that is my humble seat.
I have 24 hour duty tomorrow so it is going to be later this week (the 4th of July four day weekend starts Wednesday for us ) before I can get it mounted in the cab, but hey, more opportunity to take more photos for you guys; right ?!?!?!?!?

As always, thanks for checking in on me dudes..... YOU PUMP ME UP !!!

[flips72]

seat looks great murph, it will definitely be at home in the cab of your truck, just don't tell everyone its a ford seat