LIL ERV the 50

[99 to Life]

so clean looking. sux about the clutch, my buddy had the same issue not long ago. years ago when I did my first truck, stupid me took forever to figure out my pedal was hitting the floor bf the MC could fully engage.

[Livemeyer]

Originally Posted by crossfire84

Installed the new gages today.

Well it's too late for me I already bought my gauges (and I like them) but what are these? I can't quite tell from the photo being small but it looks as if the left gauge has tach on top and temp/amp below and the one on right has speedo and fuel and oil below? What a great set, mine didn't have tachometer so had to buy a separate tach.

[Livemeyer]

Read through this entire build post, and I gotta say, I'm impressed. And, I like many of the choices you've made - wheels, engine, gauges, paint color. I built a model years ago and painted it that very same color. I said, someday I was going to have the same real truck as that model. Well, I got my truck now, but I went in a different direction with it for this first build. My plan is to do it again in another 10 years or so, full frame off just like what you have here. Right now mine is green and yellow/orange but someday it will be that beautiful blue color!

[crossfire84]

Originally Posted by Livemeyer

Well it's too late for me I already bought my gauges (and I like them) but what are these? I can't quite tell from the photo being small but it looks as if the left gauge has tach on top and temp/amp below and the one on right has speedo and fuel and oil below? What a great set, mine didn't have tachometer so had to buy a separate tach.

Dakota digital VHX.

[crossfire84]

Originally Posted by Livemeyer

Read through this entire build post, and I gotta say, I'm impressed. And, I like many of the choices you've made - wheels, engine, gauges, paint color. I built a model years ago and painted it that very same color. I said, someday I was going to have the same real truck as that model. Well, I got my truck now, but I went in a different direction with it for this first build. My plan is to do it again in another 10 years or so, full frame off just like what you have here. Right now mine is green and yellow/orange but someday it will be that beautiful blue color!

Thank you.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by crossfire84

Ok, change of plans, Out with the Vette seats and in with my old but clean Silverado seats. I think they look much better and there a lot more comfortable and there the correct color for the interior. The ride is just rite height for me so no mad fab skills needed.

I know this is an old thread, but I stumbled upon it by accident and I am running the same seats so I would love to see how you installed / mounted them, did you just bolt their stock rails to the sheet metal or did you make some brackets or reinforcements?

[crossfire84]

Well it’s been a while since my last update, I did not use the Silverado seats in the end, they were too wide and I could not use the shifter on the floor. So i went back to the vette seats but I did cut the top of seats off now you cannot see the seat backs through the back window.

[MikeB]

Nice build with great attention to detail!

How about some videos of the truck running on the street?

How's that radiator working for you?

[crossfire84]

Thank you, I’m in the process of redoing the front end, the cut down a-arms do not work. So if someone is thinking of doing this mod DONT. I talked to Portor- Built and he made me a set of new upper and lower a arms $$$ . Now just have to find the time to finish this. But I can say the BBC sounds incredible. I will post when work lets up a bit.

[-Dan-]

Originally Posted by crossfire84

Getting closer, however the hyd clutch does not engage far enough to shift. Going to have to look for a longer throw. But it sounds sweet!

Turned out super nice! Like the color.

[crossfire84]

Thanks