New project! The "Red Herring"

[JJorgensen52]

So I said I wasn't going to have time to get to the shop, and then I found an hour and some change to get out there so here we are!

This one is left over from the weekend, I did the second headlight bucket a little more neatly, this is how the replacements will be done. I am going to end up with a flat sheet metal cover held on by two wing nuts, probably.

You can just see at about 7 o'clock the small recess I filed in the inner bucket to allow the bulb to sit in - there's a small stud on the backside that mounts the reflector in the housing. These headlight buckets have a slightly smaller hole than the later GM ones do.

But vastly more important, I did a little more frame trimming and was able to get the grille to fit up!

So I didn't goof up the core support too badly

Just a few shots showing clearance. I actually have a fair amount more space than I expected with my radiator moved 3" forward the way it is.




I still have the A/C condenser to wiggle in there, and I'm going to be mounting the horns up here on either side of the radiator (there are four of them ).

I also need to trim the frame horns a bit more, so I can make some sort of front cross member deal to mount the front bumper to.

[JJorgensen52]

Part of the reason this wiring is taking so long is it's forcing me to deal with 1,001 little detail items I wasn't really worrying about before, like WHERE AM I GOING TO MOUNT ALL THESE AUXILIARY COMPONENTS??

Anyways, started working on horns, tonight. There's four of them, in total, the other ones are going to be *more or less* mirrored on the other side - they're all different shapes?, but you get the idea.




I'm also simultaneously working on the ignition supply solenoid, wiper reservoir mounting, and modifying and adjusting things (like my fuse block mount) that I previously thought were set and done ...

[JJorgensen52]

Had a lot of yard work to do yesterday, and spent most of today pulling parts off one of the various other projects I have going around here ... but found a few minutes to work on Red.

Driver's horns mounted up, with grill back on to check clearance


I'm not done integrating all the wiring, but I hopefully should have the front clip fully wired up tomorrow. One more step towards the finish.

And of course, gratuitous noises

[lower50's]

Sounds like an electric train horn

[JJorgensen52]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Sounds like an electric train horn

That's what I was going for ... every truck deserves a proper horn

[7dee2]

I love it! Ran a HF air horn on my 68 GMC and would scare the bajesus outta folks!