Project NiteMare-1970 C10 LWB build

[jlsanborn]

Way cool! It's all totally rad but I love the copper stuff. The painted rose is awesome too. Nice work Molberg!!!

[Molberg]

awe.... thanks brother

[Molberg]

Soooo.... Back at it. Quit smokin almost 3 months now after 22 years of it. (Hence the break from the truck). Brutal. Some engine wiring to test the stress/cravings. Not givin up beer. Nope. Good to be back.

[swamp rat]

Congrats! I quit cold turkey back in 86 and the 3rd week was just a killer! made it 2 years then a scary rough night in the Puget Sound straits in a 30' bow picker led me to smoke another, slowly back to a pack a day then quit again cold turkey back in 90. I have been smoke free every since! Hopefully like me you will begin to hate the smell of second hand smoke and never go back.

I still like my beer on occasion too.

[jlsanborn]

Congrats on both fronts Molberg! I'm heavy smoker, tried a few different times. How'd you do it? When we gonna hear the truck?

[Molberg]

I'm doin the e-cig/vaping thing. Easiest I've had it as far as quitting goes. Still get some nicotine... Keeps the hissy fits at bay. Lol. I could start again quite easily... Doesn't stink yet. Ugh. I was well over a pack a day when workin in the shop. (And they're $16 a pack up here!)

[no1udknow]

ok man, we are all waiting for you to finish this thing.

[Molberg]

Thanks!... I'm gettin pressure from the wife as well. Wants her Nova in here. I've been on vacation for a couple of weeks... And logged a schwack of hours on the ole girl. I'll dig out the laptop and some beer tonight and throw some more pics up. Should be firing it up in the next couple of weeks. Tryin to sort out my drive shaft dilemma at the moment.

[no1udknow]

What's the dilema?

[Molberg]

Sooo....a few updates, a few beer again. Finally got my hands on a dipstick tube and flexplate cover for my TH400. Yup. Almost a year to find them. Unreal. Used to be everywhere... gettin harder to find. Went with a Holley blue fuel pump/reg set-up, wiring complete and tested. (built the harness), Derale engine temp controller installed, Hurst line lock plumbed/wired in. Tested and works, robbed the dual horns from my '63 caddy and wired in, had to make up a set of power steering hoses. Pump from an '81 (uses o-rings) and steering box uses double flare fittings... ugh. Hood gauges wired up, mini gear drive starter in and wheels engine over like crazy, and spent an evening hand polishing over spray off inner fenders. Maguires medium cut cleaner rips it off like nothin i"ve seen.

[Molberg]

Made a small switch panel for elec fan bypass switches, line lock, fuel pump, and nitrous! Windshield washer from an early 90's truck installed.. spent 2 days makin tranny cooler lines. Was fighting with it kinking, etc. Noticed it was squared off. ugh

[swamp rat]

Good to see you back at it!

[Molberg]

Originally Posted by swamp rat

Good to see you back at it!

Thanks! I have never seen an entire roll of tubing squared like that before. It would kink using tubing benders. Forget tryin to get a nice double flare in it. Unreal. Spent an hour or two under the truck on a creeper with a set of wrenches, lookin for loose bolts, clamps, etc, before I fire it up. I'm glad I did that. Lol. Driveshaft and exhaust are next. The tranny has a fixed rear yoke... Need a shaft built with an integral slip spline shaft in it I guess. (Otherwise no slip in driveline at all)

[texasld]

That switch box looks awesome! How is that swirl look achieved?

[Molberg]

Originally Posted by texasld

That switch box looks awesome! How is that swirl look achieved?

Hey thanks! It's called metal jeweling. Do it with some of the other artsy stuff I waste time on. Real easy to do. Some use a piece of aluminum dowel in a drill press, I used a mini 3m die grinder pad (course) in the drill press. Mark a grid on metal so swirls intersect with eachother. Lots of different techniques or different looks. Videos online if u search metal jeweling.

[jlsanborn]

All great stuff Molberg! Awesome work. Looking forward to the next update AND the Nova.

[Molberg]

Mud flap time. I kinda like em. I live in the sticks and have miles of dirt road to get to a highway... soooo, flaps it is. Wanted somethin different again. Scratched my head for a bit and came up with this. These are my old fender badges, and a set from my parts truck. Not show quality, but good enough for mud flaps. They're held on to fenders with the weak trim nuts. Wanted something stronger. Measured the studs, and a 10-24 die cuts perfect threads in these. Drilled holes in flaps, secured with locknuts, and slammed them on the truck. I also ordered flowmaster #815937 3" exhaust kit today... and a set of 3" Flowmaster super 10's.... Yup. Super 10's.

[Molberg]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

All great stuff Molberg! Awesome work. Looking forward to the next update AND the Nova.

Thanks brother! Feels weird being this close to the finish line after 2 1/2 years. Oh.... the pic of the bag? ya.... thats all the receipts. Kids were pissin around in the shop last night. Told them to practice their math skills and add it up for me. (keep them occupied)... ouch.

[hdff]

still waitin on a web page where your sellin some of that artsy stuff.. don't I remember some copper roses a while back?

[Molberg]

Originally Posted by hdff

still waitin on a web page where your sellin some of that artsy stuff.. don't I remember some copper roses a while back?

Now I feel bad. I did get a website made though. Had a crazy run at it this winter. Stepped away from it a month ago to take a serious run at the truck... get her done for this summer. Here's the website. I have to make a price list yet...
https://sites.google.com/site/wheref...-e-w-p-i-n-k-y

[hdff]

Originally Posted by Molberg

Now I feel bad. I did get a website made though. Had a crazy run at it this winter. Stepped away from it a month ago to take a serious run at the truck... get her done for this summer. Here's the website. I have to make a price list yet...
https://sites.google.com/site/wheref...-e-w-p-i-n-k-y

didn't mean to make ya feel bad. cool web site! when the prices are up I am gonna get one of those roses for my better half for putting up with me... lol I like the one pictured that has a green stem and the rose is red. looked at your location map, I know some farmers about 10 miles south of the borber north of minot nd.

oh and nice lookin exhaust, it is gonna be loud with those short flowmasters!!!

keith

[jlsanborn]

Flaps will be a cool touch. My boy had the 10's on his S10. Got an anonymous letter from a neighbor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf-yQvmeT28

I'm just finishing my 2-1/2" exhaust and have 10's installed Anxious to hear yours!

[Molberg]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Flaps will be a cool touch. My boy had the 10's on his S10. Got an anonymous letter from a neighbor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf-yQvmeT28

I'm just finishing my 2-1/2" exhaust and have 10's installed Anxious to hear yours!

Hahahahah!... my closest neighbour is a mile away. Might still get a "letter" with 10's though. Lol

[jlsanborn]

Another good one....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG_ru7vFe-Y

[Molberg]

Originally Posted by jlsanborn

Another good one....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG_ru7vFe-Y

Lol!.... awesome. lol..( uh oh... wifey's home)