1949-50 3100

[dwcsr]

We have the LED in it

[99 to Life]

nice mod, hopefully keeps retards from rear ending yah.

[dwcsr]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

nice mod, hopefully keeps retards from rear ending yah.

That was my thought, getting rear ended in Houston is just part of driving.

[dwcsr]

We are frenching the headlights and had to replace a section that was very thin from rust.
The repair piece is shaped tacked in read for welding. Frenching the light is fairly easy you just need to make sure the opening is round and flat to accept the new light bucket. This is a Hagan #4050BS kit

[_Ogre]

nice work on the 3rd brake light forming
i so wish i had added one on truk

[Johnny49]

Just scrolled through from the beginning of the thread. Looking great! Although I'm a little nervous now about what we might find when we get ours apart for a full resto some day

I'll look forward to following along from here... Very cool!

[dwcsr]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

nice work on the 3rd brake light forming
i so wish i had added one on truck

Thanks,
It would be a little harder on your truck with the drip edge. It would have to go above or below.

[dwcsr]

Originally Posted by Johnny49

Just scrolled through from the beginning of the thread. Looking great! Although I'm a little nervous now about what we might find when we get ours apart for a full resto some day

I'll look forward to following along from here... Very cool!

Thanks,

You never know what you'll find after you sand blast.

[Russell Ashley]

Any updates on this one?

[dwcsr]

Its in the paint shop now should be back in two weeks or so.

[dwcsr]

This is back on the work board, the cab and sheet metal comes back from the paint shop first of the week. This truck is a whole lat of red. I'll post pictures the parts arrive.

[dwcsr]

we have the cab back and its very red. Next week we start finishing the inside with sound deadener, insulation, AC and wipers along with a new harness

[Denee007]

I love it!! A lot of work in that cab!

[youngrodder]

Looks great...

Marc

[oldman3]

Mmmm, nice and bright...Jim

[dwcsr]

Thanks all, The odd thing is the owner is color blind.

[dwcsr]

Well with the Holidays over and UPS delivering again we started the insulation and wiring on the cab. The insulation is a little different than the usual shredded recycled rag fiber. This is made from recycled plastic bottles, Polyethylene terephthalate, and called Eco-fil. The brand is Thermozite and is has a single or double sided foil. I got tired of wrecking my scissors on that cloth fiber product because it had a lot of trash in the fiber like aluminum bits and copper wire snippet pieces. The Thermozite is nice clean fiber no trash and cuts easily.

The outside firewall insulation is 1/4" Thermotec fiber glass filled double sided foil. Next is the AC and column and drop it on the frame

[99 to Life]

looking good, I'll look into that stuff. I need some for my headliner and back wall. I just used the rubber base stick on stuff for my floor. Found a place made in the USA.

[dwcsr]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

looking good, I'll look into that stuff. I need some for my headliner and back wall. I just used the rubber base stick on stuff for my floor. Found a place made in the USA.

I used the GTmat http://gtsoundcontrol.com/shop/Pro-50/ for the deadening placed ever 6 - 8 inches apart. From what I read the rubberized stuff doesn't need to be seamless if your using an insulation on top. it saves $$$ also. The GTmat seemed to not be sticky enough at first but once I heated the panel and stuck it on and then heated the strip and rolled it it stuck great. So just use a heat gun or hair dryer to warm up the panels first.

On the headliner they recommend a high temp spray for the Thermozite insulation.

[dwcsr]

A little more progress on this. AC is installed mufflers and pipes fabed up. We used S10 hanger rubber with 3/8 rod bent into a J hook welded one side to a bracket on the frame and the other to the muffler.

[99 to Life]

looking good

[oldman3]

Nice...Jim

[Advanced Design]

Looks really good! Is the AC a Vintage Air Sure Fit unit?

[MIKESAD50]

Looking Good

[dwcsr]

thanks guys ,,, yes it a VA unit.

We plumbed the fuel lines, filter yesterday and will button up the e brake and brake lines this week then drop the cab on it and start assembling the front sheet metal. This should start moving quickly now, it needs to be done by mid to end of February. I have another 50 project that just came in to make it a daily driver.