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#2851 |
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Location: Berne IN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Drew, My daily driver is a 72 body on a 02 Dodge (because I wanted a cummins) chassis. I used the Dodge instrument cluster by mounting it in a extra glove box door. I cut the back out (the doors are double wall), then cut the hole for the guages in the outer wall. I then welded some mounting studs to the back of the outer wall to hold the guages then sent it out to have the outer edge chromed (like the outer edge of the original plastic ones are). When I got it back I installed a woodgrain decal (my trucks a super) & trimmed out the guage opening with small flexable plastic chrome edging (think door edge guard material). Hope this makes sense- if you need a pic or have question just let me know
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Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
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#2853 |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Rochester New York
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
AMAZING... wish i had the time cash and skill to do this to my 71 3/4ton
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#2854 |
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: richmond ill
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
very cool.......... i do the same thing. build projects in my head until i have to make them a reality. i guess i will just have something to do for a very long time
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#2855 |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Hendersonville, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Drew, I am building a 72 Suburban on a 01 Suburban Chassis. I think that I am using more of the original wiring harness than you but am also working on a way to integrate the 01 gauges into the 72 dash. If I have any breakthroughs I will let you know, if that is something your are interested in.
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#2856 |
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Location: Berne IN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Some pics of my dash- the decal has developed some bubbles- need to fix that. It's been in for 9+ years & works well. Also, I put a lexan lense in & removed the Dodge lens
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#2857 |
State of Confusion!
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Location: Gulfport, MS USA
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
You did a great job on that dash tigger!
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#2858 |
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: san diego ca
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Here are the heater and ac control out of a 2011 silverado Im useing on my build.
And the cluster in which I will have a bezel cncd. |
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#2859 |
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Location: Hayden, Al.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Hey Tomsprojects, that looks really good. Can't wait to see it with the bezel done! I like it Drew...
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#2860 |
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
nice work on both those dashes, super nice.
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#2861 |
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Location: san diego ca
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#2862 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
We made and sold jewelry all weekend long, so no truck work. Today I started making the trailer hitch/rear bumper/rear bed mount.
I trimmed about an inch off of the frame rails to make room for my 2 by 4 inch - 3/16 wall box tubing. I'll mount the 4 inch receiver tube to the bottom of this, extending forward about 10 inches to catch the next frame crossmember. Also I will weld some bumper mounts off the new frame tubing.
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#2863 |
VA72C10
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Location: Midlothian, VA
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Jewelry? Construction business, mission work, sport clips, and now a jewelry business???
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#2864 |
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#2865 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
We are trying to go to Africa for 3 weeks this summer and doing ANYTHING to raise support. My youngest, Sarah, came up with the idea to make and sell earrings and necklaces at her regional volleyball tournament.
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#2867 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Africa for a vacation?!? I'm thinking Caribbean island for vacation!
Mission trip.
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#2868 |
6>8 Plugless........
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Good luck raising money for the mission trip Drew!
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#2869 |
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
i feel your pain, my daughter is invited on a People to People ambassador program this summer.....trying to figure out how to raise the money for that, thinking a raffle for an expensive rifle and a raffle for an expensive purse ??
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#2870 |
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Will pray for provision for the trip. you could always sell YF
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Location: Hayden, Al.
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
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![]() It will still be an amazing adventure none the less. I'm going to Ecuador in June on a mission trip myself. Truck is still absolutely amazing Drew! |
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Iredell, Texas
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
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Something that I have been thinking about for all of the late model dash clusters in the older trucks... Start with a chrome glove box door, cut out what ever shape fits the shape of the new cluster plus the slot for the column. Then paint the remaining part that is inside the outer "trim" area flat black and cover that whole area with very thin smoked plexiglass. You'd need to find really bright dash light bulbs or possibly add more (I'm thinking LED to keep from getting too hot). Anyway with all of that in place with the truck turned off you just have a blank shiney black dash and when you start it the whole thing lights up. I hope you can picture this since it looks really good in my mind. A matching glove box lid would balance it out. Not that I would assume to alter your vision on it. In fact it kinda blows the whole "looks like they made it that way" thing. ![]()
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#2873 |
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Hendersonville, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
What part of Africa? I have been to Ghana and Kenya, both for missions. Go in the winter and you get to enjoy the summer south of the equator. Both were incredible trips, I don't think you can go wrong.
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#2874 |
Lucky Teter at the wheel
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Memphis, TN
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Still working on this bumper/hitch mount.
Pockets are for the rear bed mounts. Welding is getting better from my first posts.
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#2875 |
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Beemer, NE
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Re: ** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.
Looks GREAT
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