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I have always wanted to know how you fill and maintain a master cylinder like that? Can you enlighten me please?
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![]() the same procedure i use on my 55 panel with underfloor pw brake setup where the master cilinder is located right under the seat without an access hole from above the pedal setup i use is a modified underfloor setup the rubber brake pad is from a corvette, the gas pedal is from lokar. |
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The fire wall looks good. I may be a bit prejudiced though.
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I agree that the firewall looks much better with the lip removed....Jim
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63split. Your work is simply amazing. I am super impressed.
I have been looking for bed roll end treatments and Russell turned me on to your threat. After looking this photo over I really like what you've done but I have a question: Doesn't this create a place for water to collect at the bottom of this smooth transition you added? I don't see a weep hole and you didn't mention putting any kind of rust preventative on the back side of the steel you added. Also, I haven't looked ENTIRELY through your thread but I didn't see any closing off of the bed tube. I knew someone once who added a 3-4" wide, long strip of sheet steel closing the tube underneath because he wanted to use an old style vinyl tonneau cover but not drill snaps into the bed tube, so he put industrial strength Velcro under the tube on that strip he added. Something like that would close off this dead end your tube treatment creates. |
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I did my firewall like yours, but left the horizontal projecting seam. I will be driving the truck in weather and it diverts the rain and snow melt to the side and off the electrical stuff on the back of the engine and firewall.
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i will put in some wax in these kind of places there is also a weep hole on the inside ![]() |
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last week done some small things that take a lot of time
and dont show much progress, cleaned up some holes on the dash and holes for the sunvisors we wont use, and fit all things that need to go under the dash like defroster hose, blower fan and gauge cluster to see nothing will interfere with the brake booster setup. ![]() made a bracket for the fuse box ![]() the fab work is as good as done on the cab so it can be made ready for primer and paint. now i will get working on the bed agian i was thinking for a while in what direction to go on the taillights i going to integrate these corvette taillights in the rear fenders 2 on each side , well at least thats the plan.... ![]() ![]() made some pipes that wil need to be cut in a 30 degree angle ![]() and cut one hole into the fender ![]() |
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well thanks OrrieG
![]() tonight i have made some cups for the the tail lights yesterday i had made some tubes and tried to cut them in a 30 degree angle with a belt saw on my work. but could not get a nice clean cut and wrinkled the tubes ![]() so i took the best of both sizes and cut them open and spread them out, and then traced over on new sheet metal ![]() rolled the inner tubes ![]() and here the outher tubes ![]() ![]() and closed them up, next will be to cut a hole in the outher tubes to weld the inner tubes in ![]() |
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Looks like you came up with a good solution to your problem.
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So simple, yet, trick on the little cups. You make them out of cardboard first?
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Slick....Jim
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no i had the tubes cut in an angle and then cut them open and made it a flat piece again and used it as a template
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have finished up the taillight cups
cut open the outher pieces ![]() and welded in the inner pieces ![]() and a lot of grind work later....... ![]() tomorrow night i will determine the final location and fit them in the fenders |
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Those came out real nice.
They should look good in the fenders. Kim |
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Very nice...Jim
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got them in the fender on one side
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I like those taillights. Ever consider making the housings and selling them? I would be interested.
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Lights look real good. I like the way you fab'd them.
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Those look sweet.
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