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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
Chuck, your engine compartment looks AMAZING!!!
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
Thanks! I'd have say everything you've done looks AMAZING!
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
Went to Pick n Pull again this Sat. to look for some dumb little things (light pigtails, taillight brackets, etc.) and got one more thing crossed off my checklist! The front signals (or running lights, I'm not sure) on these trucks are just set up for just one of those things but not both. I found some old motorhome taillights that had a small 1157 style bulb bracket that I trimmed up and bolted inside of the stock truck light holder after I sandblasted it and painted it silver again
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
It's been a while since I've caught up on your thread. The truck is coming along great and sounds killer.
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Well, I finally got the majority of the wiring done! It's pretty time consuming trying to do that stuff correctly, but I'm very happy. Hooked up power yesterday and EVERYTHING worked!! I'll be putting up pics shortly of the the engine stuff as soon as it's all finished. It looks pretty cool and it's almost all wrapped up. Sorry, but you'll have to wait until the interior is finished before I show anything else, 'cuz I have too many little things that just need to be shown together once it's all done! Yesterday morning Alex and myself ran down to the Pomona Swap Meet to look for a few things (namely my Cal Custom window cranks that I still can't find) but had a good time anyways. Found some H4 halogen headlights with motorcycle bulbs (I've always been a believer in H4's) so now driving at night will not be an issue 'cuz they're soooo bright!
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Those look awesome!!! Nice job!
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The feet look slick.
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WOW that is such a kool idea, I really like that.
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sorry about double post, site must have a hicup
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Now I did this next deal to keep the engine clean and free of oil leakage/fumes from the front filler spout. I wanted a PCV type setup, but it had to look almost non-existent. I picked up 2 sizes of bilge pump boat drains. One was 1/2" the other 3/8" for this project. Here's the 1/2" size
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I also scored a few ORIGINAL (circa 1970) metal latch Stant radiator caps!
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Cool! Neat project you got going here!
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Thanks for the great idea Brad, now I can drill holes in my Corvette valve covers, and not too big of holes and try and hide them
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i also built a 1949 truck on the cheap. 1981 malibu car for sub frame 100 dollars, 1973 camaro rearend 100 dollars,1988 astro van(4.3 v6 700r4 master cylinder drive shaft(exact fit) an variuos other parts) 300 dollars. an i did use the shock towers to square off every thing an it workd perfectly, truck drives strait an true. i welded mine in just about the same way
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ide like to use your idea on the speaker face. if you dont mind can u show more pics on that an how it looks now please, rite now my radio is in the glovebox.it looks like enough room for the radio,tempgauge,an my air compressor switch for my train horns, dam good idea how did u come up with it
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Thanks for the compliments on the dash door! I'm getting ready for stereo install shortly and I'll post pics of how I'll do it. Here's the engine compartment and what I've been working on lately. I've never been a fan of guys doing the traditional hot rod look and then bolting a big, ugly polished AC compressor on TOP of everything to kill the whole look. I went after mine a little different as you'll notice. I had a chrome guy owe me a favor from awhile back, so I used that up on my truck. The pulleys, mounts, linkages and brackets I had done all shiny to give the underhood a little flair! Be sure to lightly sandblast the belt area or they will squeal!
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I'm def feeling the ac compressor mounting below the alt like that. Def looks more clean and traditional.
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
WOW!!! What a thread,Love what your doing and how you do it
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
The engine is looking nice.
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Had to find a cool horn for this thing, but all my plans just didn't seem to fall into place. Walking around "Pick and Plunder" the other day, I decided to grab a late 60's VW Bug horn!
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
Finally, I'm done with the engine and wiring stuff and now working on the interior! Was kind of cool turning the key and actually turning the motor over! It's getting closer to being a driver! Here's something else I figured I'd share with the group... taillight bulbs. I know it's not a huge thing, but since I tried some stuff out I had to share. I wanted to try some LED taillight bulbs since thats the rage anymore. The first set I bought (these were all from Ebay) were the 12 bulbs, straight bulbs. The next set were the 39(!) bulb all around type.
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Good to know on the leds, I had heard that looking from straight back they were ok, but no side or reflective dispursement. When I run standard filament bulbs I upgraded to the 2056 and 2057, same socket, a little brighter.
Are you going to post the throttle bearing deal?? And did you get a look at the trim photos I emailed?
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Having done this sort of thing numerous times, I can tell you from experience that it is VERY dependant on the actual LED (Light Emitting Diode) used.
There are variations, even within the voltage (like High Intensity, etc) and even more variations in voltage (crazy... like increments of tenths of volts or less all through volts - ie, 10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 .... so on) It is likely that they may have used 12.somethings or low intensity LED's I have replaced countless bulbs with LED's in low voltage settings (Mostly in pro audio equipment where bulbs introduce noise in a signal chain) I've always had good experience with swapping to LED's, and in my experience they are brighter. These bulbs, on 12v, should be far dimmer than even ONE PAIR of SMALL HIGH INTENSITY LED'S I am going to be making indicator bulbs all around for mine, soldering LED's to bulb 'buckets' .... I guess I'll have to post a thread ![]() Should be noted though, that you may need to swap flashers to different amperage when using LED's Just thought I'd share my experience. If you want LED's, Don't give up. You can make em for dirt cheap and some time if you can solder. Radio Shack even has LED's, though I wouldn't recomment their selection. Check your local electronic suppliers. |
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and the cost & time to produce
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Funny
Here's what I just finished about an hour ago $36 7" light housings with H4's, LED halo, and indicator bulb. Cheap chinese made deals. The LED halo and bulb come blue. I separated the lens from the housing, removed the blue LED's and wiring I picked up some cheap orange LED's today for 25 CENTS each I put 4 in each one. I got a standard intensity led, 3V each, used 4 wired in series in each housing. Here's how they look... The ring will be more of a ring at night. But you can clearly see the position of the LED's in 4 places Click image to watch em flash, 5 second video clip ![]() |
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