58 TRUK intro

[OKGMC4]

That looks great. He's right, the 58 headliner hole is a ton bigger than a 56. Learned something new today.

[_Ogre]

thanks guys

same cab 55-59 same headliner cut out
this is one parkwood did in a 55
same size as my 58

[OKGMC4]

Guess it's an optical illusion...it looked ginormous.

[_Ogre]

if anyone is interested the door edge trim is protecto trim 39-221 25' roll
it comes with adhesive in the trim so it stays well
bought locally from a paint/body supply house

[_Ogre]

last year i figured out that i had my door weatherstrip in backwards. if you installed it the way it looks good, it's wrong
i could see day lite around half of my door and had auxiliary weatherstrip stuck on in places

i turned it around yesterday. pulled all of those tenuous grabby push pins and re-installed the weatherstrip correctly.
went thru the car wash today to test it. previously i had to hold a rag on the doors as the high pressure rinse passed by.
not any more, i had a few spray thru's, but nothing like what i had before. my interior doesn't get soaked anymore, i call it a success

i always had a breeze on my left leg from air leaking, no more.
lot less road and exhaust noise in the cab too





you can see some of the auxiliary weather strip on the b pillar. plus i had a strip down the front on both doors. all gone now

[_Ogre]

headed out on the 2014 hot rod power tour on tuesday
charlotte nc to the wisconsin dells, woo hoo !
looks like we'll be driving thru a lot of rain
what's a power tour without rain???

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

headed out on the 2014 hot rod power tour on tuesday
charlotte nc to the wisconsin dells, woo hoo !
looks like we'll be driving thru a lot of rain
what's a power tour without rain???

Are you going to stop off at Lane Automotive in Watervliet MI on 6/11? I heard some people from the tour are stopping there for lunch. I was going to take a 1/2 day off and bomb over in my 48. If so maybe we will meet at last.

If I dont see you good luck on the Tour

Marc

[Kim57]

Sounds like fun.
Have a great time.
Kim

[_Ogre]

lane automotive is a designated lunch stop, they fed us well in 2012
ogre is not one to pass up on a free lunch

[Advanced Design]

Safe and fun travels Ogre-
We are joining up in Crown Point for the remainder of the tour.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

lane automotive is a designated lunch stop, they fed us well in 2012
ogre is not one to pass up on a free lunch

Cool. According to your itinerary what time do you expect to arrive at Lanes?
I took a 1/2 day off work to come hang out.

Marc

[_Ogre]

we have about 5 hrs before and 1.5 hrs after, probably won't be at lanes until 1 or 2

@ ad: very cool, good to see another forum member on tour.
repeat offender or first time?
either way you will have a blast

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

we have about 5 hrs before and 1.5 hrs after, probably won't be at lanes until 1 or 2

@ ad: very cool, good to see another forum member on tour.
repeat offender or first time?
either way you will have a blast

Good deal. I will even let you buy me lunch...he he
Drive safe and I look forward to seeing you and Truk there.

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

we have about 5 hrs before and 1.5 hrs after, probably won't be at lanes until 1 or 2

@ ad: very cool, good to see another forum member on tour.
repeat offender or first time?
either way you will have a blast

First timer (long time wanting to go) and part 2 of 50th birthday present. Taking the '56 BelAir. Would enjoy seeing your truck!

[_Ogre]

t minus 10 hours to hrpt launch
meeting up with another car from michigan at 5 am to caravan down to charlotte
pick up a few more in cleveland area

really??? 5 am??? it takes 12 hrs from here irregardless if you leave at 5 am or 9 am...
gonna be one grumpy ogre at 5 am...

[_Ogre]

returned from power tour
2700 miles of carefree driving with a bunch of car/truck people.
met up with youngrodder: he's not so young and didn't bring his truck for me to see
also met up with mrhurt73 doing the long haul for the 2nd time
heard a lot of ''hey ogre'' call outs while cruising too.

first yr we took 500 pics, 2nd yr we took 200 pic and like pics of my 3rd child... we took 35 pics this year.
met up with this couple from florida driving a divco, i thought that was the coolest vehicle on tour



no break downs, though i did loose my speedo 100 miles from the house on the return trip

[Advanced Design]

We followed the Divco (very cool) into grounds at Crown Point and we saw your truck roll by twice in Bettendorf....though we were never able to catch up. Great looking truck Ogre!

And you were right, we had a blast!

[Baldeagle SR]

The divco is way cool. Rich

[_Ogre]

advanced design: bummer that i missed seeing you and your truck
i parked right behind the divco at crown point and then snuck into gold parking in bettendorf
i used my ogre stealth to get into the events itself for prime parking
i found out the first year that there is a lot of parking in the event itself, no need to walk a mile to get to the time clock

crown point


bettendorf


norwalk oh, i parked next to the tremec trailer. they weren't too happy to have an automatic on their turf

[_Ogre]

i installed a new speedo a few years back in truk bought it from classic parts

speedo went bad coming home from the power tour, 100 miles from the house with 19700 miles on it
i called them and the product only has a 90 day warranty

ordered a new speedo from classic parts, the speedo arrived mangled
no damage on the box but the face plate was bent and creased, so classic parts shipped another one out
i wrote sales and they shipped a new one right away

new speedo #2 came mangle too... no damage on shipping box, inner box was crushed
''oh we're sorry mr ogre, i personally walked checked that speedo out and walked it back to shipping. we'll have to file a claim with ups''
wtf? where is the integrity in this vendor???

they did ship out another speedo, yes it arrived and yes it was bent, but no creases and i could make it work
straighten the needle and the face plate and i install new speedo #3, but it's no good
needle varies a lot from 0 to 25, smooths out until 50 and really gets erratic above 50 AND it read 10% fast

i'm shipping all 3 speedos back, they are refunding my money. at least they got that part right
and i have this feeling they will put each and every box right back on the shelf for the next sucker
classic parts has been in business for many years, they were known as chevy duty in the pre-internet years

i did order a new speedo from amazon, it is a dynacorn g20 speedo
though i have a feeling there is only one vendor in china turning these out

[drivea55]

man that truck is still lookin nice Mr. Ogre sir...

[meter swinger]

Thats sad news ogre. I've always had good luck with classic parts. I hope they get the quality control problems fixed.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by drivea55

man that truck is still lookin nice Mr. Ogre sir...

mr ogre sir was my father... back in the era when all adults wanted to be mr, mrs, sir and mam
i'm just an ogre.. and thank you

just venting out of frustration of having to do the job 3 or 4 times due to crappy parts
got an email from amazon that the new speedo won't ship until mid august, which means they don't have it in stock
so i have to tear the bad speedo out to ship it back and put truk back together sans speedo if i want to drive it

[Advanced Design]

I don't blame you. This hobby / business is challenging enough to do when the parts are good. My experience last couple of years has been Vintage Air, Dakota Digital, and ididit all worked great and had excellent instructions. Just about every other part (brakes, fuel tank, LS harness and programming, etc etc) had issues or failures to work through. Frustrating and time / energy consuming.

Sorry to hi-jack....stepping off the soap box now.

[Baldeagle SR]

That sucks. But I am glad you let us know. I am afraid we will see more of this coming from China. Rich