58 TRUK intro

[Daze57]

steppin on da soapbox and meanin; no disrespect
For a lot of these parts we pay good hard earned money for ................just sux and is v v sad - quality control is terrible - i have had the same issues with fenders and other parts ; just poorly made - and the answer i get is '' o well''
that is not good enough - we as a country pride ourselves in making good ''quality'' things..........at least it used to be - scouring the yards may be the only way to go
not all companies are like this - but the ones i have dealt with like the cheaper parts - i guess we are supposed to grin and deal with it .

ok ..................i am done
steppin off da box.

[_Ogre]

i posted over on hotrodders.com to see if i could fix my speedo and a guy offered me his that he removed
bad thing is i took out my original speedo and sold it on this forum. live and learn...
mid august delivery on the speedo so i cancelled the amazon speedo and will get this guys speedo

[TBONE1964]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

i posted over on hotrodders.com to see if i could fix my speedo and a guy offered me his that he removed
bad thing is i took out my original speedo and sold it on this forum. live and learn...
mid august delivery on the speedo so i cancelled the amazon speedo and will get this guys speedo

Hello Ogre,

Just wondering how you are doing on your speedometer problems? I would be more than happy to give you some help with it if you need it.

I have never heard any thing good about aftermarket speedometers. I could rebuild an original one for you if you are interested. Let me know if you need any help with this.

Take care,
Tom

[Nev68]

Hey Ogre, is that your truck I see at the bottom of page 103 in the latest Hot Rod magazine?

[_Ogre]

what issue are you looking at? i subscribe to hot rod but sometimes i skim and toss them

[Nev68]

I get "E" subscription, I think it is November (seems very early though)

This is the cover


This pages 102 / 103

[_Ogre]

very cool, thanks for posting that
last mailed copy is october
i have to wait for that one

fyi... that was the worst event to get into
it took 2 hours to get in and cars were parked over 120 acres
some people had to walk a mile to check in by the deadline
they chased us out early because they had another event scheduled
hot rod needs to get their **** together next year

[Nev68]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

very cool, thanks for posting that
last mailed copy is october
i have to wait for that one

fyi... that was the worst event to get into
it took 2 hours to get in and cars were parked over 120 acres
some people had to walk a mile to check in by the deadline
they chased us out early because they had another event scheduled
hot rod needs to get their **** together next year

No worries.
I'd love to do the Power cruise, even just a section of it.
If I ever get the chance to travel back to the US I might have to check the timing / dates.

[_Ogre]

even then it was a blast

[_Ogre]

typically the power tour is the first week in june
while we did have issues with getting into events
it is the most fun you can have in a week in a truk

[_Ogre]

nov issue of hot rod came yesterday
i'm getting emails and texts from all my gearhead buds

[Nev68]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

nov issue of hot rod came yesterday
i'm getting emails and texts from all my gearhead buds

Are you in the crowd photo?

[_Ogre]

nah, not in the pic, was right behind the lift they took the picture from
this picture is from 2011: truk is in the pic way back, i'm up front on the left
after seeing this pic i didn't get too excited about getting in the group photo



here's the picture from online that is on the bottom of hot rod magazine

[Kim57]

Your truck sure looks good.
Kim

[TBONE1964]

Very cool. Beautiful truck!

[ChuckDriver]

^ Yes it is!!

[_Ogre]

thanks guys... that was the 7th day of a 7 day power tour
there was 5 lbs of bugs on the front of truk

we washed truk in charlotte after the drive down
and again coming into bettendorf, 3 days and 600 miles before that pic was taken

[thebebop]

Amazing truck !!

[_Ogre]

thanks
did you find the amp to volt gauge conversion? starts on post 38
easy peasy

[thebebop]

I sure did thanks

[jratz1966]

I just read your thread Ogre,you did an awesome job on your build.enjoyed your thread.

[_Ogre]

thanks jratz, i enjoy driving it more than building it and i enjoyed the build
bring your truck over to bakers in milford when salt season is over

[_Ogre]

like everything else... i made a new drivers door mirror

similar to ogre... ogre's truk spare tire was too big
the original side mounted spare was 4.5'' wide; the P235/70R15 tires i mounted were a lot wider
this made the drivers side mirror worthless for seeing behind me, great for looking in the next lane

i figured the mirror needed to be moved out 2'' to be able to see past the spare tire
and i like the art deco look of the stock mirror arms
i drew up the stock mirror base in autocad and cut it out of 3/8'' stainless steel on the plasma table
counter sunk the screw holes and started shaping the base



more shaping with a flap wheel and then hand sanding to get the sanding marks out
i tried the da sander it just left more flats and swirls





i bent 1/2'' ss rod aver a 4'' pipe to get the arcs needed and forged a mirror mount on the end
then hand sanded and polished



had one of the guys at the shop tig weld it; he didn't do such a good job



no grinding or mechanical sanding... all hand sanding starting with 80 grit to shape the weld
this is the start of 80 grit, then progressively finer to 1600 grit



the mirror arm turned out decent enough, still some under cut and porosity in the weld







but now i can see behind me
i can actually see the shop door frame now, before all i saw was wall



all done i might have 10 hours in this bad boy
i initially made it too long and ended up cutting the forged end off and just made some flats to mount the mirror
i wish it was this easy to see past ogre's spare tire

[Advanced Design]

Really nice work Ogre. Ten hour labor of love. Does the mirror head mount through a hole? You mentioned you cut the flat off.

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Really nice work Ogre. Ten hour labor of love. Does the mirror head mount through a hole? You mentioned you cut the flat off.

thanks; i cut the forged end i had made off the rod, not the mounting plate