Long Project: Orange Julius

[nibs]

Originally Posted by Law79

I know you probably said it earlier in your thread but I didn't see it. But what kind of push button setup are you using and how do you like it? I was thinking about putting one on my 69
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Its a watson's hot dot. I got it right from their website! I cant say I know how hard it was to hook up, as my ol man did it, but Im sure I will be learning how to redo it here soon!



And yes! I am still alive... Just an update from where I left off, I said I was getting married. Well in the process of planning the wedding, and on my arrival home from my last deployment, we decided to pick up a new, bigger home. Unfortunately for me, it still only has a 2 car garage, so the work area hasnt increased. So, on top of planning a wedding, buying a house, and selling my other one, we also decided to put in a new kitchen(since we made a nice chunk on the old house) and now Im back deployed again.

Hopefully, this should be the last trip that I do, so alot of updates hopefully to come!

Here she is getting ready to move

And now in her spot all cozy

[slowcpe]

Just stumbled across you thread and read through it. Nice truck!

Did you ever finish the interior? I'm interested in how the dash turned out.

[nibs]

I havent had a chance to do any work on it really lately. Om overseas right now, but this is my last trip. So now its nothing but time!

As an update on the interior, I just purchased a set of the Fesler door panels for it. Pretty exciting

[mcbassin]

Very nice build and killer transformation from what you started with. I'll follow along too.

[nibs]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Very nice build and killer transformation from what you started with. I'll follow along too.

Thanks bud! Sorry its such slow moving process...

[nibs]

Somebody here put an MSD AtomicEFI on their wishlist for Christmas... Hope Santa has deep pockets!

[nibs]

So, Ive been working and thinking and trying to figure out things that I could build for the truck while out on the road. Since I am working on making this truck have a retro look, but have the latest and greatest in technology(that I can afford) I have decided to make my Google Nexus 7 tablet as the head unit for my stereo.

I am taking a little bit different approach to this project, so I will describe my method of madness... I plan to have the tablet basically as the visual piece of it, communicating to a standard head-unit(via bluetooth) that will be mounted inside the glove box. This is so that I can still use an AM/FM radio, or be able to connect to my phone to play the music on it as well.
Now, the beauty of our trucks is the nice flat canvas of a dash! I purchased an "official" Nexus 7 dock for a whopping $20. The neat thing about the dock and the tablet have little prongs that give you an option to charge the device while on the dock in landscape mode(w/o the cable sticking out the bottom). So I bought a cheap plastic snap case to build onto the dock. I will use some 1K carbon fiber that I have at my disposal to reinforce both sides of the attachment area. I will be photo-document the project! Here is some pics of the parts and disassembly so far. More to come tomorrow

[nibs]

finished up the tablet mount today! At least the structural part of it anyways... I have some finishing touches to work on, but I love what I have so far.


I decided not to reinforce it with the carbon. It is pretty strong as it is! The adhesive I used is called Click-Bond. Its a 2 part epoxy that is next to bullet proof, I love the stuff. I did make a mistake though... When I used the tablet to align the white piece to the base, I layered the tab with non stick composite tape, so the added thickness affected the way the white piece holds the tablet, so I have to add something to the base to kinda give it a boost.
Enjoy!

[nibs]

Beautified it a little bit today, and attached some studs to help me attach it to the dash when Im ready!
Looks alot better now that its black and the background changed

[Redhouse]

So, did santa bring you the EFI?

[nibs]

Well, I dont know quite yet... I dont get to open or see my santa deliveries until I get home in a few weeks

[NobleSix]

wow. pretty much just wow. and subscribed!

[nibs]

Originally Posted by NobleSix

wow. pretty much just wow. and subscribed!

Thanks man! I really appreciate it

For those of you awaiting progress, it looks like I am headed home a couple weeks sooner than expected. So it looks like I might get back to it sooner than later

[nibs]

So, Im not sure if this is my boredom speaking, but I have been attracted to a different set of wheels...
These are on another member's truck made by Circle Track Wheels, but American Racing makes a set as well. Custom backspacing and all! And about 2/3 the price of the Intros.
Hmmmmmmm, what do you all think?

[slick copper]

Hey man! Glad to see you're still around. And I've been the same way. Bought a house and been settling and doing projects trying to keep the wife happy. But this year it's time to start getting more serious on the truck. Tired of it just sitting in the garage.
I think those wheels would look sweet. I'm going for a retro look to, but less modern than yours. More of a budget build.

[nibs]

Originally Posted by slick copper

Hey man! Glad to see you're still around. And I've been the same way. Bought a house and been settling and doing projects trying to keep the wife happy. But this year it's time to start getting more serious on the truck. Tired of it just sitting in the garage.
I think those wheels would look sweet. I'm going for a retro look to, but less modern than yours. More of a budget build.

Yea... Im still alive and going! Ill tell you what, these house project sure do take up time, but are so worth it in the end. I just cant wait to have a nice solid truck to go out and enjoy now! This is going to start taking on a budget as I am not deploying anymore, therefore the money really isnt going to be the same as it was. As long as I can get her going
Good to hear from you again! Happy New Years

[Redhouse]

go for the rallies! they look awesome! that pic is convincing me to run 20's instead of 22's.

[nibs]

Originally Posted by Redhouse

go for the rallies! they look awesome! that pic is convincing me to run 20's instead of 22's.

Thanks man! Im very seriously considering them. I love 20's on this year of truck, you can really get some nice tires on them!(and they are cheaper!)

[jeffg1010]

Originally Posted by nibs

So, Im not sure if this is my boredom speaking, but I have been attracted to a different set of wheels...
These are on another member's truck made by Circle Track Wheels, but American Racing makes a set as well. Custom backspacing and all! And about 2/3 the price of the Intros.
Hmmmmmmm, what do you all think?

OOOOOOOOO, I must have.

[nibs]

Originally Posted by jeffg1010

OOOOOOOOO, I must have.

Do it!!!

[nibs]

Santa definitely delivered!!

[JNJchev77]

No doubt, your gonna love those Sketchers!!....

Oh, you mean the Atomic EFI... ya that's cool too...

Congrats!!! Love this build so far!

[jkeating1]

Just curious---in the pic below it looks like there is a vertical weld on the left side of the factory crossmember. I was wondering if this is a common weakness of the factory Xmember.
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[aggie91]

Very nice on the santa gift. I here that Atomic efi can even self learn to run with boost to some degree...

jkeating1 - I think that is just some "grunge" on the cross member. In all the ones I have cleanned and redone, I have never seen a crack in that area. It just looks like that one was not 100% clean in that area...

[71' Custom]

When I took mine off it had two cracks on the front side, but they were horizontal and quite normal from what I have seen. I have never seen one like that before though.