My 86 build

[mooseknuckles]

finnished welding up the floor today and got some mat down....did the front half of the floor and the firewall...need to get some more to do the rest of it.....

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[higgiec10]

good looking truck man like the ling bed

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by higgiec10

good looking truck man like the ling bed

Thanks.....

[OLDIRON69]

Dash is sweet for sure. My Charger dash is cracked..never thought about glass. Will see how it goes.

[mooseknuckles]

Yeah..I'm glad I did it now, it wasn't too hard to do just took some time, and I had lots of that... I have a little over $100 bucks in it, and well worth it IMO. It should look even better when painted.....My buddys charger's dash is probably in the same shape as yours. I'll likely end up doing it for him, it will be easy its only a small strip across the top

[OLDIRON69]

With all the talk of the square body gauge pillar's you could mold your gauges in your dash..??

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by OLDIRON69

With all the talk of the square body gauge pillar's you could mold your gauges in your dash..??

I thought about molding some pods in the dash for air guages and such, but I think i'm goin with the smoothed look.

[flamingbig10]

looking good

[palposity]

Wow! Awesome job on that dash!

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by palposity

Wow! Awesome job on that dash!

Thanks....it stll needs some work tho....

[SS Delux]

How much did you lower it the first time around? or did you go straight to bags ? I am running the same rims and i think mine looks a bit too tall. Where in ontario are you located ? cant wait to see it with the new rims.

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by SS Delux

How much did you lower it the first time around? or did you go straight to bags ? I am running the same rims and i think mine looks a bit too tall. Where in ontario are you located ? cant wait to see it with the new rims.

I did the flip in the back, 3" drop spindles and cut the coils in the front. I think I cut a full coil off. that gave me roughly a 4.5/6" drop. I knew I wanted to bag it anyway so I wasn't about to waste money on lowering coils....I live in a little ****hole town west of Ottawa....Yeah I can't wait either 2-3 more weeks hopefully and they will be here

[bctom]

" trying to paint a cat. "

That cracks me up. Truck looks good, nice tail gate work too. On the dash did you just scratch up the vinyl or did you go down to the foam padding before adding the cloth and resin? You may have developed the last fix for these cracked dashes.

I'm originally from southern Ontario, (now in BC). I have to admire anyone that takes on rust in Ontario.

Currently looking here for a short wide 4x4 driver, most here are flogged pretty hard in the mud.

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by bctom

" trying to paint a cat. "

That cracks me up. Truck looks good, nice tail gate work too. On the dash did you just scratch up the vinyl or did you go down to the foam padding before adding the cloth and resin? You may have developed the last fix for these cracked dashes.

I'm originally from southern Ontario, (now in BC). I have to admire anyone that takes on rust in Ontario.

Currently looking here for a short wide 4x4 driver, most here are flogged pretty hard in the mud.

Thanks bro....no I left the vinyl on and just roughed it up with the sander to give the resin some bite....well It worked for me, no way I was paying that much money for a new dashpad, and the cheaper ones are just that...cheap!

[silvereagle07]

That looks sweet! I like the dash. How long did it take?

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by silvereagle07

That looks sweet! I like the dash. How long did it take?

It only took maybe an hour or so to prep it and put the resin and fiberglass cloth on, but the bodywork was alot longer. There's over a half gallon of Rage in it so between bondo-ing and block sanding probably 8-10 hrs, and it needs a few more to get it ready to paint.

[mooseknuckles]

I'm still waiting on my wheels.... I've been pricing out tires. Think I'm going with Nitto nt555's. 285/45zr/18 on back and 245/45zr/18 on the front....can't wait!....took a pic tonite after I cleaned the dust off it.

[remist17]

nice dash

[mooseknuckles]

Originally Posted by remist17

nice dash

thanks.

[mooseknuckles]

I still haven't done much else yet.....allthough I entered it in a car show today, it got lots of looks!.....I'm still waiting for my wheels, been a month now. I'd like to get my wheels and tires on before it gets too cold!!

[mooseknuckles]

snapped a quick pic of my cousins c10, my brother did most of the work on it. Theres a few things that I would change but still it's a pretty cool truck. should have takin more pics of it cause I don't see it that much...

[BGRAFX]

Moose I really like your truck man. I'm thinking of finding a set of those 88-98 wheels for my burb.

[mooseknuckles]

[QUOTE=BGRAFX;4165291]Moose I really like your truck man. I'm thinking of finding a set of those 88-98 wheels for my burb.[/Q Thanks man....another couple of weeks and you can have mine! lol....seriously though I bought a 91 gmc parts truck and took the wheels and tires of it, a few other things and sold it for $100. I have the centers for them but they're gmc and i think they look better this way....they wont be on much longer! maybe before I park it for the winter I'll put them back on..

[BGRAFX]

Wonder how much shipping would be?