49' Patina bagged in PA

[oldman3]

99, we all go thru the "put together take apart, put together" and the money thing, we hear ya. Looking good and getting close that's what counts...Jim

[IWanna49]

Your cab and fender sure look a lot like mine!!

[99 to Life]

1-17 Pics don't show much. Made some progress on finalizing the radiator mounting. All and all if I were to have gotten a rad that had different side mounts, I probably could have used the stock rad support, just modified a bit. Which is what I initially had moched up along time ago, but with this tri 5 rad the side mounts have a bend to them instead of being straight like a 53-54 belair would have. anyway.....I think I'm gonna throw some dimple dies in this, and then paint it after the truck is done and on the road, prolly wait till spring to do some random paint thats left. There is a polly bushing behind this cover, that squeezed the rad in nice and tight, this cover doesn't hit radiator so there is a tiny gap between it and the rad. Got my puke tank mounted too.

I got some #2-56 all thread that I'm gonna make fan mounts out of, instead of the ziptie locks. This way I will be able to take the fan off without removing the radiator/draining fluid/annoying fiasco that can be. That way if the efan ever dies, its and easy fix.

tossed bed back on so I can locate my filler tube one last time, welded up this tab so I can mount it to the bed. I now need some reducers to run from my filler to the tank, then the breather line. I should be taking bed apart and coating everything from the bed wood down. All this rust you see under neath will be encapsulated. Then I can mount bed for last time, and mount the tail lights etc.

lastly, started on a mount for my brake switch

[oldman3]

Piece by the radiator will look cool with the dimple dies...Jim

[Advanced Design]

Very cool 99. It is all those little details that take a ton of time. Nice progress.

[hotrodelrod]

looking good!

[99 to Life]

1-24 Still chipping away. Got compressors mounted, figured out my manifold placement. Started on a bracket for mounting it. I think its gonna work out alot better in the back by the bags, keeps routing the lines alot easier. I also think I can fit the accuair 6" diameter tank right on the xmember you see. Which would make everything much easier to route, rather than the tank in the cab.
I need to get some heavier gauge wire and rig up the relays and such and really knock this air management out. need the tank and some more fittings too.

Got bumper back on, still undecided on my front turnsignals so I can't wrap that up will I figure it out.

Money is very tight right now. Still need PWS pump and tie rods and its officially a driver (not counting the air management). Need mufflers still.

I put my aluminum water pump on, wasn't liking the black one. I also put the PWS pump bracket on. I'll be getting a diff alternator too.

Got the bed all torn apart, made some patches, coated everything with chassis saver and herculiner that will be exposed to the elements underneath. Hoping to have it back on real soon.

Lastly, on the hunt for some fuel filler hose (man that stuff is expensive) rather than spend 50$ on 5" worth of hose and an adapter. I found a filler hose off a jetski with the perfect dimensions, 2" ID on one side 1.75" ID other side. I'll need to trim to fit, but I got it on ebay for 13 shipped.

Here is a shot of the lower radiator hose. These can be real pain to find. part number is Dayco D70685 I cut 4" off the long end.

[Advanced Design]

99 you've been busy! Compressor mounting looks good...getting closer to driving.

[oldman3]

Keeping busy is right. Looks great, won't be long now, little by little...Jim

[reaper71]

Nice work..

[99 to Life]

thank you guys, so here are some pics of the bed thats just about all way on. you can see I coated the areas that will be covered with some chassis saver and on the outsides I did chassis saver and herculiner.

the tubing frame inside the bed is what the bed wood will sit on. this frame will unbolt and come out, but... the bed wood will be able to slide right off of this, so any maintenance work can be easily done. for example, draining the water traps to the air ride system. I would have had more bed depth had I not ran a disc brake set up. but, I wouldn't have been able to run my gas filler were it is, so I guess it all worked out.

got the fuel filler neck almost done. so glad I didn't spend 50 bucks on 6" worth of hose and an adapter. Found this jetski filler tube online for like 13 bucks and just so happen to be dead on with what I needed, just had to cut it.

should have some more air ride plumbing soon, hoping to have it plumbed and wired in the next two weekends, so it should all run on its own very soon. then back onto some interior wiring. once I get the pws hooked up and air ride done, its a full on driver. now its just a bunch of little things to finish.

[99 to Life]

1-31 Got a little time in today, not much. Got tons of things in the mail. Finally got my tank, I'll make straps for it tomorrow possibly. Fits like a glove. Ran all my lines for the most part, minor adjustments will be made later. I still need to get and plumb in the water traps, I'll put them before the manifold.

I should be able to have it working completely on its own by next weekend, will be the last big hurtle. Here on out its all buttoning up, finishing wiring and doing the interior.

The relay you see which I have yet to wire up, is a stinger 80amp. I find it better to use one of these than to putz around with the tradition relays which my biggest beef with them are, the skimpy wire gauges they run on them. So rather than having a million more wires and such, I feel this will keep it very simple and clean. I'm running both comps into a fuse box, then 1 wire into this relay, then 8g wire to the battery off the relay, which I'll have it wired to a 50amp toggle switch behind the seat. so...... for whatever reason I need to kill power to that area I can do so. I'll also have a toggle switch up on the dash that will control the circuit to the air switch, thus being able to control the comps manually if I want to right up at the dash (reason for this is say you kill your battery and get a jump, well you don't want 40 amps worth of compressors kicking on during that process).

[Advanced Design]

Well thought out 99. Getting close.

[47 Fasttoys]

Morning '99, progress is looking good. I have a question: what is your brake switch out of? I need to set up one on my build and cannot use the pedal mounted style. I need one which has both N.O. and N.C. contacts.
Thanks,
Rob

[hotrodelrod]

Nice progress, getting close!

[reaper71]

Pretty damn slick!!

[chev3600]

Very cool! You're so close now. Jetski parts? Thats thinking outside the box!

[99 to Life]

47- the brake switch is just an early s10 one. very simple

chev3600, thanks yeah there are alot of things in the boat world, believe it or not is cheaper and can be used for cars.

I'm hoping the good weather comes soon cause I wanna drive this outta the garage real bad.

[99 to Life]

2-2 Finished up the brackets for the tank, they wrap all around and tie into the xmember from underneath, I welded a bolt to the straps and the when you tighten the bolt it draws the straps tighter. I actually really wanted to use this material, I just think it flows good with the aluminum tank. I'll be painting the straps though. My friend thought these looked like a last resort! which they were my first thought!

Started a little more wiring on the system. Should have it working next weekend if all goes well.

[oldman3]

99, tell your friend it took you hours to drill all those "lightening holes" ...Jim

[99 to Life]

2-9 Still chipping away, So first thing is first. Got my Accuair VU4 manifold wired up to my AVS controller, got everything plumbed, though still have some leaks to address. I have compressors wired up but I still have to finish the interior wiring of them. In the pic you can see how I have them ran into a fuse block, then into a stinger relay, then into the cab. I have a kill switch for that 8g wire and I also will have a toggle kill switch that will control the relay/pressure switch so I can turn it off or on as I please.

I finally took radiator out to final mount my fan. Instead of using the zip ties, I got some #2 all thread and then some bolts. I hope it works out, its tight but I'm gonna be pissed if there ever becomes movement and the metal rubbing through the radiator, I don't foresee that but its a worst case deal. Question, just realized today and this is why I have the fan bolted on. Say if died. Can I just unbolt the motor and change that without taking the whole fan out?? seems like I could and I went through all the work for nothing!

So another time consuming deal is placing all my gauges. As of right now I'm worrying about my air pressure gauges. I'm think I'm just going to make a little bitty console right by the seat that will house the front and back pressure gauges, then there will be two cup holders and a spot to keep the controller. I'll then have another consol up under the dash that will house all my engine gauges, temp, oil, vacuum, volts, air/fuel and I have to find a spot for my fuel gauge. Radio will be hidden behind speaker grille on dash.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc-c...ature=youtu.be

[chev3600]

Looks good. Not sure how you would detach the fan blade from the motor without pulling it. It's either pressed on or has a clip/ nut.

[Advanced Design]

Great progress 99. Really good video too. Thanks for sharing!

[oldman3]

Sweet video...Jim

[47 Fasttoys]

Very nice 99, I must ask do you have some kind of foam or isolation between the plastic shroud and the radiator? I have found that plastic is really abrasive against aluminum and the radiator will expand as it comes up to temperature. Love the air ride system, it's on my may do list.
Rob