Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[coulter]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

That was almost a moment !!

lol i do that all the time

[Bomp]

Originally Posted by coulter

lol i do that all the time

Thought that was manditory.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by coulter

lol i do that all the time

Originally Posted by Bomp

Thought that was manditory.

You guys crack me up !!

[KroAutomotiveInc]

hey man foung this pic today

[losthope]

Hey McMurphy! I havent really been on the forum that much besides updating my build thread every once in awhile , and havent really read anyones builds in a long time! Like many others you have a giant butt load of pages to read till I catch up ( I have to admit im only a few in on yours still) but I admire what you have done so far and in the freezing cold Keep it up! and ill get to the end one day! Also you should be receiving package in the snail mail sooner or later i sent it off a couple days ago! Cheers!

I play world of war craft every so often also LOL!

[Iron-Butt]

cool build

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by KroAutomotiveInc

hey man foung this pic today

Thanks Kro, I will probably pick some of those up this week!

Originally Posted by losthope

Hey McMurphy! I havent really been on the forum that much besides updating my build thread every once in awhile , and havent really read anyones builds in a long time! Like many others you have a giant butt load of pages to read till I catch up ( I have to admit im only a few in on yours still) but I admire what you have done so far and in the freezing cold Keep it up! and ill get to the end one day! Also you should be receiving package in the snail mail sooner or later i sent it off a couple days ago! Cheers!

I play world of war craft every so often also LOL!

Timmy, I got your package in the mail, thank you very much for thinking of me!!
I had to let my WoW accounts go, the game seriously dead ended at level 85 without a clique of friends to play with, plus the truck taking most my free time. I still have my Everquest tho, and I try to log in at least once a month, go figure....

Originally Posted by Iron-Butt

cool build

Thank you, all compliments and critiques are appreciated !!

This weekend had a large bite of time taken out of it due to some last minute Army stuff Saturday. After that it was just working on my cyclops eye, and my dome light mods....
Even though I got this mounted up, I am not 100% on it. I may keep trying to make it work, or scrap it and start over.
This is it mounted.



I picked up a 6volt cube battery for testing wiring, this is the brake light lit up with that, so it isnt very bright (kind of like me....Hmmmm)


This is all 3 bulbs lit up.
The plan is to get amber bulbs for the left and right, and wire the left and right as turn signals.


Other than that I made some pretty awesome progress on the dome light mod, I will be sure to take some photos of that tonight of how I did that.

[piratexpress1369a]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Thanks Kro, I will probably pick some of those up this week!


Timmy, I got your package in the mail, thank you very much for thinking of me!!
I had to let my WoW accounts go, the game seriously dead ended at level 85 without a clique of friends to play with, plus the truck taking most my free time. I still have my Everquest tho, and I try to log in at least once a month, go figure....


Thank you, all compliments and critiques are appreciated !!

This weekend had a large bite of time taken out of it due to some last minute Army stuff Saturday. After that it was just working on my cyclops eye, and my dome light mods....
Even though I got this mounted up, I am not 100% on it. I may keep trying to make it work, or scrap it and start over.
This is it mounted.
Attachment 1008202


I picked up a 6volt cube battery for testing wiring, this is the brake light lit up with that, so it isnt very bright (kind of like me....Hmmmm)
Attachment 1008203

This is all 3 bulbs lit up.
The plan is to get amber bulbs for the left and right, and wire the left and right as turn signals.
Attachment 1008204

Other than that I made some pretty awesome progress on the dome light mod, I will be sure to take some photos of that tonight of how I did that.

you could change the bulbs out to LED might make it brighter...use all white LED

[flips72]

i really like the light, do you have any pics from left to right to see the angle it mounted on?keep up the good work.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

you could change the bulbs out to LED might make it brighter...use all white LED

Thanks for the idea, I will take a look at that.

Originally Posted by flips72

i really like the light, do you have any pics from left to right to see the angle it mounted on?keep up the good work.

I didnt take any side shots, I was running late to get cleaned up for dinner, and I didnt get down there last night either, but I will.

[markeb01]

Great idea, that's going to make a huge difference.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Great idea, that's going to make a huge difference.

Thanks Mark, eventually all these little things are going to come together....
I hope.

[KroAutomotiveInc]

sorry to hear about your ceiling man those things got problems i wanted to cry when mine started cracking and peeling! and i love the heater tube i thought about something like this but never got around to it how the heater is normally seems to work pretty good but i bet that makes a huge diff!

[piratexpress1369a]

that is cool ..i always hated cold left foot

[Ta2Don]

Makes me think of the quote, "Necessity is the mother of invention!" Great Job Man!!!

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by KroAutomotiveInc

sorry to hear about your ceiling man those things got problems i wanted to cry when mine started cracking and peeling! and i love the heater tube i thought about something like this but never got around to it how the heater is normally seems to work pretty good but i bet that makes a huge diff!

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

that is cool ..i always hated cold left foot

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Makes me think of the quote, "Necessity is the mother of invention!" Great Job Man!!!

Thanks guys, I am loading some photos of my dash extension just so you get a practical idea of why I made the heater tube. This photo is a straight on shot. Here will be mounted my stereo, and odd and ends like the cigarette lighter, fog light switch, ejection seat button, flame thrower, oil slick, and grenade launcher and other stuff.....



These next two show the sides of the console, which will have removable panels and will house/mount 2 of my stereo speakers.




PS.... I was just kidding about the grenade launcher.
Those freekin rounds are expensive !!

[KroAutomotiveInc]

ejaculatiton seat now thats what im talkin about!!! Oo... wait ejection seat... just kidding man that looks sweet dude i love it your giving me ideas man!

[Bomp]

"Here will be mounted my stereo, and odd and ends like the cigarette lighter, fog light switch, ejection seat button, flame thrower, oil slick, and grenade launcher and other stuff....."

Brings back memories of the show "CHiPS" with Ponch & John the motorcycle cops. In one episode they had to chase down a movie car with all those things. During a chase the car made an oil slick. The machine guns were fake though. Bet all your stuff will be real and kick a$$.
Im going for a cloaking device myself.

I like your heater extension along with the vent cables. The e-brake change over from the knee smacker is my favorite so far. Great idea.

[1963c-10]

Some very cool and inventive ideas....i like it.

[1963c-10]

oh...glad you got your cab vents in...Looks great

[Modges'66]

Some nice tin-bending!
....Still watchin daily.

[clemdaddy]

looking good lewis... feeling good billy ray.
don't know why trading places popped to mind. maybe its because i'm missing having a current project. and i really like yours.

[flips72]

looking good, cant wait to see the cool seat, and other gadgets

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by KroAutomotiveInc

ejaculatiton seat now thats what im talkin about!!! Oo... wait ejection seat... just kidding man that looks sweet dude i love it your giving me ideas man!

Man Kro you scared the **** out of me with that, I had to look to see if I had misspelled ejection !!
Good humor !!

Originally Posted by Bomp

"Here will be mounted my stereo, and odd and ends like the cigarette lighter, fog light switch, ejection seat button, flame thrower, oil slick, and grenade launcher and other stuff....."

Brings back memories of the show "CHiPS" with Ponch & John the motorcycle cops. In one episode they had to chase down a movie car with all those things. During a chase the car made an oil slick. The machine guns were fake though. Bet all your stuff will be real and kick a$$.
Im going for a cloaking device myself.

I like your heater extension along with the vent cables. The e-brake change over from the knee smacker is my favorite so far. Great idea.

Thanks Bomp !!
Speaking of CHiPs, the one episode I remember best was the domestic disturbance one where the wife was out on the lawn and had set her soon to be ex-husbands Trans Am on fire. I recall Ponch got the car for like $50....

Originally Posted by 1963c-10

Some very cool and inventive ideas....i like it. oh...glad you got your cab vents in...Looks great

Thank you for looking, I have some other tricks up my sleeve in the weeks to come!

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Some nice tin-bending!
....Still watchin daily.

Some days I impress myself dude!! I like that blue you shot this week on your rig! that is going to be some rich color brother !!

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

looking good lewis... feeling good billy ray.
don't know why trading places popped to mind. maybe its because i'm missing having a current project. and i really like yours.

Classic movie... makes me want to go watch it now!

Originally Posted by flips72

looking good, cant wait to see the cool seat, and other gadgets

I am getting closer to the seat. So far I am trying to work from the top down inside the cab. Next on the play list is working the dash extension, tranny hump access door, Herculiner the floor, sound deadner with carpet, and some of the wiring. I wont worry about the seat until it is time to reinstall the doors and door seals. Once the seat is done I wont want it getting dirty.

I also picked up an engine balancer to make pulling the motor back out a lot easier.

Also today, in keeping with my wiring and dash extension plans, I picked up the sound system. I admit I bit the quality versus price bullet this time. I stood in WalMart for almost an hour just staring at the stereo display playing with the demos and listening to the speakers.
My Tempest has $2,200.00 of sound in it but I have to keep in mind that this is a small truck cabin compared to the land yacht convertible the Pontiac is and I will be sitting in and on the speakers in this build. The acoutics are going to be 180 degrees of difference from my Tempest.



These next two are just quick shots of the ceiling, and how the progress is, well, progressing ..... LoL

[Ta2Don]

Going to steal the Hood Release and EBrake mods as well as the vent pull cables... Awesome forward thinking Man...