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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Looks like it will be a good fit.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Looking good!
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
With the bed style it is, that rear bumper is perfect. A Sport bumper would look out of place.
Nice!
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
About a year and a half ago back on post # (whatever) when I was positioning the cab relative to the chassis I remember staring at the cowl area and getting overwhelmed by how I was going to merge the IH and GM together and end up with a functioning wiper system, fresh air intake, defrost and the like...
At that time my self-defense mechanism kicked in and I said "Screw it I am sure I can figure this out later. Just weld the dang cab to the floor pan and get on with it." Well it's time to pay the Piper and let me tell you - I have created quite a mess for myself. With the weather starting to mellow out a bit here in SoCal and now that I have a 3rd car back under my control - it was time to take Halfbreed off the road for awhile and try and get this last bit of integration resolved. Since I will be welding a bit on the GM firewall right in the area where the HVAC unit and the factory rubber/foam insulation is located I thought I would show some wisdom and maturity and remove said items before I started welding so that I could avoid an embarrassing fire. So here I am again with the cab stripped down and a rather complex project ahead to make a portion of the GM firewall removable so that I can connect the wiper linkages up to the motor. The 2nd photo won't really do much justice to the 6 hours I spent getting some mounting gussets welded in but there you go. |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Some shots from wipercam. Trying to mock up the linkage. My arms and fingers look like I got my ass kicked by a cat.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Thats how it always goes.....Good work
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Here's a guide to what you're looking at.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Looking good, you get the linkage figured out?
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Could have done a super crew...
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Maybe I should do a rare 10 door suburban. Or you could stretch the minx for 10 doors. Or lock ourselves in a padded room.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
One of the original Limo's.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Oh yeah! Somebody else from my home world.
That means there are three sets of IH cab noses and rear cargo areas laying somewhere.... hmmmmmmmmmmm..... IH Mini Coopers? ![]() |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
More shots from the wipercam. After dozens of fit-checks I was able to weld up the connecting rods to their proper lengths, adapt the IH cam to the GM motor shaft and paint the results in a beautiful "sail blue" from Rustoleum. Why this color you might ask? Because I had the can laying around and nobody is going to see it!
The last pic is a shot of the start of my complex adaptation between the GM firewall to the IH cowl sheet metal. Many more mods to go. I will be getting rid of the horribly ugly hood latch brackets too. |
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Next up are some burnout pics of my wipers in action. If you click between these three pics real fast it will look like they are moving.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
And I have also been adding poor man's insulation to the cab interior. I'm sure you are all aware of the raging debate between using Dynamat and Home Depot roof patch tape. Well you can probably guess which system I went for.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
I really like the bumpers on the truck, they will look good, as far as the wiper situation................I feel for ya!
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Absolutely Awesome!
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Sweet sparky! It looks awesome! You can get cars inspected in cali without functioning wipers?
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
I used fatmat and its about $80 for 50 sqft, which was enough to do my floor, rear wall, lower part of the firewall and inside the doors. I probably would have used the roof sealer stuff but couldn't find it at the time. Pretty much the same stuff, but the fatmat came in 18" wide rolls.
http://www.sounddeadener.com/product...20packs/50.htm Nice job on the wipers.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Amazing simply amazing build
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Some new-to-the-truck GM factory carpet. I originally saved the carpet out of the 96 X-cab but because I changed how the floor blended into the IH rear cab wall the carpet didn't fit well. So I pulled this out of a Suburban which has a longer, flat floor. Everything fit well and I could then trim the rear end off to fit the contours of my floor in the rear. More pics of that area later. I still have a little more elbow grease to go to get the entire carpet clean. Whoever rode shotgun in the Burb spilled a lot of coffee. I also saved the piece I cut off the rear so that I can have the holes for the rear AC ducts patched in.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Now that there is carpet back in the truck Sparky has something to dig his toenails into so he can stay upright during a drive. As you can see he was really happy with the improvement!
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