Project truck dream 65"

[Sickfast1964]

Awesome build !!!

[lenguini]

Originally Posted by Sickfast1964

Awesome build !!!

Thanks bud, appreciate it !

[lenguini]

Porter mufflers here !!!! Just fitting everything up piece by piece.

Simfab in Kelowna is where to go for the best Tig welding I have seen....,
hands down !! Their now doing all my exhaust welding plus some custom fab work.


Cant wait to pop open those electric exhaust dumps when I get beside one of those door knobs that has his windows down playing that wrap s..t !!

[Grizz1963]

Just finished reading through this whole thread.......

And I have to say, I bow down to your skills, constant pursuit of excellence.

You are clearly in a different league.

My truck will be a kitchen rag next to yours when it is done.

Your engine really got my attention as well.

Glad I found your build.

[lenguini]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

Just finished reading through this whole thread.......

And I have to say, I bow down to your skills, constant pursuit of excellence.

You are clearly in a different league.

My truck will be a kitchen rag next to yours when it is done.

Your engine really got my attention as well.

Glad I found your build.

Thanks bud,glad your enjoying my adventure!Look forward to getting some more work done today....

[lenguini]

Another busy weekend in the shop,Lokar e-brake cables at the rear installed,some wiring completed as well.

Last week I started on my gauge cluster.I had installed the original that came with the truck,then went stupid with the engine and decided I wanted one that would accept a Tach.

So I finally found one and....well this looks like a tedious project but someone has to do it !

The gauge housing just now back from the powder coaters,will be sending the filler plate and mount to Greenback to have a 7000 Tach custom made.

Meanwhile I wanted to use as much of the original cluster harness,so I started buy cleaning up the sockets tonight on the buffer...came out like new..., feelin good about using them now !

Figured with all the braided lined now uderneath...I might as well do the dif breather too

[lenguini]

Just made it official and got plates for the truck Friday ! Cant believe I got these letters and numbers...HT(half ton) 65.......,too cool.

Sockets polished and inserted into referbished gauge housing.Driveshaft built and off to the powder coaters tom.

[Sickfast1964]

Great work !!!

[joedoh]

haha nice selfie! you need one of those korean stick mah bobs with the bluetooth shutter.

truck looks amazing, I did the same turn signal socket upgrade, it works great

[lenguini]

[QUOTE=joedoh;6958737]haha nice selfie! you need one of those korean stick mah bobs with the bluetooth shutter.

truck looks amazing, I did the same turn signal socket upgrade, it works great[/QUO

Thanks,I sometimes go into the shop and cant believe what I accomplished.5 years,guess it shows!

What socket upgrade did you do?

[lenguini]

Custom fab Driveshaft back from the powder coaters,assembled the day after ....,looks good !!

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by lenguini

What socket upgrade did you do?

same as you, late model three wire socket and park/turn in the hood light location. works perfectly!

[McMurphy]

Always love your updates, but it makes me feel like the 2.5 years I have into mine were not enough... LoL

Hope your Holidays are rocking

[lenguini]

Thanks bud,trust me 5 + years is too much!

[lenguini]

Christmas bucks helped pay for a much needed tool,no more jerry riggin to lift and lower.3.5 Ton low profile...was a heavy S.O.B to lift,used a dolly to bring it to the shop.A little bit of duct tape to entertain my pooch!
Driveshaft in,e-brake cables in a working,next couple weeks the a/c box and wire harness in for good.

Guess Im going to have to go wide with the rear tubs,clearance is a little tight for the Mickey's.

Figured Id bring the truck of the blocks for a couple weeks and get a chance to see how it sits....,pretty happy

[lenguini]

Getting closer to dropping in the wire harness..,fortunately I came up with a few more ideas for lighting etc. before it happened ! This allows for an install that wont require alterations later on.

I built the radius by hand,not overly happy with it so I took it to the fab shop and ran it through the roller press...looks much better now.

So I picked up some more sheet yesterday afternoon to finish the toggle box.

Must be a kid at heart...underbody lighting,interior mood lighting and of course the electric exhaust dumps?

Well atleast now I have an area that's clean and easy to access at the flick of a finger.

[chad64chevy]

not sure if you know about this or not but I remember you asking, about billet hinges for are yr. trucks! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=642901

I have also pm'd about a set along with asking about porter built gas hinges from another vendor!!

[lenguini]

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

not sure if you know about this or not but I remember you asking, about billet hinges for are yr. trucks! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=642901

I have also pm'd about a set along with asking about porter built gas hinges from another vendor!!

Yes,I do remember and thanks.Im going to look into that at a later date as I thought they would look better with the current spring brackets cut off the inners,however this will be more work to the finished area so Im probably going to order a set and keep em in a box until I can justify cutting into the new paint

[lenguini]

Bigger project than I thought,another mod.....but looks good with the added underneath tray for my LED underbody control box.

I spent the afternoon sanding and polishing....another step in the build....., finished.

[lenguini]

The last few weeks has been a focus on obtaining the electrical components for interior and exterior lighting.

The last post here was an under seat unit I fabricated for all electrical controls for a simple flick of the toggle's at hands reach.

So to elaborate on this,I included a pic of the underbody lighting that I think will be a nice finish touch when the project is finished.

After way to much time and research...I found a set of led mini lights that have a high wattage/candle power to substitute as backup lights as you all know until '66 were not available.I was really surprised how bright these are...the pics don't due justice.

[lenguini]

This past weekend completed the passenger side exhaust..., all routed and within 1/8 mirror image of the drivers side,tom off to have it Tigged.

This coming weekend,the exhaust gets polished.

Also installed courtesy light contacts(have no idea what their really called) so moving ahead at a reasonable pace.

[Ta2Don]

Been awhile since I dropped by…
…and all I've got is

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Coming along nicely!

[Low Elco]

Been awhile-looks killer! The door thingies are called pinswitches. Where did you get the backup LED's?

[lenguini]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Been awhile since I dropped by…
…and all I've got is

Always welcome here ! Good to see some familiar members for a change,Thank you for the kind words...Ill keep up on the posting.