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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
Did your gear shift lever clear the brake peddle and go all the way to L1
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Funny that you should ask. I was looking at that yesterday and realizing I need to do some fab work on the rod to make it clear! Glad it wasn't just me...
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Very cool concept. With as much as I have into my '54, I wish I was driving my truck.
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I put this on Sunday Afternoon to keep myself motivated.
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Here's what I did with the brakes. Starting with unbolting the factory bracket
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Mad skills man
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A man of my own heart! I did the same, but built the bracket from scratch and adapted it for a 8" booster too. Could not justify $250+ from the repro places for a few pieces of metal welded together. Cardboard templates help a lot. Are you going to have enough leverage with the repositioned pivot points?
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I'm going to drill 3 different holes in the bottom arm to have some adjustment. I won't really know until I have it running and brakes hooked up to see where I like it.
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Just finished my shifter rod from the column to the lower linkage. The linkage I started with was from a 72 Camino. After getting the the pivot positioned and the bracket on the frame side connected, I needed to figure out the rod from the column to the lower bracket. The rod that I had from the camino wasn't close enough to work, so I bought a 3' piece of 3/8" cold rolled. I used a piece of welding rod for my template
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While I was inside the truck messing with the brakes, I took a break and fabbed up my throttle pedal & bracket.
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Thanks for the update on the shift linkage. I guess I will look at some stock linkage parts for the transmision.
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love the gas peddle. kinda makes me want to drive barefoot!
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I had to shorten the lower linkage between the transmission and arm that goes to the shift rod about 1/2" so the arm would clear the frame rail when it is all the way down. Does that make sense?
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I'm always trying to make sure I work on this thing a little every day. That way, I stay motivated and it will get done! Last weekend I was going to start taking the truck apart to start sandblasting and painting all the underneath stuff, but since I had no help with lifting the cab or bed off (everyone was busy) I decided to keep moving forward and knock one more thing off the list. STRIPING & LETTERING!!!! I knew once I started this, it was going to change the whole look of the truck, so I got busy. I washed the truck with a sponge and Comet to clean all the oxidation off the 40 yr. old paint job. Once it was rinsed off, I started laying it out. I knew it needed to be an old "Speed Shop" truck, so I followed that whole motife... Starting on the doors, I made a pattern and pounced it on so both sides would be the same. A little silver paint and some varigated gold leaf was the base.
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Cool logo.
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Awesome striping!! I would love to learn to do that one day, truck is looking great
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waoooo you are the man
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That's one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time!
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That truck is awsome and is very inspirational. I`ve wanted a 47-55 for a long time and when I find the right one I`m going to do it as low buck as possible. In my opinion I wouldn`t take it apart unless it`s a saftey issue. Drive it the way it isand enjoy your hard work. It`s perfect in my opinion.
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Spot on my friend. You nailed that font perfect. You are a true artist!
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Wow!!! You guys made my day! Thanks for the compliments, I mean it!!!
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your pretty handy with a brush nice work!
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neat truck
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I worked on my wiper system yesterday and it works great! I'll post pics shortly and show everyone how a Blazer rear hatch wiper motor works great! I designed the whole setup with simplicity in mind and keeping it easy to work on. I may offer to sell the brackets (2 and they would both be laser cut and pre-bent w/holes) if I can keep the price low enough. Anybody interested?
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the truck looks awesome ,true artist
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