Wife's 48

[OutlawDrifter]

Seat color looks great with the green. Such a great combination!

[6DoF]

i have gotten super into that diamond stitch recently, looks great.

[8man]

Thanks guys. She did a good job on her selections.

[oldman3]

Robert, seat looks great...Jim

[8man]

Thanks Jim.

When I saw it, I wanted to do some more "shiny" bits, but discression got the better of me and I'll get some of the driving stuff done first.

[youngrodder]

That seat looks comf...I like the design.

Marc

[NorCalGal]

I’ve been following your progress while trying to get motivated. It looks amazing!

[8man]

Thanks Marc.

Jan, what do we need to do to motivate you? I want to see yours moving too.

[6DoF]

completely valid excuse

[lower50's]

I found both lizard skin products work amazing to keep the heat and sound out then add carpet, helps get rid of the sound that is already in the cab.
Looking good!!

[dsraven]

I have dealt with sound issues on new fleet trucks when the company bought diesels and didn't see the need for expensive sound deadening until the drivrers complained. I used rubber sheeting to make a cave for the engine that sat on round bar hangers that easily removed for service. much like the inner fendres on some oder commercial trucks. anyway, it worked wonders but doesn't look awesome unless you put it under the carper and up the firewall.
on my project I am using the floor and firewall from an 04 gmc envoy so the felt deadening material will fit like a glove under the carpet. hopefully thats good. I am not tyrying to make a loud truck anyway, if you vcan't tell it's running or not, mission accomplished.
thats just me, i know a lot of guys need that rumble.

[8man]

Ok, someone should have told me what a PITA the door window trim installation was going to be! I got it done today, but I didn't take pictures yet.

I did take pictures of the windshield and side and back windows.
IMG_1073 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr

IMG_1074 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr

I paid the ACME Glass guys to do it at their shop. The rear and two sides took about an hour. Of course, they ripped the gasket on the rider's corner, it was a Precision with the chrome trim, but I had another gasket by a different manufacturer at home, but it had the black trim, and Laura wanted the chrome. So, I drove home to get the other gasket. They forced the chrome lock strip into it and scarred up the chrome in doing so. She went out to look at it today for the first time and of course saw that IMMEDIATELY!

Now she wants it replaced. I'm more than a little bummed.

ACME spent over 4 hours on the windshield. They tried all their tricks to get it in 3 times before the boss said, "that glass is just too big." LMC glass, but it turns out it was about 1/4" too big all the way around. So, for almost 3 hours they would sand it down a little and try it, then do it again. They must have sanded it and test fit it 6 times before it worked. They estimated it would be 200 for the 5 windows, but because of all the work on that oversized windshield it was 360. I didn't hesitate to pay when he said it would be more than the estimate, as I watched all they did, and it was a lot of work, 2 men tied up for over 5 hours!! Plus, I didn't know you could sand glass.

Now I have a question. You may recall that I bought the truck in pieces. I put the inside trim on today, and there is a gap.
IMG_1078 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr
On the top and the bottom. Is there a piece of trim that fits over that or is that the way it is? If there is supposed to be, where do you get it?

[olcarguy]

Yes there is a piece of trim that goes in between. Good job.

[olcarguy]

Yes, there is a piece of molding for both the top and bottom.

[mongocanfly]

Here ya go Robert

[nvrdone]

Ive got the abs head liner in my '49. worth the investment and looks good. real easy to install

[joedoh]

no dice on the trim gasket, i know i bought it, i have the confirmation email and delivery notice. and i havent built a truck with windshield trim since kechi, which i used precision gasket on and boy did THAT suck. i will keep looking for it but its not where i remember seeing it, we know how that goes.


the 48 needs the screw in center and screw in rear trims. i have done a few of them and its a nice sunny beach to put in. not easy, a sunny beach.

the 49.5 went to a floating center trim, and boy was THAT a show. there were other changes in 49.5 like the glovebox, the windlace, and one that isnt coming to me right now. i have had a lot of permutations, the ones i hate are the new windlace/old headliner, the cab is phisicallt different so you cant use the floating trim if it is supposed have the screw in center trim. but the screw in headliner doesnt fit with the slide in windlace so you end up carefully trimming it. ugh.


anyway I will keep looking, maybe i took it to the shop?

[8man]

Thanks Russ, I appreciate the thought, but don't worry about it.

The 48 has all glass installed and I'll need a different gasket for the 54, but you know that.

[8man]

Ok Laura's "Farm Truck" is at the interior shop. When it comes back, I have to do the bed wood and it'll be complete, so I'm starting a new thread for my 54.

I'll post up pics of Farm Truck once the bed is in.

[joedoh]

woooooop have fun in bench seat prison!

[8man]

Ha, you're right, no idea how long the sentence is either.

[joedoh]

my middle eastern seat guy would always say "two weeks" when we were done talking, i was always confused until his wife told me thats how he said goodbye.

[8man]

Thanks Russ, that builds confidence.

[8man]

Well, once again, after almost 3 months, they tell me they are buttoning it up. They had it to find out why the cruise control would not work. They took most everything out from under the dash to get to it. Oh, I put it in LAST!

Anyway, I was told it would be ready for pick up this Friday.

The good news, the shop foreman who took it on a test drive said it handles great at 80 on the freeway, and the cruise worked!

[8man]

Well, after 3 months of procrastination, we got the truck today!!!

On the way home, I stopped for gas, and as some mentioned, my fuel line is a little low and I had to hold the filler nozzle to keep it flowing. At about 3/4 tank I finally got tired of it and said "that's good enough for now". About that time two guys stopped in a F350 to talk about the truck. One of them really liked the look.

Got it up to 70 on the highway coming home, cruise worked fine and it really is nice to drive. Handles, accelerates, brakes and turns like a new truck.

IMG_5029 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr

That is it sitting in the driveway, just before Laura drove it for the first time! She had a ball and couldn't stop talking about what it needed, like a rear view, which I had at home, waiting to get the truck back to install. Well, it's less than an hour later and it's installed. She absolutely does not like the side mirrors. I didn't have a problem with them. She loves the sound of the cam and the duals, so I think it is a win.

We just ordered the trim rings and baby moon hubcaps (smoothies) for it. She wrestled with that for a while, but that is what we are going with.

So I'm going to test fit wood tomorrow and adjust where necessary and get it ready to stain and seal. I have to build the wood side panels so it can live up to it's name, Farm Truck (her name for it). Once I get measurements, I'll take the truck to the interior guy so he can finish it up.

Happy Days!