Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4..

[mongocanfly]

Been avoiding this part like the plague....wiring....boy do I hate wiring...
I went with the American autowire 15 circuit kit....while I'm waiting on warmer weather I thought I'd start looking into this and see what all is gonna be involved....so I laid out the kit packages to see what's what..
After reading what nsb brought up about extra parts you have to buy, I thought I'd better look...
Looks like I'll be needing grommets for sure...
It looks to be a solid kit...
I think I've seen enough for now..
One page says start..one page says stop...im going with stop for now....Haha

[Scott2]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Been avoiding this part like the plague....wiring....boy do I hate wiring...
I went with the American autowire 15 circuit kit....while I'm waiting on warmer weather I thought I'd start looking into this and see what all is gonna be involved....so I laid out the kit packages to see what's what..
After reading what nsb brought up about extra parts you have to buy, I thought I'd better look...
Looks like I'll be needing grommets for sure...
It looks to be a solid kit...
I think I've seen enough for now..
One page says start..one page says stop...im going with stop for now....Haha

I know you have a harness kit already - but just in case I highly recommend Affordable Street Rods. I used theirs (~30 circuit kit) on my '51 and I also really hate wiring. Their instructions were 15-20 pages, detailed but common sense and easy to read and follow. They made it seem very easy and anytime I got stuck, their number is printed on every wire about every foot. I called the owner, Rex, who never failed to take my many calls and very patiently walked me thru every issue I had. I can't say enough good things about them from the directions and support perspective. Something to consider - maybe right after the other one pisses you off and you cut it up and throw it out of the shop?

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Scott....ill look into his stuff....
this kit has a set of instructions for each circuit in the each individual bag.....I opened a few and quick read em....its reads fairly simple, but it still doesn't make me like wiring....

[mongocanfly]

HOLY COW..,!! WOW..,!! IM SPEECHLESS....Well almost...
If anybody kept up with this build so far you remember at the start I was trying to straighten a VERY bent up bumper...I did manage to impress even myself with how straight I got it...never did think itd be good enough to use....then I got in contact with elpaso plating..http://www.electroplatingelpaso.com/english/about-us
After we talked he said he could straighten and chrome it...I was somewhat sceptical as you can imagine...but I took a chance....well..it came back today..
And I'm still in awe...
Enough typing ...here it. Is
Couple before pic and then after..
I'll try getting some better pics tomorrow

[mongocanfly]

Also got the grill back and it also looks specdangtackular....

[richard2717]

Awesome looks great

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Richard..!!

[Scott2]

Looks brand new - I'm impressed!

[mongocanfly]

Me to Scott...me to
I was trying to tell my buddy on the phone about it and I couldn't hardly even talk...
Just like a kid at Christmas right now..

[mongocanfly]

Heres another..

[jjzepplin]

The man is a magician!

[mongocanfly]

Haha...he did say he had magic hammers

[Ol Blue K20]

Awesome work, they're going to look great on the truck.

[8man]

They did very nice work. Congratulations.

[67C10Step]

That is beyond fantastic.

[67ChevyRedneck]

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Dale, Robert, 67step...

Jesse...remember what you said back on page1?..[You're freakin' kidding me.... I've NEVER seen anyone save a bumper like that. ]....that's the way I felt about their work...

[rgunlock]

Both pieces look great! Glad you were pleased. Guess it makes up for the trials with the mirrors.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by mongocanfly

Tha is Dale, Robert, 67step...

Jesse...remember what you said back on page1?..[You're freakin' kidding me.... I've NEVER seen anyone save a bumper like that. ]....that's the way I felt about their work...

Magic.


Hammers.

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Rick and Jesse..

[nsb29]

When you’re aggravated over your primer you can think about how nice your bumper for came out

[mongocanfly]

Thanks nsb....the shiny bumper did brighten up my day....

[mongocanfly]

Well I did a small side job to help me eliminate some aggregation..In the past ive been wrestling all my parts around on sawhorses to spray primer/paint....I finally got tired of that so I decided to build me some stands to hold parts while spraying..built them outta 1in sq tube..made the center leg hinged so they'll fold up for storage...made some adj stand offs on the lower legs..fixed those so I can use dowels inside the pipe or PVC over the pipe to hold parts out away from the legs....you can see the PVC over the standoffs...and itll be easy to modify them for whatever the need...i went ahead and built 4 of these...I'll make a few more brackets as needed to hold what ever I'm doing..I think this'll work way much better than sawhorses...

[72 tigger]

Those stands are almost as nice as the bumpers

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Kirk..not as shiny though..haha...