** YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN ** The truck Chevrolet should have built.

[thor]

Those new moldings look awesome. Are they custom manufactured for your crew cab? Or a combo of truck and suburban pieces?

[drewskiren]

Originally Posted by thor

Those new moldings look awesome. Are they custom manufactured for your crew cab? Or a combo of truck and suburban pieces?

I ordered a short box truck set and extra burb pieces that I will customize.

[Hart_Rod]

Originally Posted by drewskiren

I ordered a short box truck set and extra burb pieces that I will customize.

Mar-K already has the pieces for the 3rd door made.

[thor]

Originally Posted by drewskiren

I ordered a short box truck set and extra burb pieces that I will customize.

Where from, if ya don't mind?

[gringoloco]

I think you officially win the 'most multi-quotes in a single post' award

[coops714x4]

Drew all I can say is if you understand ALL that wiring YOU ONE SMART FELLER !!!!
heck that's one of the reasons I'm building my truck, I'm tired of not being able to work on the newer stuff ANYWAY if you figure all that mess out you got my vote as KING OF WIRING !!!! all hail the king LOL

[mrchrishill]

It is good to see you finally taking the lead after all of these years I had to teach you start to finish how to not be afraid to get your hands dirty. The student has truly become the teacher. Well done.

[drewskiren]

Originally Posted by mrchrishill

It is good to see you finally taking the lead after all of these years I had to teach you start to finish how to not be afraid to get your hands dirty. The student has truly become the teacher. Well done.

You MUST be smoking Crack.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Originally Posted by mrchrishill

It is good to see you finally taking the lead after all of these years I had to teach you start to finish how to not be afraid to get your hands dirty. The student has truly become the teacher. Well done.

Whos this guy???

[drewskiren]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Whos this guy???

One of my best friends. He's just messin.

[drewskiren]

I have to ask forgiveness- Work has picked up a bit, and I have not been in the shop for 4 days. I'll have something to post by Sunday.

[Newtz67]

Originally Posted by drewskiren

I have to ask forgiveness- Work has picked up a bit, and I have not been in the shop for 4 days. I'll have something to post by Sunday.

Forgiveness granted, that happened to me one time too.

[ProAm122]

Drew- I know you have already received many compliments, add mine to the list- beautifully and vigoriously done. I am a newby to the site so I had join to post a question. I promise I will keep my future post shorter. I am currently remodeling my 67 C10. My A/C had been something that I have not figured out until I read your build. Thanks for the good idea. What year was the donor A/C unit pulled from? How hard was it to get in there and any tricks you didn't mention? I wonder if I could find a unit that is all concealed behind the fire wall like yours but out of a smaller vehicle that might fit easier. But, one of my big questions is about the intake for the box. It points straight up under the cowl. On the early 2000s this is fine because the hood covers that part of the cowl, thus rain fall could not come verticle nor off the hood into the a/c intake. However, on our truck the rain comes up the hood and into the slits in the cowl cover, and verticle drops can come right in. Since the blower on yours is directly below the intake, I would assume that you would not want any water in the box because it all would be channeled and sucked right to the electric blower motor. I saw you raised it up so that no rain could come from the slits from most of the cowl, but what about the part of the cowl cover that is open and above the opening for the a/c box?

[drewskiren]

Thanks for the compliments, the unit came out of my 2002, but all 99-06 are identical.
You are correct that I haven't fully explained everything, the cowl cover will expose about 3 inches of the intake. I am planning on gluing/seam sealering a black plastic panel to the bottom of the cowl grill - covering the first set of grilles - after painting. Some kind of flat black that won't show up too much. This will also fully hide all of the crummy looking butchery that I performed. Knowing I required this panel that would hide everything from view, I went ahead and slathered the whole area in seam sealer. I will seal the black plastic cover on 3 sides and leave the end towards the grilles open to let whatever water sits on my plastic panel drip off.
One trick I may not have mentioned was that I unbolted the sides of the the dash panel and pulled the dash/rotated it to let me get the unit up in there. Once it was in I needed to trim a little on the bottom edge of the dash (shown earlier) to be able to bolt the dash back. I also trimmed random little plastic nipples and tabs off of the outside of the ac unit. Useless little manufacturing protrusions that added a half inch to the depth of it.

[fencepost]

Originally Posted by drewskiren

Thanks for the compliments, the unit came out of my 2002, but all 99-06 are identical.
You are correct that I haven't fully explained everything, the cowl cover will expose about 3 inches of the intake. I am planning on gluing/seam sealering a black plastic panel to the bottom of the cowl grill - covering the first set of grilles - after painting. Some kind of flat black that won't show up too much. This will also fully hide all of the crummy looking butchery that I performed. Knowing I required this panel that would hide everything from view, I went ahead and slathered the whole area in seam sealer. I will seal the black plastic cover on 3 sides and leave the end towards the grilles open to let whatever water sits on my plastic panel drip off.
One trick I may not have mentioned was that I unbolted the sides of the the dash panel and pulled the dash/rotated it to let me get the unit up in there. Once it was in I needed to trim a little on the bottom edge of the dash (shown earlier) to be able to bolt the dash back. I also trimmed random little plastic nipples and tabs off of the outside of the ac unit. Useless little manufacturing protrusions that added a half inch to the depth of it.

Your work is great. is't there supposed to be a flap or some type of cover over the fresh air intake in the cowl? it's been a while but I remmeber having cars come in with water leaks and some times the flaper would stick or have trash around it and would not fully close. What keeps water from going down that opening and into the cab?

[drewskiren]

Originally Posted by fencepost

Your work is great. is't there supposed to be a flap or some type of cover over the fresh air intake in the cowl? it's been a while but I remmeber having cars come in with water leaks and some times the flaper would stick or have trash around it and would not fully close. What keeps water from going down that opening and into the cab?

No flap, just gravity and diverters for the water. It is like a curb around the opening and my plastic overhead piece.

[drewskiren]

I'm going to add some pictures later

Didn't want a whole page with no pictures.

[70truckguy]

You might want to put a screen under the cowl before you put it back on. I think I got mine from classic parts or LMC. It's very tiring digging soured leaves out of there every Spring.

[ejn74]

You have done an awesome job on this truck!! I also think you defiantly have the talent to put in the fourth door before you paint it. Keep up the good work with the truck and your spirituality!

[drewskiren]

Originally Posted by 70truckguy

You might want to put a screen under the cowl before you put it back on. I think I got mine from classic parts or LMC. It's very tiring digging soured leaves out of there every Spring.

It is on the list to buy, just hadn't yet.

[bundeber]

Trim dilemma... Couldn't you just measure up from the top edge of your trim on the bottom? If you can locate the lower molding via body line, you should be able to line up the top trim with an even measurement from the molding that you can place on the doors. That should give you a correct measurement for the whole truck shouldn't it? Maybe you just have to be there to see it. By the way, how's the headliner coming?

[drewskiren]

Originally Posted by bundeber

Trim dilemma... Couldn't you just measure up from the top edge of your trim on the bottom? If you can locate the lower molding via body line, you should be able to line up the top trim with an even measurement from the molding that you can place on the doors. That should give you a correct measurement for the whole truck shouldn't it? Maybe you just have to be there to see it. By the way, how's the headliner coming?

I'm just not 100% certain the top trim stays level. The body line and the bottom trim move up in the front and don't line up - but the wheel opening separates them so you don't really notice. Since my reference changes, I feel safer putting it all together and pulling a string to line it up.

No headway on the headliner yet.

[drewskiren]

I just ran across this link to my green truck that I bought in California. Kinda funny.

http://jalbum.net/browse/user/album/...917xckoswonmlv

[Cameron 1137]

did you ever end up using any of the green truck for the build, or is it still on one piece?

[drewskiren]

Originally Posted by Cameron 1137

did you ever end up using any of the green truck for the build, or is it still on one piece?

This green truck is where my perfect bed came from. I sold the truck with a replacement bed to a guy in Kentucky.