1972 Chevy 4wd Longhorn Project: Never Ending Changes

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by ryanroo

swamp coolers are useless in iowa. the humidity is so high that your sweat doesnt even evaporate. it is misery. here in the fiery high desert swamp coolers can actually make you shiver. i still prefer the beauty of refrigerated air though.

ryan

And right you are. I didn't get half done to this thing this weekend because I am waiting for paint to dry. Thank you humidity.

[wutnxt]

Hey...

Try being in vancouver canada......I should have built a boat with all the rain we have had lately. If i glass bead something in the morning it better have primer on it by lunch or it's rusted again.....ugh

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by wutnxt

Hey...

Try being in vancouver canada......I should have built a boat with all the rain we have had lately. If i glass bead something in the morning it better have primer on it by lunch or it's rusted again.....ugh

I'd take some of your rain for ya! This heat isn't bringing much rain. We have no shortage of humidity though. It's about the same as far as bare metal here. It gets hard to paint any thing too, unless you have the proper facility. Which I don't.

[watahyahknow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t87KOwzHYvA

[wutnxt]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I'd take some of your rain for ya! This heat isn't bringing much rain. We have no shortage of humidity though. It's about the same as far as bare metal here. It gets hard to paint any thing too, unless you have the proper facility. Which I don't.

We have had some wicked thunderstorms.....just brutal ...but things are supposed to be getting better for next week again which would really make things so much easier to buid.

[72BlckButy]

Nice progress Ryan!

[ryanroo]

i just noticed that i was the #1000 post....

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by 72BlckButy

Nice progress Ryan!

Thanks Nate. Are you going to be able to make the Nats this year?

Originally Posted by ryanroo

i just noticed that i was the #1000 post....

Wow, 1000 posts and this thing is still a half a truck.

[Mattman2010]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Wow, 1000 posts and this thing is still a half a truck.

Get on it!

[72BlckButy]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Thanks Nate. Are you going to be able to make the Nats this year?



Wow, 1000 posts and this thing is still a half a truck.

We are going to try and make it this year. Worst case it might be for just one day (Saturday) but that's better than not making it at all.

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by 72BlckButy

We are going to try and make it this year. Worst case it might be for just one day (Saturday) but that's better than not making it at all.

I hear ya there!

[1972RedNeck]

Originally Posted by ryanroo

swamp coolers are useless in iowa. the humidity is so high that your sweat doesnt even evaporate. it is misery. here in the fiery high desert swamp coolers can actually make you shiver. i still prefer the beauty of refrigerated air though.

An old mechanic once showed me his shop cooler. He took a truck radiator and ran his well water through it. With his huge squirrel cage fan it will freeze you out on 100* + days. But in montana we think it gets humid when it hits 25%

[watahyahknow]

thats the thing i was talking about , it would actually pull the humminity down too as most air condences on the radiator and drops of as water

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

thats the thing i was talking about , it would actually pull the humminity down too as most air condences on the radiator and drops of as water

We just got a small swamp cooler at work. Our shop has one bay 35'x85' and another that is 35'x30'. The ceiling is 25' or higher. We have been using the cooler the past week and a half. The side that the cooler is blowing on does feel a little better. The side that the water exchanger is on feels like a green house. So as long as you're in the area of the air it blows out, you're ok.

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by 1972RedNeck

An old mechanic once showed me his shop cooler. He took a truck radiator and ran his well water through it. With his huge squirrel cage fan it will freeze you out on 100* + days. But in montana we think it gets humid when it hits 25%

His well water must be super cold! A car radiator wouldn't cut it here.

[atvpro]

Hay Ryan do you have any new pics of your Longhorn? I have a fiend here that is puting a 12 valve in his 70 chevy.His work makes me look like Gomer Pile. I think you wold it. I cant wait to see your LH. when it is finished.

[fakerwade]

Originally Posted by atvpro

Hay Ryan do you have any new pics of your Longhorn? I have a fiend here that is puting a 12 valve in his 70 chevy.His work makes me look like Gomer Pile. I think you wold it. I cant wait to see your LH. when it is finished.

You remember Gomer Pile??? (you must be old and stuff!!)

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by atvpro

Hay Ryan do you have any new pics of your Longhorn? I have a fiend here that is puting a 12 valve in his 70 chevy.His work makes me look like Gomer Pile. I think you wold it. I cant wait to see your LH. when it is finished.

Randall, sorry no new pics of it. I do have new pics of the 88 Burb i'm putting a 12v in though. I just have to get them uploaded.

[atvpro]

Hay wade! It takes one to know one.
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[fakerwade]

Originally Posted by atvpro

Hay wade! It takes one to know one.
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So true!

[1972RedNeck]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

His well water must be super cold! A car radiator wouldn't cut it here.

It's about 50* degrees out of my well. The deeper you go, the colder it gets (to a point).

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I just actually thought about putting this body on a 89 F-350 chassis. It already has a 5.9 cummins with a ZF 5 speed, a lift with 36's, but IDK yet. The ford frame might be tooo wide to try to get the chevy body on it without it being ugly looking on the body mounts.

I think you are better off with what you have.Engine/trans awaps are easier than body swaps the biggist problem with these trucks when swapping bodys is the front ends are kind of short and getting tha coer support and front wheels right can be a pain. also the frame width like you said, there isnt much room to move outwards on the rear cab mounts.

You are almost there why make more work for yourself?
I know I can't stop myself either!

I had a hell of a brain fart the other day. We have a couple mid 40s 1 1/2 ton GMC trucks and not enough good front sheet metal.
I was thinking It wouldnt be that hard to make a shorter version of a ww2 duece and a half using dodge 1ton parts. Call it a half duece.
It would match my 42 jeep. Now all i need is a 4 bamger perkins for the jeep

[SS Tim]

Something like this Chevy 7107 / G506 ?

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by mknittle

I think you are better off with what you have.Engine/trans awaps are easier than body swaps the biggist problem with these trucks when swapping bodys is the front ends are kind of short and getting tha coer support and front wheels right can be a pain. also the frame width like you said, there isnt much room to move outwards on the rear cab mounts.

You are almost there why make more work for yourself?
I know I can't stop myself either!

I had a hell of a brain fart the other day. We have a couple mid 40s 1 1/2 ton GMC trucks and not enough good front sheet metal.
I was thinking It wouldnt be that hard to make a shorter version of a ww2 duece and a half using dodge 1ton parts. Call it a half duece.
It would match my 42 jeep. Now all i need is a 4 bamger perkins for the jeep

How far back did you find that post? That had to be atleast 2-3 years back I posted that.

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by SS Tim

Something like this Chevy 7107 / G506 ?

yeah, only scaled to fit the smaller frame and running gear.