67 GMC super custom build

[chewychevy67]

Well I put my seat in to make sure I could adjust my mirrors properly and I got side tracked. I worked these seat skirts from a 61-62 cadillac to fit around my buddy seats. They will hold the seat switch.

[chewychevy67]

Got the passenger side switch mounted now to. Just on the passenger side cadillacs has a body by fisher emblem. I obviously don't want that and I can't weld up the holes because the metal is stamped to look like leather so I'm going to have to make something to go there. Possibility are endless I suppose. Now to make mounting brackets for these.

[chewychevy67]

So I felt the mirrors may be a bit unstable when driving and I didn't want them to turn while they vibrate (because on these arms they all do) so I made a sleve on the arm that holds it more steady and here's a slot in the sleeve that lines up with a key like part on the chrome stem so it can't spin at all. Im not sure I'll be able to put the lights in the mirrors with these sleeves on the mirrors. I may have to get creative there. Not much room inside there with the cables running thru there now.

[chewychevy67]

Got these mirrors all mocked up so the mirrors adjust to areas that are proper. Not much mirror to view out of though as they are only 5 inches around. Went to a pub in Hudson Bay SK last night and they have this 68 outside the building. The pub is full of vintage views all around. Thought it was neat.

[68bowtie]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

Got these mirrors all mocked up so the mirrors adjust to areas that are proper. Not much mirror to view out of though as they are only 5 inches around. Went to a pub in Hudson Bay SK last night and they have this 68 outside the building. The pub is full of vintage views all around. Thought it was neat.

Oh wow someone needs to save that light green beauty

[chewychevy67]

So I assembledmy mirrors and my thermometer and when i lit the thermometer up it was fairly bright in the mirror chrome. Wasn't sure I liked that and dont want to get in trouble for front lighting by the cops so being that the arm will be painted black i figured I would paint the inside of the lens black as well to block the lighting. I think it turned out well.

[Shifty One]

Excessively groovy!

[zicc1835]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

So I assembledmy mirrors and my thermometer and when i lit the thermometer up it was fairly bright in the mirror chrome. Wasn't sure I liked that and dont want to get in trouble for front lighting by the cops so being that the arm will be painted black i figured I would paint the inside of the lens black as well to block the lighting. I think it turned out well.

it did !

[chewychevy67]

So one more post before the new year. I added the full word TRANSMISSION under the gauge instead of TRANS. I just felt all the gauges use full words and this one shortened just looked out of place. Have a happy new years everybody.

[Kronald_70GMC]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

So one more post before the new year. I added the full word TRANSMISSION under the gauge instead of TRANS. I just felt all the gauges use full words and this one shortened just looked out of place. Have a happy new years everybody.

Great idea! I like it

[chewychevy67]

Well I wanted to mount the mirror remote in the door panel but the lip isn't wide enough and the raised insert gets in the way. I kind of figured this might happen. Soooo....... I don't have many options here. I hate to make holes here on the door top or in the dash above the ac vent but that's all I really have. What are your guys opinions here? Any other cars out there you have seen that have mirror locations like these 2?

[Tip70]

i think on the door looks good and more like where they would have put it if it was stock. Dash doesnt look bad either though, but sounds like a lot more work to get it routed.

[chewychevy67]

I don't think I like the dash the more I look at it. I found this picture of a period car. The door looks like the best option for this. And it's right across from the mirror so it makes sense what its for. Now do I do it right in the corner or in the center of the vent window?

[Tip70]

id vote corner

[chewychevy67]

I agree. The more I look at era gm cars door panels they're I think if this was factory that's where it would be.

[Getter-Done]

The corner.
Because the cables need to have room to operate and not be in a bind.

The cables had room to move in the Cadillac's that I rode in years ago.

[chewychevy67]

Well here it is. It was really nerve racking drilling this hole as i wasnt sure i was doing the right thing here. Should look OK when finished.

[Tip70]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

Well here it is. It was really nerve racking drilling this hole as i wasnt sure i was doing the right thing here. Should look OK when finished.

looks great! now i want this mod

[chewychevy67]

It is one of the harder mods I have done to make look stock because I couldn't use gm stuff. Just for reference I used a combination of 3 different mirrors to make this work. A passenger and driver aftermarket 1964 chrysler imperial mirrors (driver was the only one with remote) mostly for the new chrome housings. The passenger was a nos mid 1970's chrysler mirror from a new yorker. I needed it because I could not find an aftermarket mirror with longer cables and a slim remote for under dash. With a few modifications to the parts this is what I came up with. I was worried I was doing this for nothing but it turned out great. Definitely worth it and looks stock. Definitely could not have done this without chrysler parts though. Gm stuff was just made to vehicle specific which in other parts was totally opposite.

[Tip70]

Originally Posted by chewychevy67

It is one of the harder mods I have done to make look stock because I couldn't use gm stuff. Just for reference I used a combination of 3 different mirrors to make this work. A passenger and driver aftermarket 1964 chrysler imperial mirrors (driver was the only one with remote) mostly for the new chrome housings. The passenger was a nos mid 1970's chrysler mirror from a new yorker. I needed it because I could not find an aftermarket mirror with longer cables and a slim remote for under dash. With a few modifications to the parts this is what I came up with. I was worried I was doing this for nothing but it turned out great. Definitely worth it and looks stock. Definitely could not have done this without chrysler parts though. Gm stuff was just made to vehicle specific which in other parts was totally opposite.

thanks for breaking it down I was looking at past posts to see what mirrors you got and was realizing it was a process to get where you are now. Nice work! glad you stuck it out, because it goes great and does look stock

[chewychevy67]

So I got this mirror plaquard with the oem mirror I purchased but it wasn't possible the way it was made to work with the truck door panel the way it was made so I machined the back off of it, I left the positioning studs and threaded one so I could use it on my door. Here's what I came up with.

[chewychevy67]

Hard times in the truck world lately so I decided to do something small to keep moral up. I am modifying my headlight switch to dim my led dash lights. I am adding a reostat that will dim them. I removed the old reostat and filed out the ceramic to use the new one. Here's where I'm leaving off for today.

[chewychevy67]

Few more

[raggedjim]

This is one of the builds I have always checked in on. It's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.

Great build, Rg

[chewychevy67]

Lol most times I don't either. I jump around quite a bit between projects. Mostly because I seem to be always waiting for some parts to arrive on another project. It all has to get done before it drives I guess.