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05-05-2010, 12:33 AM | #1 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Well I squeezed in a little more progress. Last night I "integrated" the cab cowl and the firewall by adding 4 little tab brackets. (Metal for these brackets courtesy of leftover 67 pickup roof tin.) Here is a shot of one of these little brackets that contains my personal best MIG bead so far (on the right) I should have shot the photo before I primed because it was sweet - like a factory robot did it.
The effect of these 4 simple little brackets was dramatic. Suddenly the cab structure wasn't "loose" anymore as the firewall began to serve as a major structural support. Now I can grab onto the cab and it feels like a real truck. I was having such a good time that I decided to see if the GMC HVAC unit was going to clear the cowl sidewalls and what do you know!!! Misses by a 1/16th or so! So here's a teaser pic with the HVAC unit mocked up and one of the dashboards thrown in for fun. |
05-05-2010, 12:34 AM | #2 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
And tonight I finished off the mods to the rear frame x-member that holds the fuel tank. Here's a couple of pics just before I trimmed off the excess metal and primed. The steel for the dropped flange used to be the forward bed mount brackets. Hey - I'm from Oregon and we recycle!
The modified x-member is now back up inside the frame and the tank is clamped up for mockup of the fuel filler pipes. In the last pic that thing on the right looks like a tow bar but is in fact my "fab bench" - that is what I use to clamp off stuff to when I cut or weld. Yes my knees are sore. |
05-05-2010, 09:05 AM | #3 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Damn nice work that dash is huge or at least it looks huge this is gonna be a killer ride when done..Are you gonna leave it in cali or bring her home to oregon when finished?
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Ultimately the truck will end up in SoCal because the whole family is moving there later this year. But it will see some time in Oregon before that. |
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05-05-2010, 11:04 AM | #5 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Sweet deal if your ever around the southern oregon area id love to see it..
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05-05-2010, 11:13 PM | #6 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Subscribed. I love watching lots of cutting and welding to make something that wasn't original.
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05-07-2010, 01:07 AM | #7 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Oh it is soooo much easier to mockup stuff and take teaser pics than to just do actual work!!!
Bye bye little truck project! See you again in 2 weeks! |
05-07-2010, 02:16 PM | #8 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Been gone a while and had to catch up!
Coming along very nicely! Looks like you won't have to cut up the front clip now?
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05-07-2010, 02:26 PM | #9 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
A slight shortening is still in the Grand Master Plan. However I am not going to do any more chopping up and stick with putting together for awhile. I want to drive it and goof off a bit and see if I can forget about all the cutting. At that point I will be ready to take on the nose job. Plus my cut/tack/fitment skills should be better at that point after learning on the bed, cab roof and doors.
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05-08-2010, 12:29 PM | #10 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Does anyone have a suggestion for a make/model of car/truck that would have a rubber fuel fill hose that has a sharp 90 degree bend in it? I need to adapt something off another make/model to help me out on my project.
The stock GMC fill pipe is mostly a straight shot into the tank but now that I have lowered the tank I need to dodge the frame rail. Thought I'd ask for suggestions before I just start wandering around a U-pullit yard with my sawzall. Edit: I found a picture that shows what my situation is. It shows the stock position of the tank. There is just enough room on a GM truck for the filler pipe to do a straight shot at a slant down into the tank (dotted yellow line). But I have lowered the tank 2.5" and now the inlet is buried against the inside of the frame rail. I want to try and turn a 90* forward and then another 90* back out to the side. So I need a rubber piece like the black line in the picture. Last edited by sparkydog; 05-13-2010 at 10:38 AM. |
05-08-2010, 06:13 PM | #11 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
The 73-87 filler hose has a 90 it, but im not sure if it's what you want. Here's a few on classic parts http://www.classicparts.com/Hoses/products/1013/
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05-10-2010, 10:01 AM | #12 |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Yes that will probably work. Thanks very much for the suggestion. Now I can spend less time wandering around the parts yard and more time wrenching the stuff off!
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Alright I hope it fits right for you.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
If you want Rubber, I get one at NAPA
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
That was a good lead. I stopped off at NAPA and they have generic 45 and 90 elbow rubber fuel pipe. The 2" 90 was approx $35. I think that for now I will stick to my plan to extract off of something at the wrecking yard. Much cheaper to spend an hour of my time, get wet and dirty, maybe bleed a little and then pay $15 than to get what I want EZ for $35.
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I did walk out of there with the fuel door and surrounding fender metal from an Eff-word truck. This is going to get grafted into Halfbreed once I solve the fill pipe routing. I also snagged some vapor canister tubes/fittings and a fan shroud set that were MIA on my donor truck. Last edited by sparkydog; 05-16-2010 at 01:28 PM. |
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I found a nice picture of Sparky. He and I both can't wait for the day he is hanging his head out the side of Halfbreed while we cruise.
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
Great Work, Signing on for the Ride..........
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Nice progress, I love seeing old IH's. Keep up the good work!
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Hi - back into project mode for the next 3 weeks! I have two sets of tasks I want to accomplish. If I get through both lists then I have a 3rd list ready which is "bonus" or gravy.
My first priority is to get the truck "Tow Worthy". This means I want to be able to tow it safely and reliably without something bad happening like the cab falling apart or the fuel tank dropping off. The reason I need to do this stuff now is I hope to be moving the base camp for this project from the rental house I am in now to my own place. The main tasks on this list are: a) getting the fuel tank and it's braces back into the frame and b) more welding on the cab and bed so they can take any jolting from the road. The 2nd priority is to get the truck "functional" - meaning that it can be started up and able to move under it's own power and also stop. The two main tasks on this list are: a) install main wire harness and b) route new fuel fill pipe so I can put gas back in the tank the "proper way". I expect this list to grow because I think I will have a bunch of trouble shooting issues crop up as I get it back to running. But you never know - maybe it will go smoothly for once. |
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Last night I started bolting the fuel tank cross member in for good. I also removed the forward support bracket to tweak the mods I made. (Want to make it a little stronger).
Then I cut up and fitted the start of my fill pipe re-route. I have to do this because I dropped the tank 2.5" lower in order to get the bed as low as possible. With the tank lower the fill mouth is partially blocked by the frame rail. So the rubber 90* bend lets me dodge the frame rail. Now I have to add a short metal 90* to the stock GMC fill pipe and then I will be able to mock up and make my cuts in the IH bed to clear the pipe. |
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This is a photo of the GM fill pipe neck. Does anyone know where the other end of this cut-off ground strap went to on a stock GM truck? This strap was cut by the guy who sold me the truck when he took the bed off.
Edit: Rereading this myself it sounds like a dumb question - I know the other end went to ground - I just want to know did it go to the bed sheet metal or down onto the frame? Last edited by sparkydog; 05-25-2010 at 07:57 PM. |
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Re: Halfbreed - GMC Z71 + IH Extd Cab
It grounds to the bed, to one of the cross braces I believe.
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Thanks very much!
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