Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[Low Elco]

Ok, now you're just being a tease. Give a little, take a little back, give a little, take a little back.

[piratexpress1369a]

your right on that low elco he is teasing us ...come on its christmas mcmurphy lol

[duallyjams]

Table of content is the best cure for a rainy day.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Ok, now you're just being a tease. Give a little, take a little back, give a little, take a little back.

I think this is the first time a guy has called me a tease....not sure how comfortable I am with that...
Trust me, it is better this way.
Given the amount of time I invested in this, and the spans between workable/acceptable progress were so lengthy that it would have been less humane to post it as I achieved it.

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

your right on that low elco he is teasing us ...come on its christmas mcmurphy lol

Just hang in there Pirate, when all is said and done, it will be well worth it.
I am not Peter Jackson after all....

Originally Posted by duallyjams

Table of content is the best cure for a rainy day.

Thanks for mentioning that, I need to update mine....hint received !!

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A couple of noteworthy mods that were needed for this to work, and I think should be shared:
These are the cutouts into my inner fenders I had to make in order to clearance the door actuators.

At the end of the day it turned out to be much less than I had anticipated; the majority of the headlight assembly is below the fenders, and is accessed from the wheel wells.
I am totally cool with that, just have to figure some way to baffle it from tire spray.



Since a large part of my grill support bracing was removed to accomodate the head lights, I made these to suppliment the support.

[McMurphy]

Just some more of the brace-brackets I made.










This is with the actual light buckets welded in, the doors added on, and ready for a fitting on the front of the truck to test the fender cuts, and to guage what the light beam aiming would look like....

[Bomp]

hmmmmm, interesting,.... very interesting.

Are these operated by electric or vacuum? I see some wires but not sure if they are for the lights.

Cool man.

[theastronaut]

Wow! Been catching up on your progress and I'm blown away at your creativity, plus your ability to make your ideas turn into reality!! Can't wait to see how the grill and headlights turn out!

[chad64chevy]

looks great mcmurphy, cant wait to see it all together with the chevrolet lite up! also just wanted to say merry Christmas and stay warm up there

[piratexpress1369a]

that looks cool ..as to the cut out you did .can you weld in some steel or use a truck mud flap to help with the spray ..just my 2 cents

[markeb01]

Truly mind blowing. I love the creative engineering and dedication to sticking to it and taking your time. To my knowledge you'll be the only guy on the planet with this setup on a 60-66. Very cool!!

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by markeb01

Truly mind blowing. I love the creative engineering and dedication to sticking to it and taking your time. To my knowledge you'll be the only guy on the planet with this setup on a 60-66. Very cool!!

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

You got some nice fabbing skills!

Thank you TJ, I read your thread religiously you know....

Originally Posted by theastronaut

Wow! Been catching up on your progress and I'm blown away at your creativity, plus your ability to make your ideas turn into reality!! Can't wait to see how the grill and headlights turn out!

Ok .... well Wow back at ya!!
I am honored by your sentiments, as I am ever and consistantly in awe of your work. I can honestly say that everything I have done to my truck I learned from this site, and your thread in particular.
Thank you for all the inspiration, and the little "how to"s you put on your threads. It helps me to look past what I dont have, and accomplish with what I do have.

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

looks great mcmurphy, cant wait to see it all together with the chevrolet lite up! also just wanted to say merry Christmas and stay warm up there

Soon buddy....soon.
Just keep checking in on me here LoL

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

that looks cool ..as to the cut out you did .can you weld in some steel or use a truck mud flap to help with the spray ..just my 2 cents

I was kind of leaning towards a mudflap sort of thing, or some form of inner fender. Just not sure yet.....

Originally Posted by markeb01

Truly mind blowing. I love the creative engineering and dedication to sticking to it and taking your time. To my knowledge you'll be the only guy on the planet with this setup on a 60-66. Very cool!!

That is exactly why I had Jay make me up those Custom Emblems!!
I thought it would be fun to tease the next couple generations of gear heads with a peek at an ultra rare SS pickup truck.... LoL
It is going to be a serious bout of "Old Bull vs Young Bull" Heheheheheh

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Guessing I left you speachless...

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So then, of course, the next step was a mock up of the face mounted on the front of the truck. On my garage door I laid a strip of tape that measured from the floor to the center of my head lights, and level. I imagined if I could do a mechanical "zero" of the light beams, it would give me an idea of how much adjustment for proper aiming I would need. After all, those aiming screws only have so much they can do....

I realize everything looks like it droops off to the right in this photo, sorry about that.


I just hastily rigged up my headlight harness to power the lamps for these photos. Which I hope explains the battery on the milk crate...


A little further out from the garage, loooking less cock-eyed I think...


Without any adjustments, this was my beam placement down my drive. keeping in mind there is a 1-2% down slope here.


Well with that looking to be within acceptable parameters, it was off to the next phase of this project.....
..... the air dam and fog lights.

(que music.....and.....fade)

LoL Merry Christmas you guys !!

[duallyjams]

I thought you were making a diehard battery commercial

[Modges'66]

Dude!.. Lookin super-sweet!!!
Merry Christmas!

[likaroc13]

Merry Christmas Murph! The headlight mod is looking sweet.

[Ta2Don]

Very NICE!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

[TJ's Chevy]

UH OH!!!! LOL!!!! YOU READ THROUGH MY BUILD THREAD!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? LOL! HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!! Just kidding!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

[piratexpress1369a]

congrats looks way cool ..merry christmas

[chevyrestoguy]

I love this mod, especially your ability to use wrecking yard parts and modify them to fit. That's right up my alley, and directly in my swim lane!

The Chevys of the '60s that had hidden headlights were always the coolest looking ones. This mod is going to be so cool when it's done. It'll have a factory look, and it'll blow people's minds.

[markeb01]

The best part of having retractable lights is telling strangers it’s an extremely rare factory option that was only offered for one year! The responses will range all over the map from – you’re full of baloney - to - yes, my neighbor had one just like it! It can really add to the fun of ownership.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by markeb01

The responses will range all over the map from – you’re full of baloney - to - yes, my neighbor had one just like it! It can really add to the fun of ownership.

[flips72]

they look great and I agree, it will be a lot of fun, theres no telling what stories can be made up with these, I like the ultra rare option idea myself

[Low Elco]

Looks great! Do the motors cycle as planned?

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by duallyjams

I thought you were making a diehard battery commercial

I just about could !!

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Dude!.. Lookin super-sweet!!!
Merry Christmas!

Thanks Modges, the best is yet to come...

Originally Posted by likaroc13

Merry Christmas Murph! The headlight mod is looking sweet.

Thank you Phillip, hope you get yours back on the road soon!

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Very NICE!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Thanks Don, I hope your Christmas was a merry one as well, the turkey video was too cute! Nothing says Christmas Cheer like some good old kitchen screaming !!

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

UH OH!!!! LOL!!!! YOU READ THROUGH MY BUILD THREAD!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? LOL! HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!! Just kidding!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Oh yeah.... grew up hauling firewood, so when I see yours all loaded down, it brings back some serious memories.

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

congrats looks way cool ..merry christmas

Thank you Pirate, stay tuned buddy, there is more coming.

Originally Posted by chevyrestoguy

I love this mod, especially your ability to use wrecking yard parts and modify them to fit. That's right up my alley, and directly in my swim lane!
The Chevys of the '60s that had hidden headlights were always the coolest looking ones. This mod is going to be so cool when it's done. It'll have a factory look, and it'll blow people's minds.

I am hoping so, but even more than that, I hope I am making it good enough to endure.
Would hate for it to all fall apart after a few hundred miles.....

Originally Posted by markeb01

The best part of having retractable lights is telling strangers it’s an extremely rare factory option that was only offered for one year! The responses will range all over the map from – you’re full of baloney - to - yes, my neighbor had one just like it! It can really add to the fun of ownership.

You and I are in perfect tune on this Mark, and I am not surprised!!
I will be good fun.
If I am home in time this summer, I will have to take it to the Goodguys show, maybe drive it around the plaza a few times....

Originally Posted by flips72

they look great and I agree, it will be a lot of fun, theres no telling what stories can be made up with these, I like the ultra rare option idea myself

Right on Flips, stay tuned man, I have more photos to load up....

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Looks great! Do the motors cycle as planned?

Yep, I will be loading a video of them soon....getting the cycle sweep figured out took a couple of weeks for me. I knew it was going to be a challenge, but the only way I could get it was to keep tinkering with it until I figured out the physics of it. Going back to the bone yard and getting photos of the original set up on the Honda I pulled them from helped a lot, made me wish I had thought to get the pics when I pulled the actuators.

Well guys it is -36* outside today, temps plumeted this week after dumping a few feet of snow on us. Makes it hard to get motivated to go down to the Frozen Garage.

But for you all, no sacrifice is too great.....
Thanks for looking, you pump me up !!!

[McMurphy]

Waaaaaaay back in Jan 2012, after I had taken the hood valence panel off, and modified it with screens and stuff, I decided I wanted a GMC hood in the worst way.
But then I had no need for the Chevy hood valence I had just spent time on making cool....
Until I had the idea of putting it below my grill frame as an air dam.

Here is what that mock up looked like back then:


Fast forward to 30 November 2013, and this is what I did with it; this is the pencil marking for the sculpting/fitting I wanted to achieve.


A little bit of cutting and bending later:


Some amature welding and primer; and you will take note of the gap above the turn signal wells. This was closed with a small patch panel I welded in there.



I will get more photos up soon of the fog lights that were mounted behind those turn signal wells, and the air horns that I mounted in the center.


Thanks for looking guys (and gals if any...) !!!!