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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
That's really nice.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
The headliner looks great.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
Good job.....
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
Looks really good
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
Nice job on the rear window and cool idea.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
Now that's some original thinking!!!!!! I love seeing the ideas that others come up with for these old trucks.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
That's thinking outside the box! It looks great!
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
![]() ![]() i freakin love that window idea!!! holy crap, i got like goosebumps when i saw it, well done sir. i need that in my life |
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
I've often thought a roll up window would be fool back there too.
Nice job. Great thinkin. |
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
I am glad you all like it. Thanks
I have been thinking about doing this for a while and am pleased with how it turned out. I may need to add 1/8 inch spacers to pull the window in tighter, but I won't know til I take it for a drive and see if there are any wind whistles. Also, when I removed the old window I was pleasantly surprised to find no rust. The weather is getting better so it is time to get busy and get this interior completed...... stay tuned
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
If you get to driving maybe take a CO monitor with you and make sure you're not silently gassing yourself with exhaust fumes with the back window open. Depends where your exh outlet is I suppose.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
that shouldn't be a problem, but thanks for pointing that out, as it could easily be overlooked.
I remember way back when I had a van to close the rear windows if I was on a dusty road.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
perfect solution and well executed! I would have liked something like that on my 65, only my thought was to have it open at the top!
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
I have been making interior panels this winter, and now that the carpet is in, and the seat belts are secured, time to install.
first, a bent piece of metal for the rear speakers. 2nd, I fabbed up a 'lid' to the speaker enclosure to help with the sound (base). the black piece of material in the pic is the back side of the carpet covering the speaker, before it was attached to the upper tab that I welded in. 3rd - 1 speaker done, 4th pic after completing the other side, added the middle panel If nothing else, this should make for some good sound deadening.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
I also added the 2 kick panels, and the parking brake assembly. they are kinda plain, (no panels)
Note - I went to my wife's 'alterations' guy with some vinyl and he made me the shifter boot. I also fabbed up and welded a piece of metal to the dash for the front speakers
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
That dash speaker bracket is slick...
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
Those speaker brackets are very nice. It's looking good.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
looking at post 239 and wondering how close the exhaust is to the box floor. looks close in the pic. is it close enough to warrant a heat shield?
keep plugging away and you'll be done. then you can use it to go and look for the next project, haha. |
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
Jason56 - glad you like the rear window, - that is the purpose of this website, share ideas and "get you thinking". I sure have used a lot of ideas that I have seen on here.
dsraven - it is the angle of the pic, there is lots of room
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
Ok, The gauges were bothering me, as I tried to make the S10 gauges work in the original pods, but they did not read correctly (did not use PCM from S10) and my transmission is a 5 speed NV3500 with electronic speedo, so I was going to need a $300+ adapter to make that work.
I really liked the look of the original style NVU gauges, but just could not justify $1000 (Canadian) , so I looked for an alternative. I found these Dolphin gauges, with mixed reviews on the board, but it seemed the majority of people were satisfied with them. So , for $450, I ordered this set AND added little tach to match. When they arrived and looked at them, I thought, how can I make these look better? , so, I opened them up, painted the needles antique white, and blacked out the 'Dolphin' name. Then there was an installation problem. the factory holes in the dash were too big, and where am I going to put the tach? so, I made 2 metal circles and welded them to the inside of the dash for the 2 large gauges. For the tach, it fit perfectly in a scrap piece of a chrome tail pipe I had left over, so I cut a hole in the dash, welded the tailpipe in, used a little bondo to fill in the seam, and now the new gauges will fit.
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
After a quick respray of the dash (original plans were for a brown/beige interior) it is now grey, and everything works. (just need to program the speedo)
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
That's a nice, clean install. What a difference in appearance you made by simply changing the needle colour away from that bright modern colour and by removing the big "Dolphin" letters. Those look right at home now. You are making me rethink what I did on my build!
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
They look great!
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Re: 51 Chev on a S10 frame, named Dale
it's amazing what a little custom touch will do, i like it!
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