Cecil the 1953 5 window / S-10 / 5.7 TPI

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SKYMANGS:

Firewall in paint, steering shaft finished up, and steering column removed to seam the welds on the Lower plate.

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SKYMANGS:

I also finished wet sanding and paint on the back wall of the cab and installed the rear and corner glass.

[oldman3]

Looking sweet...Jim

[oldman3]

Engine sounds great, firewall looks good, nice job...Jim

[oldman3]

Nice install on the glass, that can be a b**ch...Jim

[skymangs]

Jim, thanks... the corner glass is easy, the one that sucks is the rear window. Fanned near impossible to do it without a second person on the inside. But eventually I managed it. Lol

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SKYMANGS:

Today's progress was slow and tedious. Running boards are on for the last time.

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SKYMANGS:

Dash repair complete, primed, wet sanded, primed again, and wet sanded one last time. Ready to shoot some flat black on it tomorrow.

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SKYMANGS:

Pic 1,2,3 Passenger side power window installed and functional. I still need to get run channels in it, and work on the drivers side tomorrow.

Pic 4. Shawn really liked the look of the brushed steel on the column. I just sprayed it in satin clear to keep it from rusting. Once the dash is in paint, i'll start working on the stereo and wiring.

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SKYMANGS:

Passenger side power window all finished up

[Advanced Design]

Nice work and great detail! Really like the radio behind the grill too. Wondering which power window product you used?
Thanks for sharing.

[skymangs]

Thanks AD. I use ez wiring's power window kit (universal). It is relatively in-expensive, straight forward design, and works quite well in these doors. Just enough travel to fully close the window, yet allow it to open far enough to be below the trim when the window is down.

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SKYMANGS:

Engine wiring finished up today. Now on to those accessories!

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SKYMANGS:

Cecil was missing all the accessory brackets so I purchased a 1991 Camaro Engine for $150 and salvaged all the parts I could. Here's the before and after of the Dona Camaro. I stole everything, including the water pump.

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SKYMANGS:

After hours of cleaning and painting, the front end of the motor is together. Notice I had to change the water pump... The 87 had a normal flow pump, while the 91 had a reverse flow. Everything fit like a glove. In order to delete the smog pump and clear the K&N air filter I had to re-route the serpentine belt, while keeping all the pulley's spinning the right direction.

[oldman3]

Looks sweet, nice clean up on the parts...Jim

[tlorber]

I'm shocked that Chris does in 2 days what has taken me the better part of a year to do-and I have nowhere near the rust that most of his builds have.
Really nice to see.

[skymangs]

Thanks guys. I'm really stretching my ingenuity on this build... so many little things that just aren't meant to fit that need to somehow work on this truck. Lots of minor mods in damn near every inch of this build.

Speedo decal got picked up today, gauge should be finished tonight. I expect Shawn will post pictures shortly.

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SKTMANGS:

Progress today... windshield installed, drivers side door nearly finished, modified the S10 brake switch bracket, steering column installed/wired.

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SKYMANGS:

Here's the modified gauge I'm working on. This is a speedhut 4.5" electronic speedo. My graphics shop created a new decal for the original faceplate with the markings in the correct places for the speedhut gauge. Gauge all finished up. I think it looks kinda slick!

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This is why I HIGHLY recommend Chris, its the little details like the wiper switch knob now matches the knobs on the steering column.

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SKYMANGS:

Here is the work on the center grill. Started by carefully cutting and drilling a piano hinge. Then bolt the lower trim directly to the hinge. Before I mount it, I open up the upper holes in the dash to 7/16" so the 10-32 nuts on the grill will sink into the dash. Last pics are mounted, open and closed.

[Advanced Design]

Nice work on the center grill. We did that on the truck and put the air ride switches and gauges there with magnets to secure the grilll in the up position. Worked ok.

Looking really good!

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SKYMANGS:

Pic 1, Bluetooth microphone installed. Chased the wire up the windshield piller, along with the dome light power.

Pic 2, Power window wiring is chased through the inner/outer cowl panel and then routed down to the door loom.

Pic 3&4, Stainless momentary switches take the place of the original buttons on the door handles.

[BlueJeep]

Looking good!

Skymangs I've seen you do the frameless side glass a couple times now. I want to do that with my 49, what considerations need to be made to do this? Different window run and cut new glass slightly larger than the old to make up for the metal frame that will no longer be there? Where do you source your parts? Thanks!