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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
The gauges are from a 37 lasalle! I've already started restoring them and they're going to to look awesome. Hard to believe how nice they are being that old.
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They look cool. I'd probably F up the clock trying to turn it into a tachometer. Good luck on the resto.
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
More stuff on the never-ending, cheap-ass, hot rod truck! Last week after discussing it over with my friend Alex, We decided it still needed more striping under the hood to tie in with the orange on the motor
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Nice build.
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Now on to what I think is the cool stuff. Everyone knows I always try to do things cheap, or shall I say inexpensively. It doesn't always work out that way, but I try my best. After aquiring these gauges, I sat down and did a little thinking. How much do I feel like spending on gauges that are part of a low budget, do-it-yourself build? Very little! So here we go. First thing I did was take the gauges apart. Pretty simple, just take your time, take pictures and put EVERYTHING in ziplock bags! Took the face plates off and cleaned them up with some warm water and detergent. Other than some 70+ year old stains, they look like new!
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After blasting all the rust off both speedo and clock backing plates (and finishing up all the rough edges on my cuts) I sprayed them both in aluminum Rustoleum. I set the cardboard insert back in place
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Looks Great!
You need to tell your "buddy" Alex to quit making comments like: "That firewall would look nicer if you welded up all 75 holes, did the bodywork, sprayed it chassis black and pinstriped the heck out of it" "I'd repaint the dash if it were me......." "These gauges would look GREAT in your truck" What kind of a friend is that? Sounds like he's costing you alot of money and time. signed, Alex By the way, if you thought that those gauges were out of a '37 LaSalle, you're wrong. They are actually the gauges out of Howard Hughes's 1928 Duesenberg Boat-tail Speedster Convertible (the only one ever made). You could have gotten $25,000 for the pair. Now, the Pebble Beach Concours Society is coordinating with the U.S. Air Force to have the B-2 Bomber do a precision bomb drop on your house. ![]() You know, if it was MY truck, I would paint the inner fenders and the underside of the hood and go nuts on the pinstriping...................buddy. Last edited by chevyrestoguy; 05-28-2010 at 12:06 PM. |
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Very nice work as usual.
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That is really nice. I use those same clock works on some of my wife's custom clocks but we only get a couple of months out of rechargeable batteries.
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Use the bunny batteries, they work the best...
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Did you ever finish your windshield wiper project??
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Very cool stuff man!
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Man, you guys are amazing! I read and see all the stuff that you do to you truck and say to myself, if I could only do half the mods to my truck I would be happy.
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Man you have alot of talent! Your build is just as good as everyone else and I am sure everyone always waits to see what next for you.
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Beautiful work.
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yea what happened with the wipersdid you get that working. i will beready to do mine soon and would like to do it on the cheap.
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Wiper deal is still going to happen, but I need to refigure the right side wiper rod. With the way the motor is mounted it causes flex on that side! Im almost there!
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The only thing you have left is to re do the wiper arm, why not use the stock one?
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I had put a bend in the stock passenger side rod and now it flexes. I need to fix the prob and wrap that up before the gauges are installed. I finally got my heads back so I need to get the engine together and get this thing done!
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Thanks for the update.
I am still trying to make a bracket and get the angle correct, your right that, must be complete before wiring and gauges go in. Thanks for your posts.
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Per our conversation on hoses.
The check is in the mail, said to look for it around the 10th June
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
Needed to get the gauges mocked up into place before I put them together. Since the two gauges (factory and LaSalle) have differently clocked mounting brackets, I needed to figure this out. Instead of making some round steel brackets, I thought about what would be out there that I could already use. I ran over and saw my friend Larry at the local transmission shop and told him what I needed and he told me to look in the back room. I grabbed a couple of old, wore out steels that are part of the clutch from an automatic. Perfect!
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Re: Project "49 No Buck$"
Very Cool!
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Man you must be living right. Nicely done.
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Looks great!
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