I'm one of you guys now

[joe231]

the hoods changed in '77 or '78 I believe. next time you see my truck notice there is an extra line on the front of the hood...hard to explain...i'll see if i can find a pic

[JohnC]

ok I see it now. I looked at one of the pics of it on an earlier page of the thread. Guess I just never paid that close of attention to it. It's really a shame it's not a 81 though. Since I have considered it we could practice on yours or mine, and then have it down when we did the other one!

[joe231]

It is easier to go from '81-up to '80-down, than vice versa

we can do it....all it takes is money

[JohnC]

Yeah yeah everything I do has that same theory!

[jgh64pkup]

i cant beleive i didnt see this thread before
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[joe231]

Hey Gage......guess my sig links are working, huh?

[jgh64pkup]

yep

[JohnC]

Man and here I expected to see an update. Like maybe an update to a certain part of the interior.

[joe231]

sorry to disappoint.....

[JohnC]

[joe231]

just for you John

as you can see, I got the cluster torn apart getting ready to clean it up and paint the inside white..










The needle on the tach broke and fell off, I tried to pick up the piece that fell and it just broke into several pieces, it is all white and looks like it has sat in the sun for years....I hope I will be able to remove the one from the fuel gauge in my other cluster and use it...any one have any tips on the removal?

[joe231]

here are some pics of my current lighting......












pretty sad, huh?

Looks to me all I will need to change on my plug is the one wire for the fuel gauge, the other wire on the gauge is a common "hot". all the other gauges are in the same locations so that should be pretty simple.

Tomorrow I'm gonna pick up some of that plastic paint in white and see if I can get it painted.........

Oh and I guess I'm gonna need a new clear plastic lens, this one is broken, and the one in my truck has a hole in it for the clock

[JohnC]

Hey looks good actually cleaned up. I have an extra clear lens, and an extra gauge cluster if something happens to the needle on your cluster.

Beware another shameless plug up ahead. Hey here at Noble Hardware we have the white plastic paint too! Ask Travis there are good deals to be had here on paint!

[joe231]

krylon fusion?

[JohnC]

Yep

[joe231]

cool, do you know how much it is off the top of your head?

[JohnC]

Man come on down I'll take care of ya! Since it's for experimental use!

[joe231]

right on!!

you working today?

[JohnC]

Yeah I'll be here all day.

[joe231]

until 6?

if so I might run down after work.

[JohnC]

Yep! 7:00 to 6:00 that's my schedule.

[joe231]

sucks for you....but good for me

[menace121978]

jeez... how the heck did i miss your thread joe?! i think i spend too much time up top in the builds... hint hint

nice project buddy i'm going to go back through and read this puppy right now... and where in the heck did you ever find that factory tach bezel?? i know someone that would pay an arm and both legs for that!

sorry john had to do it! wish my local hardware store would "take care" of me...

[joe231]

don't get too excited, my build is super slow
it didn't really start as a build thread, but has kinda morphed into one.......I should see if one of the mods will move it for me huh?

the tach cluster is a good find, I have to thank John, I think he wanted to cry when I came and got it j/k
next one we find is his

There are a few yards around that I need to go look in.

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by menace121978

... and where in the heck did you ever find that factory tach bezel?? i know someone that would pay an arm and both legs for that!

sorry john had to do it! wish my local hardware store would "take care" of me...

It's all good man! What Joe doesn't know is that the part was cheap, because it came with a fine print clause! You always have to read the fine print man!

Hey move here, and we'll even help you on your truck!