Project 78 High Sierra

[JRANGER]

Got my seat cover in today....I am amazed at what $212 can get ya.....I almost wish I opted for the leather look but these things look amazing...I cant wait to let them sit in the sun and actually hog loop them on...

Windshield is getting replaced Saturday morning for $250...I opted for chrome seal so the price went up a little but the guy has everything in stock. Would of been getting done tomorrow but his Credit Card Machine is broke so cash payment upon finish

[JRANGER]

OK windshield got replaced today and actual hog ringed and re assembled the bench

[JRANGER]

Installed the Cab Corners and the 6x9s today. Also ordered a bunch of stuff this weekend..

5.25 infinity Components - Still deciding if I want to make Kick Panels or Put them in the door

Outer Cab Corner Repair Panels

Door Arm Rests

Dash Molding Trim

Pioneer Shallow Mount Sub and Box (Only 4.3" deep) I want to be able to push the seat back so this was a necessary evil...

Monster RCA Wire, Speaker Wire, and Ground loop isolator

White Face Gauges

Steering Wheel Setup

Aluminum Window Handles

Door Weather Stripping All but the corner windows

[JRANGER]

Wired int the cab corners with new monster speaker wire...Ran a true memory wire direct to the battery, ran all new wires to all audio...Including soon to be mounted kick panel speakers... Also installed my new slim mount Pioneer sub and box so I will be able to move the bench back

Did my first welding ever on inner fenders I got from pull a part with a 90 AMP flux core mig welder...Yeah it looks nasty but its a first...Also cleaned and coated one of the fender with undercoating...

Mounted the CD player with the metal metra bracket directly to the metal dash. Cut the dash bezel to fit over it when reinstalled and just pop the stereo ring on..

Also replaced the inline fuel filter which fixed issue with the carb

[JRANGER]

Morning rain led to afternoon sun on Saturday and I managed to get the passenger door and door jamb painted

Also installed new weather strip

[JRANGER]

Well Friday was a bit of a disaster...I spilled water in the engine bay removing plastic sheeting i had covered the car with while painting...It crossed everything up and stuff went haywire...Had to replace the wiper switch but after letting it dry over night fortunately all is back to normal... It was just weird...Blinker was on constantly with lights, lights would only turn on with blinker on and they would blink....So glad it was just wet wires that dried out

Well anyway after letting thing sit over night I reinstalled the guages, dash pad, and dash bezel to go to the car show/meet this weekend...

Truck looks much better with it in but the gas gauge seems to be a little flaky... So still need to fix it...

After the show I came home and order lumber from lowes and got my first hail in the truck to start building my workshop... Tired of working on parts in the open back porch and having all my crap in the spare bedroom..

So I built the outside wall today and tomorrow im going back to get the remaining wood to frame the rest and start putting everything in place

Also....lifting a 16ft wall by yourself is rough!!!!

[JRANGER]

Installed my new vent line and moved it down the frame away from the cab,,Also put some windshield silicon in a few spots to stop leaks...I think it working...Need more rain to tell for sure

[JRANGER]

Ok with the bed off i finally put the rear poly urethane body mounts on.... have had the front ones on but i couldnt get the rears cut out...So with the bed off i took my Reciprocating Saw and hacked them out...

Also someone tell me where the remaining ones go??? Im clueless

[JRANGER]

Cut out the bolts with my angle grinder....Easy business but still a PITA!!!! Will.....A Dremel????? How the hell...That would suck!!!!!


Eitherway new bumper installed with grade 8 bolts

[killthewabbit]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Cut out the bolts with my angle grinder....Easy business but still a PITA!!!! Will.....A Dremel????? How the hell...That would suck!!!!!


Eitherway new bumper installed with grade 8 bolts

Yeah man, it SUCKED. Lots of cussing going on. They were the bolts that were inside the bumper that held the bumper to the bracket. I couldn't get an angle grinder in there, so I busted out the dremel and the tiny cut off discs. I couldn't get to the bolt stems, so I hit the nuts with the dremel. Finally came apart though.

[JRANGER]

Played with Photoshop today...This is what im thinking for the door panels

[motornut]

nice!
modern look ,classic red n black

[JRANGER]

Picked up some stuff this weekend from Matt (Cubber).. Cant wait to put the rims on and cant wait to see if the headers fit

[motornut]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Picked up some stuff this weekend from Matt (Cubber).. Cant wait to put the rims on and cant wait to see if the headers fit

nice!

[chevybuilder18]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

Picked up some stuff this weekend from Matt (Cubber).. Cant wait to put the rims on and cant wait to see if the headers fit

loving the headers and rims. you mentioned there chevelle headers, some guys on here have used them on there squares. said they fit with little to no problems just like the flowtec headers i have. which ill be making them like new again and selling for an offer.

[JRANGER]

Well did a lot of work to the truck today. Sanded the cab corner sides and painted them to get rid of the surface rust.

Installed the hood.

Painted the hood (Turned out so so...too windy)

Installed the cab band

Installed new door sills

Removed the sub and amp

Neighbor helped and put bondo on my patches and shaped them a bunch.

Put various parts back in the interior

A ground frayed on the back of the cluster so i removed it and soldered it back together

Also tuned the carb and got her running better. Turn out the choke was opening too quickly. One more notch forward and boom!! Started and didnt try to stall.

Much more to do and i may be getting rid of her...Have no fear though, if i do it will be a trade for a 71....We will see next week

[JRANGER]

still working...Replaced driver side door pings and a hinge...Still have to get in lined up right though..Gonna try that this weekend

[JRANGER]

Well Friday Installed the new bench and drove over to my moms Saturday but when my friend arrived he laughed and asked if it ran. So I started it up only to notice it bogging down. Open the hood only to notice the inline fuel filter leaking gas. Come to find out the new filter was plastic so luckily i replaced it with the old glass part....

Saturday I got my brothers helped and removed the doors, replaced the pins, bushing, and one of the hinges. Installed the missing driverside rear channel, welded the bolt location that was partially cracked, installed a new steering wheel, and all new window weather stripping

Also installed White Face Gauge overlays and vled 360 blue leds the week before

[mineralgrey01gt]

Great work man! I love these build threads, btw where did you get that seat cover?!?!?!?! That would look so killer in my truck!

Also I did my 5.25's in my doors. I love the way they sound and they carry through the cab very well. Im thinking of switching to a shallow mount sub or one L7 8" sub since they do have a mounting depth of only 4.2" or so.

[JRANGER]

Ordered it from http://www.ricksupholstery.com/sales_i.html...It was only $210 shipped to Nashville...May be a lil more to LA but i was thrilled...They also installed 80s style seat belt holes....Just modify the foam for them if u want them.....

Ive got some kick panels to install still with infinity 5 1/4 components ...I cant wait to install them and the rest of the interior

[mineralgrey01gt]

nice man, thanks for the info. Ill be buying one soon. Got any pics of the kick panels?

[JRANGER]

yea here are the soon to be installed speaker and kicks...QLOGIC kick panels

[mineralgrey01gt]

damn, didnt know they made kick panels for our trucks. hmmm....

[JRANGER]

yeah they took a while to find and using a dremel to cut the holes made a mess lol... But they are QLOGIC QL-K1006B...I got mine for 159 on ebay but like i said it took a while but i think it was worth it

[motornut]

nice kick panels,and great lookin seat too