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It looks like it has some nice pieces that could make for a really cool ride. I'm guessing it will be full fendered?
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ya, he's got all the stuff to put it back together. He just wants us to finish all the mechanicals and get it to a point where it'll run and drive. As I said I'm not in to pick ups I must admit the ones of this era that are chopped and dropped are cool. But, I don't fit in the damn things, especialy with a clutch.
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my bellies too big so my knees shove my spleen up in to my esophagus... lol!!
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Got a chance to hit this thing for 3 days straight this past week. Here's a list of what we accomplished. Dale built and installed a floor out of 1/8" diamond plate. Next, a battery box out of angle welded to the frame behind the cab. The owner supplied a clutch and brake pedal assembly out of an Isuzu truck. We made some bushings, spacers and clevis pins to get it up to snuff and bolted it to a plate we made on the firewall along with the clutch and brake master cylinders. Next, after calculating the rear pinion angle we removed the rear axle cut off the spring perches and welded on new ones in the correct location and reinstalled the rear axle. Then we removed the trans and bell housing and installed all the new clutch goodies. Last,the drive shaft we had made at Drive Train Industries down in Denver went in. Whew! glad it fit. I measured and had it built about 6 weeks ago. Next we plumbed the brakes both front and rear along with the hydraulic T/O bearing. Next, Dale installed the starter, carb, fuel pump, alternator brackets, alternator, pulleys and fan and plumbed the fuel line tank to carb complete with 2 fuel filters 1 for and 1 aft. I went to work on the new fuse box and wire harness. Needless to say Dale was done way before me. So he removed the factory instrument cluster to see if the billet dash would fit. Of course it didn't so he modified it a bit until it did. About that time we decided to plumb the gas pedal. We screwed around for about an hour before giving up on the old GM pedal the owner supplied. Dale went out back and pulled a pedal and cable out of an old Landcruiser and it went in, in about 20 minutes. Man those things are easy! Especially the cable. While Dale installed the universal tank sender, I finished installing the temp and oil senders up front along with the engine portion of the wire loom. Wednesday my wife went back to Parker, so that night after Dinner I snuck back down to the shop and wired up the new instrument cluster and installed it and wired all the gauges to the loom along with the ignition switch. At this point, we're waiting on the new Radiator and I'm going on a work vacation to the left coast. Soon as I get back, I'll finish the wiring and we'll take care of any loose ends and be ready to start it.....vroom vroom.
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Also I forgot about the steering column that needed to be modified. The wheel was in ur lap, so Dale removed the billet hanger and machined about 1.5" off of it. Also we built a shaft collar thingamawidget to support it better at the firewall.
Here's a few more pics.
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Got it fired up the other day, and enough hooked up to take it for a spin. Friggen fast!! Of course it doesn't weigh much as is. The owner's picking it up to have the cab painted next week. He's going to try and match the fenders green and white patina.Then it will return so we can hang the rest of the body parts and wire the lights.
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That is a damn cool sleeper truck...
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excellent
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