DDT - Damn Dodge Truck

[Flipper_1938]

You have a cool family Flip.

Thanks!

 

[Flipper_1938]

Finally got around to trying the camaro exhaust manifolds...I like 'em.

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Started mocking stuff up. Seat is a mystery bench that came with the dodge. column is a mystery column too.
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not a clue....
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[Flipper_1938]

I can't believe they didn't center the gauges to the steering wheel.
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lots of set-back
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I actually did something!
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I welded in the tubes for the middle body mounts (I'm doing 6 for the cab)
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Then welded in a crossbar at the rear of the door opening that will be two more body mount locations.
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Since I'm no longer doing the dropped down floor thing, I think I'm going to put some tube in the rocker area to make the front body mounts easier to attach
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[Todd]

Looking good Flipper!

 

[Flipper_1938]

Dad challenged me to drive it to Frog Follies in 3 months. I don't know if it can be done....but it sure would be nice to make some real progress.

 

[I-R-POPS]

I can't believe they didn't center the gauges to the steering wheel.
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And it's kinda irritating driving down the road. I moved my steering
column over a little.
Glad to see you working on it again.
Hope you win the three month challenge. I don't think I'd want to work
that hard.

 

[Flipper_1938]

I can't believe they didn't center the gauges to the steering wheel.
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And it's kinda irritating driving down the road. I moved my steering
column over a little.
Glad to see you working on it again.
Hope you win the three month challenge. I don't think I'd want to work
that hard.

I think I'm gonna move the column to the center of the speedo. I plan on redoing the bottom of the dash anyways. I have the idea to put the top of another dash on the bottom.

 

[I-R-POPS]

That sounds interesting! Don't forget the pics.

 

[Flipper_1938]

That sounds interesting! Don't forget the pics.

The other dash is from a WC54 military ambulance. It has cut outs for regular stewart warner hot rod sized gauges. I may swap that dash panel in too (flipped upside down). looking at this pic...the mystery steering wheel may be WC54 too.

 

[CORPO]

Thats a sweet column drop u got

Ill be watching.. good luck on the 3 month build.. we all know I definitely couldn't pull that off

 

[Torchie]

F-1 is the same thing with the gauges and the steering column. Looking at centering mine as well but don't want to cut up the dash to do it.
You got lots of projects going flipper.[cl
Torchie

 

[Flipper_1938]

F-1 is the same thing with the gauges and the steering column. Looking at centering mine as well but don't want to cut up the dash to do it.
You got lots of projects going flipper.[cl
Torchie

I think I'm gonna put everything else on hold and concentrate on this one - - -says the guy with hot rod A-D-D.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Today's project will be to try and shave some of the ugly off of the truck intake manifold....

 

[Flipper_1938]

It has started. ....kinda funky cutting/welding on plastic

Before
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first round of cuts. Getting rid of the guides for the wiring harness and the mounting bosses for the engine cover cleans things up a bunch
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[Flipper_1938]

No turning back now....

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I'm leaving the functional stuff where it is....I thought about shaving everything, but I still plan on running the stock ugly fuel rails (I don't want the rails to stand out any more than they do now). I'm shooting for something that looks like it could be OEM...just prettier.
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What I want it to look like

 

[Flipper_1938]

It is welded. but not sanded smooth.

It took a lot more work that I thought it would.

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Still have to weld up the EGR hole and the purge solenoid hole
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It's the cat's a$$
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[Todd]

Yup, that is the cats @$$ [cl

 

[I-R-POPS]

Yup, that is the cats @$$ [cl

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are.

 

[I-R-POPS]

Nice work Flipper. What do you use to weld plastic? Way out of my area
of limited know how.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Nice work Flipper. What do you use to weld plastic? Way out of my area
of limited know how.

My soldering gun has a paddle shaped tip that came with it for welding plastic.

It is a slow process to melt down deep and then walk a puddle around a plastic plug. The plugs and filler material came from the stuff I cut off of the manifold.