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Finished up the steering wheel. Thanks TJchevy!! The clear coat has it looking sharp :metal:

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Truck is coming along. I am really interested to see how it all comes together.

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Thanks! I have been pushing to get things done. Going to be working on sand blasting the rest of the rear sil and cross member tomorrow and continuing work on the gauge cluster the following week. I have been thinking about what type of wood to use for the gauge panel, I have access to some pacific yew wood at a local mill and the hardware store has a bunch of different exotic woods to.... I want to go with yew for the bed wood so I'm leaning towards the yew for the dash.

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It sounds like this will be a cool panel when done :thumbs:

What is that gauge cluster from?

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Thanks! The gauge cluster is out of a 1992 Dodge, will just plug right into wiring harness I have for the 5.9 Cummins motor I will be using.

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love the 12v and wish i was working on one for mine.

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Got down to the shop this past weekend. Started to remove a few more parts. Pulled the steering column, master cylinder and a bunch of the wiring. Looking to pull the engine in a couple of weeks. My brother in law wants it to replace the 305 in his 77 Monte Carlo, should just slam in

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Started working on the barn doors. I want to get the back end all back together. Had to weld on a few new nuts for the bottom latch for the drivers side door. Had to touch up a few broken spot welds and cracks. Just need to patch one bad spot and it will be ready for some POR 15.

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Glad to be getting on with the welding. Thank you Kevin for lending me your welder :metal:

Buy parts or buy tools.......
Work on the truck or work or the shop space....
Parts and work on the truck :gmc2:

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Found some beauty black walnut for the gauge cluster backing. Picked up some 1/16 lexan to go behind the walnut. Just kind of making it up as I go along. Will get what I got together then will figure out how to mount the gauges and seal it all up.

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Had to patch up a spot on the drivers side barn door.

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Got the door the way I want it for now. Put some POR15 on that the the bottom of the rear sil and crossmember. I want to put the drivers side barn door back together, then I will be moving onto the passengers side. will be back onto the wife's 97 GMC tomorrow, have to replace the fuel pump, distributor and wires.

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Did some reassembly on the drivers side barn door. Moving forward. Will still have some sheet metal work to do on the body before I can bolt up the rear crossmember.

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Has anyone replaced the hinge adjuster plates for the barn doors on a suburban or panel? If so how do you go about it? Looking to do mine this weekend, the bottom ones are fairly rusted out and some fresh plate would be ideal. I was thinks of cutting a slot on the inside of the cab and extracting the plate, putting the new on in and welding the sheet on behind it. Ideas picture would be great.

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Got some paint on a few more parts.

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Mocking up the bumper....

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Found out the C30 panel frame is a different width then suburban frame. Wider by 4" for each side. I will be reversing the frame extensions and shimming them up to fit the bumper brackets and crossmember and sil plate. Has any one faced this. Any other ideas out there?

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I'm thinking that you have a rear bumper and brackets for a '60-'62? The '60-'62's have a wider frame in the rear. The '63 and up frames should be 34" wide.

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I think your right. The guy I bought the bumper and rear sil off of told me that the suburban was a 63

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Here is the solution I devised

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I cut off the rivets, attaching the extension to the frame, swapped the extensions around. I added 1 1/4" square tubing. Just have it dry fit now. Will have to weld on some plates for the bumper brackets. Should work out

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:metal: found this mark on the extension

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Really excited, getting close to having the back end together.

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Fabricating some body mounts. Found some stainless tubing and sheet.

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Got the drivers side barn door mounted, just need to do some adjustment.

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I really like thee look of the 60 - 66 barn door set up!

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Had a chance to start shaping the walnut and fitting it to the dash.

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Really liking it! Trying to figure out the best way to mount the gauges and lexan.

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that walnut is going to pop with a finish on it. looks good.

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Very cool build. I'm liking that you're making more of the stuff yourself vs outsourcing. I love seeing people getting their own wheels turning. Subscribed for sure.

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Thanks! I see such nice work on this forum, it s inspiring

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More on the gauge cluster....

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turning out nice....

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Cool looking gauge cluster :metal:

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Thank you!

Thanks, looking forward to see your custom work with the gauges in your suburban.

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the gauge cluster turned out just the way I wanted! I was going to install the tach I have but I'm going to hold off, possibly get 2 gauges in there. I was thinking a tach and a fuel pressure gauge to monitor the output of my low pressure fuel pump.

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Nice job on the gauges. What are they from?

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Thanks! That are out of a 1992 Dodge 3/4 ton, went with them because I have them on hand and I will be using the Dodge wiring harness. The harness will just plug right in!

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Liking that gauge cluster! :metal:

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Any updates on this?