My 59 Apache project
 

My project, beginning to present... My Wife purchased for Christmas... It is on an 86 Monte Carlo Frame with chrome suspension and rear end, 350 Motor and 700R4 transmission... I took it completely apart, except Cab off the frame... The firewall has been smoothed, frame cleaned sanded and painted, motor and transmission re-installed.

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see your other post for my comments on your tilt hood.

i like the look of your truck, something old skool that draws my attention.
i've always liked the side mount spare too.
i also noticed the gmc fleet option grill
since you have it down this far, change out your cab mount rubbers,
it will improve the way your fenders fit.
might as well shave that cowl seam while you have the front end off :D

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Finally had time to do some work on the truck... Finished smoothing the firewall... Replaced the pasenger side step and cab corner... went junk yarding and got a new steering coulmn and power seats from a 93 S-10 Blazer... Pictures to follow....

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Replaced cab corner pictures...

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Repaced Passenger step...

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Firewall Smooth... part two...

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New seats and steering column, seats are power leather.... both from a 93 Chevy S-10 Blazer, need help on wiring diagram for the column....

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Looking good.
I'm having trouble finding seats that I like for mine.
Kim

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Cool project! Keep the pics coming!

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s10 column looks a lot like the astro van column i used
weld up a mount for that column, that mount looks a little cheesy
it's the only thing to keep you straight and narrow going down the road



http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...llowTrk-41.jpg

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firewall looks real good
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1337611593

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Ogre,

Roger that on the mounts. That is just a mock up to get the connections for the linkages lined up, to get the steering box. There will be a solid mount at the dash and a solid flange where the column goes through the floor. I acutually will be removing more floor board to get a better angle on hte column.

Thanks for the quick response and for the wiring manual. I will keep the pictures coming as I move along the process.

Sincerely,
Scott

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looks great

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you don't want to tilt the column too far back or you will run into header/exhaust interference problems
i went through the top of the existing column cut out and had no problems
but you can see how close it is to the block hugger headers
it's also a good line up with the mustII rack

you can't see it in the picture, but...
when i installed the dash cluster bezel i had to grind the lower point of the bezel off to clear the column :D :(
i installed my seats high to get a little more leg room for my 6'4'' frame


http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...r/IMG_1292.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...K/IMG_0301.jpg

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ahem, just a bit :D

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...e/truck063.jpg

notice i don't post these pics in my build :D