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see ten · 02-20-2007, 10:01 PM

So far N2TRUX takes the cake with that trick setup! Nothing in my yard is that far off the chain. I tucked my stereo in the glovebox of both trucks and added a Camaro tach to the dash as well. Pretty typical fare I guess.

Southedisto · 02-20-2007, 10:12 PM

Mod'd auto van tilt (thanks to Yukon Jack), newer model steering wheel, and the ole' glove box instrument panel. The empty hole is going to get fitted with air pressure for oba.

pissonNOS · 02-20-2007, 11:11 PM

well so far ive mounted my tach in the old shifter position got flames on my cowl hood was going to mount my ignition like that but decided to mount it on the dash right above the E-brake handle the door panel is where I covered it with tweed I also made a dash cover in tweed as well and the little bolts go in the holes where a licence plate would go on my truck i just turned em down in the drill press

**N2TRUX** · 02-20-2007, 11:51 PM

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whats that in your ash tray???

The digital pressure gauge for the air suspension.

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Originally Posted by see ten

So far N2TRUX takes the cake with that trick setup! ....]

Thanks, but I can't take credit for it. I told Roger at Stoked Out Specialties what I wanted to accomplish, and that's what he came up with...

jhow66 · 02-21-2007, 12:42 AM

New badge to match engine.

muddpile · 02-21-2007, 01:22 AM

I have a ton of em, but the truck is in a million pieces right now, so very few have any pics. Here's my instrument cluster, that's done for sure.

And my engine, It doesn't look quite like it used to.

TONE · 02-22-2007, 11:31 PM

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HERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS I DID. WELDED IN A ROLL PAN, FAB'D A LICENSE PLATE BOX, AND THEN WELDED IT IN AS SLANTED AS I COULD POSSIBLY GET IT SLANTED. JUST ENOUGH TO CATCH SOMEBODY'S EYE I HOPE. ONCE I GET A 1967 LICENSE PLATE FRAME, AND MY VANITY PLATE FOR IT THIS SUMMER SOMETIME, IT WILL ALL COME TOGETHER. (LOVED THE HANK WILLIAMS JR. BUMPER STICKER ON THE PREVIOUS POST, AWESOME!!

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00droptopSS · 02-22-2007, 11:40 PM

Here is the cup holder in my old truck.

My new truck will be even cooler.

OregonNed · 12-15-2012, 08:02 AM

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HERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS I DID. WELDED IN A ROLL PAN, FAB'D A LICENSE PLATE BOX, AND THEN WELDED IT IN AS SLANTED AS I COULD POSSIBLY GET IT SLANTED. JUST ENOUGH TO CATCH SOMEBODY'S EYE I HOPE. ONCE I GET A 1967 LICENSE PLATE FRAME, AND MY VANITY PLATE FOR IT THIS SUMMER SOMETIME, IT WILL ALL COME TOGETHER. (LOVED THE HANK WILLIAMS JR. BUMPER STICKER ON THE PREVIOUS POST, AWESOME!!

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Sweet!

midniteblues · 12-15-2012, 10:19 AM

well lots of fella's did this mod but I'll chuck it up on this thread.
I'm still not finished with these(been jumping around too much on other things) but I've come up with a plan too fab some pieces to connect the front of the tubes too the top and bottom of the front of the c-member the pieces will serve as a mounting point for a hanger down the road

dave3156 · 02-24-2007, 03:51 PM

One of my mods is a wood bed I made myself. The wood is poplar. I cut the boards to size (specs from GMC Pauls website), ran them thru a planer, cut the grooves for the strips with a table saw, put three coats of spar polyurethane on both sides, bought the unfinished strips form Mar K and painted them with 2 coats of Blue and one coat clear. I attached them over a one piece welded in steel bed. I first coated the bed with POR15 and then mounted the boards over closed cell pipe insulation (boards are on top of foam insulation so they have air under them). I drilled holes through the steel bed and used stainless steel bolts and self tighening nuts to secure it to the steel plate. It was alot of work but I'm happy with the results.

RetroSBK · 02-24-2007, 04:23 PM

Made an acrylic hood emblem insert out of florescent blue acrylic. Thinking about adding a LED to side light it when the head lights are on...

Some mildly custom door panels.

Also fitted 14in electric fans, One puller on the radiator, one puser on the condensor. Did quite get the AC cold enuf so now sitting on the shelf, waiting for me to put them on are a 508 compressor and Be-Cool condensor. Made a smoked Acrylic shroud to force all the air to flow through the condensor as well.

The front fan eliminated the room I had for my old hood pop, so I made up a new lever drilled a hole, and looked some cable through it. Ran this around one bar of the grill... It is all but invisible, and works great!

Also fitted late model C1500 seats..

Right now we are calling this truck FHFU... Fix his F*** ups (the previous owner was a hack) notice the cut doors and dash, the fact the when you turn on the fan, the compressor kicks on, etc etc.. LOTS of work to do... or re-do..

schurg · 04-11-2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by dave3156

One of my mods is a wood bed I made myself. The wood is poplar. I cut the boards to size (specs from GMC Pauls website), ran them thru a planer, cut the grooves for the strips with a table saw, put three coats of spar polyurethane on both sides, bought the unfinished strips form Mar K and painted them with 2 coats of Blue and one coat clear. I attached them over a one piece welded in steel bed. I first coated the bed with POR15 and then mounted the boards over closed cell pipe insulation (boards are on top of foam insulation so they have air under them). I drilled holes through the steel bed and used stainless steel bolts and self tighening nuts to secure it to the steel plate. It was alot of work but I'm happy with the results.

I love the floor...well done...but what really caught my eye is the bedsides...is there a story on those?

Towstrap · 06-11-2012, 09:19 AM

very good mods going to work on some myself

big_al_71 · 10-09-2010, 05:37 PM

Here are a few things that were done in my truck when we redid it....

Power steering lines thru the frame....

inside the engine compartment

shaved firewall....

shaved antenna.....

Hidden a/c lines

All the wiring was replaced and extended and ran thru the inner fenders and frame not one wire exposed..

piocture to show no wires in sight only the spark plug wires because it needs them

1969stepside · 10-21-2010, 10:20 PM

ttt

Rude Ron · 09-29-2012, 03:53 PM

hello here is my 72 C-10 built in the 80's nothing is stock anymore, Chopped, Raked, Visored, Suicided, Fully Shaved Front to Back, Heart Shaped Front End, No Cowl Vents, 250+ Louvers, Mini Tubbed, Halibrands-front, 2 Piece ET's-rear, 73 up Dash, Narrowed Tailgate, 640 Cubic Inch Dart, Richmond 6 Speed Stick, I want to Pie Cut the Hood and go back with round headlights, but I hate to have to redo the paint at todays prices

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02-20-2007, 10:01 PM	#1
see ten WTB this ad Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lafayette Georgia Posts: 5,073	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! So far N2TRUX takes the cake with that trick setup! Nothing in my yard is that far off the chain. I tucked my stereo in the glovebox of both trucks and added a Camaro tach to the dash as well. Pretty typical fare I guess.

02-20-2007, 10:12 PM	#2
Southedisto River life...... Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Orangeburg SC Posts: 1,078	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! Mod'd auto van tilt (thanks to Yukon Jack), newer model steering wheel, and the ole' glove box instrument panel. The empty hole is going to get fitted with air pressure for oba. Attached Images __________________ I like wheelin in Dixie!

02-20-2007, 11:11 PM	#3
pissonNOS senior member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: fort macleod alberta Posts: 2,770	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! well so far ive mounted my tach in the old shifter position got flames on my cowl hood was going to mount my ignition like that but decided to mount it on the dash right above the E-brake handle the door panel is where I covered it with tweed I also made a dash cover in tweed as well and the little bolts go in the holes where a licence plate would go on my truck i just turned em down in the drill press Attached Images __________________ 69 GMC bagged

02-21-2007, 12:42 AM	#5
jhow66 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Knoxville Tenn. Posts: 3,058	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! New badge to match engine. Attached Images __________________ 56 Chevy Bel-Air 2dr. HT (purchased new) 71 Chevy Cheyenne SWB PU (502HO) 65 GMC short bed step--work in progress and my gofer

02-21-2007, 01:22 AM	#6
muddpile Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 1,371	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! I have a ton of em, but the truck is in a million pieces right now, so very few have any pics. Here's my instrument cluster, that's done for sure. And my engine, It doesn't look quite like it used to. __________________ 1964 Chevy Short Fleet: Tornado 1972 Chevy C10: Fast Orange Secondaries Wide Open

02-22-2007, 11:31 PM	#7
TONE Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: IOWA Posts: 58	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! HERE'S ONE OF THE THINGS I DID. WELDED IN A ROLL PAN, FAB'D A LICENSE PLATE BOX, AND THEN WELDED IT IN AS SLANTED AS I COULD POSSIBLY GET IT SLANTED. JUST ENOUGH TO CATCH SOMEBODY'S EYE I HOPE. ONCE I GET A 1967 LICENSE PLATE FRAME, AND MY VANITY PLATE FOR IT THIS SUMMER SOMETIME, IT WILL ALL COME TOGETHER. (LOVED THE HANK WILLIAMS JR. BUMPER STICKER ON THE PREVIOUS POST, AWESOME!! ) __________________ 67 C 20 BOWTIE (IN PROGRESS) - 1972 350 ENGINE - MUNCIE SM 420 - 4.56 GEARS

02-22-2007, 11:40 PM	#8
00droptopSS 2.5/4 on 20's Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Shreveport, LA Posts: 392	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! Here is the cup holder in my old truck. My new truck will be even cooler. Attached Images __________________ 62 C/10 SWB. Currently in ground up resto. Big back window cab, V8, auto. My wife's grandfather's truck. 1965 Mustang Vert - Shelby Clone 2005 Dodge SRT-10 My Old 72 SWB

12-15-2012, 10:19 AM	#10
midniteblues Registered User Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: strausstown pa Posts: 3,394	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! well lots of fella's did this mod but I'll chuck it up on this thread. I'm still not finished with these(been jumping around too much on other things) but I've come up with a plan too fab some pieces to connect the front of the tubes too the top and bottom of the front of the c-member the pieces will serve as a mounting point for a hanger down the road Attached Images __________________ 81 camaro 355 4/spd 342 posi my first love. 67 swb step 454/4spd ott 373 posi 4/7 drop. 2000 s10 zr2 little blue truck that never gets stuck. '74 heald super bronc vt8. tecumseh powered moon rover.

02-24-2007, 03:51 PM	#11
dave3156 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 336	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! One of my mods is a wood bed I made myself. The wood is poplar. I cut the boards to size (specs from GMC Pauls website), ran them thru a planer, cut the grooves for the strips with a table saw, put three coats of spar polyurethane on both sides, bought the unfinished strips form Mar K and painted them with 2 coats of Blue and one coat clear. I attached them over a one piece welded in steel bed. I first coated the bed with POR15 and then mounted the boards over closed cell pipe insulation (boards are on top of foam insulation so they have air under them). I drilled holes through the steel bed and used stainless steel bolts and self tighening nuts to secure it to the steel plate. It was alot of work but I'm happy with the results. Attached Images Last edited by dave3156; 02-24-2007 at 04:31 PM.

02-24-2007, 04:23 PM	#12
RetroSBK Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Camarillo, CA Posts: 64	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! Made an acrylic hood emblem insert out of florescent blue acrylic. Thinking about adding a LED to side light it when the head lights are on... Some mildly custom door panels. Also fitted 14in electric fans, One puller on the radiator, one puser on the condensor. Did quite get the AC cold enuf so now sitting on the shelf, waiting for me to put them on are a 508 compressor and Be-Cool condensor. Made a smoked Acrylic shroud to force all the air to flow through the condensor as well. The front fan eliminated the room I had for my old hood pop, so I made up a new lever drilled a hole, and looked some cable through it. Ran this around one bar of the grill... It is all but invisible, and works great! Also fitted late model C1500 seats.. Right now we are calling this truck FHFU... Fix his F*** ups (the previous owner was a hack) notice the cut doors and dash, the fact the when you turn on the fan, the compressor kicks on, etc etc.. LOTS of work to do... or re-do.. Attached Images __________________ 1970 C10, shortened long bed, Alum Headed full roller 383 (with Victor, 750DP, stainless rockers, behive springs, CNC ported heads) TCI SSF 700R4, 4.10 Posi, Bagged on C-Notch and 2.5 spindles. Air Cond, black out tint, satin black paint, custom interior, rolling low and not so slow... Last edited by RetroSBK; 02-24-2007 at 04:26 PM.

06-11-2012, 09:19 AM	#14
Towstrap Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: davison Mich Posts: 247	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! very good mods going to work on some myself

10-09-2010, 05:37 PM	#15
big_al_71 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 11,375	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! Here are a few things that were done in my truck when we redid it.... Power steering lines thru the frame.... inside the engine compartment shaved firewall.... shaved antenna..... Hidden a/c lines All the wiring was replaced and extended and ran thru the inner fenders and frame not one wire exposed.. piocture to show no wires in sight only the spark plug wires because it needs them __________________ Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please!!!!!. Sylvester's build thread >>>http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=big+rebuild

10-21-2010, 10:20 PM	#16
1969stepside Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Johnson City Tennessee Posts: 1,176	Re: lets see your trick mods and custom touches!! ttt __________________ Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend. Members i Have met Earl Slick68 1969 Stepside Build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post4253546 Chevy Trucks the longest lasting most dependable trucks on the road

09-29-2012, 03:53 PM	#17
Rude Ron Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 78	my 72 C-10 "Everythings" custom hello here is my 72 C-10 built in the 80's nothing is stock anymore, Chopped, Raked, Visored, Suicided, Fully Shaved Front to Back, Heart Shaped Front End, No Cowl Vents, 250+ Louvers, Mini Tubbed, Halibrands-front, 2 Piece ET's-rear, 73 up Dash, Narrowed Tailgate, 640 Cubic Inch Dart, Richmond 6 Speed Stick, I want to Pie Cut the Hood and go back with round headlights, but I hate to have to redo the paint at todays prices do you guys like it? __________________ Edited By Staff "If I had all the money I've spent on Trucks, I'd spend it all on Trucks"



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