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um ... what? just building to flip?

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LOL yes, but we are going to drive it as our own till it sells.
My first '52 is not for sale. The funny part is this truck is getting the color scheme that I was planning for mine when I built it but it ended up the way it is.
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Well after much thinking on how to make the original gauges work with this motor, I could not justify the cost to fix them so they would work for me.
So this is not my idea but executed it my way. Turned out way better than I was hoping.
Problems with stock was: oil pressure gauge to low, Amp meter, temp gauge did not work.
First they are 2" gauges
Pry off the trim ring
Take new gauge guts out
Grind off lip on housing fuel gauge is done in second pic.
Use 2" hole saw
Align gauge housings and tack weld in.
Reassemble gauge guts
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looks great.

That is what I tried to do with my S10 gauges, but should have done it with new gauges, like you did.

Well Done

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Slick idea and well executed!

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That’s a really nice way to keep the original cluster. I also battled with the S10 gauges to reuse them, but I am not really happy with what I have so far. Those Bosch units came out looking really nice. If I can’t improve on what I have, I think I will try what you did. Nice work!!!

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slick, i like it!

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Thanks guys I spent a long time trying to figure out what to do, when I came across this idea I figured I could do my own take on it. I definitely will be doing something like this again.

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Today I got the 2.5" mandrel stainless exhaust tacked together with another one of my turbo mufflers. The muffler is a stainless baffled straight trough design. I have had one on my diesel Jeep for a year and my diesel Jetta since October. Not sure about what to do with the exhaust tip but this will do for now.
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All welded just need to wrap.
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Very nice....

Marc

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oh yeah, you'll hear turbo thru that

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Inside muffler.
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cant wait to hear what that sounds like!

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I'll get a vid soon.
I got the intercooler all hooked up, and am now working on the deck.
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A week ago I got the wood for the deck, I bought 2" rough cut kiln dried Ash. It was planed down to 1.75" to have sharp edges. On the weekend I got the deck frame put together. It will get a gray wash and then bolted down. The outer frame is 2"X 3/16" and the deck measures 5.5' X 7'.
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How are you joining the boards together? The wood looks great!

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i have mixed feelings about this being a flatbed ... but i'll wait on the final execution to see. great execution on it though, should be a pretty deck!

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Very cool and fast build you have done here. I really like the simplicity of it. I also figured you would have put a regular step side bed on it but I'll set back and see how it ends up looking. I was surprised to see you were building it to sell too. Everyone needs multiple swapped rides, right? :lol:

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Thank you. The boards are getting a gray wash so you can see the grain, and I am using stainless bolts.
Thanks Ya the truck was a tow truck so I wanted to keep a bit of it's former life alive.
I enjoy building stuff so why not another truck, keeps me from getting into trouble as often. I'm going for Cool, different and fun. The problem is in my 4 person house hold there is 7 vehicles on the road in the summer, and more than half are mine. It will be hard to let it go tho.

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Just ordered the tune for the motor.
Stock is 90hp 155 lb-ft
Stage 3 tune 134whp 235wtq
I have the same power level in my Jeep tdi and it is a rocket.
I'm going to drive the truck at first with stock power then put the tune in.

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On the weekend I got the dash wiring about 99% terminated, also got the ps lines made and working.

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So I'm working on recovering the seats back and bottom are both getting 3 layers of burlap and 1" memory foam, the bottom is also getting cotton. I can't wait to see them put together.
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luv this

https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...4&d=1619473175

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OK, making your own mufflerator takes this build to a whole new level, much respect

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Thankyou worked out really well.
Thanks Dude.

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Finally before and after with the exhaust and muffler.
https://youtu.be/PEuGFRLcCoo

https://youtu.be/B0ecG4kMehs

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So Saturday, Sunday I recovered the seat, cleaned up the frame and got it all installed. Turned out really nice and very comfortable.
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That does look really nice. Great work.

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Everything is looking great!

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Thankyou it's great when you can impress yourself lol
Thanks Sir

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shoot, if that's half as nice to sit on as it looks you are set.

i think that's the same fabric as my sofa :lol:

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Thanks. It is, we sat in it for about 20 min the other night lol
It might very well be the same fabric, was not cheep that's for sure, but I got what I wanted.

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Running boards are all ready to get installed and I started mocking up what the back end will look like. I have no idea who's license plate that is or where it came from lol.
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So I got a TON of work done this past week as I had holidays and was not allowed to go anywhere due to lockdown still.
Rear lights are all installed I modeled it from the original tow truck bed and the lights hooked up. The bed was painted and installed then I terminated all the connections in a trailer box above the trailer hitch.
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Then I finished painting the cab and fenders and flat clear coated them. Once they where dry I installed the fenders, installed the front lights and painted and bolted the bumper on.
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Friday I was finally able to go into the hardware store due to lockdown being eased up and I got the semi transparent gray stain for the bed wood. 2 coats looks perfect then installed with 5/16" stainless bolts and the back half of the truck is done. In between the tie downs is 50", the bed should be good for 6-800lb. Then I hooked up the front lights the terminal strip will be behind some rubber, this has worked good on my truck for 5 years.
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i love the terminal blocks! i used 2 of them on my trailer, but hadn't thought about them for the 55.

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Great work.

I wasn't too sure about the flatbed when you mentioned it a few weeks ago, but it looks so 'professional' that it looks like it could have been a 'Commercial' option for the truck. Well Done, it looks great