[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by T.J. MCCAULEY

You got some nice fabbing skills!

Thank you TJ, I read your thread religiously you know....

Originally Posted by theastronaut

Wow! Been catching up on your progress and I'm blown away at your creativity, plus your ability to make your ideas turn into reality!! Can't wait to see how the grill and headlights turn out!

Ok .... well Wow back at ya!!
I am honored by your sentiments, as I am ever and consistantly in awe of your work. I can honestly say that everything I have done to my truck I learned from this site, and your thread in particular.
Thank you for all the inspiration, and the little "how to"s you put on your threads. It helps me to look past what I dont have, and accomplish with what I do have.

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

looks great mcmurphy, cant wait to see it all together with the chevrolet lite up! also just wanted to say merry Christmas and stay warm up there

Soon buddy....soon.
Just keep checking in on me here LoL

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

that looks cool ..as to the cut out you did .can you weld in some steel or use a truck mud flap to help with the spray ..just my 2 cents

I was kind of leaning towards a mudflap sort of thing, or some form of inner fender. Just not sure yet.....

Originally Posted by markeb01

Truly mind blowing. I love the creative engineering and dedication to sticking to it and taking your time. To my knowledge you'll be the only guy on the planet with this setup on a 60-66. Very cool!!

That is exactly why I had Jay make me up those Custom Emblems!!
I thought it would be fun to tease the next couple generations of gear heads with a peek at an ultra rare SS pickup truck.... LoL
It is going to be a serious bout of "Old Bull vs Young Bull" Heheheheheh

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Guessing I left you speachless...

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So then, of course, the next step was a mock up of the face mounted on the front of the truck. On my garage door I laid a strip of tape that measured from the floor to the center of my head lights, and level. I imagined if I could do a mechanical "zero" of the light beams, it would give me an idea of how much adjustment for proper aiming I would need. After all, those aiming screws only have so much they can do....

I realize everything looks like it droops off to the right in this photo, sorry about that.


I just hastily rigged up my headlight harness to power the lamps for these photos. Which I hope explains the battery on the milk crate...


A little further out from the garage, loooking less cock-eyed I think...


Without any adjustments, this was my beam placement down my drive. keeping in mind there is a 1-2% down slope here.


Well with that looking to be within acceptable parameters, it was off to the next phase of this project.....
..... the air dam and fog lights.

(que music.....and.....fade)

LoL Merry Christmas you guys !!