What is unique about your truck?

[Iceburgh]

My tool box/cooler in my bed

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by Iceburgh

How about my tailgate?




My fault. This is why you fit EVERYTHING before paint

I like it.

Originally Posted by Iceburgh

Not many air cleaners have a penguin on them

Nice.

Originally Posted by Iceburgh

My tool box/cooler in my bed

Very cool.
Kim

[DieselRat]

Mines got a Mercedes turbo diesel in it...

[Red Foreman]

Originally Posted by macksimus

started a build thread here for anyone interested.

Interested... yes Sir!

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by DieselRat

Mines got a Mercedes turbo diesel in it...

HOLY CRAP, now THAT'S different!

Brian

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by Iceburgh

How about my tailgate?




My fault. This is why you fit EVERYTHING before paint

Is this a joke or did or was that tailgate really wrong and you didn't find it until after painting? Enquiring minds want to know.

I dig it what ever the case.

Brian

[youngrodder]

Nothing too earth shattering. I smothed and louvered my cowl panel. There is a hidden latch set up on the back side of the panel.


I'll post a few more that might be note worthy.

Marc

[youngrodder]

Lower dash panel that was created out of steel. We cut the bottom of the dash flat across the bottom so this panel had better flow.
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One of my favorites..My SS smooth/shaved front bumper
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[stewdecky]

Laugh if you want. Dekalb side boards and Purina feed box.

[Hogger54]

Nice looking truck stewdecky! At least you got your tail gate on right side up...

[stewdecky]

I had a little trouble with it at the beginning but I got out some mirrors and got it right side up.

[FiftyTwo]

Lots of things are unique on my truck, but my favorite is the "Factory" tachometer I made that matches the speedometer.

[stewdecky]

Now that is cool. What did you use for the tach? It looks awesome.

[_Ogre]

definitely makes your truck unique
i wouldn't change it

[stewdecky]

Put a gas guage in mine. Doesn't look even close as good as your tach.

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

Nothing too exciting about my truck, it's chopped 4 inches, has Suicide doors and has 120 louvers punched in the hood and frenched headlights along with a dash that was made out of 1=1/2 inch exhaust pipe and the inside panel of a mid 70's fleetside truck bed.

Hopefully this time around it will come out a whole lot better and my welding and body skills have improved greatly. My level of patience has increased ten fold since 1981/82 when I built the truck the second time.

yeah, nothing to see there.... are you kidding?!?! you have a build thread for that one?

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by FiftyTwo

Lots of things are unique on my truck, but my favorite is the "Factory" tachometer I made that matches the speedometer.

everything in this post is sexy. You know how sometimes you aren't that interested in particular body styles, then you see someone's truck and you think.. well maybe if I do it right, it would be awesome... that's whats happening right here.

[macksimus]

FiftyTwo - loving that tach. Do you have a shot of the rest of your dash showing your other gauges? Do you do speedo/gauge restos/customisation by any chance?

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by DieselRat

Mines got a Mercedes turbo diesel in it...

can we see more of this? I want the backstory

[FiftyTwo]

stewdecky, glad you like my tach.

Here's the writeup on it.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=741556

[macksimus]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

Lower dash panel that was created out of steel. We cut the bottom of the dash flat across the bottom so this panel had better flow.
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youngrodder - where are those a/c vents from please? spent most of last night looking at similar vents and they're pretty much exactly what I'm after. Are they all metal or is there some plastic in them?

thanks

[FiftyTwo]

macksimus - Here's another picture of the dash. Sorry, I don't make and sell these, I made this one just or my truck.

[daveshilling]

Originally Posted by FiftyTwo

macksimus - Here's another picture of the dash. Sorry, I don't make and sell these, I made this one just or my truck.

I see a money-making opportunity here for you! Could fund the next build (=

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by macksimus

youngrodder - where are those a/c vents from please? spent most of last night looking at similar vents and they're pretty much exactly what I'm after. Are they all metal or is there some plastic in them?

thanks

Macksimus-

The vents are plastic and inexpensive (under $10.00 each)...They are from Vintage Air and I purchased them through Summit Racing.

Here you go:
http://www.summitracing.com/search/p...keyword=490535

Marc

[Iceburgh]

Originally Posted by DieselRat

Mines got a Mercedes turbo diesel in it...

Pretty cool....I will need to look for this truck around the area