ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Thanks I had already seen that. Bought some orange lenses for those turn signal lights today. I paid $20 for 2, seen a couple for $100 too
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Project for the boys and i
- Thread starter ak diesel driver
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ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Good news my brother was going through some papers at Mom's and found the title for the truck. It is a 49 and my uncle even signed it when he left.
n8in8or
I never met a project I didn’t like
What luck!!
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Here's the last one
Will L.
Well-Known Member
Shoot, looks like most the drivetrain is there too. Rub a lil polish on it and drive! Steering wheel even has the one finger in the middle speed steer feature.
Seriously though, that is some way cool body lines on the front clip. I seriously don’t understand how modern truck designers just cant look at a nice shape and become inspired to make things look good. One of the guys at work just got his new Chev truck and out of 25 guys looking at it not one says “wow I like that”. Everyone automatically starts looking for solutions. Ya get a truck front end that looks like this and the arguments are “keep patina, just clear coat it” vs “nice bright red with candy in it to really show the lines” vs “simple flat black to show it basic”. Really, how horrible could the aerodynamics really be that we cant have nice big fenders anymore?
I hope you had mpg numbers before and after the body swap to show if there is any real difference.
Seriously though, that is some way cool body lines on the front clip. I seriously don’t understand how modern truck designers just cant look at a nice shape and become inspired to make things look good. One of the guys at work just got his new Chev truck and out of 25 guys looking at it not one says “wow I like that”. Everyone automatically starts looking for solutions. Ya get a truck front end that looks like this and the arguments are “keep patina, just clear coat it” vs “nice bright red with candy in it to really show the lines” vs “simple flat black to show it basic”. Really, how horrible could the aerodynamics really be that we cant have nice big fenders anymore?
I hope you had mpg numbers before and after the body swap to show if there is any real difference.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Only drove the blazer around the yard
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Getting the shop cleaned up and organized. Trying to keep the stude out of the weather.
Will L.
Well-Known Member
Out of the weather means you can work on it more comfortably, right? Progress?
I am making zero Hummer progress so I am living vicariously through all you guy’s projects for now. haha
Something hit me, I won’t comment on overcooked dinner anymore. Um no really I was thinking before why add the weight of the channel iron supporting the bed-I was wrong as could be- the rear suspension is going to be too stiff because the weight of the tahoe body is way more than the weight of the bed and that 3”. When it is together and running you might sandbag the bed to see if lightening the rear springs is in order.
I am making zero Hummer progress so I am living vicariously through all you guy’s projects for now. haha
Something hit me, I won’t comment on overcooked dinner anymore. Um no really I was thinking before why add the weight of the channel iron supporting the bed-I was wrong as could be- the rear suspension is going to be too stiff because the weight of the tahoe body is way more than the weight of the bed and that 3”. When it is together and running you might sandbag the bed to see if lightening the rear springs is in order.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
No progress. I did get 120lbs of washing soda so I can do some electrolysis in the hopefully near future.
Husker6.5
135' diagonal 16:9HD, 25KW sound!
Could always take out a leaf, but then you'd loose load carrying capacity. Go with a softer rate aftermarket set. Or bag the whole thing.
ak diesel driver
6.5 driver
Going to leave it as is for now and decide if I want to modify it later. That subframe I built for the frame isn't very heavy, maybe 50lbs