I got a kick out of Hio's post. But if this rig goes a prowlin' for some rice burnin' Mitsubishis, and spanks them of course, with their Turbos and NOS, Steve's idea of the White Drag-On would FIT!

 

You guys rock!!! Enjoying reading what you guys are posting up in the thread, keep it coming.

Been an interesting couple of days. Spent last night cleaning up the total craphole of a garage it has been turned into the past few months. Also got the little beemer all cleaned up and put away in the garage.

Oh man did that feel good to get things all cleaned up and put away.



Last night I could not sleep, I mean slept maybe an hour or so, finally ended up just getting up and going to work. Worked from 2 am to 3 pm this afternoon and as of right now have basically been up for.....39 hours straight. Not feeling too great right now as can be imagined.

I put some coolant into the truck and found that the T connector from the thermostat housing out to the engine and back to the radiator was cracked.......and of course nobody has one in stock so I ordered it from back east, hope it shows up soon.....at least by the weekend.

Drug out some sand paper and got to work on the drivers side of the truck. I need to spend a little bit more time on the bottom of the doors but its getting better

Hit it with the buffer and the old **** shines up pretty damn good.







I kind of like this shot.....Cool stuff under the beater truck.



I really need to get some parts coming or I am not going to make my deadline.



Sean

 

Read every page, then dug around and found your LSX trucks write up, I think you built my dream truck twice.
Nice work. My only complaint, need some video of these trucks in action, not just idling, something as simple as an in cab ride along video would be cool.
Inspiring stuff.
Thank you for taking the time to share.

 

Hey just wanted let you know that I am still reading your posts and have looked forward in anticipation to each new post. I'm glad to see you have it running and know you're excited also. I am an old ford pick up guy and I really like the old body look. Keep up the great work and keep us updated. I appreciate you taking the time to share it with all of us.


GREAT JOB>>>>

 

Haha.....they are so different between the two though =) I totally agree with the little action video....soon my friend, very soon. Thanks for commenting on it too, I appreciate it.

Thank you and glad you are following along, I love the old body with the new parts and pieces in it, its just a damn cool combination.

Had a great night last night and have some damn talented friends.

My friend Scott Becker from STS Machining dropped off my hose clamps for the heater hoses and I have to tell you its pretty amazing what they can make in a CNC machine these days. He runs a small shop from his house and cranked these out in less than a week. I think he is going to try some hood hinges next. Amazing work.



I have been buggin my buddy Andrew to help me with a console for a long time and I am about to that point now so he came over and we made a huge dent in the project

We started off by making templates in chip board of the floor and then built the upper surface on it. The templates looked like this.



Then we cut out an exact replica of the carboard and did all our sanding and smoothing on that one before transfering it to the PVC Foam Board (It is very, very cool stuff if you have never worked with it before).



Once we had that done and were happy with them, we screwed that to the PVC and used a plunge router with a bearing guide on it to cut out the actual sides of the console. We used a 1/4 round bull nosed bit and gave the top edge a nice contour and made a huge mess with all the routing.



Here you can start to get an idea of what I am going for. Should look awesome when done and covered.





Center panel where the shifter is is going to get a couple of cup holders and maybe a little tray for stuff to go in It should frame the seats and stuff really well and bring the interior at least into the 2000's =)

Also ordered Seat Foams from TMI for the 67 mustang bucket seats, I got the R foams with the big bolsters.

Ordered the Seat belts as well from Seatbelt Planet, they should be here the end of next week.

Carpet is ordered, interior door handles are ordered and I think that is about it.

Parts for the cooling system should be here this afternoon so I can keep progress going. I need to get shorter struts for the front still, mine are too long.

Sean

 

Have you thought about interior lights on the console? Kind of like the ones from a Roadrunner. The lights will give you plenty of light, attach switch any way you want or have them come on with your overhead interior light.
Here's an example, ebay listing.
Charger Automatic Console B Body Coronet Roadrunner SUPERBEE Daytona RT 1966 70 | eBay

 

To most there's a big difference but my dreams, often involve an old ford truck and the lsx, sometimes ford powered Ford, have an appreciation for both.

Look forward to seeing further progress and future videos, good luck.

 

Never thought I'd be so excited to see an interior get started on

 

Some lights built into the console would look good. Can't wait to see the interior come together.

Hey Robert when did you start getting into Mopar parts? I'm a Mopar muscle guy got acouple of them. I'm in need of a black console for my 68 Charger whenever I get back on that build.

 

I'll send you a P.M.

 

Hmmmm....you got me thinking on the lights, might be cool to have some nice interior lighting to go along with the nice interior. I need to do more research on that one.

First of all, I got the T fitting for the coolant hose today so I installed that today and got the coolant all filled up and let the truck Idle and warm up, burped the cooling system and checked for leaks. All good. Took it for the first little trip around the block and all seems alright. It has a little tick to it, it sounds like its pretty normal with these engines. Messed around with that for a bit, jacked the truck up and set the Fuel pressure to 55 lbs base.

Second trip out of the garage netted a big burnout in front of the house =) truck is going to be damn fun. The manual is where its at for sure.

Stay focused Sean...stay focused.

Back on center console build. Got the sides connected together to finish up the frame work and it fits well.



Then cut this piece out to fit and heated it up with a torch to get it warm enough to bend and held it in place till it cooled.



Trimmed the top piece to fit the ends and tried the first test fit in car to mark the shifter location.



Cut the hole for the shifter and all lined up really well. Console is turning out awesome. I am not sure what I am doing up front but its getting cup holders right behind the shifter I know that for sure. I kind of like the super clean simple look of it and dont know if I want to mess it up with stuff. Maybe just do a really cool double french stitch right up the middle of the flat panel





View from the drivers seat..



Truck has come a long way since I started it in September....





=)

Hope to pick up some steel tomorrow so I can build the seat brackets.

Sean

 

It's taken a lot of planning to get where you're at. Keep it going, you're on the downhill now!!

 

Looks good! One thing about cup holders behind the shifter. I bought a 2012 GT new, and I always hated the location of the cup holders (behind the shifter. There was a door you could use to cover them, but if there were beverages in the cup holder, shifting the car was a fiasco. Picture your right hand/ wrist/ arm in a 90 degree angle. Not fun for spirited driving. Just a thought if you end up going that way. I'm not sure whether the shifter/ seat/ driver position is similar or not, but I always though this to be a major oversight on Ford's behalf. Strangely I forgot all about it while clicking of high 12 second passes in an entirely stock car on drag radials though .

 

I wonder if a taller shifter would fix that.

 

I totally see what you are saying. I need to raise the shifter up anyways and the seating position in the truck is a lot higher vs the console height. Should not be a problem but the cup holders in front also could break up that dead area a little bit......definately something to think about though.

Quick question for you....did you have the coyote tick on your car? It is not there at all on a cold start and the more I read, it is very very common on these motors. almost sounds like an exhaust leak.


Working on that this weekend.

Sean