Hey Topper,
Wow - that sounds great!!!! Nice stance as well.
Ok so which one are you? The driver or the camera guy?
I was too chicken to mess with electric windows - I don't have the patience for tight space projects.

Looking good in Houston!

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

I am the one with the bald spot, driving the truck. Mike, a good friend, is the smart one operating the phone/video. He worked on the door while I was building cabinets. He also completely took apart the Edelbrock carb and cleaned it since the gas started to degrade in it. I didn't put enough stabilizer in it . Right now just headers - next job is to do the exhaust, the other door, the bed, and the interior. Making progress!

 

It's great to see your rig up and running, someday maybe mine will too.

I did notice that there isn't any blood on your door tho, when I put power windows in Jon's 50 I left a lot of DNA behind.

 

Gary, those units from NuRelic attach using the holes that the original mechanism uses. Much easier than the universal or adapting from a modern car. I put universal in the woodie I did and actually had to turn them backwards. At least there was no metal door skins. It was harder to install the Altman latches and much harder to remove the vent window and make a new channel for the felt glass channel.
I still need to install the latch actuators in the door, and I started getting the other door ready. If I was doing it all over again I probably would have just made wooden doors - these are a PITA.

 

Doors on! Had to bend both top hinges to get the fit right. Got the one piece windows in and the electric up/down. Altman latches on and the door handles shaved. Working on the latch actuators and poppers. Still haven't made the patch for the two holes in the passenger side, but did do the drivers.
Nice to get the doors on, actually starting to feel like I will pull this off fairly soon.

 

Your hired,!

Give me your shipping address so I can get my doors in the mail.

 

Good progress and successes! Looking at the door picture, it looks like you may have done something with the mirror that I have thought about. It looks like you used the standard "swan's neck" and found a larger mirror head to marry to the arm. Is that the case? Since I plan to tow a trailer with Willard (if I ever resolve my paint issues) and the larger mirror heads could be a big help. Where did you find/buy the mirror heads?

 

Hey Topper,
Your doors look great!! You may want to play around with the rubber gaskets for the doors before finalizing everything in paint. Our's are very thick & the doors don't close perfectly - I would have adjusted the door fit more if I had known how they would sit with the rubber installed.

Looking good in Houston. I have beer chilling for your inaugural run up to Austin!

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

Very nice!!!! Can't wait til I get that far.

 

I do like the one piece windows, i wish that I would have put them in my truck. Looking good.

 

Very nice looking truck there, I should be so lucky with Jackmator! anyways I am up in the Longview area near Gilmer.

 

It has been so long since I have looked at this thread (or worked on the truck!) that I missed several posts almost a year ago.
Yes, I found mirrors that fit the small hole at Pep Boys.

 

I finally took the hood back off to clean it up and fine tune some of the parts. Several people here wanted to see pics of what I did. My version is different than 49Steel's who has a really nice set up too. I just wasn't smart enough to figure out exactly how he did his so I came up with my own. Here are some pics:

I mounted a sleeve that fits some 5/8" steel rod, drilled holes for bolts at the original hood braces, inserted some 1/2" springs that bottom out at the bolts, cut the 5/8" rod so that the springs would push it 3/4" (1" long springs) and would push in far enough to mount or unmount. I made a cup out of a 1" cut off of the sleeve and welded a washer on the end, welded it to a plate that bolts into the inside of the fender - see pics. The hood can be removed by pushing the pin in against the spring. Of course you have to remove the wheels and climb under the fender to do it. I made a frame to strengthen the hood and to mount the shock/lifts. It all works very nicely and gives one much more room underneath than the stock hood hinges. A lot less work than a total front end tilt too.
I will reinstall the hood next weekend or so after I finish some of the under the hood work.
I have actually driven the truck around a little, but still need the bed and some interior refinements. The wiring is 95% done, the gauges working, doors working well with the door poppers and electric windows all working, and all front lighting. Need to work on the bed and install it, do the wood and lighting, and paint. Still a ways to go but finally working on it again. I am almost finished with the 2 year cabinet and paneling job at a huge house 35 miles away. I have put over 25,000 miles on my everyday truck just going to that job almost every day. A great job, making money, but glad that it is almost over!

 

I finally had a few days to actually work on my 52. Installed the AC finally, purchased a crimping tool and made my lines. We pulled a vacuum and let it sit for 2 days to make sure it held and evaporated any moisture. Charged it with freon yesterday and it is blowing COOL! Not without a few missteps of course. So we began charging it and of course it has to idle. Noticed that it was running hot as it got up to 240 pretty quick. Shut it down and looked underneath. Coolant dripping from the bottom radiator hose and oil leaking from the front of the oil pan at the timing cover. Let it cool off for a while and got underneath to see the problem. Turns out it was a hose clamp that I didn't tighten and the front 4 pan bolts that I didn't tighten. Tightened them up, filled the radiator with coolant and water, and checked the oil. Not only did it stop leaking but it never got above 190 and mostly around 185 as we finished filling with freon. No more oil drips either. Over the last two weeks I installed the radio and the electric wipers. Both work and neither leaks!
My bed has been at a friends shop for several years, sitting where I took it off when I did the frame and suspension work. Went and got it this morning and really looked at it. The PO had welded a really crazy bumper with 2" angle iron brackets from the curve of the bumper up to almost the top of the rear stake pockets. He cut the bottom 4" off the stake pockets in what looks like an attempt to - I don't know what! The cross pieces that bolt to the frame are bent up badly, and the front of the bed is gone. I am thinking much more seriously of making a flat bed instead of messing with this bed. If I get tired of the flat bed, or it doesn't look good then I think I will purchase a new bed from Mark-K.
Work is beginning to get in the way again, but I am going to make an all out effort to get the truck driving (only one mile on it so far in 5? years!). I need to get it insured and driving and then to an inspection station so that I can get it registered and get plates! Giving myself a pep talk as I write...

 

Oops, forgot a couple of pictures: