"Withdrawal from Wrenching on the Truck" LOL...

 

Hey Dave,
Well it was close to 80 degrees here yesterday but it might snow tonight.
Now that's Texas weather. Welcome to Austin!

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

Thanks, I will take the 44 degrees since it is will be a high of 16 in NY today. May have to consider moving down here some day.
Back to surfing the net for parts!

 

Back home in NY from TX, and while it was cold down there it is COLD here. Went out in the shop for a few hours and did more floor and tunnel welding, found a lot of pinholes in the rear floor so looks like I will be cutting out more of the floor. At this point I think I should of cut the whole floor out and started over!
Mounted up my ebay Firestone heater to check clearances, I want to run my ECM wiring through the cab and mount the ECM in the kick panel area. With the heater in place I could make sure the wiring would not be in the way of the heater.



Cut the hole for the wiring but had to quit for now, very little feeling in my fingers!

Good to be back at it but man I am sick of winter.

 

Man I guess we are spoiled down here in Florida , I Can't remember the last time I couldn't feel my fingers... I Think it was 2008 when it got into low 20's, and we are not used to that. Sucks when you start finding pin holes and realize you have to do more work But that's a Restore Project.. Labor of Love..... Heater look good right their......

 

Our season is about the same as yours but usually late april at the earliest but do run into some miserable weather through May.

 

I must say the older I get the more I hate winter. This truck wont be driven in the winter but I the heater will work as a defogger if I get caught in the rain.
Welded up some tabs from scraps to make cable ties, these EFI builds have a lot of wiring and these help keep them secure without drilling holes in the firewall.



ECM will go behind the kick panel, just have to make a bracket to hold it in place.



With that done the cab can come back off for more floor work, filling the firewall holes, and rust repairs.

 

Hey Dave, did you figure out your gauge situation?? If not, then I can donate a set of these (just pay shipping) to the cause.

 

That would be awesome, much appreciated! I will shoot you an email.

 

Got the guages and the column drop in the mail today, thank you! I am going to make a set of gauges with the factory housings and newer internals.
I have 3 feet of snow outside now around my shop, we really got hit hard last night. Tried plowing a road out to the shop and got just to it when it was too much snow to push, made a nice 6 foot high wall of snow. Then had to shovel a path through the 3 high mess! I think it is going to be April before I can even get a car out of the shop to drive!

 

"51Panelman" That was very cool of you to donate those Gauges , I'm sure that is gonna look really nice with the stock Gauge housing and new internals... WOW!!! you got that much Snow... Boy I'm Glad I Live in Florida I'm sure APRIL can't get here soon enough....

 

Hey Dave,
That little voice over your shoulder saying - "move to Austin"..... 86 here yesterday. In the middle of July that same voice will be saying "back to New York" .....

I like your gauges - so how do you plan to clean them up?

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

This is the most snow I have seen here since 1993, and more predicted for tonight!



At this point I am considering moving south more and more, I would rather deal with running the A/C than shoveling and plowing snow. I was up on my porch roofs yesterday shoveling, there was over 2 feet of snow up there and I didnt want to leave it with more coming. I will be back in Austin in a couple weeks just as it will start warming up here and turning everything into a muddy mess. I imagine there will be flood warnings as well with all the snow piled everywhere.

I will use these gauges with some other guage parts I have, mixing and matching stuff and using some newer parts I should be able to make up some factory looking gauges but with newer internals. Speedometer will be electric to match up with the VSS from the T56. There will be pics when I do the buildup of them, for now still working on the cab when I can get time for it. Seems other stuff has been keeping me out of the shop lately.

 

[QUOTE=drptop70ss;14070649]This is the most snow I have seen here since 1993, and more predicted for tonight!

WOW !!! Well I hope you are prepared, because that is no joke... I Hope you have a Fireplace in case the Electric goes out....

 

Holy smokes it was 50 degress today and I got a solid 90 minutes in the shop between running around with the family. Weekends are hard to get a free minute!
Front floors and console done, have to do the back floors next. Took a break from them and fixed the right front cab corner.

Rusty



More rusty



Cut out



Welded and sealed up. Not sure why there was a factory hole in the inner rocker, where it was would let water into the cab. Gone now!



Patch bent up and welded in, looks much better.