1978-1979 Crew Cab build thread
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Laughing Gas
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From: Zeeland, MI
current status
1. hoping to strip down the axles in my garage this weekend.
2. wiring harness in the engine bay is situated, hoping to sort out the interior harness this weekend.
3. Working on the pool hall (third stall) to finish insulating, so I may not have time to get to #1 and #2. We shall see...
2. wiring harness in the engine bay is situated, hoping to sort out the interior harness this weekend.
3. Working on the pool hall (third stall) to finish insulating, so I may not have time to get to #1 and #2. We shall see...
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Laughing Gas
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From: Zeeland, MI
I am afraid to mock fit them...I might be found sitting in my truck making vroom vroom noises for hours and forget to actually work on the project.
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I am interested to see how you go about mounting the seats without making them super tall.
Should look and feel great once they're in.
Curious if you could just shave the top of the door panel off then overlay the door with it, how different are the measurements?
Should look and feel great once they're in.
Curious if you could just shave the top of the door panel off then overlay the door with it, how different are the measurements?
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Laughing Gas
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From: Zeeland, MI
As for the door panels, they seem huge. Will take measurement and see, but at first and second glance, I would have some serious trimming to do, especially the front as the vented windows need to be functional.
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I'll save you some googling...
While not exactly the same, my seats are very similar. Rear should be EASY. Fronts may get a little tricky. Pics of my front mounts here:
2002 Seats In The 74 Photos by ChaseTruck754 | Photobucket
There is also a thread floating around here from way back when I did these. Search for 40/20/40 seats if you want to have a look.
Rear mounts are buried in the crew cab master album somewhere way back.
While not exactly the same, my seats are very similar. Rear should be EASY. Fronts may get a little tricky. Pics of my front mounts here:
2002 Seats In The 74 Photos by ChaseTruck754 | Photobucket
There is also a thread floating around here from way back when I did these. Search for 40/20/40 seats if you want to have a look.
Rear mounts are buried in the crew cab master album somewhere way back.
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Aug 2014
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From: Zeeland, MI
I'll save you some googling...
While not exactly the same, my seats are very similar. Rear should be EASY. Fronts may get a little tricky. Pics of my front mounts here:
2002 Seats In The 74 Photos by ChaseTruck754 | Photobucket
There is also a thread floating around here from way back when I did these. Search for 40/20/40 seats if you want to have a look.
Rear mounts are buried in the crew cab master album somewhere way back.
While not exactly the same, my seats are very similar. Rear should be EASY. Fronts may get a little tricky. Pics of my front mounts here:
2002 Seats In The 74 Photos by ChaseTruck754 | Photobucket
There is also a thread floating around here from way back when I did these. Search for 40/20/40 seats if you want to have a look.
Rear mounts are buried in the crew cab master album somewhere way back.
Looks like some work, but well worth it no doubt. Thanks for the help on that.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Zeeland, MI
so its been a while since I have posted on Eleanor. No, I have not given up the ghost on my build, simply way busy at work and also with my consulting business, plus several little life changes such as:
sold my 1979 Bronco
sold my 1963 f100
was working on some jeep axles
drinking beers
oh, and the New Call of Duty came out
plus it snows in Michigan...a lot.
I have been sourcing and tracing the internal wiring harness all this winter, when I have the time and my nipples don't try and fall off from the extreme temperatures
I am still looking for a shop diagram/schematic for the donor, boy that would make life better. But in the interim, I am doing it one block at a time off the fuse block. Yea me!!!
Good news, half way there.
Bad news, its ****in cold.
Pictures to come. and much work to do. Hoping for this spring for it to be running under its own power.
sold my 1979 Bronco
sold my 1963 f100
was working on some jeep axles
drinking beers
oh, and the New Call of Duty came out
plus it snows in Michigan...a lot.
I have been sourcing and tracing the internal wiring harness all this winter, when I have the time and my nipples don't try and fall off from the extreme temperatures
I am still looking for a shop diagram/schematic for the donor, boy that would make life better. But in the interim, I am doing it one block at a time off the fuse block. Yea me!!!
Good news, half way there.
Bad news, its ****in cold.
Pictures to come. and much work to do. Hoping for this spring for it to be running under its own power.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Zeeland, MI
Hoping to capture more pictures for you all, as this really is going to be a great daily driving and capable rig once done in my opinion. And the wiring harness, all the connectors, and stuff like that, well, there's no book out there for it (Power Stroke in a 70's truck) unfortunately.