58 TRUK intro

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by OKGMC4

Quick question since I know you've done it already...how did you route the drain on the vintage air? I didn't exactly plan ahead on this one. Thanks in advance.

I tried to do the heater valve your way and it ended up hitting the cowl. Guess I have my unit mounted higher in the dash. I relocated it inside the kick panel. Not ideal but it fit. Been making and installing a/c and heater hose all day. This stuff is going to be a tight fit!

okgmc4, i missed your post. hope this isn't too late
best picture i could find
you can barely see it under the genII compac unit
drilled a hole into the vent box and out thru the side

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by Green 1959

Very interesting build. I like your idea of eliminating the vents at the cowl but still want to have the loovers just because I like the way it looks. What suggestions do you have for that?

if you keep the louvers water will get in
smooth is beautiful
maybe air brush them back in ???

[OKGMC4]

Thanks for the pic. That's kind of what I was thinking would have to happen, just unsure on whether I'll have to modify my kick panel to clear it that way. Thanks again.

[shadow1967]

In another thread you posted pic of a radiator cover, did you make that or buy it?

[_Ogre]

radiator cover is all ogre

started with this





taped cardboard on top of the radiator like this



added more carboard and tape until it looked like this
also added 2 L brackets to tie it in to the top two radiator bolts



and this





wax everything and started glassing like this







removed it and added glass to the inside



and trimmed it up to look like this







then started filling and sanding, filling and sanding
block sand, block sand, block sand
prime, block sand, prime, block sand
add a dab of paint







before



after



the nice thing about fiberglass is that you can chose the shape
metal would have been angular and not to my liking

[shadow1967]

OK, Showoff. You have skills. Ask a question and get a play-by-play. Just kinding, THANKS _Ogre

[hp1957]

Your truck looks Very Cool!!

Harvey

1957 Chevy Stepside
1958 GMC Fleetside C4 project build thread:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...65#post5510465

[Kim57]

Great job on that cover.
Kim

[Daze57]

very very nice !

[Chevette]

Ogre: You definitely know you way around fiberglass. That looks great!

[63split]

your truck looks real cool

and a master in fiberglass skills too

[_Ogre]

Originally Posted by shadow1967

OK, Showoff. You have skills. Ask a question and get a play-by-play. Just kinding, THANKS _Ogre

i'm also very humble, just ask me

to the rest of you... thanks
i had done no fiberglassing until truk
read a lot of posts on fiberglassforums.com and just did it.

[youngrodder]

What are you doing home? I figured you would be out at the Dream Cruise.....

Marc

[_Ogre]

i try to avoid rookie day, but i caved and headed over there
it was a 6 mile long, 5 lane parking lot, no one moved from 11am till they shut it down at 9pm
mostly minivans and new 4 door family haulers, it looked just like kmart parking lot
i went wed and fri evening, pretty nice those days. stop and go cruising, slow enough to check out the rides.
still too many new mustangs, camaros and challengers for my liking. but it is a public road
lots of nice classics, modifieds and hotrods out there all days

and where were you?

[_Ogre]

this is typical view of the dream cruise
i count 11 cars in this picture, you can just barely see the corner of one chevelle
it's still worth the effort to go, even using those percentages and 100,000 cars
you will see 9090 cool cars

[arturo7]

They shouldn't allow anything less than 20 years old on a cruise.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

i try to avoid rookie day, but i caved and headed over there
it was a 6 mile long, 5 lane parking lot, no one moved from 11am till they shut it down at 9pm
mostly minivans and new 4 door family haulers, it looked just like kmart parking lot
i went wed and fri evening, pretty nice those days. stop and go cruising, slow enough to check out the rides.
still too many new mustangs, camaros and challengers for my liking. but it is a public road
lots of nice classics, modifieds and hotrods out there all days

and where were you?

I couldn't make it. I'm involved coaching youth football and they always hold the draft the Sat of the dream cruise.

Next year I should take Friday off and go then. Would it be worth my drive? What day is the best to attend?

Marc

[_Ogre]

definitely worth the drive.
friday is my preferred day but even then once the sun sets it comes to a stand still
we were out on friday from 3 to 7 and everything was smooth
in that 4 hrs we drove 8 mile road to 14 mile road and back, 12 miles total
i was out on saturday @ 3 and made it .5 mile in 1 hour
i hit the side roads and got out of there
they figured that there were 1.1 million people out there on saturday

[Sin7]

Originally Posted by _Ogre

just got my pics downloaded and up on photobucket

saw sin7's truck at arlington, no luis just an empty truck

Man sorry i missed ya. Thanks for the pic !

Originally Posted by _Ogre

also notice where i'm parked, next to the hot rod mag trailer in the event itself

THIS is probably why i missed you. I was looking in the wrong parking lot.

[_Ogre]

we may have passed in the event and not even know it
had a good time on my 2nd power tour.
i am definitely in for next year too.
dallas to charlotte, woohoo!

thanks for bumping my thread from page 6 oblivion

[NEWFISHER]

AWSOME build and AWSOME thread! I know where to ship my next project, I'm sure you are bored with nothing to do now that your truck is done hahaha

[_Ogre]

thanks newfisher.
i am bored and need a new project...
thinking of doing this to my 59 panel

[_Ogre]

front end accessory drive brackets can get costly anywheres from $60 for a simple bracket to $2000 for a whole serpentine setup
i make everything.
this is my $5 power steering bracket

i had to replace my power steering pump this weekend and took some pics of the bracket
a couple of 10 ga plates, some 3/8'' heavy wall tubing and a couple of bolts

bare bracket





mounted on pump



2 washers under the mounting stud line the pulley up with the crank pulley





mounted on motor. uses the same bolt holes as the original truck front motor mounts

[_Ogre]

the mustII rack on truk has always been a little twitchy, nothing really wrong with the steering just a floating sensation going down the road
i did a little research for using the gm saginaw pump with the ford rack and hydroboost
i found that the saginaw pumps flow at 3 gal per min vs the ford pump flow of 2 gpm
a couple of web sites and forums suggested changing the pressure and flow fitting in the gm pump to a lower flow fitting
i ordered the fitting a yr ago and with the new pump install i was able to change out the fitting
wow, does it make a difference. nothing noticeable now, i always noticed a floating sensation before.

the part number is cpfcv-k do a google search. i found mine on ebay, but year one and cpp have the same part as do a lot of vendors.

the fitting installed in the pump.

[_Ogre]

when i went to murry's to get a new pump i asked the kid behind the counter for a 68 truck power steering pump.
nothing in stock...
so i asked for any gm steering pump on the shelf, i tried to explain that they are all the same from the 60s thru the 90s, maybe even later.
so we looked at 78, nope. 88? nope. 98? nope.
just grab a pump, need a number.
no, walk in back and grab a pump just to humor me. please.

he rolls his eyes, walks in back, comes out with a pump, looks up the number, it's for an 87 blazer.
we compare the pump to the old one, same pump.
we changed the pulley right there at the counter with the rental tool (it took 3 kits to find one that wasn't stripped)
i paid for the pump and told him to remember that all gm pumps are the same.

never did tell him it was going on a 58 chevy truck.
that would have blown his mind