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Offline bd

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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #420 on: December 21, 2012, 08:14:01 pm »
Coming along superbly!  It's gonna be a show stopper!
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #421 on: December 21, 2012, 08:46:05 pm »
Vile, I've been in love with this truck since before you started the tear down. I can't wait to see it back on the road!
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #422 on: December 22, 2012, 08:36:26 am »
Me too! lol
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #423 on: December 22, 2012, 05:03:45 pm »
I finished helping my buddy with his heater today and then he helped me finish bleeding the brakes. Onto the steering column rebuild.

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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #424 on: December 23, 2012, 02:59:25 pm »
fantastic build thread! Thanks for all the great info! Getting ready to start a build myself (1973 C20)
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #425 on: December 29, 2012, 07:25:49 pm »
So I made some good progress this week. I made the gas pedal bracket and got that installed. Then I made a throttle cable and got everything working good. After I did a bunch of other odds and ends including finishing up the steering column I started on the wiring harness. The location of the fuse block has been playing in my head for a while now so today I decided to pull the trigger. I made a bracket out of some stainless I had laying around and it fit's nicely.

Here's what I started with


and here's how it ended up

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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #426 on: December 29, 2012, 09:07:07 pm »
Nice work Vile.
How did you cut it?
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #427 on: December 29, 2012, 09:14:29 pm »
I had to use the die grinder sice it was too thick for shears and my plasma cutter is on the way to it's grave.
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #428 on: December 29, 2012, 09:25:20 pm »
It didn't look like you used a plasma cutter that's why I asked. I used some stainless flat sheet stock like that before and was wishing I had a plasma cutter.

Superb craftsmanship doing that by hand. :o
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #429 on: December 30, 2012, 12:22:02 pm »
So where is it going?
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #430 on: December 30, 2012, 12:52:14 pm »
Under the dash. I'll take pix when I install it. Maybe today once I warm up!
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #431 on: December 30, 2012, 12:58:48 pm »
Based on the cutouts I have an idea, just curious.
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #432 on: January 13, 2013, 08:41:01 am »
So I finished installing the fatmat, installed the fuse panel & bulkhead assembly, wired up the Dakota Gauges that I've had sitting in the box since 2006? lol I wish I waited now because I like the VHX gauges better but these are still cool. I think I'm going to build a front roll pan for this truck as well.
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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #433 on: January 14, 2013, 06:18:48 am »
Tested the gauges and related wiring with my jump box.



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Re: 1974 GMC C1500
« Reply #434 on: January 14, 2013, 07:00:16 am »
That blue is going to look killer with your black interior.
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