The new sunroofs have multiple mounting so I went with a http://www.crlaurence.ca/crlapps/sho...ID=21825&pom=0 and it worked out great.Now granted the roof sheet metal will flop a bit but the sunroof mounting bracket tightens everything back up. if you go that way use Urathine under the lip not the crappy sealing tape that comes with the kit.
Tank actually sits higher where I mounted it then in the factory location so not sure yet if I'm going to add a skid plate yet.
Sunroof, huh...I may steal this idea from you. Lol
Yep 3-60 A/C ............ 2 windows open and the sunroof popped doing 60MPH
The single wall roofs on the first gen trucks are why the sunroofs leaked on these trucks, no rigidity at all and constant flexing - the "factory" sunroof had a real wide lip to try to minimize flexing, but a piece of lauan underlayment would solve the problem, and make the cab much quieter. I have a factory sunroof on my 1st gen parts truck if you want it - I'll never install it on either of my 1st gens. We can do a sell to donate - just pay shipping.
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More small stuff done today, got the 86 RX7 Power mirrors installed and wired, finished up the welding for the new rear marker lights,cleaned and repaired the box wiring harness. and a few other small things.
So down to the rust repair on the box and finishing recovering the door panels. Once I get the box repaired I'm getting it sandblasted for the undercoating and spray in bed liner. Lower box panels are stripped and ready for some small body work and then the epoxy primer.
Got 1 door panel completed today and picked up some speakers that will work for now.I'm missing the screw cover cap for the arm rest if anyone has one please let me know.
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door panel completed other then the arm rest cap.
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Turned out ok.
What the hell you mean,, OK,, Looks dam good from here. At least there not brown or yellow with black stripes.
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Youre gauges look great, they should have been like that from the factory.
Got a crap load done the last 2 days so all I have left is box repair,body work,priming and picking up the exhaust tips. Found out I need another 3 gallon air tank or maybe a 5 as the 3 gallon I have keeps needing to refill.
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Interior all done.(drivers seat out drying from cleaning it)
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Body all back together other then the box.
Great work i am really impressed with those door panels. glad to see progress being made. keep it up buddy!
Box rust repair COMPLETED!! Just have some holes to weld up on the bed rail and some body filler work and it will be ready for E-Coat. If everything goes good I should be driving it at the end of the week.
Found a small air leak in one of the fittings so have to fix that tomorrow.
Dropped the box on tonight to cut the hole for the gas tank filler.Here's a few pic's
Box Test.jpg
you can see where the exhaust will dump.
Box Test 2.jpg
Box Test 3.jpg
Box is on and sitting in E-Coat, will have pic's tomorrow when I get the lower rear panels on. Have a few things to do tomorrow and its street legal again.
Finally on the road.Have to finish the front lower box panels and the tail gate but basically the truck is back to being a driver.
Front Finished.jpg
Side Finished.jpg
Back Finished.jpg
Gas Filler.jpg
Gas tank filler needs a locking cap yet.
Your truck is looking sweet!
Started cutting the hole in the lower front box panel's today. Here's a pic of it test fitted.
Exhaust Test.jpg
Not sure if I'm going to french it in or leave it as is.
A spark plug and a fuel pump, and you can have an anti-carjacking device.
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Did you make your own new lower side panel for the bed from scratch? It looks like a new piece. Clever way of routing the exhaust tip anyhow
Nah just the stock panel all stripped and sanded to do the hole before I do the little body work and E-coat.
oh, i was thinking it was new since it wasnt on the truck in the previous pics and youve been doing rust repairs.Originally Posted by Fordubishi
Here we go..... All back together and running. Now I have to work all the small bugs out of it and get an alignment done.
PS Done.jpg
DS Done.jpg
No Air.jpg
Air bags deflated.
What,,, thats it????? Black primer????? Come on now... Hell, I piss a better color than that.
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Hi there,I was scanning thru your post. I have a 1989 Mighty max that i bagged , lays frame, the whole 9. I have been trying to sell it but now I would love to drop my 289/C4 combo into it. I saw how you did the motor mounts, I am curious about what tranny you went with and did you have to channel the tranny hump to fit it, Also wondering if anything ended up hanging lower that the frame rails. Sweet build dude, if you could pass some insight this way I would appreciate it greatly.
I went with an AOD so i had to cut the tranny tunnel around the bell housing and raise it up a few inch's. With a C4 you shouldn't have to do much as the bell housing is a hell of a lot smaller then the AOD's. Built a flat X-member for the tranny and tucked the mufflers under the cab so nothing hangs below the front cross member. Other then taking BBK shorty headers and modifying them to dump were I needed them everything else was pretty easy.Had a forklift 4 core rad made to fit under the header panel but with a sec gen like yours you can probably find something that will fit from another car/truck.
So do you think with everything lined up ready to go that I could knock this out in a weekend? Or is that being too hasty? Are the mid length headers too long to run? I believe Im going to run the pipe right through the frame rail and side dump the pipe, but keep it behind the metal. I am super happy your setup tucks up under the truck thats good news for me, Thank you for your knowledge so far.
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