New life for the '30 Chevy

Z.Z.Rat · Feb 6, 2022

Nice build. Thanks for sharing!

dutch · Feb 7, 2022

bob w said:
Nice to see some over all shots of the truck. Very cool.

agreed! I`d be proud to drive that! [cl

Old Stuff · Feb 7, 2022

DozerII said:
Lots of thought and planning going on here.

bob w said:
Nice to see some over all shots of the truck. Very cool.

Z.Z.Rat said:
Nice build. Thanks for sharing!

dutch said:
agreed! I`d be proud to drive that! [cl

Thanks for the encouraging words guys! Very happy to be in some great company here!

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smallfoot · Feb 7, 2022

Very nice Old Stuff!

Old Stuff · Feb 7, 2022

smallfoot said:
Very nice Old Stuff!

Thanks Smallfoot! Been probably over a year since I had it out from under the covered roof. Sure looks different out there! LOL. I do believe that gave me some extra spark to keep vigilant on progress! [cl

400orbust · Feb 17, 2022

Just read through your build log....awesome! Very cool what you have going on with the build.

Old Stuff · Feb 17, 2022

400orbust said:
Just read through your build log....awesome! Very cool what you have going on with the build.

Thanks much Mr. 400. I'll be running some wiring through copper lines- still figuring that out in my head

. Lots of crazy stuff to come on this one!

Old Stuff · Feb 26, 2022

Started playing with 4 tractor headlights all of which are 1156 single pole buckets. They all will have new life with 1157 double pole bulbs: two as tail/turn/brake (for up on the headache rack) and two will be tail/turn (for the rear outside lights).

Looks wise the reflectors where in need of some TLC but first things first. Time to drag out the ‘ol Dremel tool and modified the existing bulb socket to accept the new bulb! I took one of the existing slots and made it longer/wider to let the new pig tail move freely up and down the full length of the lengthened slot. On the opposite side where the 1156 bulb nipple “locked in” to the socket- I had to modify that for the offset nipple of the 1157 bulb to set in properly. It was a little loose in the socket there so a couple of taps with a big flat blade forced it into submission.

Chaser post coming with additional pics...

https://ratrodsrule.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=171179&stc=1&d=1645884259
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Old Stuff · Feb 26, 2022

A bit of scuff pad work cleaned the reflectors up to some degree and then I put some chrome paint on it. I think someone here mentioned it will not help reflection but it sure looks nicer and certainly won’t hurt! New gaskets around the glass lenses and we’re on our way.

https://ratrodsrule.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=171185&stc=1&d=1645884512

Up on the headache rack I welded a couple nuts together then welded them on the rack for mounting the lights. Wanting to visually “clean up” the attachment point I split a piece of pipe and welded those on. Adding some new brass fittings out the back of the buckets, the wiring will be run through some copper pipe to its new destination- and hey! The ‘ol tear drop tractor lights will be aero dynamic!

https://ratrodsrule.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=171186&stc=1&d=1645884512
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bob w · Feb 26, 2022

Looks good, Old Stuff.

soltz · Feb 26, 2022

Yep, looks good [cl
As someone once said "it's the little things that make a big difference"
Good job[cl
!!![P!!!

Old Stuff · Feb 26, 2022

soltz said:
Yep, looks good [cl
As someone once said "it's the little things that make a big difference"
Good job[cl
!!![P!!!

bob w said:
Looks good, Old Stuff.

Much appreciation fellas. Lovin' it for sure.

Old Stuff · Mar 4, 2022

Went to a killer swap meet last Saturday from my old neck of the woods and picked up some really cool glass lens running lights for my ‘triple’ on the back end of the truck (truck/tractor style) from Ben (thetaillightking.com ) who has an insane variety of old and odd vintage lights and lenses. [cl

Surface mounting them on the rear x-member (between the tail/brake lights) would be typical but what fun is there in that? Lined it all up, center punched some holes, and made noise with the hole saw.

I figured ½” spacers would be the ticket and got those out of a piece of drill stem. Reduced the diameter for the light to properly set against them, then welded them against the inside of the x-member and outside making a slight curve into the recess- rough finish of course.

Holding the lights in place started out as a single piece of 2” flat bar to hold all three lights. For that install seems I needed a 3rd arm and extra long fingers on at least one hand, to get them all in the holes, then put on the strip down over all 3.

I reworked that bracket to install/remove each light individually-much better. After all was done, I'm really digging this look.

bob w · Mar 4, 2022

Veddy, veddy nice.

It hurts that you went to a swap meet already while we still have ice fishing shacks on our lakes.

Old Stuff · Mar 4, 2022

bob w said:
Veddy, veddy nice.

It hurts that you went to a swap meet already while we still have ice fishing shacks on our lakes.

Well.... I uh.... didn't have a good time?

Hang in there! Warmer temps are on the way! [cl

DozerII · Mar 5, 2022

Cool lights and they look great . [P[P

Old Iron · Mar 5, 2022

Old Stuff · Mar 6, 2022

DozerII said:
Cool lights and they look great . [P[P

Thanks Dozer. Having fun trying for all glass. [cl

Old Iron said:
If you are copy and pasting these url's trying to make them full size in the post then you will have to use a different process.
If these are just showing up on their own then that's another deal an I can't help.
If it's the first issue then, I can walk you through the way to get them full size in the post. .....

Hey Mr. Iron. I am moving the links over because I flat out don't know how to simply insert the pics alone. (limited techno patience

) I see mostly the thumbnails on most of everyone else's and occasionally the bigger ones. Would surely be nice to know how to simply do either-or with no more link clutter-I-zation.

DozerII · Mar 6, 2022

I think the good doctor crankenstein has a post somewhere on how to post large pictures, but I can't find it.

Old Iron · Mar 7, 2022

You've got the upload part mastered.
Under the post box, where it says Attached Files it shows the pic links as a jpg.
Right mouse click on the jpg line then, left mouse click on the Copy Link Address
At the top of the post left mouse click on the yellow mountain icon when it opens right mouse click in the long blue box then click paste. It will then be inserted into the post as a large picture.
Don't worry about the http:// on the left side of the blue box it will disappear as you paste the copied link.
To do multiple pics in the post just repeat the above procedure.
Where ever the mouse curser is in the post box is where the pic will show up.
This seems like a lot of trouble but, after you do a couple it gets easy.

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