COE A 42 GMC Bike Hauler thread

Warm again , so got the red painted . Used a laser to line up the color . Will do the belt line next weekend with the WS frame and dash .

 

Mounted doors with mirrors and door handles. I like the way it turned out . What do you think ? Blue

 

Been cold and wet so played with my window electric control. Had to go to power because the handles hit the 59 dash . These will be just fine .
Upside down . Did a video but couldn't get it to load ,my first video. Blue

 

Looking great! Your going to love driving that. Let's put this cold thing in perspective, another winter chinook here so sunny and about 60F, so was in the big ****ty to buy rug and curtains(don't get more masculine than that)for the cabover today, seen a few people wearing shorts and lots in t-shirt's. Crazy . Just kidding Blue, I would imagine living at the al***ude your at could get real cold.

 

High was 36 with ice fog . But should be in 70s by Friday but real windy . Winds blowing about 25 right now but will be in 30/40s Friday. Texas weather . I live on the side of a 6000' mountain and it does blow . Usually the humidity is 10 percent or lower today its 90+ . Oh well will be in 80s by mid next week .
And I can't wait to drive it .!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Is it just me , it seams like the small things take for ever . I got the window Chanel felt in today . I wanted to use pop rivets so I needed to use some spacers to make sure the rivets bottomed out . 2 little nuts worked great . Got the sound deadner in and the window risers in . The reason I went with the power window is because of the dash . Tomorrow I'm going to blast a bunch of interior parts , including the dash . And will paint them Monday. Blue

 

what are those electric window motors from?

The paint looks freakin awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Skier , the motors are OEM Delco . Kit is a Nu ? brand . I'll have to get the name for you . They were for a 41 pickup and all I had to do was clock the motor over to work in the cut out for the hump in the door .
Been painting all the little pieces that go in the cab . What a pain that is , lots of sanding and painting then turning over . Youaget the picture. Missed a lot of spots . Don't have good light in that side of the shop .

Did the filler on the dash yesterday and did the epoxy and high build primer this afternoon. Will need to blend a little more .

 

Skier , the co is Nu Relics . They have a web site and are really easy to deal with . Told them it was for a COE and helped with the clocking . Not real cheap but what is these days . All USA parts and built .
Want to get the dash painted so I can put in my gauges and finish wireing so I can start and drive n and out of the shop . Really tired of pushing and steering with out power . Had her outside today . Blue

 

Dash is looking great Blue, what are you running for gauges in it?

 

b-bop , I'm using Cl***ic 57 Chevy 3 gauge with the speedometer with tack and two other in it . The two outside holes I'm going to try and adapt to ac vents . Maybe have it done by the end of the month.
Glad your starting to work on yours again . Blue

 

Here's a hint on gauges and vent .? Just checking sizes and need to find another vent . Also , any one have 59 style compleat igniction switch with key , I need one .
Blue

 

By the looks of it I'm using the same window motors, I didn't use a kit but the motors were late 90s Buick. I got very lucky and fit the motors in place of the original crank, gear teeth were the same pitch, so there was just some cutting to fit the motor at the right depth

 

Hey Steve, if those v grips or your door handle , I think I some left over Chevy truck interior handles your welcome to . Pm me if you need them . Blue

 

LOL! That looks pretty rat roddy doesn't it? I don't have my interior sorted yet so I don't know what I'll use for door handles. Did anyone realize the thing the vicegrips are locked on is the spindle from a Harbor Freight hand grinder?

 

Just found your thread while searching for hydroboost ideas. Love your build, ideas and at***ude!

mind sharing which hose/fittings you used?

 

The hose and fitting were from Jegs Or Summit . They are push on made for a PS system . If you can't find them let me know and I will try to find the receipts. Blue

 

thank you sir.

 

Spent a week down south by BigBend National Park . Got back to work on the COE . Pulled out the dash so I could install a different AC unit and get the rest of my dynamat and dynaliner in . I moved the location of my gas pedal over and bought some spacers for my fuse box liner and the floor mat I'm going to use is 1/2" thick and padded. I wanted to space the fuse box out so it wasn't smashing in the pad . Also making brackets for Ac brace and controls for trans .
Should paint and mount dash with gauges next week . Still waiting on some parts for my windshield.

Where are you guys getting your long throttle cable?
Parts for fuse box and should space box 1/8 off flooring .
AC mounted and brace made . Needs paint . This is a smaller unit and will allow me to use the cowl vent . More latter next week . Blue

 

Nice work Blue. When I built mine, I made my throttle cable up using bicycle brake cable. Some bike shops sell it in bulk and you can buy what ever length you need. Br*** compression fittings worked to end the outer plastic casing at the fire wall and the engine. Some back yard engineering was involved.

 

Looks good. That is a compact AC unit, which one is it? I'm still trying to figure that out for mine.

 

Thanks guys . Gary , still in Texas ?
AC unit is Vintage Air mini 2 .
Blue

 

Yes, still in Texas. Probably head home around the middle of April.

 

My cable came from Lokar. Just give them a call and they can make any length you need...beware: cables have drag, so you need to minimize the number of bends. My cable goes forward and then makes a large arc to the back. The pedal feels funny to me, so I might try to build a simple linkage to reverse the beginning cable direction and eliminate the long arc.

 

I go with a throttle cable from smaller boats, I use a 12ft universal. The more money the less drag. The ones I buy are around 50 bucks. I like the finished ends and connecting hardware.

 

Throttle cable?? What's that??

 

Skier , the only fly by wire I use is the one made of coat hanger to pull up the zipper on my skinny jeans . LOL

 

I used a lokar and have the same issue. long slow bend front and back but still has drag.

 

Anyone though about hydraulic linkage? More or less based on a clutch system. Might be a little sluggish in very cold weather.

 

Well while I been waiting for it to warm up to paint and for Fed Ex , I've been working on the inside of cab . First I bought one of those headliner inserts and had to trim a lot and do a lot of shifting to get it to fit . I probably could have hammered one out faster . Oh well it came out nice .


Next I finished the most of the insulation on the floor , mat and liner . Since I have a flat floor with no trans tunnel I needed to raise up my shifter . I folded up a 16ga pan , put some nutcerts in , and punched a hole in for the cable. Turned out ok , still need to paint .


Will lay out an aluminum console and bead roll and fold to fit . Still in thought stage . Need Steves drafting table! Should have it done by this weekend.

Shouldn't have to bend over to far . Latter , Blue