Projects 1959 Chevrolet Apache 3100 - Build Thread.

One more shot:

 

Joe, that is going to be awesome. What color carpet are you going with?

 

Carpet?!

No sir - it's a pickup. It will have a rubber mat.

Eventually the insides of the cab will be white. The only original paint in there is the black on top of the dash, that will stay. The door centers will be the same red as the seat.

- Joe

 

I traced the wires for the heater motor... it was wired to the fuse box, but no workee.

I ran a temp wire to the battery and the motor works. So I wired it to the ignition. I'll pickup an in-line fuse this week.

Next - Tear the heater box apart and get the core out so I can send it to the radiator shop.

- Joe

 

I'm getting ready to do the same thing. 333HalfEvil is sending me the heater, should be here this week. Do you know how the heater was wired up by the factory? I don't see it in my factory wiring harness.

 

looks great,is this the truck that was for sell just awhile back,I have a huge love for those dual head light trucks,BAG IT,FLAME IT,PUT A BIG BLOCK IN IT AND THEN ENJOY IT......OH YA,if you look at my album,I just put a 454 in my ,havent updated it yet,keep it up,,dave

 

Thanks bro! I was just checkin those seat pics that is gonna look nice!It also reminded me that I dont have visors........damn it I always forget something!

 

1 wire from the blower to the switch then over to the fuses.
I have a couple of pix of the fuse block if it helps.

Yes, it's that truck. I dig your truck... No flames for this one. Maybe a big block Cadillac way down the road.

They are pretty cheap at Truck and Car Shop... I got the visors, just plain wood for $12 each.

- Joe

 

Seats are done!!

 

ouch.

 

Im saving a pic of that seat because it is so rad!

 

Joe, I'm loving what you're doing with the truck! We all dug it when Gooz had it. We miss it, but its really nice to see it in good hands.

 

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Thanks man - that really means alot to me.

- Joe

 

The seat is installed. This afternoon I'll get the visors and armrests bolted in (and take some good pix).



It kills, huh.

 

Lookin' good Joe!

 

Wow that looks great!

Is it a lot better to sit in than the original?

 

Man, I'm diggin that look. especially that interior

I'm switchn' small blocks in mine right now
some jackass let it freeze & crack last month

Oh wait, I'm that jackass!

Like the man said, enjoy those rugrats, they grow up fast!
Put a wrench in their hands & keep'em interested.

an older shot of mine below 350/350 Nova clip & 10 bolt

 

Hey Ellwood, I dig the look of that Apache pulling the Can-O-Ham.

 

I sit pretty high now. The S10 seat was pretty damn comfortable.. but it was too narrow.

I need to get used to this one, but yeah, way better than the way it was all worn out.

- Joe

 

Here you go... big pix of the new hotness...

 

NIce.

 

you gonna slam it? i wanna ride joe. i will just sit in it like the kids do.Is this ok?

 

Come by man... I'm curious how the vroom vroom noises sound with an Aussie accent.

Or better yet - be at Foster's this week!

No slam - I'll probably just pull 3 leafs from each corner. I drive it every day, and I use it like a pickup.

- Joe

 

I'll race you on a kangaroo.

 

sweet looking interior

 

You are a funny fucker Paul.

 

That seat is the tits. Looks like a brand spankin' new baseball glove.

 

What size wheels and tires are you running in this pic?

 

The tires are 235-75-15 Coker Classics on the stock 15" wheels.
- Joe

 

I was finally able to quite down the doors today. It was chattering.

I pushed the passenger side latch clasp all the way to the inside... drove it... no chatter, but now I had a squeek. I adjusted the window trim... drove it... squeek.

Greased the crap out of the door latches and the squeek is gone!

No chatter, no squeek.

Next I think I'm gonna paint my wheels and either blast and paint my caps or pop on the '52 sedan caps I bought this weekend.

- Joe