64 project "Money Pit"

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 25, 2011, 8:23 am

Believe it or not, I've not made a decision on gages yet. I figure after I fab up the face of the dash, I'll print out my top selection of gages and tape them to the dash to see what suits my fancy. I'm leaning towards digital but we'll see. THe other thought is to put them in the console and hide them. There will be no switches in the dash, all of them will be in a compartment in the console. I'll just have to wait until I get to that point. Twisted, I've got several of the custom cab pieces. PM me if you are interested.

66Bullitt · Post by **66Bullitt** » January 25, 2011, 3:40 pm

Reds Rod Shop wrote: This as low as she goes. Ride height will be about 6" higher.

Man this really motivates me to keep working on my truck!

love your build, keep the pictures my friend!

rickairmedic · Post by **rickairmedic** » January 30, 2011, 12:18 am

Well kewl at least now I have a better idea of what my dash will look

. I have been thinking about that mod for a while glad somebody else beat me to it so I could see it other than in my febble mind .

Rick

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 30, 2011, 10:03 pm

Got a little more done this weekend. Finished blasting the cab and hood. Dash is about 90% complete and even found the time to to clean up the chassis while its all apart. Here are some pics.

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » January 30, 2011, 11:34 pm

Red, You really do nice work. That all looks great. I like the dash because it is something different and uniue to your truck.
Keep up the good work

Kevin

Rusty 63 · Post by **Rusty 63** » January 31, 2011, 5:31 am

Sweeeeeeet!

Post by **Greg D** » January 31, 2011, 9:09 pm

You have managed to make a straight axle farm truck chassis look like it belongs under a racing car!

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 1, 2011, 6:47 pm

looks good reds and all im wanting is the lower cover for the knobs above the steering column if you have that send me some picks and price

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » February 6, 2011, 9:34 am

Got her put back together again for the 10 billionth time. Had a photo shoot yesterday for an under construction article for Truck'n magazine. I did get the radiator test fit and the brake pedal assy cut down for the dash modifications. Here are a couple of pics of her put together.

Power by Ford · Post by **Power by Ford** » February 6, 2011, 6:43 pm

Looking good Red. Have you seen the new digital gauge panel that summit has? Would look very nice in that dash IMO

66Bullitt · Post by **66Bullitt** » February 10, 2011, 10:18 am

Power by Ford wrote:Looking good Red. Have you seen the new digital gauge panel that summit has? Would look very nice in that dash IMO

LINK?

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 10, 2011, 11:08 am

looks freakin awesome and did u you ever get the price for the under dash piece that i was looking for

UNIFAN · Post by **UNIFAN** » February 14, 2011, 8:29 pm

Been a while since I stopped in to check on the progress here. MAN you weren't kidding when you said you were going to back up and punt!!!

Its looking great! Keep up the good work and as always I CAN'T WAIT to see this thing in person!

HiBoy63 · Post by **HiBoy63** » February 14, 2011, 11:30 pm

Its great to see what good fabricators and rodders are doing with these trucks. Nice!!!!!!

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » March 13, 2011, 9:23 pm

UNIFAN wrote:Been a while since I stopped in to check on the progress here. MAN you weren't kidding when you said you were going to back up and punt!!! Its looking great! Keep up the good work and as always I CAN'T WAIT to see this thing in person!

Unless things change, We are bringing it to the F100 Show in May in Pigeon Forge. Of course, that's if life doesn't derail and you kjnow how that can go.

Its been a while since I posted but I have been making some progress. I built a steering column drop. Air tank is mounted. (sorry, forgot to get a pic of these two things) Skinned the tail gate on both sides, got the gas filler mounted in the bed rail and filled in the old filler hole in the cab. Here are a few pics of the progress.

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Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » March 14, 2011, 5:02 am

Sweet Red.... looking awesome!!!

noley99 · Post by **noley99** » March 15, 2011, 5:16 pm

Wow, that is awesome man!

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » March 27, 2011, 8:58 am

Got a little done on my truck yesterday. I installed some seats out of a 1999 Tahoe. Very comfortable. Formed up a center console from posterboard. This is my 3rd set of seats and 4th console attempt but this one is growing on me. A few more tweaks on the console and i'll make one out of metal.

aarons428 · Post by **aarons428** » March 27, 2011, 11:12 am

That console looks great i was thinking of something just like that but not up the seat.

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » April 10, 2011, 8:41 pm

Got a little done this weekend. Spend a lot of intimate time with some 18 gage angle and the shrinker / stretcher. The frame for the center console is done and the skin for the upper portion is welded in place. Still have to cut out the slot for the shifter, and the storage compartment, and build the sides. Overall I was right pleased with the progress. Here are some pics of the progress.