Thread: 1953 Dodge Pilothouse
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12-01-2022 11:12 AM #16
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Nice project Seth! How's the floor repairs going?Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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12-01-2022 09:11 PM #17
Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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12-02-2022 07:43 AM #18
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12-03-2022 04:59 PM #19
Spent the day making new cab mounts for the Dakota, doesn't seem like much done but I wasn't in a balls to the wall mood. I didn't replace any floor or weld in the mounts solid yet, I got to see how the cab is going to mate up to it first. No sense in adding in floor that I'll need to modify again, I might as well do it all in one shot. I'm about running stuck on the Dakota part. Next I'm going to sand blast the inside of the cab and chemically strip the paint off the outside of the cab. The inside is going to get painted red and nice, the outside will get shaded back in red blending in with the rust. Not sure if I told the plan for the inside and outside, I'm to lazy to go back and look.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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12-03-2022 05:01 PM #20
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12-07-2022 11:21 AM #21
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So it'll be ready for drift busting after Christmas right?
.Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
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12-07-2022 12:19 PM #22
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12-15-2022 12:44 PM #23
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I didn't get a lot done on the Dodge this week, but I did put in an overhead pivoting hoist, I think I'm going to love it!Last edited by 53 Chevy5; 12-15-2022 at 12:47 PM.
Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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12-16-2022 02:15 AM #24
Mike
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12-26-2022 04:48 PM #25
This is where I'm at as of today. I went a bit of a different route on the firewall/ floor. I did not like how the Dakota floor pan ended up lower compared to the cab, and I did not like how the firewall lined up with the cab either. I ended up chopping the firewall apart so it would be flush with the original firewall, and I raised the floor pan up to the cab and will raise the cab mounts or use spacers or something underneath to get it at the right height. ( I wish I would have tried the original firewall and floor pan first ). I got the AC / heater box modified so it's more tucked into the corner and not running across the whole cab. I shortened the steering column about 3 in and got my brake pedal hung. Everything's in rough mock up right now, but I want to make sure everything is where I want it to be before stuff gets welded permanently and painted. The way people talked, this was the easiest thing since sliced bread. It would have been easier if I would have welded things up how they were, but I'm kind of weird about seats at the right height, pedals in the right place and the steering wheel where it should be. I also want people to have to look a bit before they realize its a Dakota swap.Seth
God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing. C.S.Lewis
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12-26-2022 05:20 PM #26
That looks like it will work out VERY well.
.I've NEVER seen a car come from the factory that couldn't be improved.....
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12-27-2022 09:03 PM #27
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That's looking really nice Seth!Ryan
1940 Ford Deluxe Tudor 354 Hemi 46RH Electric Blue w/multi-color flames, Ford 9" Residing in multiple pieces
1968 Corvette Coupe 5.9 Cummins Drag Car 11.43@130mph No stall leaving the line with 1250 rpm's and poor 2.2 60'
1972 Chevy K30 Longhorn P-pumped 24v Compound Turbos 47RH Just another money pit
1971 Camaro RS 5.3 BTR Stage 3 cam, SuperT10
Tire Sizes
A little late too.....Happy Birthday. ! .
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