1984 Chevy El Camino (Build Up and Progress)
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Re: 1984 Chevy El Camino
I keep getting off work late and I am pretty damn tired... I think almost delirious, Im afraid to go to sleep though, cause i wanna get some stuff done, but ive been staring at the same thing for about ten minutes, then finally realized absolutely nothing...lol...
this console is kicking my *ss, trying to get all the brackets set right, one front bracket is too tall (it seems), this is driving me crazy, then i "remembered" i modified the dash, so the console shouldn't fit flush with it, took me all of 30 minuted to come up with that... had to take a break, before i break something (else)... lol
even my welds suck right now, so now i gotta grind em (cause its going to bother the hell outta me if i dont) :evil:
doing this half sleep...lol... still gotta do some more welding and make a spacer or bracket for the front of the shifter and hope it works... i thought about taking a bolt about 1.5" long, putting its head on the floor (welding it there), threading a nut on it, putting the bottom of the shifter (through the mounting hole) over the bolt, then sandwhiching another nut over that, so that i can adjust it relatively easy and lock it together... but thats probably my brain going wild cause it made sense when i thunked of it...
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I keep getting off work late and I am pretty damn tired... I think almost delirious, Im afraid to go to sleep though, cause i wanna get some stuff done, but ive been staring at the same thing for about ten minutes, then finally realized absolutely nothing...lol...
this console is kicking my *ss, trying to get all the brackets set right, one front bracket is too tall (it seems), this is driving me crazy, then i "remembered" i modified the dash, so the console shouldn't fit flush with it, took me all of 30 minuted to come up with that... had to take a break, before i break something (else)... lol
even my welds suck right now, so now i gotta grind em (cause its going to bother the hell outta me if i dont) :evil:
doing this half sleep...lol... still gotta do some more welding and make a spacer or bracket for the front of the shifter and hope it works... i thought about taking a bolt about 1.5" long, putting its head on the floor (welding it there), threading a nut on it, putting the bottom of the shifter (through the mounting hole) over the bolt, then sandwhiching another nut over that, so that i can adjust it relatively easy and lock it together... but thats probably my brain going wild cause it made sense when i thunked of it...
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Re: 1984 Chevy El Camino
I am building me another dash too, the part around the tv wasnt supposed to be wrapped so that it flowed into the console a little better... i almost hate it now, plus im going to be putting a ipad there like i intended the first time
I am building me another dash too, the part around the tv wasnt supposed to be wrapped so that it flowed into the console a little better... i almost hate it now, plus im going to be putting a ipad there like i intended the first time
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"WHen I thunked it" HAHA!! YEah bruh, time for a lil rest before you weld ya damn hand to the floor! That night shift aint no punk! Lookin damn good bru bruh! Now I want my console back!(Lil low key hateration goin on) LOL! Keep the updates goin doggy!
Elco "hatin *ss" Warren
"WHen I thunked it" HAHA!! YEah bruh, time for a lil rest before you weld ya damn hand to the floor! That night shift aint no punk! Lookin damn good bru bruh! Now I want my console back!(Lil low key hateration goin on) LOL! Keep the updates goin doggy!
Elco "hatin *ss" Warren
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lookin good skip.LSCustoms said:I keep getting off work late and I am pretty damn tired... I think almost delirious, Im afraid to go to sleep though, cause i wanna get some stuff done, but ive been staring at the same thing for about ten minutes, then finally realized absolutely nothing...lol...
this console is kicking my *ss, trying to get all the brackets set right, one front bracket is too tall (it seems), this is driving me crazy, then i "remembered" i modified the dash, so the console shouldn't fit flush with it, took me all of 30 minuted to come up with that... had to take a break, before i break something (else)... lol
even my welds suck right now, so now i gotta grind em (cause its going to bother the hell outta me if i dont) :evil:
doing this half sleep...lol... still gotta do some more welding and make a spacer or bracket for the front of the shifter and hope it works... i thought about taking a bolt about 1.5" long, putting its head on the floor (welding it there), threading a nut on it, putting the bottom of the shifter (through the mounting hole) over the bolt, then sandwhiching another nut over that, so that i can adjust it relatively easy and lock it together... but thats probably my brain going wild cause it made sense when i thunked of it...
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I want a welder....lol...brah its coming out sweet...i just through my console in the middle...lol...no brakets....riding dirty i tell ya!! lmao...keep the pics coming!
I want a welder....lol...brah its coming out sweet...i just through my console in the middle...lol...no brakets....riding dirty i tell ya!! lmao...keep the pics coming!
Re: 1984 Chevy El Camino
Your def on the right track with this. Your like speed demon # 2 over here
Your def on the right track with this. Your like speed demon # 2 over here
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i couldnt get that front bracket to work at all, I dont know if it i because im using a different shifter that the one that custommontess uses or what, but anyhow, i had to figure the sh*t out...
this is what i meant by the gap, about an inch, also there is no real way to tell where to place the brackets... pissed me off, but whatever, every time i use the welder, i get better, so dont hate on my beginner welding techniques, trial by error.. i know the stuff isnt coming out... 😀
i couldnt get that front bracket to work at all, I dont know if it i because im using a different shifter that the one that custommontess uses or what, but anyhow, i had to figure the sh*t out...
this is what i meant by the gap, about an inch, also there is no real way to tell where to place the brackets... pissed me off, but whatever, every time i use the welder, i get better, so dont hate on my beginner welding techniques, trial by error.. i know the stuff isnt coming out... 😀
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