resurection IHC

[hotrodgypsy]

looks good pugs...

[pugs]

been tinkering on the truck the past few days, have the m/c brake pedal botled up on the new cab. drilled a new hole for the steeing column, an have the setting on the frame. only thing is i had to change up the front cab mounts to bolt on top of the frame. still need to get the back mounts in yet. it does raise the cab up about an inch which isnt to bad atleast. hoping to get the front spring cut down, weld up a few more holes on the firewall, and whatever else i can get done.

[hotrodgypsy]

lookin' good pug's----

[beachbum jim]

build it the way you want... I like the IH.

[kuztomklaus]

You're really getting things done! Sweet!!

[pugs]

here are a few updated pics i took today, i cheated on the firewall alittle for now and just put plugs in a few of the wholes, m/c mounted up. and took part of an old floor mat my gf got from her work and cut strips for the gaskes for the toe board. and no im not painting it the yellow.

[pugs]

couple more pics, not sure if i want to go with the buckets or a bench seat yet. i also got the heater box apart and painted and ready to in when i get to that point. need to get gas pedal in place and the steering column buttoned up at the firewall.

[hotrodgypsy]

Doin, good pug's...id like to see your project sometime...

[pugs]

thanx , i been working on it tough the past few weeks, even tho alot of little things, it all has to be done. if things work out im hoping to have it together by the end of july before we go on vacation. let me know when ya wanna stop by im usually here after 4 pm

[pugs]

wellit wa on of those day all kinds of things around the house, cleaning up in the garage alittle and staring at the truck not liking the way the new cab sits higher then the original one did on the account of the mounts. so between mowning grass and moving things around in the garage i removed the mounts and just studying it all i came up with this idea. it actually drops it back down 1.5" which make me happy. i do have to revamp the rear cab mounts also. now i will will be moving the m/t forward 1/2 an inch to to give the little extra play at the floor/firewall.

[kuztomklaus]

Man i just realized that you live in Hamburg PA! I bought my wife's 1950 IH L-121 in Hanover PA.
It looks great what you're doing

[pugs]

thanx klaus. i knew by looking at the thread of the wifes IH that you picked it up in Pa just wasnt sure where.

[kuztomklaus]

I bought it from Junior in Hanover. I'd also like to see your truck next time I'm in the area. I see you're not far from Reading PA. I think we'll be going there in the beginning of August. When will you be back from vacation?

[pugs]

we will be back on the 1st, only going down to ocean city maryland for the weekend. let me know for sure if ya think you will be in the area

[mcnally351]

cool build I dig that truck

[pugs]

thanx mcnally, im slowly getting there.
so i wasnt happy with the front cab mounts. after looking around the garage and thu my parts i found one of my 6cyl. motor mount brackets and looked it over and said this will work. first thing i did was drill a hole thu the cab floor and brace at one of the holes the the stock mounts bolted to. marked the motor bracket and drilled the 1.25" hole for the cab mount. i then welded a plate to the bracket as a backing that i could atleast bolt it up to the frame till i get the cab off to weld it to the frame.
pics will show what i did.

[kuztomklaus]

That's perfect! Once again it proves my theory, never toss anything cuz there might be a need for it later! No wonder my garage seem so small

[pugs]

been busy the past couple of days working on the truck. 1st thing i did was the passenger side cab mount. i cleaned up the floor of the heavy rust, gave it a coat of rusty metal primer and then a coat of bed liner. then i needed to figure out something at the firewall to slip the column thu, so i took a piece of 18g metal and put a 2.75 hole in it and then split in 2 pieces. took a gas filler rubber gasket and split that to fit around the column i flanged the one piece to fit over the other correctly. i will be cutting out a rubber gasket to put behind the plate when im ready to install for the last time.

[pugs]

i also snagged a gas pedal out od a mid 80's monte carlo. i did have to do some tweakin to it and some kind of mount if it. will get mount pics later.
i did make sure the stock fuel tank was gonna fit in place right with using a different fame and it does, but not sure if i want to run the stock tank or go with a jeep cj tank i have here and mount it in the rear of the frame.
either way its looking like the running boards will be about 8" off the ground at this point.

[pugs]

well i took the cab off the frame the other day and after two days of scraping the bottom it and primering i finally got it bedlinered.
i hit the yard today to pick up new door stops, i got a set off of a hyundia as the bolt to the door and the jam. after checking over both of my grill the do need work around the head/park lite area and been thinking of a good way to fix them. i came upon this dodge grill at the yard and figured i could cut the areas off this and fix one of my grills up. then i stood it up against a fender and thought well maybe i could split down the middle and stretch it 2-3" and trim the bottom a few inches and graft in the top section of one of the IH grills to match the hood. anyway a few pics of the progress.