1949 Power Wagon resto mod

[gyman98]

Haven't spent much time on this in the last week or two. I had promised my wife I would do the baseboards in the house in march. Well I was almost out of march so figured I had better get it done. Of course it was a 2 piece baseboard she wanted so it was 300LF x 2 of base. Very sore knees on this guy!

It's done now though so I should start making some slow progress again, thanks to Oliver I was able to determine that some 2nd Gen pedals should work for this application. I had a auto set and was able to dig the burnt clutch and brake pedal out of the burnt 2nd Gen I used for the transmission. After a sand blast, paint and new bushings they were ready to go. Also coated the console with a rubberized rockerguard.

Next project will be fabricating a electric windshield opener...

[gyman98]

[gyman98]

Well I got the electric windshield to work pretty well, will need to do final adjustments after I get the new weatherstripping on. Have a look at the videos below. Also got a bracket made for the junkyard hydroboost then cleaned and painted it. Got the rest of the firewall holes done except for the steering column and the heater.

I bought a vintage air unit but they sent me the wrong one so I need to exchange it for the right one. Also got the pedal assembly figured out and installed temporarily. Started to make the gauge mounts but ran out of weekend

Windshield video 1

Windshield video 2

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[bilfman]

Looking good, some great progress there.

[Desoto61]

I like the windshield mod, where did you get the drive assembly from?

[gyman98]

Looking good, some great progress there.

Thank you, hopefully soon you'll see it rolling around SK

I like the windshield mod, where did you get the drive assembly from?

Thank you, I made it using parts from a Jeep Grand Cherokee seat

[gyman98]

Getting a little bit done in the evenings here, rigged up a new dust boot for the NV4500 shifter, finished the gauge mounting plate and got the wiper motors modded and fitting. Enough talk! On with the pictures...

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[bilfman]

What end of Sask you from gyman?

[gyman98]

What end of Sask you from gyman?

I'm in the south central, near Assiniboia

[bilfman]

I'm in Lumsden, maybe we will see you around.

[gyman98]

I'm in Lumsden, maybe we will see you around.

For sure, once we both have our trucks running we'll have to meet up in Regina