my 1955 rebuild

[jdepiero]

you guys have been a lot of help. my work doesn't come close to what some of you do, but here are my pics.170.jpg

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[W_A_Watson_II]

Joe,

WOW nice truck and work, love the shop as well!

[53Crusher]

Wow!

I agree with Will on both the truck and the shop! Nice!

[jdepiero]

thanks guys, I completed the shop about a year ago. Took me about 3 years to build. I love it. After 40 years of working on cars/trucks in sheds, barns, and outside I finally built my dream garage/shop.

[jdepiero]

temperature gauge

I finally got all of the wiring done and got the truck started. All seems to work with the exception of the temp.gauge . The truck was 12 volts when I got it. Now that I have the temp gage wired up it goes to hot almost immediately. Should I change to sending unit to a 12 volt one? I don't know if it is 6 volt or 12 volts, though I suspect the gage is 6 volt

[bilfman]

Factory gauge is not electric. Works just like a thermometer.

[53Crusher]

Temp sender

My 53 has a mechanical temp gauge, but I was thinking in 56 they switched over to 12V electrical senders with associated black face gauge. VPW has the senders.

[jdepiero]

thanks,
i am calling them now!