Thread: Bad-Boy 92 inch 1952 Pan
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03-21-2023 #781Senior Member
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hey Drag.......
I have some killer looking A/C vents that I would like to show you.
I have to head out the door at the moment, but I will post photos
later today or tomorrow.
I have 2 styles, (round or square). They are nice and compact, made of billet aluminum,
and adjustable for the air flow angle. made in USA of course.
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03-21-2023 #782Senior Member
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Love to take a look at what you have ..
Originally Posted by Revelator
Pretty much already nailed down the through the dash vents ..
Got a center vent coming that may or may not be used ??
Still in the R&D dept. with that one ...
Much Thanks ...
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03-21-2023 #783Senior Member
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That could get matching radius curves. Originally Posted by Dragstews
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03-21-2023 #784Senior Member
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By using pieces of another IH dashboard (Same vintage as mine) I may be able to do a 4" drop in the middle, that will net enough room for the A/C vent and the A/C controls ...
Freaken dash is like a boat's dash ... Not flat, it curves around ...
I may have found another IH dashboard to slice & dice on .. More thought will be in the doing once the vent gets to me ..
All this work to net A/C ... !!
I could had taken the easy way ...
Now that's ^^ a bygone era ..
(Down here in the land of huge lizards that have very sharp teeth would most likely need two of them. One for each window)
Damn pot holes !!Last edited by Dragstews; 03-21-2023 at 6:04 PM.
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03-21-2023 #785Senior Member
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Swamp coolers mostly work in dry areas but they do look slick.
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03-22-2023 #786Senior Member
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Yeah this vent is the one ....
The whole grill moves to one side or the other ..
Now for fabricating the dash mount ...
... (More time in the think tank !!) ...
Already thinking of backing up on the A/C dash control ...
What I have maynot look as well as this one ^^ would .. ??
Since I will be making a pod, so to speak, to mount the louver into, could mount the in-dash switches down below the louver ..
Net a cleaner look than the bolt on under dash unit ...
(Way cool, "Old Air Products" said it would be no problem to trade out the control switches)Last edited by Dragstews; 03-23-2023 at 10:06 AM.
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03-24-2023 #787Senior Member
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More homemade shi errrrrrrr stuff ..
No more flimsy-ass Pot-Metal !!
Last edited by Dragstews; 04-06-2023 at 5:15 PM.
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03-24-2023 #788Senior Member
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this is the Round one.
I also have some square ones, but I need to find them, my shop is turned
upside down at the moment. the square ones may not work for your vehicle, they are
designed for a 1940 ford dash, and are angled to fit the contour of the 40 dash where the
ash trays are, in fact the vents replace the ash trays. these round ones are universal fit.
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03-24-2023 #789Senior Member
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Good looking vents .. Got a Hi-Tech look to em ...
Thinking I've nailed down all the needed vents for my project .. Center vent is a bit more work to make it look like it belongs than I wanted to do ..
Going to be working the dash anyways for laying on the woodgrain paint job, a wee bit more time spent on it should have the center vent and A/C switches looking like a custom install ...
I've already got a handle on another Oem dash to graft onto my dash ... What I got pictured in my head will look killer !!
My mentor since the 60's ...
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Getting some ideas on how this will go down .. ??Last edited by Dragstews; 03-25-2023 at 12:57 PM.
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03-25-2023 #790Senior Member
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How about one of the FC Corvair radio mounts
I( might have one down in a shed.
Dusty
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03-25-2023 #791Senior Member
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Ohoooo, I like that ... Being rescressed has a neat look to it ... Originally Posted by DustyDave
How about one of the FC Corvair radio mounts
I( might have one down in a shed.
Dusty
That just may be the ticket !!
That's a few years back in the timeline ...Bout 60/65 years ago would be my guess ??Last edited by Dragstews; 03-25-2023 at 6:25 PM.
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03-25-2023 #792Senior Member
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If'n I can't find one in my junk these people have some. Let Me know if I should dig.
https://californiacorvairparts.com/65-used-radios-parts
Dusty
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03-27-2023 #793Senior Member
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By all means dig it out ..
Need to know "IF" it has room for the 7.5" long louver ??
What I'm thinking of doing is to extend my dash using the donor just enough to mount the A/C switches .. Then bolt-on the louver to the bottom of the newly stretched dash in that box ... ??
The bottom of the dash has a bit of a kick out, that would tilt the louver up a little ..
Think it would look a wee bit wacky if I stretched it out for both the switches and louver ... ??Last edited by Dragstews; 04-13-2023 at 7:41 PM.
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03-31-2023 #794Senior Member
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That Corvair radio mount is pure sex.
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03-31-2023 #795Senior Member
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Think it would do the trick .... Without looking to busy .. Originally Posted by farmall
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Speaking of pure sex .....
For 70 year old tin, their in grand shape ...
A small bit of pounding on it got it looking much better ...
Does appear they will add some "FAT" up front ...
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Found only one spot that rust ate though ...
Welded in a patch ...Last edited by Dragstews; 04-02-2023 at 4:32 PM.
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04-02-2023 #796Senior Member
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Soon to do a trail fit ...
Not sure what I'm going to do for marrying the fenders to the running boards ...
Got to trim on the fenders, don't want to do any mods to the boards ... I recall whooping on them 25 years ago and was very time consuming to get em in shape ...
These new to me fenders, which are from a larger R-Series truck, are much longer due to their running boards being taller ..
"Slice & Dice" time is at hand .. !!
More "Slice & Dice" yet to come ...
"Ledge be Gone", it had to go, wanted to keep it but seen no way to make it work with the R-100 running boards ...Last edited by Dragstews; 04-03-2023 at 8:18 PM.
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04-05-2023 #797Senior Member
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Fat is where it's at ....
Added a bit of beef looking dead on from the front ...
(Which is what I was after)
I digging the look up there ...
Got rid of the ledge in order to be able to bolt the fender on ...
Looking so much better with the Fat fenders on it ....
!! ... BUT ... !!
Not so much from the side view ...
Got to make up the R-100 wheel arches and weld in ...
Another 20 hours goes into this laborious chore ...
We need to get a Lynch Mob together and go after the Guy who said "Change one thing and 10 others will be needed to make that one work" !!
(Wait a second. think that was me who said dat) !!
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04-06-2023 #798Senior Member
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Been dialing in the look ....
I'm pretty close to where it needs to be ..
Making up the patch panel is going well ..
Soon to weld in ..
... /// https://youtu.be/1OMdKpt2aPg \\\ ...Last edited by Dragstews; 04-10-2023 at 4:15 PM.
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04-11-2023 #799Senior Member
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04-11-2023 #800Senior Member
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So........ Is the 92" "Bad Boy" Pan going under the hood of the truck, sorta like a servitruck?
maybe stick 4 of them in there, sorta like tommy ivo did with his nail heads.
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