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9 hours ago, harrybarbon said:

for the clearance light pads at restoration specialties it is a bit hard to find - go to the catalog PDF and scroll to page 60 - there you will find them, these are the correct rubber pads for your clearance lights and also comes with the sponge type seal as well, you can send an email with your lights,

They are a family business and very helpful

 

Thank's, I started to cut my own foam rubber gaskets last night, wasn't too happy with them.

On 5/3/2016 at 2:28 PM, miketturbo said:

Nice job.I defireized my B85 also.some people frown on doing this.But it Sat as a fire truck for a long time with no one loving it.so I made it into an everyday ride.Dodge pickup chassis ,cummins, automatic transmission,ps,PB,20 MPG.very fun to drive.

Nice job, that;s pretty much exactly the look I'm going for with the one I'm building.

Real nice Binder. What town did it end up in?

Thanks guys,

Got the brakelines and master cylinder finished up, started pricing cab lights, not too much curved base stuff out there anymore. I found a full set of nos kd517s for my A-car when I did that over, glad I saved the old ones. The chrome is flaking off, tried some "chrome paint" on the inside of one, don't know if I should just leave them as is or use the paint. Air horns were real rough painted them white. I think this will look pretty good against the black cab. Going to rework and extend the transfer case shift lever so it will look like a duplex. I've got to come up with an electric windshield wiper motor that can work with the Mack wiper transmission.

1 hour ago, 41chevy said:

That is going to be an impressive conversion, defiantly will not look cobbled together.

Thanks Paul

3 hours ago, eddeere said:

Work so far really looks 1st class.

Thanks, just wish it was as solid as your's is, this has a whole lot of patches.

Got bodywork and primer done on the cab. Had to find and drill out and tap the grab handle holes. Top bolts were broken off and covered with bondo, bottom bolts were ripped right out and a patch had been welded in. Found a Napa that mixed the green spray paint that I saw on here.
Did a test spay on dash panel, stuff goes on nice. Paint is coming this week, hope to get the cab sprayed and back on the frame in the next week or so.

Got some bodywork done this weekend. Pretty thick bondo on the back of cab. Had to rebuild tops of door openings.

350 Chevy 700r4. Everybody asks why not a Cummins or a 7.3. The motor had 40k on it, ran like new and came with the chassis. I'm trying to stay on a low budget.

I think they said it was cut down to haul big boulders. It was parked near my Autocar at a show last November

Mercier's is still in business. 508-587-0600. Fred Mercier is a friend of mine, i can ask him if he works on these.

It looks like early 1967. It looks like some of the cabs had 3 door hinges and some had piano hinges, I'm pretty sure the piano hinges started with the cab changes in '67.

This one survived. It's a lawn ornament outside their old yard

The dura lift and the versa lift are both good buckets but the onan genset is a total PITA to keep running and parts usually have to come from Cummins. Clutch pump or 12 volt electric over hydraulic pump is much better as is a dually truck.

673 and a 9 speed

Still haven't found someone for my B67. Solid cab, starts and yard drives, Will throw in rolling chassis for extra parts.

I'm never going to get to this project and need some space. Truck is in West Bridgewater Ma. 20 miles south of Boston

$1500

B67 Fenders are about 10" shorter than regular B model fenders.

I'm in the process of building one myself ( has been on hold while I rebuilt the engine in my Autocar). I'm using an 81 Chevy K20 with 37" Humvee tires. The tires are almost the same size

as a 9-20 so they fill up the fenders enough so I wont have to cut the sheetmetal down. Going to build a stepside bed with B model fenders.

I've got a B67 for sale needs restoration. Pretty solid cab.