Very nice work you have been doing on that cruiser as well.
Build Powda Blue 74 Build - Tilda Bogue Service Station
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Did you add FF to the underside or just paint it? What paint do you like to use if no rust present?
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Scrub and wash with Zepp purple. Then I painted the places that had old bedliner with canned bedliner. Frame and axles regular gloss black.
Once I’m done wrenching I’ll add fluid film before it heads out.
Once I’m done wrenching I’ll add fluid film before it heads out.
@wngrog …you obviously liked the EPS enough to repeat
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It’s so legit.
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I had to do my day job today but I plan to assemble it tomorrow
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Putting the ignition back on the column and the doohickey that goes between the key tumbler and the ignition switch was gone of course. I went back to the giving tree 40 and boom. It was in there.
Nice and new
Column together
Pulled the cluster to see what’s what with the hacked ignition and this “bad boy” was under there. I bet they ate someone’s ass
Nice and new
Column together
Pulled the cluster to see what’s what with the hacked ignition and this “bad boy” was under there. I bet they ate someone’s ass
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Thanks again for the good steering wheel Classic Cruisers and also it now has a proper OEM ignition key and RED center cap that would have come on a 1974
Are 33's about max for that electric power steering? Nice work, nice rig.
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No idea but they are effortless with 33’s so I’m sure it could handle a bit more.
City Racer goodness
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Busy afternoon. Lots done.
Yanked out the heater for a good cleaning and paint.
Cleanup of all the random wires and crap. Blew out all the leaves from this thing sitting topless under a tree for hell knows how long
They painted the ash tray and glove box door blue so they are going back the correct color
Decided to go ahead and deal with the dash pad and windshield gasket and found an ant colony
Yanked out the heater for a good cleaning and paint.
Cleanup of all the random wires and crap. Blew out all the leaves from this thing sitting topless under a tree for hell knows how long
They painted the ash tray and glove box door blue so they are going back the correct color
Decided to go ahead and deal with the dash pad and windshield gasket and found an ant colony
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Peeled the nasty dash cover off and scraped all the old glue and such off and reinstalled a fresh cap from Cruiser Corps
Also added some City Racer vent drain hoses
Windshield down with a front roll bar always looks cool
Also added some City Racer vent drain hoses
Windshield down with a front roll bar always looks cool
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Everything from the box to the steering wheel is provided with the kit.
You reuse the Ignition and the blinker and of course the steering wheel and clamshell
And that’s where the benefit of using City Racers kit comes in, no cutting, welding or fabwork?
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This is only an option for a 40 with the newer steering box and center arm. 72 and up? I think that’s right.
Yes it bolts right in. I also rebuilt the center arm and added all new TREs. The OEM box on this one feels tight.
The only other one I did had a New Old Stock box so it was perfect.
FWIW, the proper part number for the F1.5 head is 60050, 60051, or 60052. The 60052 requires the step-down studs for the Intake Exh combo.
I've never seen these part numbers listed anywhere and each head was only used for a few months during the F1.5 run.
I have a 4/74 with a 60051 head.
Also, you're going to need the head bolts specific to the F1.5 head if you stick with that motor.
The 2 piece box/rag joint column came in 10/72. For the earlier trucks, swapping to a later 40 box, and then modifying the firewall/outer column might get the EPS installed but would take some time. It’d be almost the same as any other PS mod.