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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher
Very nice work on the devil's Cowboy. What's the story behind the name? I would like to buy a set of those cab light pieces you have too. That one doesn't seem to match the roof contour well? How do you like them?
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Very nice work on the Devil's Cowboy. What's the story behind the name?
When I got Best View's truck shipped to me from the guy in Oregon that he bought the truck from, he had named it Cowboy because the truck had a super high lift, also 2-inch body lift, and big tires. So all of the boxes of parts had cowboy written on them. When the truck arrived in Idaho from the transporter I had to put the truck in storage for a few weeks before I could get to going over the truck and doing a final assessment of what it was going to take to make it a driver.
So the P.O. said that the motor ran fine and sounded healthy. I decided to go over to the storage lot and see if I could get the truck to fire up. When I got over to the lot I first got under the truck to make sure everything looked good, checking wiring and fuel lines for any possible hazards. The first thing I noticed was that the motor had a heavy-duty piece of angle iron bolted to the flywheel and spanning across the frame of the truck to hold the motor up. So I went back to the house a got a few 4x4 beam cut-offs and a hydraulic bottle jack. Jacked up the motor a little bit and removed the angle iron. The motor is now being supported by the 4x4 beam cut-offs at the rear of the motor. Disconnected the fuel line from the carb, hooked up a battery and squirted some 40:1 gas mix down the carb, and tried to start it. Sounded good but I could tell there was no fire getting to the motor. I poked around and could not see anything right off the bat so I decided to throw the towel in for the day. A few days later I cleaned up some areas in the garage and decided to trailer the truck over to the house and dive in deeper on the motor. After further investigation, the HEI cap and rotor were broken. Replaced them with new ones from the auto parts store. Tried to start it again and bingo it fired right up. So the "Devil's" part of the name was added.
I would like to buy a set of those cab light pieces you have too. That one doesn't seem to match the roof contour well?
I will P.M. you the information on the cab light pucks. They actually do fit very well, I just placed it up on the cab quickly to get a picture of the lens kit I bought on Amazon. Wanted to see how the lens fit. The preferred method to install them is not to spot weld them on but to use a panel adhesive like 3M panel bond 08115.
How do you like them?
They are made very well and will be a breeze adding cab lights to any truck I desire now.
Pic 1 - shows the handmade light puck next to one on a truck
Pic 2 - shows the layout after being glued
Pic 3 - shows one of the finished truck he has done