68 aka "Chained in Porterbuilt Prison"

[67cheby]

LOL, i hope she will understand later !! Man those brakes are the cats meowwww !! Nice work on the latches ! dig the cab filller panel also !

[jtp67-72]

Back from holiday travel.....finished bear claw in door but had the ridge to fix for eventual upholstry --Piece of 1/2" round bar shaved and bent going to do the trick..More later this week ...trying to get these doors and panels to bodyman buddy then finish the dash.......jim

[giles70chevy]

That detail will sure be sharp!

[jbclassix]

That's slick!

[rob32472]

Awesome Job! Are you going to use outside door handles? Interested to see how lock and inside door handle rod turn out. The attention to detail is sick.

[67cheby]

NICE TOUCH ..loving all the little stuff !! details, details, details

[jtp67-72]

Originally Posted by rob32472

Awesome Job! Are you going to use outside door handles? Interested to see how lock and inside door handle rod turn out. The attention to detail is sick.

Try these.....
http://www.ringbrothers.com/index.cf...Product_ID=401

......fixin to order........just tryed a camaro handle for pre fitting...........looks like it will work well.......will wait till these come in to fit actual handle...........Always was a shaved person but I think these will blow a few minds as to were they came from!!!!.....going to use full 1 piece windows.....worried about how close window is to bear claw....video shows 3/4" is all u have ..any fatter and window will rub...OUCH!!..........jim

[cflvulcan]

This is turning out beautiful! I love your attention to detail. If I start ripping my truck all back aprt again sometime soon, im blaming you lol.
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[crappiewrangler]

lookin good man

[67cheby]

cool handles, cant wait to see that !

[rob32472]

Will be interesting to see this shape up.... how are you going to work the doorhandle and latch most bear claws are a pull to unlock not a push I will be interested to see what you come up with...... the whole build is just plain sick so far.

Originally Posted by jtp67-72

Try these.....
http://www.ringbrothers.com/index.cf...Product_ID=401

......fixin to order........just tryed a camaro handle for pre fitting...........looks like it will work well.......will wait till these come in to fit actual handle...........Always was a shaved person but I think these will blow a few minds as to were they came from!!!!.....going to use full 1 piece windows.....worried about how close window is to bear claw....video shows 3/4" is all u have ..any fatter and window will rub...OUCH!!..........jim

[jtp67-72]

Originally Posted by rob32472

Will be interesting to see this shape up.... how are you going to work the doorhandle and latch most bear claws are a pull to unlock not a push I will be interested to see what you come up with...... the whole build is just plain sick so far.

Well what I discovered was if u use a left in place of right It puts the unlock mech at the bottom side which allows a push to unlock-Granted it's down 5 " below handle but I'll work that out--The slider to lock the mech is on top and seemed funny if i used it where it came out bottom--it works opposite of the door knob action-up on knob-would actually lock mech---not sure yet because of windows if I am powering door locks...(p.s no instructions with these claws so I had to experiment--found inst.on internet..locks were brand new from autoloc!!).....................jim

[jtp67-72]

Here's pic to show how the 1 gen camaro handles conform to the original "cup" of 67-72 door-----will have to move mounting holes in--and add material to end of opening next to door edge--on 1st gen cars there is no "hand cup" but it looks natural when put on this door--also 1st gen cars had a recess for both ends of handles but I think I can make these work without that recess.....The ring brothers handles will make some go "HHHMMMMM"??.......lol........jim

[wildrib]

I have to agree with you on the ring bros handles i put some of the charcoal ones on my 68 they look really good.The c10 handles are so big and bulky i have often wondered why more people havn't used camaro ones!Nice build!
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[jtp67-72]

Originally Posted by wildrib

I have to agree with you on the ring bros handles i put some of the charcoal ones on my 68 they look really good.The c10 handles are so big and bulky i have often wondered why more people havn't used camaro ones!Nice build!
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68?? camaro or truck---are they as nice in person as in the pics?? thanx........jim

[wildrib]

Yes they are real nice,the fessler handles are nice too?they are on my c10
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[jtp67-72]

Well finally--got dash installed for last time--still lots of work to go--temp.installed billet ac vents (dont think I have ever shown dash since I added vents) and switch panel and ac control panel to see if I still like it!!! Dash will have billet inserts in that recessed area above vents all the way across-everything else paint --last pic is of blind clips I installed on cowl panel before smoothing topside-Nothing more than a fender clip shortened and welded on top side with about 3/4" sliding underneath--not pretty but hidden and really functional--Holds cowl as tight as screws!!!..........have a good week......(p.s notice my favorite part--No ugly heater box under dash--vintage air is installed in pics!!!).................jim

[mooseknuckles]

damn thats nice!

[67cheby]

Beautiful !! wow
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[VA72C10]

Great work on the dash and nice idea on the cowl!

[jtp67-72]

[QUOTE=VA72C10;5110714]Great work on the dash and nice idea on the cowl![/QUOT

Have to give most of the clip deal credit to Mikey-(67 cheby)--He mentioned that in his thread and I said hhhhhmmmm.........Don't know if his body guy used these or made his but this was easy and no money---Ha--guess I've been hanging on Mike's threads 2 long!!!!!!!!!!..............jim

[69CST-V]

Nice work. Like the dash and clip idea.

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Damn that turned out *****en..

[jtp67-72]

1st I want to apologize for that debacle last night at the Mercedes dome-As a resident of "Lousyana" I was ashamed to admit it!! Maybe next year-We get Philip Rivers little bro.as Q.B.!! Only got the billet defroster vents mocked up and more welding on dash............have a good week............jim

[67cheby]

Sorry about the other part but.....the vents are awesome
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