My 1976 project thread

[crazzywolfie]

i figure taking the dash apart while it is raining should be easy. you sit in the truck

 

[dodge dude94]

My feet have the tendency to want to hang out the door.

 

[crazzywolfie]

i don't got that problem. slide the seat back and there is tons of room

 

[dodge dude94]

that's forward movement, I'm talking about side movement. lol

 

[crazzywolfie]

i really don't understand the need to stick your legs out the door when you are working on the dash sit in the middle of the bench seat

 

[dodge dude94]

Middle? Please. I sit directly behind the wheel.

 

[crazzywolfie]

i sometimes sit in the center when working on the dash. easier to work on stuff sometimes

 

[dodge dude94]

drivers side puts me right where I wanna be.

 

[dodge dude94]

Put some shiny back on the truck a few minutes ago.

 

[dodge dude94]

Got a full LED treatment for the instrument panel coming, ordered all that last night. Even got lights for the HVAC controls and wiper switch. Only thing I'm missing is the bulb of the gear indicator.


Made it do work today. Only 1200lbs ish.

 

[crazzywolfie]

so your only hauling 1 bail of hay at a time? if you put the tailgate down you could have hauled 2 with some rope and been well under the legal weight limits of the truck.

 

[dodge dude94]

I don't trust the gate, our rope tying skills and we didn't need anymore than that since there was already 200lbs under that roll, a mini roll in the back of dad's truck and his bed was full too.

 

[crazzywolfie]

lol. i think i would trust the tailgate you your 76 more than the one on your truck or your dads. sounds like you really need to learn about rope and tying stuff down or invest in some ratchet straps.

 

[dodge dude94]

It ended up being strapped down. lol Rode just fine. Truck rode great, I just wish I didn't have a 20mph cross wind that kept pushing me all over the road.

 

[crazzywolfie]

lol a 2nd roll would have helped keep your truck more stable. your truck should ride nicer than my truck at all times. i have hauled 2000lbs with no issues and really didn't change the way the truck road.

 

[dodge dude94]

It's pretty tall. Blew it all over the road. lol

 

[crazzywolfie]

lol that is what driving the ramcharger is like most days. you can feel all the wind. you just learn to deal with it and drive.

 

[dodge dude94]

This was bad. lol

 

[crazzywolfie]

i am use to it but then again i do about 100miles of highway driving a week and usually 50 miles of that is pretty windy.

 

[dodge dude94]

I'm not fond of driving a bus.