Yeah, its ironic alright, yet on this particular truck I am making some very
unconventional mods. I want this to be a good daily driver utility truck.
(this is not my frame up restoration project truck). As Mike mentioned, the
pedestal is a support and would need to be re-inforced. I figure two metal
drawers with ball bearing slideouts and a locking mechanism to hold them
shut while driving. The re-inforcement could be 3/16 steel the size of the
front of the pedestal with the drawer holes cut out welded behind the
original pedestal and maybe an angle iron vertical support or two. If I do
it, I will draw out the plans and take good pictures and post it on my web
site. Any ideas would be appreciated.
I was at Chevy Duty today and asked to look over that sliding rear window
they sell for AD trucks. I was very very impressed with the quality of it.
Its not some flimsy thing at all and is well made with tinted panes. For the
$79.95 they want, its well worth it. I thought I would pass it on.
Deve Krehbiel
Hesston, Kansas
1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400 * 50 3100
www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Willard, Andrew" <andrew.willard@experian.com>
To: "Oletrucks (E-mail)" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] AD Seat Idea
> First, I really have to laugh that the guy who spends the most energy
> cussing out his PO for cutting on, and jury rigged repairs to his truck,
is
> now asking about cutting his truck. I'm sure the guy who cut the hole in
> your dash thought it was a great idea too.
>
> Second, it does seem like a great idea to do something useful with all
that
> space. Let us know what you do.
>
> Third, you could get one of those new radios that come with little, tiny
> remote controls and put the radio under the seat safely without worrying
> about doing donuts in the middle of the highway.
>
> Fourth, that storage space in the panels is fine even with a stock
passenger
> seat, it flips up and out of (mostly) the way.
>
> Andy Willard
> Tustin, CA
>
> 89 S-10 (driver)
> 53 Panel (project)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Dorsey [mailto:jrdorsey@strato.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 9:57 AM
> Cc: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] AD Seat Idea
>
>
> Ah Ha!
> You have all probably heard of terms like DWI (Driving While
> Intoxicated) and DWLSR (Driving While License Suspended or Revoked), but
> there is another term cops use called DWHUA (Driving While Head Up A**).
>
> Now I see it's all a big mistake! That blind 103 year old that pulls out
> across 3 lanes to do 15 mph in front of a semi that's doing 60 isn't
> DWHUA he's turning the radio down!! The 18 year old that does three
> donuts in the middle of the highway, hits a curb and rolls his new truck
> isn't DWHUA he's looking for the right station!! It just LOOKS like they
> are Driving with their head Up their A** :-)
>
> I'm sorry Stephanie, I'm not making fun of you, it's just the image that
> came to mind thinking of adjusting the radio!
>
> On topic with the post, my panel truck has a factory storage compartment
> in the seat pedestal with a cover like the battery cover, but it's only
> accessible from the top. if it had a passengers seat it wouldn't be
> accessible at all. How this relates is: stuff stored in there will slide
> all the way across to the drivers side where you cant get to it. if you
> put access panels in the front I would suggest putting dividers in so
> that stuff can't slide away from the panel where you can't get to it.
>
> --
> John Dorsey
> Wauchula, FL
> '52 GMC 640 Firetruck http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/fire/fire.htm
> '49 Chevy 1 ton Panel http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/truck.htm
> '51 Chevy 'burb (by proxy) http://www.strato.net/~jrdorsey/burb
>
> Stephanie wrote:
> >
> > I was thinking of putting a radio down there, but it'd be facing a
strange
> > direction and when you'd want to adjust it you'd have to bend over and
> look
> > down there while driving.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Deve Krehbiel
> > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 5:28 PM
> > To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
> > Subject: [oletrucks] AD Seat Idea
> >
> > I have been tossing around the idea of better utilizing the space under
> the
> > seat of an AD by making slide-out drawers under the seat. Its sort of a
> pain
> > to get to the stuff under the seat as it is but it seems it would be
> > possible to cut out drawer holes in the front of the seat pedestal and
> make
> > drawer slides and metal drawers for it. I dunno if I want to do it since
> it
> > involves cutting holes where they dont belong, but a custom truck could
> sure
> > use the extra space. Has anyone done anything like this already?
> >
> > Deve Krehbiel
> > Hesston, Kansas
> > 1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400 * 50 3100
> > www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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