Looks great Chad, you really are knocking this one out of the park!!! :king:

Thanks Sieg! I'm really trying!

Thanks Jer,

I appreciate it Rick. Now the little details........

Nice work Chad it looks great.

Thanks Wayne! Hope all is well up there in the arctic tundra!

It's about time for the look of the pile of parts to change. I told Dad we need a motivator, let's put a bumper on this thing. We ordered the bumper from Brothers Trucks. So what's the first thing you do with a nice shiny new part, YEP cut it up! After the first test fit, the "V" shape of the bumper didn't match the shape of the front of the truck. So, a slice here a slice there, some accurately placed force and some welds and shazam!

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But, Eeeeewww look at the ends of that bumper flapping out there!

This will never do!

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Time for a little nip and tuck.

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Much Better!

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Mission Accomplished! It's actually looking like a truck again. A little more welding, grinding, filing and sanding and you will never know it was cut!

Thanks for looking, as always comments welcome!

Looks real nice Chad!


--Eric

Thanks Eric! Hope all is well!

Bumper mods are nice Chad....keep going!!

I'm with Marcus, Nice job Chad.

Thanks Marcus, onward!

Thanks Wayne! I appreciate you guys checking in!

I enjoy it to much to stay away too long!!

How the rear bumpers now

Thanks Wayne!

No rear bumper. It has a roll pan that will be doctored up a bit!

Chad that's friggin awesome !! It's all the little details that make the difference!

Thanks Mario! Trying to keep up with the Big Dogs! LOL

They say it's a good sign when the parts you are working on get smaller. Who knows, but we are getting things under the hood fixed up. We sent the inner fenders and panels off to a friend to weld so that we can continue fabricating. These are some pics of pulling the A/C system together. Had to mount the drier.

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Then we started mocking up the hard lines for the condenser. Now it's off to the local shop to have them made.

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Not much, but progress.

We were finally able to connect the front to the back with this little delivery!

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3.5" Aluminum with 1350 U-Joint. The pics don't do it justice. Denny's does a nice job and it fit like a glove!

We decided now that we should try to button up the bed so that we can dismantle it for final welding and have access to the chassis easier. We need to start mounting coolers and battery. Because we raised the bed floor 4 1/2" or so, we had to finish off the rear sill. It's all a little harder since we wanted to make sure this thing will still come apart rather than just welding it all together. I like it, more important than that Dad likes it!

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Thanks for checking in!

Man this thing is going to be nice! Love the trucks and really enjoyed reading through this thread! Thanks!

Nice job Chad it's looking good. I like the drive shaft, Denny's does nice work. I'll need a place to get a drive shaft now that kiesler is out of. Buisness.

Thanks for the kind words Leroy. We are really trying hard to produce a top shelf garage build. My Dad has waited a long time for this type of build, im doing my best to exceed his expectations.

Thanks Wayne. It really is a nice piece Wayne. They were great to deal with as well. We filled out the form and then my Dad called it in. They asked him a few questions about the application and made their recommendation. He placed the order and a few weeks later it showed up just as they said it would. And, even better is dropped right in! If you need a place Wayne, this is a good one.

That's some very professional looking fab work you guys are doing Chad,great job:thumbsup:

Any updates? It's been a week since "I'll get back at it directly" :poke: :poke:

Hopefully next week. all the birthday and anniversary parties will be over. I will also have delivered the parts I made for Pro-rides X-Box. Busy Busy. :hairpullout:

Chad,

Got any pics of carbon fiber parts that you want to share?



--ET

I don't Eric, but my partner I'm sure does. We'll have to see what we can get Jim to post!

Happy Birthday!
 

Happy Birthday Chad!!



Hey! Are you still running the LS6? If so - hope it's running well for you.



Now - like the above poster said - GET BACK TO WORK!

Thanks Buddy!

Yes it is. And well too! The body of the car it is in is crappy looking. It's an ex state police B4C car. when they took the decals off they scratched it all up and it has some dents. Add to that me backing a trailer load of stone into it an you have a rag a muffin looking car. That will get fixed eventually. But it sure confuses other camaro, mustang, and various ricer cars when they cant catch it. LOL

Back to work! Well, maybe tomorrow........

Who authorized you to stop working in the first place?


--Eric

Actually the Boss! I had to get my house ready to host His and the real Boss' 50th wedding anniversary party. They had a great time visiting with some old friends. I am really hoping to get back to the garage within the week.

In that time I was able to deliver some cool parts to Pro-Rides for their Project X-Box!

Well, ok then.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!



--Eric

Back At It!
 

Here we go, back at it. After a very successful anniversary party for my parents and stint as a softball coach for my daughters 10U team, we are back at it. Details are the name of the game now. We have some A/C hard lines being made up currently. Once we have them, we will be able to make the rest of the A/C and heater lines under the hood. We decided to do it now so we weren't cutting finished panels to make them work. Pictures after we get those back.

We are also trying to get most of the fab work done on the bed so that we can take it apart and do the final welding. While it's apart we will get the oil and trans coolers mounted. Some pages ago I posted work we had done to the wheel tubs and bed sides. We like having the rear wheels and tires out as close to the fender lip as possible. As with everything else this required lots of work. Now we are down to the final details. One of which is the transition between the wheel tub lip and the bed side bolt flange for the bed wood. These tubs are bolt in on stock sides. But, because of our modifications they are now welded in. so here is the plan.

This tub will be welded in.

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This is the interface of the 2 bolt flanges now. (Sorry, horrible picture)

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A nice radius will look better.

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Much better. Now repeat 3 more times.

MAN it is good to be able to post an update, however small!

And a good update it is Chad. Keep up the good work. Those corners are gonna look awesome.

Would you please finish this truck!!!!:underchair:

Thanks Marcus! Every time we have a break in the build and I come back, I see new things that I don't like. Sooner or later I need to just move on and get it finished. I wish I had some help like Mario does.

Oh, speak of the devil! :warning: You sound just like my Dad. All these bosses around here and no indians! :catfight:

I'm trying hard, It's getting there, at least we are talking body shop now!

Nice up date, these details make all the difference.

:cheering: :beavis: :gitrdun:

:buttkick: :BlahBlah: :BlahBlah: :BlahBlah: :lmao:

Thanks Wayne, that's what I keep telling myself as the weeks roll on! :drowninga:

:military:

:bang: :bang: :bang: