Re: 1954 Chevy / S10
 

I like the door that you made for the brake booster. Simple and clean! I wish that santa would show up at my house pretty soon.

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Not a whole lot of progress because of the holidays. Hope everyone had a good one. Got a Lokar shifter, mufflers and some 2.5 bends. Here is the pictures of the shifter installed and the mufflers and bends.

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Finally ready to start making the floor. My bead roller is finally powered after 10 years of having to crank by hand. I made it at the shop I was at before this one. I made everything but the gears, sprockets, chain and the motor. I went on the cheap and bought a harbor freight 110 volt winch and made a new center section where the cable spool was. I made it so it can still be free wheeled for when I make the 30 inch removable wheel crank. I tried it out and it will take 18 gauge and start a 1/4 inch bead and run in a single pass and it also has forward and reverse. It runs about 23 inches a minute. Here are the pictures.

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Nice that will save the arm and I like all the ingenuity that happens here

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Feeling the shifter. I want my shifter to bend similar to that.

Loving the bead roller too.

GO PA

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jimig1, Thank you.

99 to Life, Its Lokars nostalgia shifter. I bought it from Speedway and it came with a free boot for $239. Thank You

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Man your build is looking nice. Wish I had your skills so I could do my 54' like this. Have any updates?

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Da88burban, Thank You. I have been very busy with Christmas about here. Worked all yesterday on the floor pans and will be working on them tonight so I will post pictures tonight. Then it is going in the trailer so I can work on my panel next week while on vacation. I am planning on doing a build on that too .

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Here are the latest picture of what I have been doing. The first one is the picture that I drew for my buddy of his 1940 F@#$ pickup. I sold it to him as a roller about 4 years ago.The second one is one I drew for my son. I made a sheet metal frame ,DAed it and then cleared it. I use to draw a lot when I didn't have a garage to work in. Now I usually just don,t have time to do it. My kids like when I draw because then they all draw and color too. The rest of the pictures are of the floor pans I made. I used my powered bead roller to panel and bead them. I should have powered that long ago. I is amazing how strong they are with that in. I got the one side welded in today and I will weld the other side in tomorrow. I will finish the tranny hump after Christmas. Her are the pictures.

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An artist and a craftsman you are truly talented.

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RootBeer 6117, Thank you. It's funny the only thing I draw is street rods, classic cars and trucks.

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Yeah I agree with RootBeer you are truly an artist with your drawing and metal skills.

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Da88burban, Thank you.

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Everything is looking really nice. Lots of work and great craftsmanship. Keep the pics coming.

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Kabwe , Thank you. Soon going to be working on my panel truck on my vacation. So I am going to start another build and I will have more pictures.

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Well no work in the garage tonight, 2 of the 3 kids have the flu! So I finished my quick sketch of my other buddies 1948 F@#$ panel. He what me to do a sketch so that we can color them differently after I copy them to figure out how to paint. You know a cheap digital paint shop. I though you might want to see one more drawing. I have been working that truck for a while. I bagged it and did a lot of sheet metal work on it. So I should have some more pictures tomorrow.

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Here are the latest pictures.The floor is all welded in. After the New Year I am going to do the tranny tunnel. Then figure out the steering column length and buy one. Fat Mike, here are what the dies look like that I did the floor board paneling with. If I do not post on here before Christmas ,Hope everyone has a good one.

Re: 1954 Chevy / S10
 

Nice work on the floor pan....... will be a shame to cover it up with carpet.

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How much does it cost, not including labor, to build your truck bed? Can you pm me the specs to the bed.

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Fat Mike, I would say less than $400 for all the square tubing, sheet metal and the round tubing. I have made both welded together or bolted together. Bolted to gether is a little more. Let me know wether you need 47-53 style or the 54-early 55 style. I don't really have any drawings of them but I can get the measurements of both types.

Shannon

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Looking for info on the 47-53 shortbed style?

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WOW. nice work on that floor... that all that work will be covered, but i bet you that floor is rigid. should make for a nicer, quieter truck.

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Fat Mike, do you need all the dimensions? Or let me know what ones you need.

MrDude_1 yes it made the floor a whole lot stronger. It is amazing how much it stiffer it makes it. I should be back to working on it next week. I have been working on my own panel since Christmas.

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looks good

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Well I am going to swap trucks this weekend and I figured I would post what I have been working on. It is my 1948 panel truck. So I will have more picture of the truck soon.