Project...praise the lowered

[(joey)]

Originally Posted by slick copper

Wish I had my garage so you could come down with it!
As far as the steering wheel, I'm pretty sure most chevy's have the same spline there's a few different ones, but camaro wheels fit our stock columns. Here's a thread that talks about some different steering wheels. One guys says 88-up are the same. Maybe this'll help ya out some.http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...steering+wheel

thanks slick.i will check it out.on a side note,i think i now have both box sides str8.i got to put in a few hours today.also blocked the high build on the hood.looks great.im going way overkill on the blocking but it will be worth it in the end.back at it tomorrow.its good to have weekends back

[kev2809]

Na. Ima leave it..if it was on the outside I would fix it. But it only being on the firewall, I'm not too concerned about it.
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[(joey)]

i managed to get a little more done.i did some more blocking and got both box sides ,the cowl,and pass door panel in high build.after a little sanding one box side is ready for paint and after i fill a low spot on the other it will be ready to spray..im finally on the down hill with the box side adventure.

[slick copper]

Looking good! Yeah paint work always comes out good when you put in the time to do the prep work.

[(joey)]

Originally Posted by slick copper

Looking good! Yeah paint work always comes out good when you put in the time to do the prep work.

it really does .getting the box sides in paint will be a huge step.
on a side note im going a different master cylinder route.i now have one of these on the way.should solve my bleeding and minimum space problem..

[slick copper]

Sweet MC/Booster combo! I'm wanting something like that on mine when I get to that point. Gonna convert mine to disc/disc on of these days.

[(joey)]

so after blocking a couple last spots on the box side i still wasnt happy with the upper body line .it was driving me nuts.it was probably good enough for paint but i couldnt sleep until i did something about it.so for anyone thats reading this build thread and have decided to cut down a long box into a short im really going to save you some shaping time.it is really really hard to get that body line consistent and straight.sanding blocks are just too hard to shape with.what i did was bought a paint roller with a plastic inner.take a torch and melt down the outer fuzzy part.when it cools enough to handle heat one side enough so its soft enough to shape.then on a good part of your box press the heated soft side of the roller into the contour.let it cool and you now have the perfect shaped sanding block.in my pics you can see the low spots that were just not quite perfect.i wish i made this when i was shaping the lower body lines on my doors.it would have saved so much time.

[(joey)]

after what seams years of blocking im finally happy enough with the outside of both box sides to spray them.im just going to hold off until i get the inner sides hacked up and skinned with new sheet metal.also tonight i finished my inner door panels.used the john deere blitz black and did the insert with the speckle paint.sorry for the pics.they were with my cell phone.

[VA72C10]

Door panels came out looking very cool!

[(joey)]

thanks.they look alot better in person.i will get some pics when i get them on the doors.

[(joey)]

so i finally gained some on the build this week.i managed to do some sheet metal trimming on the inner panels of both box sides,ordered in 3 lengths of 1x1 and 3 lengths of1x2 steel tubing for my box sides and floor frame.in the pictures you can see when i trimmed the inner box sides and on the underside i spot welded 1x1 tubing to give it plenty of strength to stay upright when i weld them to the bed floor frame.for the openings im going to mount some stainless or aluminum for a nice clean look.i also welded my front tubing in place for the custom front bed panel.on top of all this i hung the tail gate and started fixing dents.the old girl was well used.not sure if i posted this before but in the pics you can see the custom tailgate latch release i made when i shaved the original one.really feels like im getting somewhere again\

[chevy2racr]

good to see ya making some progress again! we've been waiting!

[YBNORML]

Awesome build!! Took me almost an hour to read the whole thread, definately worth it.
Looking forward to some more updates.

[chevy88]

Nice build, lots of ingenuity here.

[(joey)]

Originally Posted by chevy2racr

good to see ya making some progress again! we've been waiting!

slow going but speeding up again.i plan to have the rest of the truck trailered back to my buddys place this weekend.then the sparks will really fly

[(joey)]

Originally Posted by YBNORML

Awesome build!! Took me almost an hour to read the whole thread, definately worth it.
Looking forward to some more updates.

Originally Posted by chevy88

Nice build, lots of ingenuity here.

welcome to the build guys.it gets my a$$ back in gear knowing i have more people following.stick around,shes finally coming to an end.

[Gokart Mozart]

another subscribed
I like the idea of the chrome parts from the old mixed with the JDBB and the hood is killer!

[67cheby]

do you have a closer pic of you tailgate latch ? looks pretty cool !

[(joey)]

Originally Posted by Gokart Mozart

another subscribed
I like the idea of the chrome parts from the old mixed with the JDBB and the hood is killer!

thanks.it should be a good combo all together.i actually had to paint the door handles and headlight buckets for now.they were more rusty then i thought.they will have to do until i order new ones

[(joey)]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

do you have a closer pic of you tailgate latch ? looks pretty cool !

i dont think i have a close up.if i think of it tomorrow i will snap one for you.its kind of like a twist latch.it was one of the first mods i did when i started this project many moons ago

[slick copper]

Good progress! Can't wait to see it all together man!

[(joey)]

sorry cheby,i didnt make it to the shop today.i will try for tomorrow.
and as always ....thanks for the kind words slick copper,im so excited to finally get to the home stretch.then the real fun begins.

[(joey)]

got them cheby.it was just something quick and clean i made to relocate the latch to the inside

[67cheby]

pretty neat, a simple cool idea !

[VA72C10]

That's cool. Simple and clean!