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HotRodYJ · 10-30-2009, 10:19 AM

Finally got money in my pocket, drawing of the bed sides I need and Half of a rear fender in my truck ready to drop off at the sheet metal shop today to get everything I need for the stretched step side bed and fenders. Wouldn't you know it, they're closed on Friday's. Looks like it will be Monday before I can get this stuff underway. Dang it!

Plan is since I have to go to the shop to buy the new metal sheet anyway, why not just let them bend it for me too since they've got the equipment. So I will get brand new bed sides which is simply flat sheet with a 90 degree bend and then a roll at the top. Then for the fenders I cut one of mine in half and I'll let them bend me a pair of 32" long panels which match the cross section of the fender half that I give them. Then all I have to do is weld in the extension panels and the fenders will be done. I'll remove the stock stake pockets from my old bed and weld then to the new bed sides and they will be basically done as well.

I can't wait!

joe231 · 10-30-2009, 11:56 AM

TimE · 11-04-2009, 07:56 AM

Just got through catching up on your build. Looking good!!

Any updates?

HotRodYJ · 11-04-2009, 08:03 AM

I did drop off my "order" at the sheet metal shop Monday. Waiting to ge the phone call that it's ready to pick up then I can get back into metal work. That beats body work any day!

I'm hoping today might be the day, but I wont know till the phone rings. You can't push these guys of it will cost you double. Whenever they work it in is fine by me.

HotRodYJ · 12-06-2009, 10:02 PM

I finally now have the sheetmetal for the new longer bedsides and fender extensions. The hardest part is finally off to a really nice start. I only had enough time this weekend to weld up one of the fenders but it went really well...

joe231 · 12-06-2009, 10:21 PM

Nice work
that looks good

**Captainfab** · 12-07-2009, 12:13 AM

Wow those are some nice looking pieces that you had made......nice job welding it up too. Those look like they would be a real b***h to make.

tdave00 · 12-07-2009, 03:39 AM

Wow! Did you make those pieces? They fit great.

BTW...I picked up a set up of those shorty headers a few weeks ago. I test fit them and it looked like it might be a tight fit hooking them up to the exhaust because the headers come close to the crossmember. Thoughts?

HotRodYJ · 12-07-2009, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by tdave00

Wow! Did you make those pieces? They fit great.

BTW...I picked up a set up of those shorty headers a few weeks ago. I test fit them and it looked like it might be a tight fit hooking them up to the exhaust because the headers come close to the crossmember. Thoughts?

No I had a local sheet metal shop bend them for me. They also bent new bed sides for me. The bed sides are 9'-4" long. They could not do the roll on the tops of the bedsides, so I will be welding a stick of round tubing there instead to finish them off.

On the headers, Mine won't be hard to hook up at all with a tight radius bend. I honestly haven't looked at that very hard because it doesn't look like it will be a problem for me. In a stock application I don't know.

crawdadfox · 12-07-2009, 04:08 PM

I'm really diggin' this project!!

Keep up the great work on this one of a kind BEAST!!

Frizzle Fry · 12-07-2009, 04:44 AM

Very nice work on the fender extension.

Mordachai · 12-07-2009, 08:45 PM

that fender looks great. keep up the great work!

justpball · 12-29-2009, 03:22 PM

coming along great!

19GMC63 · 01-09-2010, 03:49 AM

Amazing work....bump!

Inverter · 01-09-2010, 03:16 PM

You are a meticulous fabricator. I dont think there will be any chance of you pulling up next to another truck w/the same mods. Very unique and inspiring!
Please Carry On.

*87 chevy silverado* · 03-04-2010, 08:26 PM

nice build

**Bugeyev8** · 04-10-2010, 04:07 AM

sweet ride, I like the two rear axles...never even seen one like it , on your R&P how did you end up connecting the tie rods to the spindles? I am going to do a R&P on my 62 but was looking more at the later truck racks, would be nice to get a rack with tie rods that have the same taper

anyway...keep up the great work !!

Ghostwhite · 05-21-2010, 08:08 PM

updates?

jonzcustomshop · 11-08-2010, 01:40 PM

found this on a google search! wow wonder what stage it is at now?
great info on cheaper static drop.

HotRodYJ · 11-08-2010, 01:45 PM

Unfortunetly I've not done anything with it since Spring. My "wifes side" of the garage has a Lamborghini project in it right now and I have to get it mobil enough to move it out "before cold weather". We had snow Saturday and I scraped frost this morning at 28 degrees so the rush is on. The Lambo is in the way of being able to work on the truck but I'm hoping by the dead of winter to be back on the truck instead. More to come for sure.

jmedero · 11-08-2010, 11:28 PM

My buddy has done two of those Lamborghini projects out of porsche boxters. They came out sick.
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roofingbloke · 11-09-2010, 09:10 AM

I also want to carry out a 2" cross member drop, however i am not sure about wheel clearence on upper front wing/fender, i will be running 18s and bags,!!!!

? has anyone got a similar setup,

Cool ride buy the way, very different indeed,

Dinos63 · 11-09-2010, 10:55 AM

Very cool build!!!!!

HotRodYJ · 11-09-2010, 02:08 PM

Here's the Lambo I picked up in July.

It was a bare fiberglass body and I don't want to do it the conventional Fiero route. To me a mid engine car needs the correct longitudinal mounted engine (front to back) not transverse. So I ended up using a Dodge 3.5 drivetrain, Porsche 944 front end, and built a tube chassis. It will be rolling this week and probably running before Thanksgiving. Hope to have it drivable under it's own power before Christmas so I can move it around the yard much more easily.

KruizerKing91 · 12-06-2010, 05:43 AM

this is the first time i came across this thred. b i tchin fab work andsweet lambo! tandem stepside? not my steelo but why not? if you really really wanna stir up peoples opinions, go and make it a "crew cab tandem axle dually long bed stepside. oh wait and put regular doors on the lambo

strong work on the truck! cant wait to see it finished

10-30-2009, 10:19 AM	#1
HotRodYJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson City, TN Posts: 264	Re: Cross Member Drop? Finally got money in my pocket, drawing of the bed sides I need and Half of a rear fender in my truck ready to drop off at the sheet metal shop today to get everything I need for the stretched step side bed and fenders. Wouldn't you know it, they're closed on Friday's. Looks like it will be Monday before I can get this stuff underway. Dang it! Plan is since I have to go to the shop to buy the new metal sheet anyway, why not just let them bend it for me too since they've got the equipment. So I will get brand new bed sides which is simply flat sheet with a 90 degree bend and then a roll at the top. Then for the fenders I cut one of mine in half and I'll let them bend me a pair of 32" long panels which match the cross section of the fender half that I give them. Then all I have to do is weld in the extension panels and the fenders will be done. I'll remove the stock stake pockets from my old bed and weld then to the new bed sides and they will be basically done as well. I can't wait! __________________ 66 Chevy Stepside tandem project My junk: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=480902 Last edited by HotRodYJ; 10-30-2009 at 10:21 AM.

10-30-2009, 11:56 AM	#2
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: Cross Member Drop? __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

11-04-2009, 07:56 AM	#3
TimE Hey Y'all!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bay Minette, Alabama Posts: 1,755	Re: Cross Member Drop? Just got through catching up on your build. Looking good!! Any updates? __________________ Just hopin' I live long enough to finish something!!!

11-04-2009, 08:03 AM	#4
HotRodYJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson City, TN Posts: 264	Re: Cross Member Drop? I did drop off my "order" at the sheet metal shop Monday. Waiting to ge the phone call that it's ready to pick up then I can get back into metal work. That beats body work any day! I'm hoping today might be the day, but I wont know till the phone rings. You can't push these guys of it will cost you double. Whenever they work it in is fine by me. __________________ 66 Chevy Stepside tandem project My junk: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=480902

12-06-2009, 10:02 PM	#5
HotRodYJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson City, TN Posts: 264	Re: Cross Member Drop? I finally now have the sheetmetal for the new longer bedsides and fender extensions. The hardest part is finally off to a really nice start. I only had enough time this weekend to weld up one of the fenders but it went really well... __________________ 66 Chevy Stepside tandem project My junk: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=480902

12-06-2009, 10:21 PM	#6
joe231 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Palmer, Alaska Posts: 13,821	Re: Cross Member Drop? Nice work that looks good __________________ *CHEVY ONLY*

12-07-2009, 12:13 AM	#7
Captainfab 60-66 Nut Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Posts: 23,246	Re: Cross Member Drop? Wow those are some nice looking pieces that you had made......nice job welding it up too. Those look like they would be a real b***h to make. __________________ Power Steering Box Adapter Plates For Sale HERE Power Brake Booster Adapter Brackets For Sale '63-'66 HERE and '67-'72 HERE and '60-'62 HERE and "60-'62 with clutch HERE Rear Disc Brake Brackets For Sale. Impala SS calipers HERE Camaro Calipers HERE D52 Calipers HERE 6 Lug HERE Hydroboost Mounting Plates HERE

12-07-2009, 03:39 AM	#8
tdave00 Restoring a 68 SWB Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,068	Re: Cross Member Drop? Wow! Did you make those pieces? They fit great. BTW...I picked up a set up of those shorty headers a few weeks ago. I test fit them and it looked like it might be a tight fit hooking them up to the exhaust because the headers come close to the crossmember. Thoughts? __________________ My Build Thread: Lucy - My 1968 SWB - Shop Truck Style North Nashville Concrete Contractor

12-07-2009, 04:08 PM	#10
crawdadfox Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Orleans Louisiana.....a great place to visit but you wouldn't want to live here!!! Posts: 883	Re: Cross Member Drop? I'm really diggin' this project!! Keep up the great work on this one of a kind BEAST!! __________________ Down......with the sickness!!

12-07-2009, 04:44 AM	#11
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Cross Member Drop? Very nice work on the fender extension.

12-07-2009, 08:45 PM	#12
Mordachai Fat Fendered Fleetside Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: WPB, S. FL, USA, Earth Posts: 718	Re: Cross Member Drop? that fender looks great. keep up the great work!

12-29-2009, 03:22 PM	#13
justpball Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Silverhill, Al Posts: 2,026	Re: Cross Member Drop? coming along great! __________________ Fuzzy Dice Club Member 87 Crew SWB Build for the crew http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=430082 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3232925 90 burb 2wd Build Thread For The Burb! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=383055

01-09-2010, 03:49 AM	#14
19GMC63 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1,510	Re: Cross Member Drop? Amazing work....bump!

01-09-2010, 03:16 PM	#15
Inverter Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: East Texas Posts: 429	Re: Cross Member Drop? You are a meticulous fabricator. I dont think there will be any chance of you pulling up next to another truck w/the same mods. Very unique and inspiring! Please Carry On. __________________ TROY My work ~ https://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vbo...d.php?t=799484

03-04-2010, 08:26 PM	#16
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04-10-2010, 04:07 AM	#17
Bugeyev8 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: San Leandro, Ca 94577 Posts: 854	Re: Cross Member Drop? sweet ride, I like the two rear axles...never even seen one like it , on your R&P how did you end up connecting the tie rods to the spindles? I am going to do a R&P on my 62 but was looking more at the later truck racks, would be nice to get a rack with tie rods that have the same taper anyway...keep up the great work !!

05-21-2010, 08:08 PM	#18
Ghostwhite Squarebody guy Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 335	Re: Cross Member Drop? updates?

11-08-2010, 01:40 PM	#19
jonzcustomshop 1961 crewcab Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: missoula, mt Posts: 6,164	Re: Cross Member Drop? found this on a google search! wow wonder what stage it is at now? great info on cheaper static drop. __________________ 60 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=280904 61 crew build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=646830 63 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=336537 64 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=448681 65 'burb build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=590715 65 build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=281955

11-08-2010, 01:45 PM	#20
HotRodYJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson City, TN Posts: 264	Re: Cross Member Drop? Unfortunetly I've not done anything with it since Spring. My "wifes side" of the garage has a Lamborghini project in it right now and I have to get it mobil enough to move it out "before cold weather". We had snow Saturday and I scraped frost this morning at 28 degrees so the rush is on. The Lambo is in the way of being able to work on the truck but I'm hoping by the dead of winter to be back on the truck instead. More to come for sure. __________________ 66 Chevy Stepside tandem project My junk: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=480902

11-08-2010, 11:28 PM	#21
jmedero Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: pensacola fl Posts: 3,072	Re: Cross Member Drop? My buddy has done two of those Lamborghini projects out of porsche boxters. They came out sick. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 68 BB burb build thread Scott's super slam front/rear http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=378084

11-09-2010, 09:10 AM	#22
roofingbloke Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: swindon, england Posts: 290	Re: Cross Member Drop? I also want to carry out a 2" cross member drop, however i am not sure about wheel clearence on upper front wing/fender, i will be running 18s and bags,!!!! ? has anyone got a similar setup, Cool ride buy the way, very different indeed,

11-09-2010, 10:55 AM	#23
Dinos63 chevy only Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,619	Re: Cross Member Drop? Very cool build!!!!! __________________ CHEVY ONLY... Nothin Else !

11-09-2010, 02:08 PM	#24
HotRodYJ Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson City, TN Posts: 264	Re: Cross Member Drop? Here's the Lambo I picked up in July. It was a bare fiberglass body and I don't want to do it the conventional Fiero route. To me a mid engine car needs the correct longitudinal mounted engine (front to back) not transverse. So I ended up using a Dodge 3.5 drivetrain, Porsche 944 front end, and built a tube chassis. It will be rolling this week and probably running before Thanksgiving. Hope to have it drivable under it's own power before Christmas so I can move it around the yard much more easily. __________________ 66 Chevy Stepside tandem project My junk: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=480902

12-06-2010, 05:43 AM	#25
KruizerKing91 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: mojave desert, AZ Posts: 47	Re: Cross Member Drop? this is the first time i came across this thred. b i tchin fab work andsweet lambo! tandem stepside? not my steelo but why not? if you really really wanna stir up peoples opinions, go and make it a "crew cab tandem axle dually long bed stepside. oh wait and put regular doors on the lambo strong work on the truck! cant wait to see it finished

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