Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

NorCalGal; thank you

Rickysnicker; Emma no longer works for me. Not sure what happened she just kinda quit answering her phone. I assume she quit. I now employ both my sons. They are responsible (with guidance) for anything that comes out of my shop. I have been on house arrest for two months and will remain so indefinitely in the VA home.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

skymags: definitely add the info on Frenching the headlights. I really like that look on AD's

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

The frame horns were trimmed down

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

I called and had a long discussion about the core support, they will be fixing it today.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Today they’ll be setting the core support height and standing up the bed and figuring out how to get that steel bed out of it.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

So today the boys fixed the core support

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

And got the front sheetmetal all aligned. They actually finished the day with the hood and grill on and properly aligned!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

I SEE IT! :lol:


you got it straight though, looks good with the front end on.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Thanks joedoh, was think they’ll turn out to be pretty damn good builders! I certainly wasn’t expecting their 1st one to be solo!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Nice work on the core support. What type of cooler are you useing? It looks and fits perfect.
So long
Arnd

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Speedway 19x22, dual passenger outlet

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

We finally managed to get that diamond plate floor out of the bed, but when we did we realized there was no angle iron on the bedsides. Now our steel suppler is 35 miles away, so I sent Alex this morning. The last picture is of the core support mounted.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Will you document the flipping of the leaf springs and alignment with the bed sides?
I will be doing this to mine when the times comes.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

of course!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

So today they managed to build the cross sills and bolt them to the frame. They also located and welded angle to the bedsides and mocked up the bed.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Got the brake pedal assembly modified and installed, today we’ll work on the booster/master setup

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

We’ve put the rear fenders on and began mocking up the passenger running board. Haven’t put in the 4x4 rear or flipped the springs yet. We’ve paid for, but haven’t been able to arrange pickup for the rear end. It’s local and he’s a buddy of mine. So we’re kind of waiting on that for spring flip, shocks, and drop blocks.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

another great looking build.

I may have missed it on past builds, but is there a preferred accelerator cable that you have found works best on these AD trucks with SBC with a 4 bbl carb?

My 1994 S10 accel. cable is way too long.

Thanks

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

I use 99-02 Silverado throttle cables for cabled throttle bodies. And TAC modules for DBW.

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

good to know


as always, thank you for sharing your knowledge

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Got the brakes finalized finally!

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Started working on those drenched headlights

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

This is the drenched headlight kit laid out (pic 1)
and this is the kit assembled (pic 2) looks simple enough
You will need to slightly trim around the headlight hole in the fender
That’s it for now, but the boys are working Sunday so there’ll be more updates

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Next the headlight holes were trimmed to fit the new buckets

Re: Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.
 

Then the buckets were fit and leveled