Project ROOKIE (BB, Bags, Short Fleet Frame off)
 

So I started ths project last december. i had been taking pictures the whole time of the project so far, but they somehow got deleted :( i figured i would start a thread now, after talking about doing it for a yr.. soo i put all the pics i have at this point..

ill start off by showing my inspriation pic. (sorry for the theivery Porter)

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Thats a really nice design AWESOME INTERIOR

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sorry for the tease.. comp is acting up, and wont load anymore pics.. ill try again later

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Glad to see you doing something with that truck, can't wait to see more.

Nice avatar pic, it looks familiar:lol:

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ehh.. that truck.. it is quickly not looking the same. hehe hence the title of my build.. you'll see :waah:

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i started out by driving from s. carolina to florida to pick up this project truck (my first one)

its a 68 titled cab/chassis with a fatman fab MII frontend a built F@*$ 8.8 rearend. 13" baer disks.. sorry for the bad pic like i said earlier, all my other ones got deleted.. you can see there, i had to stock up my newly built garage w/everything.. tools,torches,welders you name it

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20...4/CIMG1592.jpg

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so once i got home with that project i immediately started to tear into it.. the truck came with a hotrods to hell rear suspension setup on it. i cut that off and sold it along with the fiberglass frontend that came with that. once i got those out of the way i ordered a step notch kit and airbag setup (2 viar 400 compressors, 2 5 gal tanks, 2 slam specialities bags for the rear, 2 art cool ride bags for the front, and an 8 valve manifold.. i installed the notch, painted the frame, painted the tanks red a little more red than the picture shows


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I be watching this one.

So your from Grr. My sister lives in Grr. I used to work in Grr too. ;)

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i got that finished, then i found this truck for sale on this site. i thought it was a pretty good deal, and it had alot of parts and what not that i knew i would need.. pretty straight body nice paint, and a bb402 700r4 tranny.. still needed alot of work though

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truck was great, but i committed blasphemy.. i ruined the paint. we started blocking it down yesterday (there is no turning back) im going black with this one.. i always wanted black, and even though i though that blue was awesome, i know that if i got the truck done, and didn't go with the color that i always wanted then i would kick myself..


heheh i suckered 2 of my friends into "hanging out" little did they know lol
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20...uddsanding.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20...sanding2-1.jpg

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heheh good ol grr

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Mind if I steal that exhaust exit idea?

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not at all.. i was goin to do it at first, but i dont think i will anymore anyway

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Thanks!

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Did you at least buy the beer for the sanders?

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dude... i am SHOCKED that you sanded that paint!!! that black truck is hotter'n $h!T tho!

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WOW.

I totally did not see that truck getting repainted black! ;)

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haha actually both of my friends that were there almost started crying when i put the first scratch on it haha

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Have you done anything else to it lately?

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curious also if anything is done, that black concept truck is great, that interior treatment is one of my favorites.

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Looks like we might have similar trucks! I was going to build a similar interior as the posted above but changing a few things. You have nice taste!!!

Josh

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I like the way the exhaust exits the bed! Do you have any detailed pics of that process?? thanks

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heheh i stole that idea from your thread josh.. sorry man.. its just for inspiration though lol

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i like the look too, but not sure if im going to do it.. i saw somwhere (of course i cant remember now) those same side exit tips..

plan to work on it a bit tonight.. not a whole lot has changed since the last pics, but thanks for the kick in the butt to keep movin :josh:

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Dang, it seems as tho everyone is going the side exit exhaust... I sure hope nobody else does it, I wanted mine to be one of the few :lol:

Oh well, thats what mine is getting & if everybody wants to copy me, I guess I can handle that :lol:

Really sweet truck bro, cant wait to see it black :D

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update.. not goin too fast since this is my first time doing ANYTHING to a car/truck, (but havin fun learning).. i finished blocking the truck (the first time anyways) there are still a couple areas that need atten, but not bad. (one good thing about blocking a truck that had pretty good paint to start with).. since im painting it black, a plan to try to get it as straight as possible (i dont care how long it takes).. other than that, i started to take the front end apart, and am in the process of pulling the motor and going to re-build it, nothing major, but a few things to spice it up (my dad is going to help on that part since he has done it plenty of times b4) its kinda challenging trying to fig out how to get things apart with one set of hands (ie hood), but im sure everyone on here has dealt with that so no more cryin out of me lol :waah:

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ausome build so far, have you made any plans on the motor yet

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so far all i know, is just honing, keeping the same bore but higher compression pistons, i bought a new edlebrock performer rpm air gap intake, it already has a new edlebrock carb, im going to do something with the heads (either new aluminum, or get the re-worked), cam, and i plan to get the sanderson bb8 headers off of film guy if he still has them, (he hasn't returned my pm yet)... lol i dont know too many details of specifics yet, but thats so far the plan.. tips anyone? i dont want this truck to be too extreme (dont plan to ever take it to the track), but, i want it to be able to move out of its own way, and still be able to call it a "Hotrod" ;)

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if you got the money i think some aluminum heads would be ausome, if not definatly rework the old ones, are you going with a rolling cam setup

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I'd go with aluminum heads and a hyd. roller cam. I put aluminum heads on my sbc and it woke it up quite a bit.

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ill get more pics up soon, im gonna try to get the motor pulled tom, and fig out the concrete plans on what im going to do with the motor.. prob just going to re-work the stock heads.. bb aluminum heads are SPENDY?!?! i dont think it matters to me THAT much lol

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very nice to see the progress, i think your rad support needed paint anyway, lol

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heheh rad is gone.. i have a new one goin in.. ok time to go work on the truck

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daily update.. sorry for all the pics of little progress.. i just fig if i load them all there is no chance of me losing them again.. so today i pullded the engine.. as i said in the beginning, ive never done anything to a car/truck before... it was interesting getting that done by myself, i love the challange (fun stuff) as you can see, my tranny leaked a bit when i tipped it up. (i got a tip from my dad to plug it when i pull the drive shaft out.. I DID DAD. it just caught the tranny x-member when i was pulling the engine and it started to leak.. i caught it though lol) after that was done, i decided to pull the lowering blocks off the blue truck (i need them for my new frame setup) while i was doing that, i had a little play time (the wheels wont bolt up due to being a mII IFS but i wanted to see anyways).... ill get more done on sat. enjoy

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20.../engineout.jpg
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Any more progress?

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Great looking project(s).... :D

I remember that blue/white truck being for sale, glad to see that it went to a great home.

Keep us posted on your progress!

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Can't wait to see what you end up doing on this....You're going to kill my budget on my future blazer build with that interior. :chevy:

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Like the looks of this so far. Keep the progress pics. coming.

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i knew i did this build thread for a reason... (to keep me motivated. ) no much has happened yet, but i will get crackin on it again