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Very Cool...Going to be tough to top Bertha 1... but your closing in fast...Did you have photo's of Bertha 1 with bed painted. I would like to see them. ..Merry Christmas
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Thanks for going through the trouble to put this thread back together. Look forward to seeing the bed finished. You truly have amazing skills. :metal:
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Nice work here. Glad I spotted it in the Coe section at the HAMB.
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Wow this thread seriously just made my day! I remember reading thru an old build thread long time ago, and then one day my girl and I were driving up the PA turnpike and I almost broke my neck cause this truck and trailer were sitting at a rest stop we passed. Ofcourse the ole lady thought I was crazy, told her to pull over and back down the exit ramp of the plaza so I could check this thing out in person.... needless to say, I didnt get my way. :(
I was so disappointed when I couldnt remember where the build thread was and never found the pics again. Definitely wanna see it this time thru! Posted via Mobile Device |
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Now I finished blocking out the rest of the cab and got it in final primer and cut in for assembly.
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Here it is assembled and ready to make the trip to my brother's body shop for paint. He thought I was crazy painting it before I even test fitted it on the chassis.
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After wet sanding until my finger prints were gone, She went into the spray booth for some color. I forgot my camara so I have not pics of it in the booth. While it was drying I headed back to my house to get the chassis. Here it is as it arrived at my brother's place.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/.../chassis21.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/.../chassis11.jpg could probably use a slightly bigger trailer but it works. Now came the great union. Would it fit????? Thank God my brother has lifts in his garage or it would of been a nightmare to put together http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...ium/lift11.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...ium/lift21.jpg I did not get any pics of the uion but it went pretty smoothly. Had to raise and lower it several times. Frame mounts went right on where they should and a few bolt later and it was a perfect match. The front clip did not line up so I had to take it off the tilt mechanism for the ride home. Here it is safe and sound back at my house. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...0407120839.jpg |
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I showed my wife this and she gave the thumbs up to allow me to build one similar :) only AFTER I finish the one in the garage first :lol: Your truck is just freakin awesome.
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Now this is a truck build WOW
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Wheres the rest of the build pics!?!? Suspense is killing me! Haha
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Been working on getting the bed painted to be ready for World of wheels show.......No time to play on the computer....
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Did you loose all the bed mod pics? Man, I hope not, that was a good how to series.
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By now it is mid April and I spent the next 2 weeks hooking up wiring, brakes, and steering. The moment of truth was here...turn the key and....it fired right up. I was relieved it was running and moving under its own power. Seeing as I was not going to make it to be able to pick up the camper in time, I borrowed a friends dually and got it home. Now that the camper was at my house, I could figure out the fifth wheel hitch. They do not exactly make a standard bolt on hitch for something like this. I figured it out and test fit it to the trailer.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...9991010006.JPG http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...9991010005.JPG http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...9991010007.JPG I had reserved several camping spots through the end of summer and our first one was Memorial Day weekend. Three weeks to go and I was starting to get nervous. |
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Three weeks left...not front clip, no bed, not lights, and most of the dash was not in. I worked on the front clip tilt mecanism for a while. I have a hydralic cylinder that is suposed to tilt for me but it did not work out the way I wanted it so I abandoned it until a later date. I got the front clip mouted and tilting correctly.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...1010017_3_.JPG http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...1010017_1_.JPG Good thing for my handy shop crane or I would not of been able to get it on and off the 20 or so times while I cut and welded on things to make it work. Making a one piece tilt front end out of a regular front end is not as easy as I first thought. Now on to the body work. I knew there was some bondo above the driver headlight and assumed it was from some rust out. Silly me to assume. I pulled a 5" thick piece of bondo off and the fender had been hit and pushed back that far. It was a mess but there are not many around so I had to cut it off and hand form a new top of the fender. This summer I did score a nice fender and front grill panel. If i would of had them earlier it would of save me a ton of time. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...ps35773800.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...ps723c2e51.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...psc64b56d5.jpg http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...pseafc2ac1.jpg |
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It's now the weekend before Memorial Day. Front clip mounted and a make shift bed until I get the other done.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...psb49c757b.jpg 4 days left still need, bumper mounted, grille, lights working, insurance, tags, exhaust, and inspection....... Tuesday night of that week was the first time on the road. I drove it to work Wednesday so I could run out to my brothers shop to bend up some exhaust and throw an inspection sticker on it. Thursday night I wired up the brake controller nad took the camper for a test spin. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...59bb624_1_.jpg |
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As we pulled out of the driveway with the camper my wife asks me if I think it will make it. I told her there's nothing like a road test pulling 11K pounds. It was either going to go or stop......We made it with out any major issues. Nine months from start to "funtional" enough to use. I was just worn out at this point. Our first trip we had no functioal gauges, power windows we put up and down with a motorcycle battery, no ac, and no running boards to assist in climbing in. It was a huge hit at the camp ground and the questions and pictures have not stopped since. I thought it would get some attention but not this much. Yogi and Booboo bear even came and checked it out.
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Looks good.
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That thig is bada$$ great work :chevy:
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There's plenty of great builds on this forum but I think this is the most impressive one. I love this truck.
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All I can say is... Wow!
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awsome!!! something that makes you want to see more
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You can ignore my pm as I found your build. Well Done!
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