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Then welded it in and drilled the holes

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And then I welded and bolted in the lower door pillar section that I made. All the welds still need to be ground down.

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Looks good!����

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X2! You got some skills bud. lol Build on. :chevy:

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And I was finally able to set the truck down on the new tires

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Ah, that's what it is.....all that perrty weather. Ya'all done givin us yer rain! LOL

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And if your driveway doesn't look like this at the end you aren't doing it right

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Thanks guys

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:metal::ito::metal:

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Ha Yeah I've been lucky with the weather lately, the past two weeks have been good weather almost every day.

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Oh and I also hung the door and it looks like I did my measurements correctly as the door fits pretty nicely

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Here's another pic of the repaired areas. Still need to finish the kick panel and the floors

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Beauty! I'm right there with you. Just waiting on some front supports to finish up the passengers side. I think it fits better when you make it your self

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Thanks man, I know what you mean about them fitting better if you build them Even though it takes more time.

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Nice work... she's really coming along!

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Thanks Johnny

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Did some work on my sending unit today. The sending unit for my underbed tank was a 90 ohms while the factory tank and gauge are 30 ohms and since I wanted to keep the original gauge I robbed the transmitter part of the 30 ohm sending unit and tacked it on to the sending unit for the new tank. Then I soldered the connection and bent and cut the float arm so that it matched the 90 ohm one and stuck the float from the 90 ohm onto the 30 ohm. Tested it with the multimeter and it works great
The 30 ohm transmitter bent and cut and the new float on to the same dimensions as the 90ohm transmitter

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And here it is tacked in place and connections soldered

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Nice work!!

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Thanks

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Great work Nik. I admire your "work with what you have" attitude. You don't just order parts from a catalog. :metal:

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Thanks Dale, it just kinda clicked in my head that even if all these aftermarket parts weren't available It wouldn't really make a difference as I have bought next to nothing new for it, well that and I'm cheap:lol:

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I think that is pretty applicable to most of us! :lol:

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Ha ha yeah your right about that

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Clever guy.

I love the way you just figure stuff out and get on with it.

What does your family think of all the work you are doing?

And as far as being cheap......... I LOVE THE SOUND OF CASH JANGLING IN MY POCKET !!!

It certainly beats the sound of it landing on somebody's counter top....... Also means you can use it another day for something more important. :mm:

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Thanks rian, its support from people like you that help me get motivated. my family thinks what I'm doing is great especially my dad since I'm digging way deeper than he did with any of his cars. And you know there ain't nothing better than the sound of change jangling, I'm saving it for a rainy day.

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I have to say I really like the looks of the 60-66 body style, not much I would change but the one thing that bothered me was how big the gap between the top of the wheel and the fender lip. I got the idea from vin63's build. So today after school I got busy and started cuting. I added 2 1/2''. Worked through the rain but still made progress. Welded about half of it up. Here is the 2.5'' panel welded in and the lip mocked up

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Then I cut the lip section in half and moved them apart by an inch so the lips line up and welded in. Only finished one of the two peices of the lip. I should have it done tomorrow

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500th post! And this is the picture from vin63's thread where I got the idea

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....... And THAT my friends...........

Is Hot Rodding.


:metal::metal::metal::metal::metal:

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Thanks rian. Your right, even though I won't be going anywhere fast it'll still be a cool hotrod.

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Did some more work on the fender sectioning. Cut and tacked in the rear portion. Now I just need to weld in the centre section.

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I also started on shortening the driveshaft. I grinded the weld down on the camaro yoke till I could see a little crack then I tapped it with a hammer and it came right off, then I cleaned off the rest of the welds. Now I just need to measure and most importantly cut it square and carefully weld the camaro yoke to the original driveshaft

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Looks good buddy! Be Super careful on getting that yoke on there. Ya don't want it to be off because vibrations can cause severe problems. :chevy:

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Nice job on the fender Nik. I'm interested in seeing it finished

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great job on your fender !!
I have been thinking about doing the same thing for a while now
I need the front fenders to hide the tire without doing air ride .
good to see your doing the driveshaft too.
make shore both u joints are lined up the same.
I would take the yoke off so you can use the square to check it to make shore you have it straight both ways
before you do any welding .

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Thanks tj. Don't worry I'm going to check that it's square a thousand times before I do any welding.

Thanks Dale, I'm leaving on a trip to Maui tomorrow for a week but I'll get right back on it when I return and I'll be sure to share pics.

Thanks Jim, yes I was planning on taking the yoke off. I found a great way to cut the driveshaft straight, I got a piece of tubing with a flat end that just barely slides over the driveshaft so I can mark and cut up against the tubing. Could you send a pic showing how you square up the yoke? Thanks for all the help.

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Like the work! Making good progress :metal:

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Thanks, your making good progress on your panel truck as well.