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"took a chance" dude your like macgyver doing fab work. That bed is one of my favorite parts of this forum. I cant wait to see what you come up with "using only a coat hanger, a scrap piece of 3/4 and an emergency brake cable, he creates an exhaust cut out" Seriously you have skills and its awesome how you make it work.

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excellent work again -always a pleasure to see great skills and workmanship .

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Thanks guys, I do appreciate the kind words.
I also get tons of inspiration from the other guys on this site.
Kim

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The picture of the rear portion of the frame where you narrowed it did you reinforce the inside of the frame before you boxed it in? Also how did you attach the two frames together? Later in the picture of your frame you also triangulated the frames together with gussets. Did this add alot of strength to the frame?

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This is your frame that I am talking about & here is mines which I need some advice on.

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Mine are kinda a pain taking them off and on. Then I have to torque those Welds to spec.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...0&d=1319769101
Forgot you were talking about the tilt/dump bed. I changed my mind on that idea.
Money and more cutting, welding & fabricating;)
I'm going to have a small fortune tied up in the bed as it is.

I can't remember.... were you gonna add a fuel cell in the back like mine?
If so filling up with gas want be to bad with the tilt. How far back are you gonna set it back? The tilt that is.
https://by1.storage.live.com/items/9...4/IMAG1478.jpg
http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...ro_Street2.jpg

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Fat Mike
Here's a pic of the inside where my frame is attached to the narrowed section.
The left portion with the wood on it is the original frame. I wish I could tell you how it was done but I had a guy with a lot more experience than I had at the time do it. I did add some gussets but they were more for looks than anything else.
Hope this helps.
Kim

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1Bad62
I am going to run a fuel cell on the rear of the frame. It should sit on top of the lower section of the frame. I took some measurements and I should be able to run a 16 to 20 gallon tank.
Here's a pic of where the tilt will pivot with the bed attached. The hole in the frame is where it pivots. It's pretty far back.
Kim

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A little more progress on the truck.
I had to mount my front bumper. These first few pics show how they came from the factory. I think it sticks out a little to far so I'm going to change that.

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So on with the changes.
I had to make some new brackets so I made some templates out of cardboard.
transferred the design to some 3/16 plate and went to work with my angle grinder.
After a little refinement this is what we get.

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Drill a few holes and test fit them to the frame. On a side note I did have to modify my frame horns again.
A little welding and we're almost there.

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And this is what you get.
The first pic is the original.
The next pics are what you get when you flip the bumper.
Please excuse the jack. As soon as my tires hit the ground I can't get it out (this will be corrected).
It draws it into the truck and IMHO looks better for what I'm doing.
I will be shortening the ends so they don't intrude on the wheel openings.
Kim

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B**chin, looks great....Jim. Is the F**d yours to, or a job????

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Thanks Jim.
The F**d is my brothers. He doesn't have enough room at his place so the body is here while we get the frame together at his place.
Kim

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Looking good Kim

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Nice job Kim, are you doing some mod to you head bucket also?

Tri5

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Are you going to narrow or profile the bumper at the ends to keep the same gap as it turns the corner?

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Thanks Bam, now get busy on yours.

Thanks.
I am changing the headlight buckets. I filled in the area that gets covered by the original bezel under the eyebrow. I just haven't found what I'm going to use yet.

Yes OrrieG I'm going to narrow the bumper some. I still have to figure how much.
Kim

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Love the " jackstands " that are holding your bumper.

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Nice work, it does look much better closer to the body!

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I have to use whats available and they were nice and wide.
I set the front tires in them when I was doing my hood and needed extra room to crawl under and get up in the engine compartment.

thanks.
Kim

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Nice going! I'm going make brackets for my bumper that weld on just to clean up the bumper, I will probably leave it the original way. If I ever get to my bumper.. Thanks for the idea

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So I have been looking at your build thread and you have mad fabrication skills...

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Thanks.
Kim

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Looks great so far. I would be going nuts if i did all the mods you are doing. I am a "blow and go" kind of guy with no patience.
Thanks for the bumper mod, i will do something similar for mine without welding brackets to the bumper. The bumper bolts let mine look semi original.
Thanks for sharing your ideas.

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Thanks for the encouragement.
When you're building on a budget you learn to have patience. It also gives me something to do to the truck while I wait for funds to regenerate.
Kim

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kim ' your skills knock it outta da park !

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I like the copper look that's what I'm aiming for
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It's been a while since I've checked my own build thread.
I've been busy helping my brother put a 4-link and new brakes on his truck.Thanks.

If you're talking about my grill I had to have the chrome removed so I could make it a one piece. I will most likely paint it a contrasting color to what is going on the rest of the truck.
Kim

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Nice work on the bumper! Looks like things are coming along with your build.

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Thanks
Haven't been able to touch in a few weeks but hope to make some real progress in the new year.
Kim

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Wow man, I just spent the better part of the day (on and off) reading your whole thread. I love the bed, it had to take lots of guts to even attempt this and it came out killer!!!! The sectioning of the hood took huge balls too!!!!! I dig the firewall and straight dash as well. Awesome creativity and imagination! I feel like I need to step up my game now ;~)

Matt

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Thanks Matt. I appreciate the encouragement.
Kim

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hey Kim, you put the rest of us to shame....where do you get the time for all this? And nice work. I like the reverse opening hood a lot.

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Thanks Coupeguy.
My problem is I have more time than money so I look for things to do to stay busy and say I did something to the truck.
Hopefully my finances will allow me to do more to the truck this year as I'm running out of things to change on it.
Kim

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Looking great Kim!

Man I hear ya about the money thing, these are what I have to build for other people so I can have truck money, but these take me about 4 months to build so thats what I do with time in between the money problem.

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Beautiful models. If I built those, I dont know if I would build a truck.

Is that a kitchen/workshop combo. I think that I am going to do that. When my wife goes out, I will move all my shop stuff into the kitchen. Maybe she will get the hint to stay out of my garage.

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longbike
Those are very cool models.
Kim

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wow!

I would think those models take more patience then our truck builds...

nice work