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We got some more of the welding done. Still a bunch more to do

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Will the hood hinges be able to take the weight of the added Steel

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Hey Pirate. The hood will just be the small section in the center. The sides will be part of the fenders and the front will be part of the grille surround.


Just a small update since we've been doing a bunch of welding. We did make a 27" plywood wheel to figure out back spacing and clearance.

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Wooden wheel.....Yabba-Dabba Do!:lol:

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Do you know of a shop to get it balanced?

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Hey Ian. Yup "wooden wheels" new from Bedrock Racing

I'll just drive fast and wear off the high spots.


Nothing really new. Just weld grind repeat.

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Man that looks way different from the last time I checked this thread!

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Thanks for checking in Tiny


We finished off some more of the welding this week. First the passenger side fender top then the drivers side. Then we started positioning the sheetmetal so we can start tacking the top and bottom of the fender together

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Was out your way on Thursday late afternoon seen an orange 60's pickup truck in that area but not sure if you know where that is..It was. Close to Kent Bridge

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i'm sorry to say this, but i don't think you're gonna like the truck when you're finished. might as well start converting it to diesel and i'll take it off your hands. jk. looking good!

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Hey Pirate You were just down the road from me. You shoulda stopped by.

Thanks DJ. Diesels are cool but I'm more of a gas engine guy so I guess i'll have to keep it.



Pulled the suburban out of storage this week. It needed a new battery and a fuel pump relay. We also test fit the hood and found that we have to tweak the fender alignment a little bit.

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Both burbs are looking good!

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Burb! Burb!

Hey got an idea. Put steel wheels on it and make plywood hubcap. Something like this.
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Next time,,we were dropping a trailer off .. then picking a wrecked big truck in Windsor

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We spent the last couple of days welding the fender top to the bottom. So far we have about 2/3 of the driver side done. To break up the monotony we decided to start making the pieces to attach the piece we cut off the front of the hood, to the grille. We got the two center sections tacked in and started working on small pieces that will come next.

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Looks great Dale. So the hood will open behind the red panel?

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Looking good Dale, are you still going to use the twin C2 style lights

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Awesome

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Thanks Lower. Yes the hood opens behind the red panel and tilts forward

Thanks Ian. Yes still using the twin headlights from a 63 GMC

Thanks Pirate


We finished welding the top and bottom of the fenders together. Then we removed the hood that we had tacked in place. Next step was to make a panel to attach the front hood section to the rad saddle

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We made the small panels that will be beside the lights. Next we cut out a section of the top of the rad saddle where the lights will go.

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Are you moving the lights up to the hood

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That's right 63 GMC headlights in the corners of what used to be the hood



We finished the modifications to the top corners of the rad saddle. We made a new top for the corners and welded them on. Also we got a little bit of welding done on the front panels. Still lots to do.

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To reenforce the front edge of the fender where the headlights will go we bent this piece. Then we tacked it in place.

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That's some very neat metalwork Dale.

I love this thread..... may have mentioned it before.

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i have been away awhile, are those the new wood grain custom wheels?

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Can't wait to see this thing in person.

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Building it Slick with all the cool stuff.

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Thanks Rian I'm glad you enjoy our efforts

Hey Pimpston. I have some big pieces of Oak here if you want to carve a set for your 'Burb.

You can come by any time just let me know.

Thanks Bomp.


This week we did some more welding on the front panels. Also we made some panels for around the headlight buckets. One piece is welded to the fender. The other pieces are welded to the grille surround.

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We made some more progress on the headlight buckets. We made a plate for the back. Then we modified the piece the lights mount to. Then we cut two holes in the back plate. Finally we set the pieces in place

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I continue to just love this build.

Front end shaping up nicely too.

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now thats just down right unfair!!!

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Thanks Rian. It's a slow job but we're making progress.

I know, I know, life's not fair.


We have been making the headlight bucket for the other side so there's nothing new to photograph. I did buy a new daily driver a couple of weeks ago. It's a 2002 chevy 1/2 ton stepside with 108,000 kilometres. It has no rust so it must not have seen much winter driving. We'll start modifying it to get me and my wheelchair in and make some hand controls. I'll post updates on for anyone who might be interested.

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Nice truck Dale and certainly better than my daily driver ( I'd be too embarrassed to post a picture of my daily):waah:

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Definitely...2002 is a great year, but I might be a bit prejudice. Be neat to see what you dfo with it.

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Interested in the mods. You sure don't see many extended cab step sides around.

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I would be nice to see the hand controls Dale . Will you be loading the wheelchair in the bed or behind you in the cab .

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Thanks Ian.

Thanks Bill. I like the style too.

And not many in good condition here in Canada

I'll show the whole conversion as we go. I drive from my chair so the lift will pick me up and put me behind the steering wheel.


The first part we need to make is a large ( 6" square 5.5 foot long ) telescope. This will support my lift and both front and back doors. To make the telescope slide easily we decided to use skateboard wheels as rollers so we made some brackets and axles. Then we cut some holes in one end of each tube and welded the brackets in place.

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With your fab skills this will be interesting!

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Interesting

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Whattttt that's crazy, good thinking.