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Ok man, there are so many things about this rig that are so totally cool !!
Then there are your mad-bad-ass skills on top of it.

I cannot wait to see how this turns out, and the running boards are awesome, I always liked those.

:welcoem: to the board, hope you post often on this build !

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Great looking truck and I like the direction you are going with it, the rear fenders really make it stand out from others I have seen.

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What a mind blowing rig. Simply unbelievable. My first thought looking at that running board was “holy crap that must have taken an insane amount of labor”. The top is so perfect it looks like it was punched out in one stroke with a giant die set.

I like the style. The front end almost makes it look like a 67 with the sloping angles and no blending into the cab. It seems the fender extension does all that. And that makes me wonder about the possibilities for a custom hood on a standard pickup, by using those pointed fender extensions.

Can’t wait to see what you do next. Thanks for sharing!

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Crap, now I have to make some progress on this thing. My bread and butter is building one-off parts and pieces for hot rods and race cars, with some architectural metalwork now and then. I've always got a backlog of work so finding time for my own stuff can be a challenge.
It's a good thing to show this truck a little bit because it'll put some pressure on me to move forward with it. So for that, thank you for the interest.
To answer a couple more questions, no plans to relocate the tank, I did that for a customer years ago and gained no more room in the cab, save for storage space behind the seat. I'll have outside storage in the form of tool boxes below the bed, so thought it unnecessary.
Plans for the bed. A flatbed of some sort, just not sure about surface yet. This is a truck and will be used as one so it won't be something I will want to have to polish or cover or worry about. I do want to match the profile of the body with the perimeter of the bed though. I drew it up with a long bed box and dually type fenders and just wasn't happy with how high the bed and fenders looked in relation to the rear wheels, so I went with these fenders to match the fronts, using the fronts as a buck. It will have provisions for adding racks for long material hauling and a receiver for towing.
The number one goal though is to drive it to Bonneville next summer and use it to push my brother's racecar off the line.
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That thing is sick....

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Cool truck. Im in to see whats next
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Very cool truck, and very cool work so far. I'm in to watch the progress on this one.

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Very cool and different...awsome!

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Im locked in for this one!! :metal:

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GORGEOUS!

I wish I could find one of those and graft a suburban body to the cab.
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OK, this is bad ass.

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Now THAT would be something to see!!
Aerotruk63 and Motomech both know where to get one. Hitch up the trailer!
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Subcribed cuz it's an Awesome TRUCK!

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Imagine the 63 B, with big a big wide back tire, lowered, maybe a small chop, with a deck as a custom car hauler, man it would be cool, well it is already, just envisioning if it were mine. A big Hotrod.:metal:

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Awesomeness.

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Totally diggin' this. (three thumbs up)

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the flintstone flyer used one for his race car hauler...

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I was looking for that pic to post! ;)
(sorry for the tangent)
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Ask and you shall receive. That is a find! I wonder where it is now?

Found this pic taken sometime after shortening the wheelbase but before removal of the rear 3' of frame and before channeling the cab, which in reality was no more than dropping the rear cab mount between the frame rails and removing the towers in front.... cutting down the steering linkage...and notching the cab underfloor braces...relocating brake lines...removing inner fender mounts and notching inner fenders to clear upper control arms. might've been more.

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I want to say "neato"!

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You say "upper control arms" Are you saying this truck has an independant front suspension?

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Yes it does. Torsion bar. I drove it some before I tore into it and it rode quite nicely. Didn't win any autocross events, but i didn't push it hard.
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I am loving your truck...keep up the awesome work on it and we definitely appreciate that you are sharing your build pictures with us.... keep them coming our way, it is great to see a rare, seldom seen truck being put back together!

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that is an awesome find jon :metal:

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WOW! very very cool