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Shannon, like the way this floor is coming together.....Jim
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oldman3, cleanshaven84, Thank you.
Had a good day. Worked early this morning and then had family pictures taken and the went back out and I got a lot done. I now have the floor pans welded in except the rear tranny tunnel. That will be this week. And then the fire wall. I got the brake booster assembly this weekend.So I can start on doing that. Here are some pictures. Shannon |
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Sweeeeet....Jim
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Nice looking floor!
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oldman3, bustac, Thank you.
I should be able to start on the fire wall next week. It is going to get paneled too. I also am going to recess the brake booster a little. Other than that it will be smooth. Shannon |
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So the rolling the driveshaft tunnel didn't screw up the beading? Can you explain how that works for those of us who haven't done that? Looks great!
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That floor is way too nice looking to cover up!
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Blitz'd is right Shannon.
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BlueJeep, blitz'd, AUSSIE54, Thank you, I paneled it the way that I did all the others. I then put it in the slip rolls and rolled it. Believe it or not it did not smash the paneling. I seen it done before and thought I would try it. I know what you mean it is to nice to cover but it adds a lot of strength to the floor.
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Boy it seems like a while since I last posted. I have been super busy at work and with the holidays coming up. But today I got a lot done. I cut out the rest of the firewall, built the recessed booster panel, made the firewall and the foot boards and then fit everything and tacked in place. Fire wall turned out great, Next is to make the inner cowl panels and the removable tranny cover. The booster bracket needs some more supports too. Then the steering column. Here are some pictures.
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A few more.
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Great work. I really like the beading you did. Makes it look more "stock."
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Once again, looks great! What size step dies are you using for these panels?
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Shannon, that firewall looks sick, great work.....Jim
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great work on the floor framing! I like how you did the mound for the driveshaft, nice and clean!
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cleanshaven84, Thank you. I love the Christmas lights on your truck in your picture.
BlueJeep, Thank you. The dies are 1/8 step dies. I just made some 3/16 step dies on Friday but the corners were too sharp and ended up shearing the metal. So they need the corners radiused and I am going to take .015 off one face for some more clearance. Then they should work great. oldman3, drivea55, Thank you. Shannon |
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Its always a pleasure looking at your build pics. You do really nice work Shannon.
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Can you show some close ups of your bead roller. What brand is it?
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Wondering if you have seen others that have put 4L60E's in and if they all require a transmission hump like your constructing? Was hoping with the 60 I wouldnt need one, but maybe its the S-10 frame as to why yours would need it?
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Kabwe, Thank you.
Fat Mike, Yes, I can get you some pictures of my bead roller. I work in a machine shop so I just made my own. It is a great little perk. Gears were bought locally, the spockets and chain were bought from McMaster/Carr and the power unit is a reworked 120 volt winch from HF. The rest was made at work. It also has bronze bushings. Sometime I want to make another one with more throat and a adjustable top shaft. duwem, I do not know about the tranny hump. I am thinking that is is probably because of it being on a S10 frame. The truck is a buddy of mines and he mounted the engine. It has I think a camaro pan so he could get it down in the frame and it is really close to the front crossmember. So it could not be mounted any lower. The 1954 I built for someone was on a S10 frame too and it had a 700R4 in it and it need a tunnel. They both have the same cab mounts because I made and mounted both of them. It has to be a s10 thing. Shannon |
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Hey Shannon back home for a few weeks will be painting my dad's cousin's firebird hopefully this week....the floors,kickpan's and firewall are awesome me and Dad need one of those HaHa:lol:
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Your firewall and floor pans are art! Great work! I really really enjoy the sunken booster.
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reaper71, You need to post some pictures when you are done. You know how we all are about pictures. Start to cut out everything on that truck of yours and you can do the same. HAHA My buddy keeps telling me that when I work on mine next week that I will be cutting out the floor and firewall to do them in panels. If they were in bad shape I would do it in a heart beat but they are all ready redone. Just about 10 years ago and never seen the road. It is bad enough that I will be redoing some of the things that I all ready did. I just do things different and I lot better now. Stay tuned for the panel build maybe the end of this week.
Fat Mike, Here are some pictures of my bead roller. If you need any more just let me know and if you need any info. Shannon |
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Wybrow, Thank you very much. I am very pleased with them. It will be a shame to cover them up.
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BlueJeep, As you figured I love working on sheet metal and is a lot of fun making your own panels. What bead roller did you get. I would get 1/8 step die and a 1/4 bead die. You will use them the most and maybe a tipping die. You do get some deformation around the start and end when using the beading die. I made a special block up and a pin with a radius on it that I use to finish out the ends of the bead. I will try to post a picture tomorrow of that.
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I got the Mittler Bros 24" with the industrial motor power setup. I was going to get the 36", but then started thinking about the available space in my garage and downsized. ;)
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Wybrow, I did forget about the firewall still showing. The 1954 I did I only did the floor pan.
BlueJeep, You should be very happy with that. If I was going to buy one it would be that one but I am cheap and made one instead. The other one would be a Lazze one but it is alot more but nice features and dies. Here is that tooling I said about. I put it under the end of the bead and use it to finish the end and hammer the panel flat from deforming. It is just a 1018 steel block with a ball mill ran in and a dowel with a radius ground on the end. Post some pictures when you get your bead roller. Shannon |
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Hey Shannon you bet my man i'll get some up of it in the base and then in the clear...Then maybe i can get some time to work on mine :lol:
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So, so nice and clean buddy! Great job on the booster recess. Will you be putting in much bracing to stop the firewall flexing? Will you be doing the pedal box mounting or is that for the owner to do? I bet your hanging to get into the panel!!
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reaper71, I know how that is to get to work on your own truck.
AUSSIE54, Thank you. Yes it will get braced up. I am also going to put tube across the cab under the dash also for the stearing column. But yes I will have to do something so it does not push on the firewall. I will tie it all together. Yes it is going to get moved in real soon (my panel) for my working holiday vacation. Shannon |
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Shannon, will be glad to see you get some time on your panel.....Jim
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oldman3, Yes I can not wait. The only bad thing is I am fixing things I allready did! At least it will suit me now.
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mknittle, it is Harbor Freights 110 volt electric winch and I will check tonight on the # of teeth on the sprockets. It comes out to I think about 24 inches a minute in the speed with the winch motor and the sprockets. It is very powerfull. It will do a complete AD beltline profile in one shot.
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mknittle, The winch motor turns at 20 RPM , the sprocket on the motor is a 12 tooth and then the upper sprocket is a 80 tooth. With the diameter of my dies it comes to 24 inches per minute. Which is nice and slow so you can follow your lines.
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You sure do some awesome work on these early model trucks...
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FRENCHBLUE72, Thank you. I am really addicted to them. I love all the AD trucks the most.
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