Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

Here ya go.. A few pics

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Im diggin the PBR stuff!

Im a Pearl beer fan. Not cause it taste good, but because my grandpa drank it and I have his Pearl bottle opener. He called it "Pearl Pop with foam on top"! :D

I have an old antique aluminum Pearl cooler and several Pearl bottle openers.

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

How do you like those Thrush mufflers. Do they have a good tone?

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Im not speakin for him, but I got the same on Cody's truck and it sounds good!

Deep, old skool sound.

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I have ran FlowMasters on my last 10 or so chevy trucks.. I will never by anything but thrush from now on.. They sound way better are less then half the cost.. This 66 sounds like a late model stock car.. Its so loud.. Not trashy loud.. Tasteful race car loud.. I love them!!!

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Hey Joe, I thought you might like this today.. I just got done building a new deck for our new hot tub. I had a few left over beer caps laying around the deck.. What a better place for them then on my truck...

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

Love the PBR theme. Great lookin short step.... Just scored a step bed, might have to copy your tail lights.. Awesome looking..:metal:

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

sweet truck.....like the old one too

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man I'm lovin the fence pickets for the bed... Mine is a piece of sheet metal may cover it with bed linder then add the wood.. great pics

oh the pic with the 22 inch measurements is that the front fender or rear fender measurements

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

That is the rear fender.. Sitting pretty low.. But I still have a killer ride.. Nice and soft. Thanks to the Guys at The Drop Shop here in Portland.

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

Did you have to raise your panhard bar or was it just due to the notch? Looks like a stripe up your pumpkin, but hard to tell. My 'burb is rubbing due to the bags and stock set-up. Shortened bar, however.

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man that is great....you need to clamp some around the outer edges of your visors too:metal:

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Thought you might like these too.. The mirror you see was my late grandfathers.. He put all those stickers on it back in the 60's. I have had it ever since I was little boy.. Also I collect Papst stuff.. These bar lights/old neon's were found in an old closed bar... I am thinking they are from the late 60's Early 70's.. Also the Papst poster with the ram on it is from the 60's.. Crazy stuff.. Think I have a PBR problem????

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Here is what we did with the Pan hard bar.. No more rubbing anymore.. Sorry the pic angles are kinda bad.. I did not have time to jack it up.. I had to try to slide my arm underneath to grab a quick few..

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

Thanx, appreciate it. So it is raised at the mount end; its usually under the frame, right? I cant remember right now:lol:.

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Awesome stuff!! If you ever get tired of that stuff, send it to me! :lol:

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That's cool! I tried that on the knobs in my '62 but the didn't fit... My woman has a 2008 Malibu and we some PBR caps snapped on to the heater/AC controls.

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That is some cool stuff, and the family history makes it even cooler

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Post a pic.. I would love to see that!!!

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One of the guys on the photoshop did this for me.. Would this not be cool.. Some day

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

man truck is coming along nice. cant wait to check it out this summer. after seen what you and your crew does i know even on a budget this truck will be sick.

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This is another pic photochopped.. I am really diggin it.. Now if I could just find some fat whites.. Also.. Anybody out there have a 63 grille?

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I hear ya bird.....I like all these trucks but the '63 grills just seem a little cleaner.

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So here is the new Air Cleaner top that I came across.. Its old 13" Beer tray I bought off of Ebay.. Flipped it upside down and wala, a new lid..

So guys I need a few more question answered.. Is this a low hump or high.. I need to order new carpet bad.. Unless you have any you want to sell???

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Just my quick take on it:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/...e9bdb8ae_o.jpg

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Thanks.. I just need to step up to the plate and bag it.

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

That is a high hump.....original floor shift? High hump for sure. If you ever see a low hump you'll laugh. They're practically flat.

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That air cleaner is BADA$$$!!! I love it!! I believe that is a high hump floor. The low humps only come up a couple inches and came in trucks that were either factory automatic or three on the tree.

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

Check out the Silverton BFG's.

Jeg's has em for a quik reference.

Breather is allsome!

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truck is BA.........heres a cool fuel cell for you http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/pabst...Q5fAccessories

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

nice breather,,,very cool idea.

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nice work..

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I love the sh*t out of that truck... Something about the Blue with the black wheels that grabs me... Now call Nate and slide a Dropmember under it!! Makes it drive like a new truck..

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Some day I might throw a dropmember under it.. But I have a kid on the way that will be here in May.. So money is real tight.. For right now the only thing I have to do is new carpet and lay some dynamat down to quiet up the cab for lil girl.

I got everything working, Every gage, cig lighter, horn, wipers, heater.. Everything on this truck works like new.. This a total comfortable driver..

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Hey dude, unless you already have the Dynamat, check out Tony's thread with the sound proof stuff he used....from Lowes and about 1/8th of the price:lol:....maybe a 1/4.

I think its the BCKNBLK thread.

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Thanks dude.. I was gonna order Fatmat off of Ebay.. I have used it before and its a good product. But after reading with Tony said.. Screw that.. I will run to lowes just down from my house and save the money and waiting for 5 days.. Now if I could just find a good used high hump carpet kit for CHEAP!!!!

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Ok.. So I real only have one thing left to do on my truck, (for now you know how that go's. Everything every gage every button everything works for now.) and that is to finish the interior. I am not going to paint the dash or mess with the patina of the inside.. What I want is quiet. I decided to take up the carpet and see what was underneath.

Yikes!!! I found nasty rotted home carpet padding.. Wood blocks around the shifter boot and worst of all RUST!! I know big shocker.. So now the process begins. I do not have welder that works right now.. So I am gonna try my hand at something else.. First off today I ripped up the carpet, took out the moldy padding than began to clean.

To my surprise it was not all the bad.. The usual spots had some holes and wear. Several small holes where some buckets were mounted in. I wire brushed the floor with my grinder got it blown and vacuumed out, then spayed some Rust-Mort on the bad areas. My neighbor is in the process of restoring his 68 fastback Stang, so why not barrow materials from him right? haha.

He patched a few holes in his floor by using fiberglass. Since I don't have major repairs I am gonna try it out.. and its free!! The drivers side is worse then I want to deal with but I am gonna cut up some scrap, bend and fit, rivet in to place then cover with fiberglass. The goal to to make it quiet and keep out any unwanted moisture. I am not trying to make it perfect. I keep it parked inside so this should be easy..

Tonight I will let the Rust-Mort do its thing and tomorrow I will do the metal work and fiberglass. Next step is to seal the floor then lay Peel-n-seal down for sound mat. I am cheap a$$ so I am going to go down to U-Pull-It and gonna take some jute patting out of a van or older car. Cut it to fit then lay my carpet back down.. Hopefully this will make it quieter, and more importantly it will make it much cleaner and safer for my new little baby girl on the way!! And its not costing me anything.. Budget is real tight ya know..

stay tuned.....

Re: 66 Short step "Trad Rod" build, A Pabst Blue ribbon theme
 

Ok.. Sorry its been a few days... The fiberglass and paint takes a few days to dry when its only 35 degrees in the garage... Ok after the rust-mort , I fiberglassed all the holes and old rust spots.. It turned out awesome. There is now way for moisture to get in. Then I laid down rubberized undercoating. It was cheap cause I had a few cans in the shop. Then I let it dry. Went to Lowe's to get the Peel and Seal.. No luck, they did not have it stock. And the guy was such a dick about trying to get it for me.. So I went home and ordered it on Wed night at 6pm and big shocker the store had it the next day at 9am.. Wish the employee would have just done his job.. I will never go to Lowes again except for peel and seal!!!!

After the rubber floor dried, I laid down the Peel and Seal. then laid down new Jute padding I got from my local upholstery shop. Then the old carpet when back down.. I really need new carpet but, cant spend the extra money right now.

And holy cow!!!, the cab it dead quiet, even with dual thrush welded mufflers that dump out underneath the bed.. I am really impressed with the Peel and Seal..

BIG THANKS TO JEFF, for pointing that out.. I would have spent twice or three times the money on Fatmat or Dynamat. I am going to use this product again in the future.. 2 rolls was just enough to do a big hump cab floor..

here is the link for the peel and seal if your store does not have it.. If you order it, it will come in next day...

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...17-81326-PS625

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And the final pic.. Clean for now until i get new carpet.. She is already for the new baby.. Nice clean and quiet.

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Lookin' good dude! I was wondering how much peel n seal it would take to do a cab. Now I know.;) Nice job on the clean up.:metal: