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Installed the 4" rear drop coils. Need to install the front lowering components now.

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Installed the passenger side CPP 2.5" drop spindle with a 1" drop coil.

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http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psf37528c2.jpg

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Just finished installing the 2.5" CPP drop spindles with 1" drop springs. Upgraded the disks to slotted rotors and powder coated calipers. Very pleased with how it handles. Next weekend rear sway bar, shocks and new trac bar.



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I've been horrible about keeping up with pics. Here's some of the rear end.

This one is the trac bar bracket I built.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psbb27e3a4.jpg

This one is with trac bar bracket installed.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psc56ac1c9.jpg

Rear sway bar.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psf9eb1a0a.jpg
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Worked on the bed today. Was able to save the bed side. The tail light panel needed replaced. Was able to cut it and only replace the bottom.

http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psa5d4f05d.jpg

Tail panel welded in and side straightened out.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psb20e959c.jpg
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Nice clean job.
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Thanks, the other side is pretty bad and will need more work. Probably end up replacing the bed side and the tail light panel for sure.
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Finished the gauge install finally.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...pse2a8102b.jpg
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looking good keep it comin.

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Thanks, maybe some day mine will look almost as nice as yours. That will be tough to get to the caliber of yours.
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Started working on the other side of bed. Pretty bad shape. Had lots of Bondo also.

http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...pse15f499f.jpg


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Worked on my bed. Now I'll sand blast the bed, spray with epoxy sealer and apply filler to get good and straight. Last I'll spray on high build primer to make sure its perfect. :burnout:

http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psbd8038e3.jpg

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Dude!!!!
Looks like a bunch of Hammer & dolly work was spent there! Along with replacing the lower half of the end cap!
Nice work!!!

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Yes it was. Thought I was going have to replace the bed panel. The only options are a long bed patch panel and cut it down. Really didn't want to do that. It actually came out really straight.
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nice skills and work, looking good

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Finished stripping the paint off to get ready for the epoxy primer.

http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...pscec08546.jpg

Started off the day with a voodoo doughnut I brought back from Portland.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psd9fbe222.jpg
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Nice work on the bed side... Them guys up at voodoo sure make some interesting donuts..

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[QUOTE=FRENCHBLUE72;6010481]Nice work on the bed side... Them guys up at voodoo sure make some interesting donuts..[/lQUOTE]

Yes they do. They guys I work with got the wild ones. I'm in Portland to Eugene almost monthly. Where is Grants Pass located?
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Epoxy primered my bed sides today. I actually got the metal pretty straight, wont need much body filler if any.

http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps25c7be3b.jpg
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Killer body work. Awesome work on the bed sides.
Looks great.
Im right in the middle of Portland and Eugene. Keizer which is stuck on the north side of salem by the baseball field.
Again. Great job on the box.

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Thanks bomp, I'm real pleased how the body work is coming . I'm in Oregon all the time. Doing a bridge near Harrison. I'll have to swing by and check out your truck.
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trsmotrhed, killer work on the bedsides! what color are you going to paint the truck?? keep it up truck looks awesome

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Thanks chad64, right now I'm wanting to paint it corvette jet stream blue. Wanting it to look like this picture . Might do some silver to break it up.
There's a car show May 4th and trying to get the bed done or at least in primer so I can enter show. It will be a work in progress at the show. :burnout:

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Dude!
That is the same color exact that I am currently using on my build!...Along with Mercedes, Irridium silver...Nice taste in color, I have to agree!

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Also, it will look great with that YZ in the back!!!

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Your truck looks great in that color blue. The heater knobs are awesome also.
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Nice work, I'm following your build cause I also have a 63 and the LT1/l460e that's sitting in my shop that's going in. But at this point I'm working on my wife's 66 that I have to finish first.
Ernest

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The corvette blue will look great on it.

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The metal work on the bed is simply amazing. Outstanding!

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Very nice, I really like that rich blue, and I agree on the silver

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Thanks for the comments. As you guys know its alot of work but very rewarding.:metal:
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Very nice job! Nothing like old metal.... Def can't do that to sheet metal these days lol. I like the tuned port too always liked how those looked. Keep up the progress
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Worked on the inside of the bed sides. Had a little rust on one side where the wood bolts to bed. Cut out two pieces and bent them to the right radius.

What I started with.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8b05b231.jpg


Made this piece that goes new the rear corner.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps95acd0ee.jpg

Cut this piece out and started to weld in the new piece and ran out of shielding gas for my mig. Finish next weekend.
Kinda finished product.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psb6794353.jpg
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Worked on my bed sides.

http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3c23f54a.jpg

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Finally got the body work done and painted flat black for now.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9071ba44.jpg

Reworked a Tahoe fuel door setup.
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Tahoe fuel door
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...psab381f7f.jpg

Welded some exhaust fittings for the elbow and to reduce to the smaller hose.
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WOW! Great work on the truck so far! Keep it up!

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Looks nice, did you keep it from going into the bed, or how does it look from in the bed?
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I had to take it into the bed. I have not worked on that part yet. On my last 66 I used a suburban bed panel and didn't need to enter the bed. I'll build around the setup and post pics. Here's what I have in the bed.
http://i1280.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0bcab748.jpg

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I had to do a little catching up on your build thread. I can't believe what you did with that bedside. You sir are a true metal working craftsman :thumbs:

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Thanks captainfab, I appreciate your comments especially from the master of Fab. I'm very pleased with how straight they came out. All the block sanding paid off. I'm horrible about detailing out my work. I get going and hard to stop for pics.
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