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Looks like he does REALLY good work!

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I am impressed so far, and not just by the quality and timeliness of his work. Communication with Dewayne has been open and easy. I am optimistic this project will help negate the low opinions many people have about professional shops. Dewayne is motivated, he knows he lives in the real world where bills are due and to make the mortgage payment you have to finish work. He does not come off as conceited or full of himself, and yet so far his work speaks volumes. If our project stays on course regarding quality, timeliness, and budget I will be singing the praises of DeWayne Morgan and Nsane Hot Rodz to all who will listen.

Pic of the frame and suspension parts loaded up and truckin’ to the powder coater.

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Congrats on the killer work those guys at Nsane are doing. I hope he will send some pics of the techniques he using. The patches look better than the original metal.
You are moving right along on the chassis too.

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I'm not sure if he'll give out his trade secrets, we'll have wait and see if he chimes in. ;) I am very happy the chassis at the coater and the body is getting the attention it needs. My wallet isn't so happy. :lol:

Mike, I consider you a 1%er in the C10 world as you only farmed out 1% of the work for your build. I consider myself a 50%er, as I need help with a few of the aspects of a truck build. I say that to say this, I feel fortunate that I am finding people I feel I can trust to do quality work at an honest price. I optimistically hopeful these relationships will continue, because the inverse would be disasterous for me. Thanks for the good words brutha!

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Man I wish I had your type of money to drop on my truck, lol….Yeah I'm really liking the progress they are making on your truck.

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More progress at Nsane Hot Rodz... Driver's A-piller repaired, passenger door fit checked, and bracing for the cab installed. We should see the new one-piece floor installed very soon. :metal:

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Was the floor really bad enough to warrant a "full floor" replacement?

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The work on the cab looks top notch!

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It was deeply pitted all across the footwell as well as rusted through in that same area and out where the floor rolls down 90 degrees into the inner rocker. DeWayne felt it was an easier more cost efficient fix that would greatly increase the longevity of the cab, he's done a few of these recently so I trust his experience.

Yep, DeWayne and his team at Nsane Hot Rodz are exceeding the standard!

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Bucks68 I am loving your build and wow, those guys at Nsane are doing really nice work!
Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks, I am also really glad it is moving along. ;)

Another pic from yesterday... I may need to brush up on my Flintstone's driving! :lol:

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Is the floor installed yet? Just kidding Buck, they are flying along. Looks great, I'm happy for you. My firewall/ toe area seam is also pitted up, I ended up just running the wire wheel to it and cut out one area that needed repaired by the gas pedal. The floor is going to get the POR15 treatment too.

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Sheez, it might be!! They aren't fooling around that's for sure. Mine looked like it might be okay until the blaster hit it, so it needed to be dealt with.

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One-piece floor is bolted in...

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Wow!!! They are KILLING it. I think they may get a visit from my GMC.

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My experience to this point says you won't be disappointed. ;)

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Man. That looks great. They are knocking it out of the park!! Congrats bud. I'm glad this story is going to have an amazing finish.

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^^^^^^ This.

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Things are going well right now, but we are mid-story at best. I'm going to forecast a pause in the action once I get all the pieces back to the house. :uhmk:

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Are they installing a high hump in that new floor also?

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It originally had one so it will just need to be trimmed out and the retaining nut ring welded to it. It would be great if they made the replacement floors in the high jump configuration. A bucket seat ready version would be awesome too.

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At there pace, you should have Shiro back next weekend. WoW

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There is a good bit of stuff to weld up as of yet, cab corner, rockers, fuel filler and a few spots on the firewall. After that they will put all the sheet metal in epoxy primer. With that said, I don't think you are too far off. ;)

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Feeling a little nostalgic today, remember when?

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Probably my favorite truck I've seen on this forum. I miss seeing it around here and I would rather have it that my fleetside any day. To me, THAT's perfect patina.

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You should have seen it before the P.O. took a buffer to it. It was truely perfect then! Maybe I can dig up a pick and post it over in the "Just an Old Truck" thread.

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Cool. I'd like to see that.

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One of my favorites,...

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Are you sure? They are up... just hit the link below. Fair warning they are not for the faint of heart.:lol:

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Yep I'm sure. I like it like that. I would like one just like that then I would put some skinny tires back on it and cruise the full retro vibe!

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I would swap my fleet bed in a heartbeat for a stepper but since my truck has the factory lower trim it would mean filling holes and a full body repaint. Too much trouble for a truck that looks pretty good to begin with.

We always want what we don't have... at least I do. :)

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Looks like they are moving along nicely on the cab Ernie. I'm glad you are happy with them so far.

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Someone is slacking on the updates...

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I rolled under and had a really good look at my cab bottom yesterday and have almost decided to go ahead with a full floor myself. What I dont get yet is how it comes out. After reading here that your floor is "bolted" in now am I to understand that the whole thing just bolts in?? Im sure there is some pulling and prying of old clue and sealer involved, but are there really no welds to cut out? Its hard to tell looking at mine from all the undercoating built up. Its really not bad at all except for the outer parts of the floor by the rockers, but I still think the best thing to do is just replace it all.... Thanks.

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Looks like they are doing super nice work on the cab!

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Hopefully DeWayne will chime in but I think he was just identifying the first step of the install. The floor bolts to both the lower "A" and "B" pillars through the front and rear cab braces. After that, it is spot welded along the front and rear edges.

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Man, he called me out big time!! :lol:

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Now that's funny when the shop is calling out the owner for not posting updates. Usually it's an owner starting a thread about how the shop has had the truck for a year and no work has been done. :)

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Ok, after spending the day in the back yard doing chores I spent an hour renaming pics so I can post them up in a way that makes sense and doesn't repeat old updates. I think we are up to the Right cab corner, so here it goes.

Nasty original cab corner...
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New cab corner tacked in...
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Welded and ready to be massaged a bit to make it just right.
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Very nice work! I wonder what they are using to clean or sand the metal so nicely.