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I'm not dead, nor is my truck. Due to the photobucket changes, most of my updates have been coming via Instagram @Rev_J_HD since its the easiest and most direct way to put it out.
Since not everyone has time for my videos (even me sometimes :lol: ) I'm going to throw up some pics of various things, jumping backwards just a bit. I had put the the bedsides and fenders on, as well as finished some touches on the frame. While I waited for other materials to show up, I went and stripped the peeling chrome off my indicator knobs, and brushed the aluminum that was underneath. |
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Since I didn't have the '66 fenders with the reverse lights (which is where I put the tail lights before)... I needed a solution for mounting the LED tails. I didn't want something obstructive and so I played with the idea of partially cutting it into the post of the bed.
The LED lights have a very shallow mounting depth, so flush mounting or partially frenching them into stuff is a bit easier. I ended up marking out the bed post as well as the light cup before making any cuts (the cuts are in the light cup fwiw). Both cups were welded and after I hit the surface with JB weld so the whole are can be smoothed out and ease the work of the filler to follow. |
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After the JB weld was smoothed on both joints, they got hit with filler and shaped down again. Once the transition was even and didn't have and leftover bumps from the welds or the JB, it got hit with a coat of primer to seal the work until the rest of the bed is ready for paint.
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I like the tailight mod.
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Thanks Aerotruk.
I apologize if the pics jump around a bit, I'm trying to fit the updates into these 5-pic limit posts. I needed a bed, and didn't want a wood bed or a traditional metal one either. I also need access to all the stuff under the bed (more on that later). So I started laying out aluminum channel to make a subfloor. |
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I also took the same approach for the rear subfloor as well. Laying out aluminum channel, then welding it to make the skeleton frame to size.
The floor is (at least) 2 pieces, so the front and rear are removable independently. |
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Awesome work! I'm diggin' your tail light engineering there!
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Nice!
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I like the aluminum frame....I should have done it that way...
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After most of the fab on the aluminum sections was done, I picked up some support shocks and pivots so I could start to make the hatch I wanted.
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Then I pulled them back out to paint the support frames, and so I could pattern the aluminum skin for the bed itself.
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Really nice work!
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Once I had the aluminum cut out for the skins, I could use a pneumatic rivet gun to actually skin the frames. There was definitely some small areas that had to be touched up by hand with a file, but for the most part it all fit together well.
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I also added this little lift handle to make things easier, and cleaned up the pivot side, adding a thumb tab to the rod that the pivot uses.
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Picked up a 1/4 turn pull latch to hold the bed floor down, but both lift and lock easily.
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Your build is to me almost like: 'deja vu all over again' :cool:
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Nice work. I like the bed floor you did.
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Moved by attention back inside for a few, and took the cover off my Twister Shifter console. Its aged a bit and I need to do more modifications to it to accommodate other changes. Pulled the cover off, gave her a light sanding, and hit it with some textured black paint. You can also kinda see inside the shifter a bit for those who were curious about this less common auto shifter style. |
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I started to lay out a plate on my carbon sheet. This will become the switch mount panel for the nitrous stuff.
Came back to the shifter console and did all the lettering highlights in a matching blue, then hit the whole thing with a few coats of clear to give everything an even finish. |
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The shifter plate looks great.....it almost looks illuminated. What method did you use to get the blue into the engraving so perfectly?
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The OneShots is a very opaque, vibrant color, and against the black does look like it luminesces. (Also the camera was a little sweaty which probably adds to the look lol). |
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No problem Cap (I've also got your P/S bracket on my list of build updates to add ;) )
Got a pile of stuff from the parts man this morning. Painted up my backing plates and could start to test fit the bottle mounting in the bed. |
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Made some adjustments to the Qa1's in the rear trying to dial travel vs ride height. I might still need to raise the springs a bit, but empty at this weight the new settings have improved the feel a lot.
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