Re: My 57 Pro Street
 

I did some work on the doors.
The driver door was missing two of the nuts on the top bracket.
I cut an access hole in the jamb so I could weld some new ones in.

Re: My 57 Pro Street
 

Here it is with the new nuts and the access hole welded shut.

Re: My 57 Pro Street
 

The passenger door had a little more work involved in it.
Thanks to some direction from Kabwe I was able to get it done.
The new lower panel didn't have the indentations in it that are on the original doors. On the side with the hinge I wasn't worried about it because it can't be seen and I'm not doing a restoration on the truck.
On the outside I was able to save the indentation so it would match the other door.

Re: My 57 Pro Street
 

I had to modify the new hinge bracket because it was designed to fit around the indentation on the original door.

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These pics show the finished repair.

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Good work, I am so glad my doors are in good shape at those areas.

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Good work! Its coming along well! Makes the rest of us wanna get back to work on ours.

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Good job on the doors man, keep up the good work.

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Thanks guys.
Kim

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Nice job on the booster bracket.

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Nice wok on the push rod extension, very clean and professional looking.
BTW nicely documented build thread. Luv it

Re: My 57 Pro Street
 

Time for some more up-dates.
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my dash after seeing what some of the other guys here were doing. I had already smoothed the entire dash and removed the opening for insturment cluster.
As I couldn't find a layout for the insturment cluster that I liked with the hump I decided to remove it.

I have to give a big thanks to Kabwe for making this possible.
I met him at the Brothers show this year and he was kind enough to supply me with the dash out of his truck.

These first pics are of what I had previously done to the dash.

Re: My 57 Pro Street
 

These next pics show the cut out and the donor dash.
I cut a section from it that fit where my hump was and welded it in.

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Heres what it looks like now. I also patched a section that I wasn't happy with from my previous work.
I now have the option of getting a hot rod bezel or just installing the insturments rite in the dash.
Thanks again Kabwe for your old dash.
Hope you guys enjoy the pics.
Kim

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Great work Kim. Keep after it!

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Looks great, really smooth out. As far as your thank you, you are completely welcome, but you don't have to thank me, seeing you put it to good use is thanks enough. Great work Kim.

Thank you for sharing that mod, I think it fits your trucks theme.

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Looks great! I like the idea of getting rid of the hump in the dash. Looks alot cleaner! Nice work...

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Nice........
Soon it will look like this!!!!!!!!!
http://image.sporttruck.com/f/109429...side+owner.jpg

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Nice work! I like it!!

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got any pics of that engine setup? looks wild

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That truck is sweet. Is it yours?
Kim

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Nice work. I'm a hump stock bezel kind of guy but respect the work you are doing and the look you are after. This week I came across a 59 elcamino dash and thought about getting it for a future project based on the threads here.

Re: My 57 Pro Street
 

Looks Cool man!! I can't wait to see what it's going to look like when it's done!

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I sure wish it was!!!!!!!!!!!
Here it is:
Click the link below!
1956 Chevy Truck - Double-Stacked Lightnin'
http://image.sporttruck.com/f/109429...caked_hood.jpg
http://image.sporttruck.com/f/109429...+rear_view.jpg
http://www.sporttruck.com/featuredve...fications.html

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:metal: saw that truck at goodguys this summer...its even crazier in person

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this is awesome progress thanks for inspiring

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Hey Kim,

I just looked over you whole build thread again because I had some time and I just wanted you to know you are doing a great job. Keep it up man.

I was going to look at Dave's again "Cal 58 GMC" but that build is a novel.lol

Re: My 57 Pro Street
 

Thanks Kabwe.
I have made a little more progress and will update asap.
Kim

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This build has some awesome fab work. Are you going to keep the 57 grill? Those are my favorite TF grills.

Nice work on your truck. Subscribing, I wanna keep watching.

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Thanks.
I'm going to keep it with some changes.
I like the look of the center oval floating in space so that's what I am going to try and achieve.
Kim

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Here's a quick up-date.
I had to come up with a new core support so this is what I did.
I took a piece of 2" OD tube and cut it down. Then I welded some nuts on the back of a couple of washers that fit inside the tube and welded them in.
They are just tacked on my frame horns for now. Will finish after I make sure everything fits as it should.
Kim

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Good idea, looking great

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Awesome!:metal:

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Amazing work thus far. Keep it up.

Eric

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Time for some updating.
I had to repair the lower corner on my pass. door.
I'm to cheap to by the whole lower door skin for such a small piece so I made my own.
The pics are self explanatory.
Kim

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And the finished product.
Kim

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I started working on getting the driver door to line up.
The cage nuts on the top were missing so I made some replacements.
I doo have to hold them in to get them started but it's not that bad.
The door wouldn't close all the way at first so I used a 2x4 to persuade it and now it's fine.
Kim

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I welded a small tab to give the jamb more support in the future.
The top was hanging out also so I used a 2x4 to persuade it also.
Kim

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I also needed new door sills.
I welded a piece of 1/2 inch square tube to the new sills to give them some added support where they weld to the step.
Kim

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My old ones were beat to heck so the neasurements I got off them may have been a little off. When I got the new ones on they stuck out at the bottom so I had to bend them in to line up with the cab and front fenders.
Kim