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Here are a few more pics of the anti-wrap bar..

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../111009005.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../111009008.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../111009012.jpg

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That anti-wrap setup is sweet.

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Wicked! When are we going muddin? :lol:

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Where did you get that rear cover for your 205? It is looking sweet!

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Looks good....looks a lot like the one that DIY4x sells.

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Same concept. I didn't like their axle truss approach or how they attached the upper end though. I think ours is cleaner.

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You can get dress-up kits from C&M Performance. They make some really cool stuff...tell Mac that RockTonka sent ya, my Dad knows him from another site.

http://www.cmperformancemachine.com/...me.php?cat=258

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Alright guys now we are back on track... My dad got a killer deal on a warn 12000 lbs winch that is a few years old. It was hardly used and it had a little rust inside it but we tore it down cleaned it up and put her back together and she moves perfectly.

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../111109001.jpg


We played around with the winch and managed to get it to fit nicely between the frame rails with a little trimming
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../111309006.jpg

We debated many different ways to mount the winch while keeping the stock body/spring mount setup but came to the conclusion that it would be best to torch everything off and start fron scratch.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../111509009.jpg

With a clean slate to start from we cut out a base plate to mount the winch to
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112209002.jpg

After that we made the front plate and added some holes. We also had to clearance the faceplate a little for the clutch lever. I painted the fairlead and polished the rollers
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112209009.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112209010.jpg

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we added a few gussets on the inside, side plates, and the spring hangers which we moved back a 1/2 inch and down a 1/2 inch to help the shackle angle

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112209031.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112209016.jpg

i played arond with some cardboard and we decided to add these gussets to the spring hangers and welded it all up. The next step is to add body mounts to the top of the spring hangers

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112209017.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112209033.jpg

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holly shhh that truck is bad nice work:metal:

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We finally got a new cab with good floors to use as the front part of the extended cab and we'll use the back of the original one to add on as the extension. We also picked up a 60-63 chevy dash to play with.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112909001.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112909006.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112909009.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../112909007.jpg

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And here she is with the front back on
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1290900129.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...1290900127.jpg

Re: Project '66 Dirtrod: K-30 Extended Cab
 

That is flippin wicked!!

:metal:

:gmc2:

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Nice fab work.....keep it up. Do you have plans to build a bumper of some sort off of that?

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Thanks and yea we have a couple different ideas we are throwing around. Im leaning toward a prerunner style bumper but we may go with a closer to stock bumper

Re: Project '66 Dirtrod: K-30 Extended Cab
 

Very nice! I'd say to a closer to stock style bumper modified a little bit. Those pre runner bumpers can make a truck look pretty ugly IMO. Great work!

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Sweet Build.

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Lookin good dude.

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Progress pic from this weekend.. Updates soon!

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-13-09153.jpg

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that front bumper is SIK!

that is one sweet truck...btw nice banshee in a few of the pics

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What did you punch those holes with?

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Hole saw and dimple dies...

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I LOVE it! Great effect!

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Sweet idea!

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Good work man!

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Awesome work!! I'm lovin' the details.:metal:

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WOW
very nice progress!!!
this thing is gonna be AMAZING!!

how did you guys cut these holes?
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k.../110809026.jpg

Re: Project '66 Dirtrod: K-30 Extended Cab
 

Thanks for the feedback guys! Unfortunately my comp is messed up so I can't get pics up just yet. But to answer your question Joe, we used a series of hole saws.

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Those holes look really clean for hole saws, I'm guessing you used a drill press huh? Looks very cool!!

Oh and I'm glad you found the GMC stuff you were looking for :metal:

I would love some dimple dies, but those things are super spendy. :waah:

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Not if you know where to look. There is a seller on ebay that sells 7pc sets for reasonable. They're only 1018 steel but I've heard good reports on these. They have smaller sets also. Wish I had known about these guys before I bought mine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custo...motiveQ5fTools

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Thanks for the link!

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Yep, we got ours from Barbed Wire Off Road. Talk to Leah...great to work with. She talked us into the 4140 7 pc. drilled version, which works really well for what you can't get to the press.

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:c2:

thanks for the link John!!

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No problem Joe :)

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Good stuff...

903-866-2006 for Leah @ Barbed Wire Off Road (Mosely Machine) if you want to bypass Ebay to get them.

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Cool

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We have been putting a quite bit of thought into how we wanted to go with the front bumper. We had been throwing the ideas of a pre-runner style bumper and a stock bumper around and we finally decided that since we already had a stock bumper on the GMC we would pull it off and play with ways we could make it work.
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-13-09062.jpg

It was pretty bent so we decided to play around with it in the press to see how straight we could get it. We also welded up the stock mounting holes to get a cleaner look
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-13-09011.jpg

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-13-09003.jpg

After we got her pretty straight we played around and layed out a few holes
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-13-09014.jpg


We used a holesaw to cut the holes out then used the press and a set of dimple dies to flare the holes
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-13-09084.jpg
http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-13-09125.jpg

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SUSCRIBED This thing is going to be sa-WEET.

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I love the dimple die stuff, looks so cool!!!!

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Nice work Austin. You and your father are setting the bar pretty high. Thanks for sharing.