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I have seen that and it looks pretty clean...though it was on a dually. My only concern is having the pristine paint job again. I drive alot of conditions you do joe and might end up looking like hell in a few months..hahaha.

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This is kind of what I had in mind for wheels (except 2wd obviously) and white. I am assuming this truck would be an 8 lug...just gotta do some more reading/research.

http://image.truckinweb.com/f/811778...rra+medium.jpg

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:lol:
I hear ya there!
You could get a natural weathered look on the 2 tone in no time ;)

I can't wait to see the wheels!!
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Finally got a chance to go into the shop for a bit today....finished up some loose ends on the body work (hope to prime and paint within the week) Started the frame shortening...14" out of the front and 6" off the back to accomodate the short box fleetside. Next will be to flip the rear differential to level this thing out.

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Question though for the ones of you that have been here done this already.....how do I make absolute sure that the box is going to sit square with the cab now? Or should I say get the frame exactly level before welding it up.

Thought about welding the top plate area, then just clamping the bottom, then putting the box on before welding up the rest.

Any easier avenues to be absolute sure?

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Man, those would look sweet on a 2wd!

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along for the ride.

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Tack it toghether and clamp it. In a perfect world it wouldn't be needed, but i know it aint perfect.:lol:

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That's a good idea better safe than sorry.

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subscribing. living vicariously

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These are my 2nd favorte body style should be my first because I have had 4 or 5 of them. I'll be watching it see where it goes. Love the dash.

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Well, managed to sneak out to the garage today for the better part of the afternoon/evening and made some great headway. Buddy showed up to help me manhandle the box out of the snow and onto the truck to check box verticle angles and make sure it was straight.

Put the box on and measured a dozen times, welded the bottom portion of the frame so that it would stay in place, removed the stands and blocks, removed box, finished the welding, and ground the welds off smooth. And of course snipped off the rear 5" of frame as well.

Will now get a plate inside and out, bolted in 8 locations on either side of the weld, then weld the edges of said plate to meet local hiway traffic safety guildlines.

Shortened the brake line, and removed the suspension activated brake controller above the rear differential. Just not needed for what I will use the truck for.

So far so good I think. The wife was a bit concerned that I was going to leave the suspension and dual rear wheels like that. I calmed her by saying "yes dear, that is exactly how the suspension is staying....why don't you like it". All I heard next was "SMACK!". Appearantly she didn't have much of a sense of humour today...lmfao!

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looking good!

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Removed the overload perches, bump stops, and factory
rear frame brace...along with all the fun rivets.



http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...4243_large.jpg
Built a new crossmember to replace the factory on I removed out
of a reciever hitch, used the pieces of frame I removed to shorten the truck as side brackets and should be able to utilize the portion hanging out for the rear bumper as it will only be cosmetic anyways. Will always be using the reciever on this thing. Hoping I have it figured out to hide behind the licence plate.

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Nice work!

The more and more CCSB duallies I see you guys building...The more I wanna shorten mine. At first I thought it threw the proportions of the Daully off, Now it is really appealling to me. PLUS it HAS to help turning these bad boys!

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Nice progress!!
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Got the axle flipped last night, just mocked up in place. Have to remove the differential then remove the factory perches, weld the new perches in place, then reinstall it all over again. Dropped the rear over 10", sits almost perfectly level now (12" to the rockers) will lower the front another inch or so when I do the single wheel conversion. Would like it to all come down another couple of inches if possible, but won't play with that till everything is back together and full of fuel etc.



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nice looking truck how mach time you got into that dash

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More than it's probaby worth...lmfao!

I started the truck about a year ago, and have been working on it off and on...so not really sure to be honest. But it has been a fair bit of work, especially when I seem to be so damn picky. I could have left the body as it was for the way I plan to make it look, but wanted to preserve what I had so that it would last.

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Okay, finally said "F" it and sat down this weekend and put down some ideas on paper so to speak. This is what I come up with thus far....

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...4250_large.jpg

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Nice!!

I dig it!!
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Very cool!

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awesome rendering!.....I like it!

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Nowhere as good as the ones you pay for, but should do the trick I guess. For an amateur....lol.

thanks..


Hoping to get the axle out, grind off the old perches, set the pinion angle, weld on the new ones, and finish up reinstalling the cables and brake lines.




What did everyone else do about the ebrake cables after shortening? Is there a part number? What did you do Joe, or has anyone even bothered to hook it up?

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I feel like an idgit now.LOL Since I see you are converting it to SRW. The rendering is just bad arse!:metal:

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lol, no problem. If everyone had the same taste what would be the fun in that? I was originally going to do a dually short, but my tastes just ventured to the SRW instead. To bad considering I have all the stuff to build the dually from D70's, newly redone rear fenders, rust free 8' box, and the list goes on...hahaha.

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Anyone have any input on finding a shorter ebrake cable after the short box conversion? Have any of you used a half ton spring in place of the one tons? Did it lower it, better ride?

Any help is appreciated...

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Don't hold me to this but I think the half ton springs are shorter. I haven't done anything with my brake yet.
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Anyone have a rocker measurement on their half ton conversion? Would like to know if it is going to be beneficial to swap to stock half ton, or to cut a ring or just leave the tons in it.

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Considering these wheels......also think I am reverting back to a tan interior. Think it will look more a less period correct and hope to give the seats a worn/patina look as well. Spoke to a buddy of mine who pulls lines with an old school talent. Will add some browns and white and blacks to the dash (that will be crazy) and to a few spots like the hood etc.

Wish I had of ordered tan carpet now instead of grey...and black...lol. Will use the grey in the 4x4 version at a later date. But black will get sold I guess.

The wheels will get brushed with whatever grit works to give the worn/aged look. And might look at putting some GM centercaps on them....we'll see I guess.

Headed out to the shop again this afternoon for a bit, got the axle flip all put away to bed, original perches removed, new ones installed, chassis paint (3 coats) on the differential/drums/and frame. New brake lines to be plumbed tonight I hope, and finish up the rear except for the bolt in notch that I still have to order up. Any suggestions on place to buy from??? Singel wheels are on (factory steelies...looks funny). Frame inside plates made, and bolted in place with grade 8 NF bolts and stove lock nuts to be extra sure. Only had one cab mount give me issues when I had to remove it for the plates....so cut a section in the floor to stabilize the dreaded cab mount nut in place. Figured it was going to happen...

Let me know what you think? I'm starting to lean towards this rendering just because the smoothies are getting played out....not here locally at all, but in general. We'll see what the options are when time comes to that point.


...off to work I go! :metal:


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I like those wheels, but I think white or creme color smoothies would be better.
Have you thought about a white front bumper with some slight rust showing through on the top?
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The only issue I can see as of right now Joe is that the rear cab and chassis (narrow) dually rear differential has large/long rear hubs in which with the smoothie wheels I don't know if I can make things work, and I really want to keep this girl a one ton if at all possible. And don't want to have to pay to narrow a single rear wheel 14 bolt. Though eventually that may happen, just wanted to avoid that for right now. This differential is only 63" WMS to WMS and would provide substantial clearance for at least a 10" wide wheel, even with a nice offset for some nice hot rod lip. In which the other Centerlines will provide a hot rod appearance, kind of towards a slight look of the old Hildabrand wheels of the 50s/60s era and center cap "should" provide coverage for the hub. I'd love to do the smoothies, but not sure if I can make them look proper without alot of headaches.

...nothing ordered yet, so we'll have to see. Alot of work to do yet.

As for the bumper, ya my plan is to find a rear bumper from a 69' Camaro, or a front bumper from a 68', and stretch it, shave the bumper bolts, and put a roll pan on the front possibly with some driving lights in the pan (kind of like the 69 Camaro's. Thought I had found a few sets, but they were all fronts from a 69' and curl up at the ends. Need something narrow that will just come around the corners at the same plain as the front section. Still working on finding other candidates with something that will work, or I will start trimming and sectioning the factory bumper....THAT aught to be fun :dohh:

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inline tube makes custom length e brake cables .

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Sweet, thanks! Have you used them before? or?

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I wonder how the latest wheels would look white or creme colored?

Bumper sounds cool!
Chrome or painted?
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Thinking the slotted wheels wouldn't pull off a paint color....just my thinking though. Being that it will be staying 8 lug, my viable options are somewhat limited to what will look right and work at the same time. Don't want to just toss on anything...

The bumpers will mor than likely be painted either white or silver with some rust break through here and there to tie in with the body.

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very nice! what are the seats from? a Chrysler? why do ppl always paint beautiful orange trucks ugly colors? :( (not directed at you directed at the guy who painted it white)

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Probably didn't want to look like part of the highway dept :lol:

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Seats are out of a 2000 Chrysler Concorde, power, leather, heated, memory....all the goodies. And they are damn close to being a bolt in set. Used the factory Chrysler rails, tweaked them and just made a couple brackets. Work excellent in my opinion. Going to use them in my other crew project as well.

Not sure on the color change, but the company that bought it from CN rail had all the work trucks painted white. I'm not a big fan of the CN orange/yellow. Bit gaudy to me..but everyone to their own.

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call me crazy but i love the orange that's the color my truck will be when im done.

none the less love what your doing to your project looks good!