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Your talent and skillfulness shows beautifully in your work. I love the detail on the skull molded into the console, and the grill is a unique "1-OFF" piece that i love" and again , shows your talents and visions. I find your work Inspiring. Keep up the awesome work , I'm signed up

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Wow... thank you cherokeeJohn. Very flattering.
These are somewhat build related.. had to stopworking on my truck to build them. (wife's Christmas present) Thought I'd share in case anybody else wants to get out of buying flowers... forever. Made from leftover 20 guage steel cut into 4x4 square pieces. Cut the 4 petal pieces, buzzed with a flap wheel on my grinder and bent to shape. Leaves made from same 20 guage, stems made from left over 1/4" brake line. All left bare steel and sprayed with clear coat when finished. The bolt that holds all the pedal pieces together, threads into the brake line. All from leftover project materials. She was grumpy with me xmas eve.. though I was working on my truck... again.

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Finished off with some polished brass pipe cut to resemble rings.. and I annealed some 2" copper pipe and hammered it out for final touches. Back to the truck now.

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This is an awesome build, subscribed!

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WOW, where does this talent end, you are truly gifted, please keep the pics and updates coming thanks for sharing
jz

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i want to see how this one turns out :canada:

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Thanks for all the comments guys

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Just updating my build thread while I'm having a beer and staring at it. All aluminum pieces were polished after stripping anodizing. The outer grille piece was going to be sprayed initially.. changed me mind.. had to polish it back after sanding it. (ouch) Masked it off and sprayed black lines and lettering. Light buckets were sprayed, installed and wired up. Made some bumper bolts with a poor mans lathe. (drill clamped in vise and metal shaped with an angle grinder) Polished when completed

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The frame tips I removed were reworked to receive the modified bumper/rollpan. Fishplates welded to them.. and mating holes drilled through the plated and frame. Secured with bolts.. slotted for adjustment.

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Going to back up a bit.. The rad cradle and forward edges of fenders had to be reworked to make room for the grille and headlight assemblies

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The inserts were made with stainless rod.. and the frames were fabbed with 1" angle. Angle iron cut and shaped to match contour of the opening where it sits. I wanted the rod to continue from end to end with no visible reinforcement. 1/4" x 1" flat steel was used here. Holes marked and drilled for proper spacing of the rods... and then split in half with a zip cut grinder. They act as cradles, welding done on backside where it's not visible.

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The grille was made in 4 pieces, placed into opening and tacked while on the truck for proper fit. Removed and welded. Backing plates welded in for strength... and a spot to fasten future mounting brackets to.

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This is how it sits.. not sure if I'll spray them black or polish yet. I spent about a week fabbing up plastic inserts from 2 factory grilles. Fiberglass work all done (except final work) Installed it and hated it.. lol. So this is where I wound up.

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Definitely an interesting look.

You sure have some mad skillz

sub'd

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Thanks Bomp

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Like where your going, real one of a kind stuff.

Evaded

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Thanks!

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Man, that grill is sick!

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Your metal skills rock

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Good stuff. I'm assuming you built other stuff prior to this?

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Thanks for all the compliments guys... Ya... I've been tearin at projects for over 20 years now. Wish I had kept most of them. (First was a '72 olds 442) Nothing to this level yet though... Losing my mind with age I think. Thanks again.

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Quick update... pics dont do justice for time involved. Final touch up grinding of grill assembly, minor bodywork and black paint to follow. Removed stock hood release handle, and fabbed up a cable type release. Cable attatched to bar welded to rear side of release bracket. Cable is located up behind rollpan via cable guides made from steel tubing. Wanted a little more of this roll pan than just the recess I welded in... came up with this. Knocked 6 holes in face of rollpan, and welded in some 3" pipe... trimmed welds with a flap wheel on a grinder. Up in the air whether lights will go in the holes yet. Final welding and bodywork to follow. Going to work the brackets yet to get the pan tighter to the grille assembly.... and clean shop again.

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Wow just wow!

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Thanks... (Wow good? I hope)

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I love how you have customized the grill!

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Thanks! Bumper and grille are ready for bodywork... ditched the bumper bolts, and back welded some. (hidden) Reworked brackets to get closer to grille. Trying to find some lights for the holes... dont want anything too bright.(More for accent than anything else) Will update once in primer. Thanks again.

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Some more updates.. chose to hide the bumper bolts on the front pan. Welded in place and ground out flush. Fabbed up a removeable front license plate holder out of 1" angle. Back welded some nuts in place. Some welding and clean up in the recessed area of the front pan

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I decided to go with lights in the pan.. debated halo LED's After pricing decided to go with these.. License plate lights. Tacked into large washers.. welded on backside of pipes. Dragged the pan with filler, hit with board sander and sprayed with hi-builds primer.

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very cool :smoke: :metal:

this thread needs a better home: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/f...play.php?f=115

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The pigtails for the lights are removeable from the backside for bulb replacement. Back of pan was sprayed black, as were grilles and brackets, etc. Made a harness for the lights and gave them a test fire. Assembly should be tomorrow. Feel like I'm going backwards sometimes.. Then onto the box

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Thanks.. mistake on my part for starting in the area..

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I'd say it's more of a pierce of cake rather than a nitemare. You do excellent work. I'm in awe and would love to have a quarter of your skills.

The grille is amazing.

Can you show more pics of the gas tank? I'm wanting to relocate mine to under the bed, but don't want to have to cut the bed floor (steel) to have to fill up the tank. Did you have to cut any crossmembers? Are you installing a filler location in the side of the bed?

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Thanks Mike.. I didnt/wont have to cut any cross members. I plan on running my filler up inside one of the bedside pillars.. and have a piece of the pillar swing open on a springed hinge. I'll get you some more pics.. Thanks again.

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These are for you Mike.. the rear frame crossmember was removed, and the rear tank bracket acts in its place. If you look earlier in my build thread you'll see the cross bracets, straps and T-bolts that were fabbed up. I also explain the tank and proper sending unit to use (proper resistance) so it will function with my factory guage. One end of the straps I made (18G steel) are bolted into threaded holes into the heavy wall bracket.. The other end of the straps have the T-bolt, and go through the bracket with a lock nut. Facilitates dropping the tank from the bottom side this way. Tank height can be raised or lowered via spacers if desired. If I want it higher.. I can insert brackets inside the frame rails and space accordingly.

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np, I just mentioned. I sent a pm to an admin so maybe it'll get moved into the build section.

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Will there be covers over the bulbs on the lights?

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Yes they have covers. The white dome lenses were epoxied on. They're in in the pic with the lights powered up. (My thread found its home)

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a fellow manitoban! very nice work. hopefully we'll see ya on crusie nights when it warms up!

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Thank you! Sounds good! I gave up on the idea of driving it to the swap meet/show in the spring this year. Lol.

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thats too bad, i wanted to start going but it seems my generation (23years old) isnt really interested in building or working on cars. although there isnt much of a scene for racing or showing off your ride besides sundays and drag strip.