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I built a frame for the back bed and put a piece of plywood on top so i can use the truck to carry all my junk to the good-guys car show this week end. i took the truck out for it's first ride last night ever! It runs good i am very happy with it so far still have lots of bugs to work out but she is moving!

Thanks Ray

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Nice job on the frame. Is it inch and a half? I can't recall ever seeing plywood with the grain running on the 4ft.

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The steel is 1" and the ply wood is 1/2" i used two sheets. I just did it for the show because i didn't have time to build a nice wood deck for it yet.



Ray

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Bed looks nice.

I ordered the cab mounting kit for mine. Hopefully I can get it on the frame in 2 weeks. This weekend I hope to have the rear end painted and the engine mounts finished.

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ocusedontheprize they are never done! lol


Ray

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I put the 2013 sticker on my tag

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I dropped my gas tank and discovered that I need a new one. Yay! :cuss:

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Ran it out of gas.
Guess maybe ill fix the gauge.
HAHA
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Test fitting the motor....
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/5c16f393.jpg
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Mocked the body onto the new frame.

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:lol:What's a new frame?:lol:

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Since I'm not going to use tail tailgate chains, I wanted to fill the void on the tailgate. Cut a piece of angle iron and weded it right up. Turned out pretty good.

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looks good from that angle!I may do somthing like that when I get that far.

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I looked at it and thought about my coil-over mounts. tomorrow i will put the cover back on my rear end. bad gears and all. then I can finish the suspension mock up.
i will worry about the gears later. It will be a good excuse to change ratios for the four speed.

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Body work and fixed the tailgate trunions so they are perpendicular to the tailgate instead of angled 3/16".

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I took it out for it's first ride and decided to bring to a good-guys show, had a blast!!! Truck ran good still have a few bugs to work out but it was so much fun to drive!


Thanks Ray

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Think I finally am done with grinding rust off this truck...

Pulled the rear end this weekend and cleaned it. After 2 coats of POR15 and 3 coats of flat black it matches the frame (no pictures at the moment). Pulled the axles to get them drilled for a Chevy bolt pattern, finished the mock up of the motor and transmission, pulled the motor mounts to finish the welding on them and put the motor back on the stand.

Next weekend my goal is paint and to finally put the thing in between the rails for good.

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looks rwally nice Ray.:mm:

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Thanks it was a really nice show. here are a couple of pic's of cool trucks


Ray

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I put the rear end back in after I cut the brackets off that were in the way. now I can start on the coil-over mounts. and then some more gussets and a couple braces.

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Looking good!



Ray

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Thanks Ray, It seems like it takes me longer to decide what do next than to do it:lol:

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Sold it...:(

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I started the lower coil-over mounts. I started last night by making a drawing and tuning it until I had somthing that I liked.

This morning I made a template for the parts that fit between the shock and the part that welds to the housing{on the left}. The template is .125 smaller on all sides to compamsate for the tip on the plasma cutter.this will allow me to make all four parts the same. it will also make it easier to make a replacement if I don't get the bending right the first time:lol:!

Then I drilled the holes for the first plate that welds to the housing.{on the right.The silver marker lines show roughly how it will look.As an after thought I think I might add another adjusting hole on the bottom.
When I get it the way I like{before cutting} I will clamp a blank to it and use transfer punches so both come out the same. I also like to bolt parts that aer the same together during final grinding.

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Do you have a PlasmaCam or something like that?