Re: 1961 Crew Max
 

Man that is going to be Sweet.

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Check out this guy. He cut his pan so he could get his engine lower in the frame. This may help you out with hood clearance issues.

http://www.norcal1320.com/forums/sho...1198095&page=8

I think he ended up going with a completely new sheet metal pan later on.

Re: 1961 Crew Max
 

Made a little progress through the weekend. had a friend bend up some pieces to replace the floor section between the doors. this piece also connects the b-pillar to the floor. lots of trimming to get it all to fit. going to wait on the middle till we fit the d-max. next comes the fun part of closing in the rockers.

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lookin' good!

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Great work!!

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What is that eng/tranny combo in the pics?

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that is the 2004 duramax/allison we will be using.

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Any news? Looks like you are rolling along pretty well. Have you received the harness back yet? I am really interested in seeing how it turns out. Are you going delete the EGR physically from the engine or just install a block plate?

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Looking good man!!!!

Justin

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I have not sent the harness yet. I really want to make sure its going to work out before i spend the money on it. Not positive on the EGR delete yet.

Thanks justin for checking in. Went with porterbuilt on this build. Im sure we will do business again with parts or on another build.

Re: 1961 Crew Max
 

Quick update. got a really nice grill from a forum member. Also got a original paint tailgate at the portland swap meet a couple weeks ago. won a complete conversion to change the allison trans from 4wd to 2wd on E-bay. Also had a little time to do more floor work on the cab. Im on about week 6 since my order got placed with porterbuilt. They estimated 10-12. Thanks

Re: 1961 Crew Max
 

Sounds like a nice parts stash you're getting for it! Nice grill and tail gate too.

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Well today I took a day off from the daily grind and headed out to my buddy bruce's shop to stretch the frame. We started with too long bed frames and stretched it a total of 30". Plated the inside and plug welded the outside. Sometime later we will box the section under the cab. Everything came together very good. Still waiting on porterbuild suspension to show up.

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Great progress for a day. That shop looks very well equipped!

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Got a little progress to update. Porterbuilt extreme front and rear installed. Couple loose ends to finish up but all went together pretty well.

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Looks good Chizzler. Porterbuilt sure has nice products.

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Nice job!!

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Today got the cab sitting on the new chassie. Rockers came down about 15" from sitting on factory 3/4 ton frame. Everything lined up pretty good on new frame.Chizzler.

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Nice! :metal:

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Nice work. That looks cool just sitting in the shop :metal:

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Looking awesome!!!!!

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ROCK-ON!!!!
Looks awesome!!!

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looking good!

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2x!!

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Right On !!!

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Thanks everyone. It has taken a lot of time $$$ and planing to get this far. Next will be to see if this big old D-max wants to fit.

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Dude. Looks sick. Now stop screwing around and drop the DMax in.

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Crew cab is looking sharp!!!

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So cool!! I would drive that **** everywhere!

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I don't know where I have been but I'm in now.

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Got it back to a roller with some help from my head mechanic.

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Great picture with the head mechanic!

Chizzler, looks really good as a roller. This is going to be a very cool truck.

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That is down there man! It looks great! I'm sure the head mechanic loves all your rides!

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Today got started on fitting the motor. This thing is massive. Was able to get the crank pulley over the R&P by 1 1/2" and oil pan in back of R&P about the same. Everything is clear around the frame rails. Motor mounts will need to be relocated back farther. Oil filter will need to relocate. Both oil and trans pan are above bottom of frame rails. Most likely the entire recessed section of firewall will have to be all remade. You can see in the last pic how close the motor is to the top of firewall. Body still needs to come down about 1 1/2" to sit on cab mounts. Overall fit is pretty good to start.

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Now you're talking!!

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Dang! That rocks! :metal:

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The head mechanic is awesome! Hopefully he will keep this project on schedule and under budget!

Correction: What is the head mechanic doing with an Eagles shirt on? I will send him a Steelers shirt soon :)

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No eagles around here. Seatte seahawks. As far as budget and schedule goes if it's under what the wife thinks im good. Thanks for checking in.

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:metal::lol::metal:

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You're right!! My bad on the wrong bird identification!