Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

some one say bbq? :alc:

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

And I for one am greatful for your :crazy: You have bailed me out more than once. Thanks! and Dennis as always this build is going to be top shelf. keep up the great work

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

NO DOUBT about that for sure!! :metal:

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

By the time Dennis finishes his truck it will make mine look so bad I might just trade it in the next time we have a cash for clunkers deal going on. :lol:

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

:haha: Josh you crack me up!

thanks alot for the compliments guys! it really means alot... in fact with out everyone ive met and became friends with here i really doubt she would be turning out like this. :D big thanks to a good friend Billy(draggin86) for putting in work today with me. had an awesome day man and i learned A TON!!

we got the floor pan in!! i'm not gonna bore y'all with too many details but i will say it was an all day affair and it takes alot of work and patience to make it a perfect fit. the final result is beautiful. fit like a glove. looks just like factory. all butt welded in! 1st pics i POR15 inside the rocker panel as far as i could, next was coated everything with weld through primer. here's the 1st pics...

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

^^ we used 2 floors to make the one... tons of grinding and thinking!:lol: notice the custom support to match the original right above the cab nut and brace! i love that... (thanks again for taking the time to do that Billy!) at that time in the day i was ready to say screw it!

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

more...

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

few more.. i ended up going back out and grinding most of the welds down and priming!:D

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

dude that looks freaking awesome! glad it came out so good!

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Dennis you once told me that Bob was a freak when it came to this type of stuff. My friend you have just entered the same class. Awesome job buddy :metal: Can't wait to se color on it!

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Wow!
very nice!!

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Looks great Dennis. A big :thumbs: to you and Billy.

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Looks great! I am going to be doing this soon on the Blazer.

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

me too buddy:metal: you da man:lol:

huge compliment man... much apprieciated! just need alot more tools!:haha:

thanks Joe!

thanks John!

good luck on yours man... just take your time;)

well i finished it up this morning... finished grinding the welds, seam sealer on the inside and threw on a light coat of primer just to see how it looks. the bottom of the cab will be undercoated and the inside floorboard will get body filler on the seams and painted. was thinking about undercoating the cab floor and then painted but i dont know yet. here's the final pics of the floor pan install...

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few more

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Once it's undercoated no-one will ener know. It turned out awesome. Great work by the both of you. Keep it up.

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Yeah, it looks great! You could also just put some sound deadening material on the inside floorboard which would hide any abnormality, and reduce road noise. Just a possibility.

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Great job. It turned out nice.

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

thanks Josh:) i agree. our goal was to not be able to tell even without undercoating.

thanks Ed.... i also plan on using fatmat no matter what. i'll talk to the painter and see what he suggests. just body filler/paint or undercoating/paint.

thank you sir:)

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Looks good as hell man. There is one more weld that would of saved you guys some time. You could of done plug welds and grind the weld flat. But all in all that looks good man. I have 4 weeks left out here so if you need help on your days off im down like james brown man.

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

not sure what you mean... we did about 25 plug welds. all along the rocker and braces.

if you mean lap the floor in and plug weld that... that is not the type of build i'm doing. maybe if i was rushed for time on a daily driver. maybe....

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Big bad Dennis...looks great man! Good work (as usual).

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

yeah for sure butt welding is where its at to get that seamless look.. less seam sealer and crap too! then we just plug welded the drilled out spot welds.

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

Nice job Dennis, Man I wish I lived closer to some of you Freaks, I ment guys so I could learn this kind of stuff. :lol: :lol:

Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
 

no not just overlap the panels hell no. ahaha. You could of mad a channel that had a notch on it so the top would be welded to the floor and the floor pan to the bottom of the channel and still be even with the original floor. Alot more work but would be stronger. But all in all you guys got down man. You ever figure anything out with your doors going to one piece windows or anything like that?