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That looks really good. Keep up the good work!!

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Looking good

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Well I don't have a lot to report.
I've been helping my brother on his 54 furd that's in my garage.
I was able to borrow a set of tires for the front and get an idea of where my stance will be.
These are 215/60-15s.
At this height my cross member is 4" above the ground. It looks like I have enough clearance to run a larger tire so I may do that and see if I can get the front fenders a little lower.
Kim

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Everything is looking great. Keep up the good work.

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Nice!!!

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Looking real good. Jim

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Cool !!! Im watching your build real nice!

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I love this build. I just picked upa pair of 215/60/15's for mine and am trying to get the stance just right before my coils go in. Most of the ones I see, including my buddy's gorgeous 55, run 205's. I will have to bring the front end up a bit, with the Camaro front, to clear the tires. Will end up rolling the fender lips to get little more clearance. Keep up the great work

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Thanks for the compliments guys I do appreciate it.
I'm hoping the economy pics up and gas goes down so I will have a little more cash to put into it.

Rusty Hooker
I have a lot of room with the 215s and may try to go to a 225.
Kim

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Thanks Kabwe.
I'm really contemplating sectioning my hood now. It looks a little large with the front of the truck low.
Kim

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call me jealous!!!

I wish I were that far a long...

GREAT WORK! I love all the little time consuming details that you are doing. I also have been following a long with your build.

I just don't reply too much...

keep it coming... :metal:


Brian

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Great ideas and all the skill to back it up. Looking GOOD!!

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Kim looks excellent!! Can I ask a question? Sometimes pictures are deceiving but are your rear wheels centered in the rear fenders?

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Hey Mike.
I know they look a little forward in the pics but with the 4 link I'll be able to move them back a bit.
My biggest concern were the fronts. This is the first time I've had them on since it had the clip done.
Kim

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Your truck looks awesome! Bet you can't wait to take it for the 1st spin...

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Thanks kgmunro.
Yeah I'm itching to get it done. Getting the front tires on has given me a little more incentive to get busy on it again.
Kim

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Well I started on the hood mods.
I looked at what Kabwe and Tri-5 did and went in the same direction.
I leveled the hood and then used a laser level to set the first line on the front of the hood. After laying tape to match that line I lowered it by 1" and then cut the tape to match that.

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After studying what that was going to look like I decided that the transition from the top of the hood to the front would be to drastic. I wanted a smoother transition so I made the top of that line the bottom and raised my cut by 1".

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On with the cutting.
I cut out the front brace and sliced a notch out of the rear one.

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Put the hood back on and tacked it in position so it wouldn't move.
Marked the center line of the hood so I could keep it all lined up.
Cut the top first and then the bottom.

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Now the fun starts.
I made some tabs to hold things in position.
I had to make a bunch of relief cuts so I could bend the lower section back to meet the upper section.
Started with 4" between them and worked down to 1" at the corners.

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I started tacking in the center and worked my way around to each side.
When I got to the corners I had to trim the tops to fit.
I got the gradual transition I was looking for.
Well I ran out of welding gas so I will have to leave the rest for another day.
Hope this was informative.
Kim

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Looking good Kim, looking really good. I welcome you to the club and I will be sending out your membership.lol

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Looks like will turn out spot on. I like the tab Idea to keep things in place. I am so tempted to have ago at doing mine but I do not think I am skilled enough for it. I think moving the cut up was right the gradual transition is important.

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Well you are the President of the club so I expect my card ASAP.
Kim

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Thanks George.
I don't have the skills for this stuff either but I figured I had nothing to lose in trying it.
Just take your time and measure, measure, measure.
Kim

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It looks super good , it's definitely a modification I will do on my truck. thanks for all the good photos.

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Kim, very informative post, with lots of good pics. You did a great job with the initial cuts, relieve cuts, and all tacked together the lines look just right from each angle you showed. One very nice job.....Jim

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Great job. Cant wait to see the thing finished especially the underside and the bracing.

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Greta work! I hope to join the club one day too!

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I will give it to you at the next Brothers Truck Show.
You are an honorary member already for contributing a really nice build thread to the site that others can learn from and get motivation. Anybody that strays from the norm gets my vote. Your dash makes you a full member my friend.lol

Like Kim57 said, I'm the president and my motto is "let's see what we can cut up next".lol

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Thanks for the encouragement guys I do appreciate it.

hotrod1 when I get it all welded up I'm going to build my own tilt mechanism for it and will post pics on how I do it.

Kabwe I'm looking forward to the Brothers show.
Kim

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Kim,

Very glad to see you take the leap!

GREAT JOB!!!

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Thanks.
I think it was a change that needed to be done.
Kim

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Looking good Kim!
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I made a little progress on the hood.
I had to modify the front cross brace to fit. I notched it on each end so it could be bent out to line up with the new position after pancaking the hood.
Kim

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The front center brace also had to be done. It was rather easy as all I had to do was re-drill the mounting holes and shorten it by 1".
Kim

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Now on with the bracing for the tilt. I really don't like the sharp lines of the kits being sold so I decided to do mine a little different. I used 1" square tube for the cross braces and 3/4" round for the front to back bracing. Right now there is about $40 invested in it. The biggest expense so far is the tabs on the ends of all the braces. I could have saved some money by making my own.
Kim

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A few more pics of the bracing.
That's it for now. Next up will be the pieces for the tilt. I'm still debating if I will use spherical rod ends or not for that. They get kinda expensive and I'm trying to do this without spending a ton of money on it.
Kim

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looking good my friend, looking really good.