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I did get some work done on the house. There is a no truck work clause in play until the house is ready to sell... so I guess I did make some progress.;)

It would have been cool if everything work like it was supposed to, but that is more about how the truck was advertised when I bought it. At this point it is a moot point as I will be using a Classic Instruments cluster when I swap in the LS. :)

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It's ok we love pics, truck looks good with new wheels. Can't wait to see it with its new suspension.

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Thanks Keith, the truck is a bit of a beater but we are collecting up some killer parts. ;) I am excited to get started, just have to get this house ready to sell first.

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Looking good ..... !

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Thanks to you Tommy!

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Looks good Buck I am along for the ride

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Well, we are starting with a rougher canvas than we thought but with the products, advice, and a helping hand from the good folks on this board I am sure we can end up with a pretty sweet ride.

On another note; I wish those Delmo Specials of yours would fit my truck. That is a smokin' deal of some seriously rad wheels!

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Going to do a little stretch job to the rear wheel tubs. Need a little more clearance for the new wheels and tires.

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I'm doing it to a stepside . I should have started with new tubs, would have been less work

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Why, were they beat up? I plan on splitting two sets to make one wide set.

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A little bit , after taking a hammer and dolly to them they will still end up with a skim coat of filler to make them decent. I used 1" of one tub and 5" of another tub to create them. Leaves me 2 big halves to build a pair of wider tubs for a fleet side. Started with 4 tubs. I cut the steside bed wall and they bolt in like factory.

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Talking with Hart_Rod and leaning his experience mine will also need a skim coat. After that I plan to coat them in bed liner.

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More pics ..... Wheel look familiar .....!!!!!

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Sweet!

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So I spent the day getting my butt kicked by these wheel tubs, I did make some progress. didn't widen the a lot, just 1.5" to give the tires more room. Next time I have some garage time I will figure out how I'm going to handle the bed floor... :banghead: After that I will bolt it all together and weld it up. :metal:

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Very nice progress on the tubs Buck.

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Nice job on the tubs

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Tubs are looking good sir!

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Thanks gentlemen, it took a whole day just to get to this point. Going to study on the path for the bed floor, hard way or easy way... :drama:

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Lookin good!

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All of that work for 1.5"?????





























:lol:

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You'd be surprised what you can accomplish with an extra 1.5".

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Thinking about using this cluster when we do the engine swap.

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Those look awesome Buck!

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Tubs are looking good.....!

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I like them too... but it will be about balancing the amount of white in the cab so I won't rule out a gauge with a black face.

Thanks, the real test will be what they look like when I'm done welding on them. :lol:

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Tubs looks good Buck..Gauges are nice too...One suggestion would be if your keeping the blue interior then i would do white face with blue numbers and needles!

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Thanks for the good words and the idea for the gauges, we'll keep it in mind!:metal:

Got to work in the garage some today, cut the bed floor and welded up the tubs. Still need to grind the welds and then I think I may have a guy I know pop a mold off of them. If people are interested in buying stretched wheel tubs I may be able to help them out... make it easy for them. ;)

Sorry some of the pics are crappy it was about 0100 when I finished and came in.:ito:

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more...

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Very subtle bet most people won't even notice.

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Yep, I didn't want to get into the raised ribs in the bed floor. This gave me the clearance I needed with minimal fabrication, which is good because my sheet metal welding skills are a little rough. I like welding on the thick stuff where you can really burn it in. :devil:

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Looks great.

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Nice job

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Very cool build...your son will love it:)

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Thanks guys. This will be a learning curve for me as I have never really messed with sheet metal. I am going to go through the set up on my welder and buy the right grinding discs etc to try and set myself up for success. :chevy:

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The Big Brown Truck dropped off some parts today: my narrowed control arms from Porterbuilt and an NOS passenger side rocker to make it a pair. Ordered a core support, inner fenders and cab corners from AMD this week, more parts for when we get started. :metal: Also, took the old girl out to stretch here legs for a bit tonight. :chevy:

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Looks like some very nice parts. Looking forward to seeing them installed.

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Are the PB a-arm bushings now drilled for grease zerks?

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The uppers are, I haven't taken the lowers out of the box yet.
edit: Keith, your avatar pic is awesome by the way!

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You and me both!! :lol: