1948 Chevy / S10
 

As promised here is the new truck thread. Instead of a 54 it is now a 48 on a S10 frame. It is my buddy Billy's truck. He put a c4 corvette IRS with bags and bagged the front too. He put a 5.3 and a 4L60 in also. The first picture is at ride height and the second picture is aired out. I did the sheet metal in it a while ago. I also made the body mounts. Now it is getting a custom floor, toe board, fire wall and a removable tranny tunnel. I am going to recess the brake booster and do the steering column install too. Sometime I will build a bed with mini tubs to clear the tires. Here are some pictures. As you can see I had my helper too. He loves to air it out!

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Nice start you have going on. Look forward to see what your are going to do with this one.

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Updates? :)
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AUSSIE54, Yes, getting 2 pieces of sheet metal tonight, a piece of 3/4 x 3/4 box tube and the seat pan to put back in. I should be making panels by the middle of the week.

Shannon

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Started on the trans tunnel tonight. I bent 3/4" box and welded it in, now I have to cut some 1" box and put between the back 2 cross supports. Then I can cut out the cross braces. The drive shaft does not move up and down because of the corvette rear. Next is to sheet metal the tunnel and the start on the floor. The floor will have the recessed panels like the floor on the 54 I did. It makes them a lot stronger. The front of the tunnel will be removable. I am also working on some belt line pieces also. Here are some pictures

Shannon

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Looks good, Shannon! There's no messing around in your shop is there?
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Shannon its dwayne can you give me a call I have a question for you I broke my phone so I don't have your number anymore
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Did not get much done this weekend. Spent part of the day working on some belt line pieces and looking for my male bead die. Some how I misplaced it. I was going to start working on the sheet metal part of the tranny tunnel but wanted to bead it. So tomorrow night I will be cutting the sheet metal for the floor and tunnel and if I can not find the die make a new one. So should have pictures of the floor this week.

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Nice clean work. Be keeping an eye on your build

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Tuned55, Thank you. Your truck is really coming along too.

Shannon

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G'day Shannon,
Beautiful work there mate. Although it appears that you've made a mistake, cause when I zoom in I see you've marked one of the pieces as pass which I'm assuming is for passenger side where as it really should be drivers side… or it would be on this side of the world. :)

Great work as usual buddy. Reckon you've earnt yourself a nice bottle of coke after all that fab work this week!

Regards,

Trently
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Trently, Yes, for you it would be the drivers side. I would be all screwed up if I had to drive over there. I would be the idiot driving on the wrong side of the road with everyone blowing the horn and flashing the lights at me. HAHA

Shannon

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Here are the finished belt line pieces that I made. I ended up losing one of my bead roller dies so I had to make a replacement. Now back to the tunnel next week now that it is made. I must have looked for 4 hours. After the 4 hours of looking I decided rather than look any longer it would be quicker to make a new one. It was my dumb fault that I looked for that long. After the first hour I should have just stopped looking. It was driving me nuts though! And yes Trently they are backwards for you.HaHa

Shannon

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Looks very good! Can you take a measurement for me? I need a measurement at the very rear portion of the s-10 frame where the bumper attaches. I need a width across the frame. Trying to square up frame and welding in a rear crossmember.

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Fat Mike. No problem. When I get home from work I will give it to you.

Shannon

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Fat Mike, It is 40 7/16 at the very rear part of the frame. If you need any more just let me know.

Shannon

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Thank you!

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Well hope everybody had a great holiday. Did not get much done, but today I figured I would put on my new grill on the panel. I have had it for over a year now and figured I wanted to put it on. I am going to work on the panel between Christmas and the New Year so I will do a build thread then. This week back to the floor so there will be more pictures.

Shannon

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Amazing what some shiny parts can do.... Looks great... Oh yeah it looks like someone is ready to take it for a ride...

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britnjc, you are right. Thank You. And yes Garrett helped me and was driving it for a while. When ever I get it out he is always dressed and ready to be in it. I am hoping the 54 will be a father son project. When he is bad I always tell him I am going to take his bed and use it ( he sleeps in a full size 48 chevy bed with fenders, wheels, roll pan and working tail lights). I think he is already bitten by the bug!

Shannon

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I got some tubing cut and welded in tonight. I should be ready to start cutting sheet metal tomorrow night. Then be able to start paneling the floor like on the 54 I did. I will start by making the inner cab corners then work forward.

Shannon

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lookin good. Those pictures help alot. What cab bushings are you using?

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britnjc, Thank you. If you need any more views let me know. I have a large piece of 3/8" thick rubber sheet that I use. I cut it about 4" x 4" rather than using the factory S10 rubber mounts.

Shannon

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As i said Shannon great work look's real nice very clean..
Mark

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Mark, Thank you. I will be watching your build also. I am going to start a build thread on the panel soon.

Shannon

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Very neat Shannon, great stuff man!

Regards,

Trently.
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AUSSIE54, Thank you.


Well I was on a mission tonight. I blanked out the floor panels tonight along with the fire wall and the rear inner cab corners. What I would do without my trusty plasma cutter and the 4 1/2 grinder with a cut off wheel got everything done in 2 hrs. Should be able to start bead rolling the panels in and have it welded in by the end of the weekend. I will then work on the back tranny tunnel and roll it. I can not do the front removable one until I do the fire wall. I am waiting for the brake booster setup then I will start on the fire wall and toe boards. Here are some pictures.

Shannon

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Shannon, how much clearance do you have between the floor braces and top of the frame? I'm hoping to not need a driveshaft tunnel or a trans tunnel (turbo 350). I'm planning on using the cab mounts from Jeff's 51 ( plans he posted). Also as far as building a bed... did you use 16 ga. for the stake pockets also? Are they plug welded in and then capped off from the out side? I've got a really nice spot welder at work that should work well for that.

Thanks,

Atommik

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Shannon, just caught your new build thread today. Don't know how I missed it earlier.:dum: Everything is looking good. I love the body pieces you make for the cab line, super job.:metal: Will be watching this one real close. Will also be waiting for the panel thread....Jim

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Atommik, I think it is like 4". Mine are based off of Jeff's 51 but I used 3" x 3" 3/16 wall tubing. I have used 16 gauge for the stake pockets. I made a template and cut them out with my plasma cutter. I put the bend on the inside to smooth them out. I plug weld them. I have also used 2" x 4" box too. I like the box the best. After they are welded on I cap the outside on. I use 1 1/2 box for the frame work. I then use aluminium angle for the board hold downs. I drill them all and weld a nut on in the inside if the stake pockets , that is way I cap them last.


oldman3, Thank you. The panel thread will be coming soon. It was good seeing your son on here now. I really like his truck too. I will be watching his build. You guys do great work.

Shannon

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Wait a second, is it the pic, or is the panel grill wider . . .?

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BBEEP, It has to be the picture. It is a aftermarket replacement. It does look wider though. There you go there is another modification you could do. Haha. Yours is coming along great.

Shannon

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OH! Its a Chevy, mines a GMC hahaha

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Started doing the paneling tonight. I did 3 out of the 4 pieces. I have one more to panel and then I have to do some 1/4" beads and then drill my holes for the plug welds. Weld the floor in and then the rear tranny piece. As you can see I had my little helper with me. He talked all day about helping his dad in the garage. Yep, another car nut!

Shannon

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Shannon, panels look real nice. Cute little helper you got there, keep him busy.....Jim

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I now have all the paneling done except the 1/4 beads. I also have to roll the tranny tunnel. Next is to drill all the plug weld holes. So I should have them welded in this weekend. Here are the latest pictures.

Shannon

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I'm liking to floor pan. I'm going to be building mine as well and if I'm good enough, maybe santa will bring me a bead roller. What thickness did you use for the floor?

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Shannon,

As always everything is looking top notch. Keep up the good work.

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cleanshaven84, You better be good because santa is watching. I used 18 gauge for the floors.

Kabwe, Thank you.

I got the tranny tunnel rolled this morning down at my buddies house. He has a 4' slip roll. I am working on a 29 Ford sedan down there right now . I put a Heidt's IFS in it which lead to a whole bunch of other changes! Fix one thing that creates 5 other problems. So I came home to see how it looked. It needs a little trimming but looks great.

Shannon

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Looks awesome. Can wait to see it all buttoned up.