Project Cod Fish
 

I have been around for a while and even did a project or two and never posted progress so I figured I would post progress of our newest build. When I say we I am talking about my two sons Josh And Jon micheal. I guess this build is a family affair. We are goin to do all of the things i always wanted to do on on of these trucks which isn't alot because as you all know these trucks are perfect. We are starting with a 1970 model shortbed with 98,675 original miles. This was a one owner truck out of the state of florida. We are going to put a 68 frontend on the truck, vintage air, and a gmpp zz383 turnkey engine. We are also putting in one piece windows, and are rebuilding everything. We have not completely decided on a color but we are leaning toward 06 corvette blue. I hope you enjoy the build as much as I will, it is going to be great to build one of these beautiful trucks with my sons and pass on the same passion my dad passed on to me while just ridin in the front seat next to him. I am lucky that he is still with us and I thank god for him everyday. Well anyway hope you enjoy!

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Very Cool...It will be an awesome family project! keep us updated as the build progresses....

Dan

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A little progress: we got the front tore down and gettin a good look at everything. I sold the motor and stuff to some friends needed to get some room. I figured I give you guys a look at our motley crew!

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More progress: We have this thing completely blown apart.Josh cant wait to get this thing back together and get his girlfriend in the front seat LOL! This weekend we took the cab to the infamous Ebfabman to get the cab all fixed up this is the one part I really wanted done right. Eb is a great guy and will post pics as i get them from him. I know he will do a great job.

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Going to watch this one! Awesome that your sons are into it, I hope mine will be some day. Oh yeah, why the name "Cod Fish"? I expected to see a New Englandah here...

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Well funny you should ask about the name. From the time my son jon micheal was old enough to walk i started callin him cod fish just a nick name I guess and it sounded fittin for the build...... my sons both agreed so that is what we named it.

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Little progress today got most of the suspension pieces blasted and in primer,installed cross arm shafts and upper ball joints. Started reinforcing my control arms should finish tomorrow. Picked up a 3:42 posi from Eric72 great to deal with. I will post picks tomorrow.

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Cab progress: Got some pics from the fab guy on the cab we are goin to use most of a donor cab as the one I had has some serious rust in the pillars. I trust the fab man so it was an easy call. Anyway we are using the back panel as you can see and that is about it. I ordered a new skin for the roof, full floor, fire wall, rockers, cab corners, and front and rear pillar patches this cab is going to be better than new! Enjoy I will post more pics as i get them.:metal:

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sorry cant post the pics they say invaild file extension any ideas?

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make sure the end of the file ends in something like .jpg .gif .bmp or the like...i know photobucket adds a bunch of numbers after those like ".jpg?t=1228782262", so just erase the numbers.

good luck on the project, pretty cool to see the whole family gettin involved

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try it again

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and again

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Its looking good

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Its been a while but here is an update on the cab. Eb sent over these pics and it looks like he is makin some great progress. It has been raining it seems like everyother day here so i afraid i have not got much done on my end and well as being very busy with my electrical contracting business I guess i should be glad. Well here they are hope u enjoy them as much as i did to see just how good his work is I never knew this cabb could come apart like this LOL!

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here is some more

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More update looks like EB is movin on with this todays update look like the floor is in it

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Here are the pics

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Very nice! Ebfabman, do you TIG or MIG your repairs? After I become gainfully employed again I'll look to order your videos.

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Thank you. I like to mig, but do both.

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Eb, I am very impressed so far with the work that you have done you have mad skills man!:metal:

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Lookin' good!

For a second I thought you stole my truck :D Check out the black primer & blue interior/door jams, & wagon wheels! Weeeeeird....

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For a door skin (or this roof skin) which did/will you use? Thanks.

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I believe EB is goin to mig it

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Where do you get the roof skin from, and is it aftermarket or from a donor cab? A quick search yielded me nothing...

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wow, that is some extreme work there...

very interesting pics...thanks...

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southern kentucky classis has them they are new

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Looks like that's gonna be an awesome cab when done!!!

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Lookin great! I like how your sons are involved. I wish my dad was into my truck. He just frowns at all the money I spend.

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Looks good. I've never seen a cab all torn down like that.

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My goal is to have a totally rust free cab. This is what EB is best at so I told him what I wanted and he is doing a great job

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Damn, never seen one tore down that far either.. I guess getting it all back square is the trick of all tricks..

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Gotta agree, never seen one with the roof off, nice work looks ya went to the rite shop....More pics.:metal:

Makes me think that a metal 1/2 top is possible for the blazer/jimmy crowd

EFabman, glad to see your able to get out into the shop, I'm subscribed, maybe I can learn a trick or two by watching

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More updates from EB he got the firewall in and the cab bolted to the floor looks like it was a good fit maybe he will chime in.

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more

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Hey Rob, drilled a lot of spot welds :) looks like it's going to fit good with some tweaking, I'm going to do the kick panels next. Going to do the cowl detail we talked about b4 welding the firewall on. Don't know how much I'll get to do this weekend, I have domestic responsibilities

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Hey no problemo work on it at your pace it is looking great. You may want to chime in on any problem areas you had with the fitment so others will know what to look for. Thanks again for the great work!

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This is the area that will need work to fit good. I will detail the work when at final fit.

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Yep, gotta agree, that did need some attention, so it must be in the stamping if everyone has the same problem

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What do you use for a spot weld cutter? I'm using the cheap hole saw kind, but there has to be a better way.

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These here. I get them from a company called wurth. They work real good and you can sharpen them.