56 Mild Custom Build
 

Here's my 56 Chevy that I'm restoring.

Truck the day I bought it on Feb 12 2013
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The next day making sure the small block runs
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Pulled the engine n trans
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Day 3
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Driver door rust
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Lower door skin installed
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Shaved the firewall
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One piece window installed the right way. Rolls up and down nice and smooth and the glass dosent rattle
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Driver and passenger step panel installed
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Stripped the dash found a ding with a hole. Pulled out the ding welded up the hole. Alittle filler I'll sand it later
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Stripping the body down to metal
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Making the pattern for the door panels
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Mocking up the kick panels
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Mocking up the subwoofer box. Keeping the stock gas tank location and bench seat but still want nice deep bass!!
Gas tank cover, the base for the sub box
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Subwoofer box mock up going with 2 JL Audio 6w3v3 in a ported box, 6x8s rear, 6.5 componets and 4 inch center speaker for the front. All will be powered by a JL 5 channel amp.
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Still working on mocking up the audio.Got to figure out where to put the 6x8s. Box will be covered in black suede.
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Here's my old Mercedes I built, simple and clean

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And that's where I'm at with the truck now. Hopefully it will be done by the end of this month. Fingers crossed
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Looked like a pretty nice BBW truck to start with. You are making a lot of progress in a short time, Keep the pics coming.

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Looks like a nice build. Do keep the pics coming.
What kit did you use for the one piece windows?
Kim

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I have to second what Kim asked. When I saw your one piece window picture, I raised an eyebrow. Hmmmm.

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All the kits are the same. They come wih the glass and the window channel felt and they just tell u to take out the wing window and install the channel felt. The problem with that is there's no metal channel for the felt to to glue to so it just hangs there loose in the front of the glass. Also where the window attaches to the regulator is to short so the window always pops out when rolled all the way down. And since the one piece window now is angled in the front ( the original window is vertical ) u have to angle the original metal channel back a few degrees and also fab up a new metal channel in the front of the door and angle it with the rear channel. There is no kit out there that works right u have to fab it up yourself. If any one lives in the Houston area I can do it for u.
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Nice start, and tremendous progress for less than a month. What part of the Houston area are you in?

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NW Houston. Truck is being built at my "shop" in Tomball
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Driver fender. Pulled and hammered out a few dings. Welded up some cracks. Fabed up a missing brace. First coat of bondo about to block it out.
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My dad blocking out the fender and door
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Me mocking up the AC. AC and heater lines will be routed thru the kick panel and behind the inner fender.
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Daddy's little helpers
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Yep I need a truck. Getting the board for the door and kick panels
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Stripping the tail gate
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Look at all the pretty colors
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Cleaning the frame getting ready to paint it found this under a pile of grease. Wtf? Why would some one do that? Maybe for a big block?
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Looking good.
Kim

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New parts came in today
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Bondo work done on passenger fender. Just sprayed it with ecthing primer. Set it aside, will do final primer and block sanding once mounted.
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Installed passenger lower door hinge panel, original one was pretty mangled. Install door to double check and see if I lined it up right... Which I did :)
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I love getting new parts.
The fender looks good.
Kim

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Thanks. There's a lot of hours in that fender.
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Lining up the door
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Put the fender on so a I can weld on the lower fender brace I fabbed up
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Coming right along - looking good!

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Looks good.
The real trick is getting it all to line up back on the frame.
Kim

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Looking good

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Got the frame painted and the cab under coated. Finally the cab is in the frame so I can finish up the body work and get it in primer.

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Looking good. Great work and getting it done quickly. Youll be done in no time.
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The frame came out real nice.
Kim

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Thanks. Hopefully I'll be laying some paint down pretty soon.

Thanks. I painted it with satin tractor paint very durable paint.
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How did you get the windows to line up without any rattle issues? Just getting some ideas. Fixing to do mine.

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Are you done building this truck yet? :lol: Haven't seen an update in a while.

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I can't believe the nice metal you have in the mid west. If you found that truck in New England it would be gone from the lower door hinge down. Looking good and can't wait to see it finished.

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Sorry for not posting any updates I've been busy and haven't had alot of time to work on the truck. Decided to go a little different way on the truck. Here is where I'm at now.

Got the interior painted
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The firewall painted and engine and trans installed
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Installing and lining up the front end
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I just got done painting the door hinges, so when those are dry ill mount and line up the doors and get it painted. Hopefully this weekend it should be painted.
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By lengthing the front window channel so when the window is rolled all the way down it still sits in the channel.
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Looks real good.
Kim

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interior paint looks great :D

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What is your ac unit out of ? coming right along.
Rich

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The AC unit is a vintage air out of a f100. Got from a buddy who sold his truck but kept the AC system.
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FedEx man came today to drop off my original 1955 Cadillac wheel covers I won on EBay.

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Got the door hinges and all the interior trim pieces painted. Next I will get the doors hung and lined up.

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Nice wheel covers.
The parts look good.
Kim

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Perfect color choice. It's going to look great!

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Got the doors hung and lined up. I must have put on and took off each door about 10 times before when I was doing all the metal work and fixing the hinges so today we got them hung and lined up pretty quick and easy.

Driver side
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Passenger side
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Everything lined up and tighten down. Just need to wet sand it and get it painted. Hopefully by this weekend she will be painted.
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Is that Grabber blue by chance?

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It's a Chevy color called Tropical Turquoise.
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