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A little over a year ago my dad mentioned to me that he would like to do a father and son build someday. Well, considering he was almost 70, I thought no better time than the present. I've had this truck for twenty some odd years so it too has become part of the family and was a perfect candidate for this project. A couple of days later we went to work. We've now made it to an almost complete chassis, panel replacement almost complete, smoothing the firewall and getting ready for paint. We have done all of the work except the paint, powder and trans.

As for the name, my father's nickname has always been Bubba so the truck is a tribute to him.

So without further adieu, let me introduce you to Bubba.

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The original plans were simple, do a frame off and make it a nice, dependable driver. Well, the plans changed along the way but it will still be a driver.

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Disassembly...

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Cab at blasters...

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Blasted and off to the painter for sealer...

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No pics of the ride home from the paint shop. A few pics of the sheetmetal work. We did, A pillars, kick panels, outer floor with inner rockers, lower B pillars and front and rear cab mounts/braces at this point.

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Sent some dimensions to Boyds Welding and had a tank built.

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keep the pics comin!

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Mocked up the tank...

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More parts came in...

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Tore the motor down and sent it to the machine shop...

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Looking forward to this build!!! I love this color combo!!! :chevy:

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I'm tryin. Shoulda started this thread a LONG time ago. Sure woulda been easier instead of posting all at once.

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hahah well you seem to be doing a good job!!!!

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Thanks but I've got some bad news for ya, Bubba HATES green so it's getting a color change. :)

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Well... :sumo:


:lol:j/k...I had a truck that color but any frame off truck is cool in my book!!!

Do you have the color picked or is that to be revealed later? :chevy:

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Mocked up the chassis and set the cab on for outer rocker and cab corner fitment.

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You'll get a peek at one of the colors when I post the powdered/painted chassis picks, the other color is still a secret, even to me. :lol: Both are custom colors and I just haven't quite made my mind up on the second color.

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Got the motor back and built it up. Nothing too fancy. 454 with all stock rotating assembly, worked the heads a little, extreme marine comp cam kit.

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dayum! this thing is gonna go!

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Got some more parts in and sent them and the motor for paint

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The tunnel ram is a bit of a teaser, it's not going on the truck but it sure looks cool on there. It should still do ok in the "go" department though. ;)

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Got the fenders, hood, cowl and doors on the cab so I can get the outer rockers and cab corners in.

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The truck won't sit near this low but it's a cool pic.

Only doing a 3/5 static drop on this one.

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rockers and cab corners in.