Project ROOKIE (BB, Bags, Short Fleet Frame off)

[gunkis84]

So I started ths project last december. i had been taking pictures the whole time of the project so far, but they somehow got deleted i figured i would start a thread now, after talking about doing it for a yr.. soo i put all the pics i have at this point..

ill start off by showing my inspriation pic. (sorry for the theivery Porter)

[OARNGESI]

Thats a really nice design AWESOME INTERIOR

[gunkis84]

sorry for the tease.. comp is acting up, and wont load anymore pics.. ill try again later

[Painter D]

Glad to see you doing something with that truck, can't wait to see more.

Nice avatar pic, it looks familiar

[gunkis84]

ehh.. that truck.. it is quickly not looking the same. hehe hence the title of my build.. you'll see

[gunkis84]

i started out by driving from s. carolina to florida to pick up this project truck (my first one)

its a 68 titled cab/chassis with a fatman fab MII frontend a built F@*$ 8.8 rearend. 13" baer disks.. sorry for the bad pic like i said earlier, all my other ones got deleted.. you can see there, i had to stock up my newly built garage w/everything.. tools,torches,welders you name it

[gunkis84]

so once i got home with that project i immediately started to tear into it.. the truck came with a hotrods to hell rear suspension setup on it. i cut that off and sold it along with the fiberglass frontend that came with that. once i got those out of the way i ordered a step notch kit and airbag setup (2 viar 400 compressors, 2 5 gal tanks, 2 slam specialities bags for the rear, 2 art cool ride bags for the front, and an 8 valve manifold.. i installed the notch, painted the frame, painted the tanks red a little more red than the picture shows

[ERASER5]

I be watching this one.

So your from Grr. My sister lives in Grr. I used to work in Grr too.

[gunkis84]

heheh good ol grr

[thirdstreettito]

Mind if I steal that exhaust exit idea?

[gunkis84]

not at all.. i was goin to do it at first, but i dont think i will anymore anyway

[dieselarmy13]

Did you at least buy the beer for the sanders?

[thirdstreettito]

Thanks!

[gunkis84]

haha actually both of my friends that were there almost started crying when i put the first scratch on it haha

[Painter D]

Have you done anything else to it lately?

[nuke1]

curious also if anything is done, that black concept truck is great, that interior treatment is one of my favorites.

[abadsvt]

Looks like we might have similar trucks! I was going to build a similar interior as the posted above but changing a few things. You have nice taste!!!

Josh

[BIG ORANGE]

I like the way the exhaust exits the bed! Do you have any detailed pics of that process?? thanks

[gunkis84]

Originally Posted by abadsvt

Looks like we might have similar trucks! I was going to build a similar interior as the posted above but changing a few things. You have nice taste!!!

Josh

heheh i stole that idea from your thread josh.. sorry man.. its just for inspiration though lol

[gunkis84]

Originally Posted by BIG ORANGE

I like the way the exhaust exits the bed! Do you have any detailed pics of that process?? thanks

i like the look too, but not sure if im going to do it.. i saw somwhere (of course i cant remember now) those same side exit tips..

Originally Posted by 69chevyshort

Have you done anything else to it lately?

Originally Posted by nuke1

curious also if anything is done, that black concept truck is great, that interior treatment is one of my favorites.

plan to work on it a bit tonight.. not a whole lot has changed since the last pics, but thanks for the kick in the butt to keep movin

[gunkis84]

Update... Decided to scrap the 402.. (or give to my engine builder on trade) for a 454 bored .30 over, forged pistons,(10:1 compression) roller cam, roller rockers, eagle crank.... Est to push 550-600 HP. (quite a bit more than the orig plan, so should be fun) engine is suppose to be ready in a wk..

[Spray-Bomb]

Dang, it seems as tho everyone is going the side exit exhaust... I sure hope nobody else does it, I wanted mine to be one of the few

Oh well, thats what mine is getting & if everybody wants to copy me, I guess I can handle that

Really sweet truck bro, cant wait to see it black

[gunkis84]

update.. not goin too fast since this is my first time doing ANYTHING to a car/truck, (but havin fun learning).. i finished blocking the truck (the first time anyways) there are still a couple areas that need atten, but not bad. (one good thing about blocking a truck that had pretty good paint to start with).. since im painting it black, a plan to try to get it as straight as possible (i dont care how long it takes).. other than that, i started to take the front end apart, and am in the process of pulling the motor and going to re-build it, nothing major, but a few things to spice it up (my dad is going to help on that part since he has done it plenty of times b4) its kinda challenging trying to fig out how to get things apart with one set of hands (ie hood), but im sure everyone on here has dealt with that so no more cryin out of me lol

[chevyboy87]

ausome build so far, have you made any plans on the motor yet

[gunkis84]

so far all i know, is just honing, keeping the same bore but higher compression pistons, i bought a new edlebrock performer rpm air gap intake, it already has a new edlebrock carb, im going to do something with the heads (either new aluminum, or get the re-worked), cam, and i plan to get the sanderson bb8 headers off of film guy if he still has them, (he hasn't returned my pm yet)... lol i dont know too many details of specifics yet, but thats so far the plan.. tips anyone? i dont want this truck to be too extreme (dont plan to ever take it to the track), but, i want it to be able to move out of its own way, and still be able to call it a "Hotrod"