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Old 02-24-2007, 07:19 PM   #51
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Neighbors gotta love you with that in the front driveway! LOL!
Luckily I'm the only house on a cul-de-sac as of right now, .

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so it was once yellow, must have looked like a big banana...
I pulled the gas tank and it looks like the original color was light bronze.
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Old 02-25-2007, 02:32 AM   #52
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Looking Good!
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Old 02-25-2007, 11:33 AM   #53
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I don't know about the factory prototype thing.IIRC most manufactureres started destroying their prototypes in the early 60's.The liability on untested technology is so high nowdays there's no way they woould let one out.
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Old 02-26-2007, 05:47 PM   #54
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I don't know about the factory prototype thing.IIRC most manufactureres started destroying their prototypes in the early 60's.The liability on untested technology is so high nowdays there's no way they woould let one out.
Even if it were a true prototype, I can't prove it. So, I'm going to build it the way I want (meaning not back to original).
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Old 02-26-2007, 05:54 PM   #55
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Hey Rob ... i think you right there we all build them the way we want....lol We just sometimes share ideas.....

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Old 03-04-2007, 01:50 PM   #56
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Hey Rob ... i think you right there we all build them the way we want....lol We just sometimes share ideas.....

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I appreciate all ideas, that's what I love about this board. I'm going to try and keep this project somewhat simple (yeah I know I've said that before ). I just purchased another project that has nearly all of the parts to merge the 2 together and make one truck. I'm seriously considering making a rat-rod shop truck out of it to be my DD.
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Old 03-10-2007, 10:42 AM   #57
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Picked up some "goody's" for the Beast, . New front fenders, inner fenders, core support and a lower cowl piece.

How do you like my vintage 1952 roll around cart.
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Old 03-10-2007, 10:53 AM   #58
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I also picked up a new completely rebuilt SWB frame, 5.3/4L60E tranny! I will take all the supsension and the motor and tranny and transfer them to the new chassis once it's completed, .
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Old 03-10-2007, 11:48 AM   #59
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Now thats just sickening, how do find a roller like that

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Old 03-10-2007, 07:15 PM   #60
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you just happen to find that SWB!!! too many projects, send the new one up north!
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Old 03-10-2007, 10:55 PM   #61
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Now thats just sickening, how do find a roller like that

Thats sweet
It's been on the board for about 7 months , .

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you just happen to find that SWB!!! too many projects, send the new one up north!
This is the last one for a while. It was too good of a deal to pass up, now I've got most of the stuff to finish the Crewcab.
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Old 04-16-2007, 09:38 PM   #62
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Picked up a few more parts for the CrewCab:

Grille - needs new trim but no rot and is nearly perfect
Perfect cowl piece
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Old 04-16-2007, 09:45 PM   #63
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nice to see some progress, cant wait to see more
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Old 04-16-2007, 09:45 PM   #64
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oh and i love the roll around cart btw
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Old 04-18-2007, 02:32 PM   #65
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nice to see some progress, cant wait to see more
Parts gathering is going to be the only progress I make for a while.

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oh and i love the roll around cart btw
Sure beats a Craftsman!
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Old 04-21-2007, 06:32 PM   #66
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Here's a chassis comparison for you....SWB (115" wb) to LWB 4door Crewcab (160" wb)....
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Old 04-21-2007, 10:11 PM   #67
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hey, put the crew cab on the SWB just for fun! It would look like the Hummer SUT!
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sweet, updates. So did ya decide to keep it as long as a train still?
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Old 04-21-2007, 10:55 PM   #69
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sweet, updates. So did ya decide to keep it as long as a train still?
I'm putting a SWB on it so, it's going to be long, just not as long as before.
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hey, put the crew cab on the SWB just for fun! It would look like the Hummer SUT!
Kinda like this....
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Old 04-22-2007, 02:49 PM   #71
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Maybe a couple inches longer on the bed. Make it like the new 1/2 ton crew cabs.
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Old 04-22-2007, 03:07 PM   #72
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Kinda like this....
with a shorter tail Just enough for a cooler!
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with a shorter tail Just enough for a cooler!
hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm.................
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Old 05-01-2007, 12:23 PM   #74
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I got the front section of the new chassis. Should be getting the rear section this weekend.

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Old 05-03-2007, 12:22 PM   #75
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Just playing around with the door window frames. I've got an old set of suburban doors I'm going to use.
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