Meet Homer

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by flashed

I bet one thing for sure ,people will be looking at your truck and asking how did he do that ,LOL. I want one just like it ,but I dont have your mad(Great) skills at fabrication but I do know a guy now that does .

Yeah, I wish I had "Mad Great Skills". I have seen more than one on here that do, and wish I was one of them. I am just an old hack and I know it. I am not afraid or lazy and will dig right in, but I too wish I did. I am quite sure some serious fabricators look at my junk and throw up a little in their mouth, but it will get the job done.

[67chevemall]

Nice rides! And the brick wall is boss!

[cooperhw]

Well my goal this weekend was to dis-assemble the step side bed and widen it 6 inches. I could have got by with 4 or 4.5 but I went with 6 inches just in case Homer ever gets an altitude adjustment in the future.
The tailgate now reads

"Chevivrolet"

[flashed]

You do know youre going to confuse the hell out of some with that tailgate mod but it looks good to me.

[66-PMD-GMC]

I think it's cooler than a popsicle on the 4th of July

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by 66-PMD-GMC

I think it's cooler than a popsicle on the 4th of July

Thanks guys. I was originally going to re-fabricate the pockets the tailgate shuts into. I ev Ernest bought the metal last week 2 do it. The more I looked at it the more I didn't like that option.

[nlped]

Looks killer Wayne. That'll certainly get plenty of double takes

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by nlped

Looks killer Wayne. That'll certainly get plenty of double takes

Thanks.
I think most will not notice, but those that do Will be asking WTF?

[swamp rat]

New term for the truck.... What, did i stutter?

[Average Joe]

Cool truck! I admire your vision and determination.

[HOT WRECKS]

Cool !!
Can't wait to see the widened box back on Homer. I too thought about widening my box. I do believe I will be going the widened fender route. But you never know.I am excited to see how yours turns out. Nice to see that the cab and chassis axle fits under the box just as I Had envisioned.
Keep up the cool madness I'll be watching

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by HOT WRECKS

Cool !!
Can't wait to see the widened box back on Homer. I too thought about widening my box. I do believe I will be going the widened fender route. But you never know.I am excited to see how yours turns out. Nice to see that the cab and chassis axle fits under the box just as I Had envisioned.
Keep up the cool madness I'll be watching

Thanks for the kind words guys. I also can't wait to see the box back on Homer. I think it's going to look cool. I opted to widen the box even though it's a bit more work that the fenders cause to me the box already looks narrow compared to the cab and the fenders stick out. I don't know, we'll see.

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by Average Joe

Cool truck! I admire your vision and determination.

"Determination = not willing to throw in the towel". Not always a good thing.
"Vision= sometimes I think it's more like insanity". Oh well. Keeps me out of the bars.

Thanks anyways.

[flashed]

I will take that kind of insanity anytime ,I like this truck .

[cooperhw]

Well guys even though I have to take the bed right back off to body work the bed and back of cab I just had to see it in place since I widened the bed 6 inches. You can tell that 4 inches would have done the trick, but I went an extra inch on each side for clearance.

[cooperhw]

few more

[joe231]

Looks great!

[flashed]

You did good ,it looks great ,still watching .

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by flashed

You did good ,it looks great ,still watching .

Thanks guys. It is wayyyyy up in the air, but at least I was able to prove to myself that this step side bed wider could look passable.

[Katrina/10]

Are you going to put some 67-72 rear fenders on it?

[Saclandman]

It looks pretty cool from the back. Nice job.

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by Katrina/10

Are you going to put some 67-72 rear fenders on it?

That's a great question Wayne...
How 'bout it? Don't leave us floating. .. Are you going to eventually put the period correct fenders on that bad boy?

[cooperhw]

Originally Posted by 66-PMD-GMC

That's a great question Wayne...
How 'bout it? Don't leave us floating. .. Are you going to eventually put the period correct fenders on that bad boy?

Drumroll,,,,

No, I will not be changing the rear fenders out at any time in the near future. As a matter of fact, I think these fenders actually look good. I think they have a little cool flair to em.

[66-PMD-GMC]

Originally Posted by cooperhw

Drumroll,,,,

No, I will not be changing the rear fenders out at any time in the near future. As a matter of fact, I think these fenders actually look good. I think they have a little cool flair to em.

That's my buddy Wayne :-)
Marching to the beat of his own drum... or lope of his own motor.. Bwaahahaha ... good for you brutha. .. :-)

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Looking crazy man, killer duallie