Blake's 67 GMC stepside build

[reaper71]

Time to make it look pretty...
Pic #1. The first order of business was to fill the opening for the stock blower motor.
Pic #2. The two plates made to fill the next areas.

Pic #3. All welded in..

Pic #4. More factory holes to be filled..

[Advanced Design]

That will make a nice difference on the firewall. The magnets look really handy. Do you remember where you got them Mark?
Thanks!
Doug

[reaper71]

Ace hardware..a couple bucs...

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

That will make a nice difference on the firewall. The magnets look really handy. Do you remember where you got them Mark?
Thanks!
Doug

[reaper71]

Update....

Pic #1. Holes,Holes and more holes to be filled!!!

Pic #2. After getting some welded and metal finished..

Pic #3. After doing all the work filling in the holes I didn't care for how it was coming out....So I made a flat plate to cover the entire section. I know more work but it will look much better in the end...

Pic #4. Here I bolted it to the firewall and using Clecko's to hold it in place for tacking and final weld..

[Advanced Design]

The flat plate looks good!

[yj4000]

Yea nice job. It may be more work but It does look better.

Ryan.

[RockinKees]

You're making it too good

[David121582]

Looks good but where is your throttle linkage/cable and sterring column going to go?

[reaper71]

Thank's Guy's for the compliments..

David....The column will be in the stock location I will drill out the hole later using hole saw..

Mark..

[reaper71]

Pic #1. All welded in..

Pic #2. The template for passenger side..

Pic #3. Welded..

Pic #4. The template for the old blower motor location...(will be running a Southern Air unit under Dash)

[reaper71]

Update...

Pic #1. The template being laid out on steel panel..

Pic #2. All welded in place..

Pic #3. Here I started to weld in the O.E. spot weld to fill them up so you don't use as much filler to smooth them out..

Pic #4. More welding..

Pic #5. All ground down...

Next up, The ugly junk collector aka wire trough...
Mark...

[Advanced Design]

Wow, nice improvement!

[reaper71]

Thank's Doug....
I always felt the firewalls in these trucks were pretty damn ugly and have a ton of potential!!!

Mark...

[reaper71]

Pic #1. This is the start of making that junk collector go away...1st I used Eastwood encapsulator inside the trough.

Pic #2. The start of getting the strips tacked in place (using 16g because i had it )

Pic #3. Here I'm showing the angle I set it at to prevent water (if any) to roll off the ledge. It is set at 10 degrees.

Pic #4. Another look, with the transition tacked in place.
(As i worked my way to through bend the degree started to drop to 0 )

Pic #5. One more shot...

[Justin@EntropyRad]

Going to be smooth

[reaper71]

Thank's Justin....

[reaper71]

Pic #1. The small pieces going in to smooth out the transition.

Pic #2. Round 1 of many...

Pic #3. Another shot of the welding process.

Pic #4. The front portion all welded.

Till next time...

Mark...

[68shortwide]

Lookin good, havnt checked the thread in awhile, impressive the work you've gotten done.

[rusty76]

I'm not sure how I missed this build but dag gone it I'm in for the ride. Killer work dude.

[Mr Chevorlet]

I love watching professionals at work, nice fab work

[RockinKees]

That's a pretty firewall in the making Mark!

[yj4000]

Nice progress. Very time consuming. But will definitely clean up the look of the firewall. Look'n forward to more.

Ryan.

[reaper71]

68shotwide,Rusty76,Mr chevorlet,rockinkees,and yj4000 Thanks a bunch guys for checking out the build and the kind words!!!

[reaper71]

Pic #1. The front edge all ground and smoothed out.
Pic #2. Here I'm showing the process I used...After 1st round of welding I would grind down the main portion of the weld then start the next round of welds to help prevent holes in between your welds..

Pic #3. This was after all welding was done and the grinding as well.

Pic #4. 2nd view up close..

Pic #5. After all metal finish was done for a better overall look..

Till next time..
Mark...

[Advanced Design]

Nice process on the back weld Mark. Looks good!