1961 Chevy Apache aka Cowboy Cadillac

[ColinsChopShop]

Originally Posted by el_bole

Great score on steering wheel and plates....I like where you're going with your build....dig the tail pipes....

Thanks

[flashed]

First time I have seen this build ,Im in to see the rest .

[ColinsChopShop]

Even though the truck is going to get repainted I decided to pinstripe the hood and the dash for a little practice

[ColinsChopShop]

worked on the truck for a little wile the other night and got the radiator out and also the little heater that was under the dash.

[ColinsChopShop]

Well its been about a year since i last posted anything on the truck but since then iv gotten a lot done to the truck. im going to try to keep the build thread updated more frequently. well first off i started sanding the whole truck down to bare metal and got the truck in primer. hopefully this summer ill find some fenders that are in better shape and also a set of doors that dont need new door skins and bottoms.

[ColinsChopShop]

next I gave the truck a coat of flat black. i also removed the long step bed and started shorting the frame to get ready for the short fleetside bed. then i gave the bumper and grill a fresh coat of white paint.

[ColinsChopShop]

Next i got the inside of the truck painted. Then i loaded up my short fleet into my little s10 to bring it home and got it reassembled and put on the 61. once i got it on I started sanding the whole bed down to bare metal.

[Northwest Outlaw]

Making some good progress on a good looking truck. Make sure to take a lot of pictures when you shorten that X-Frame as i'm sure many people would love to see how it's done.
Keep up the good work

[lumpy63]

Nice job Colin! By the way all the cool guys are named Colin Keep up the good work. I too would like to see your method of shortening the early x frame. Just remember measure twice or thrice …. cut once.

[ColinsChopShop]

Originally Posted by Northwest Outlaw

Making some good progress on a good looking truck. Make sure to take a lot of pictures when you shorten that X-Frame as i'm sure many people would love to see how it's done.
Keep up the good work

Thanks and I'll defiantly take lots of pictures when I shorten the X- frame.

[ColinsChopShop]

Originally Posted by lumpy63

Nice job Colin! By the way all the cool guys are named Colin Keep up the good work. I too would like to see your method of shortening the early x frame. Just remember measure twice or thrice …. cut once.

Thanks Ill defiantly be measuring more the 3 times when i shorten the frame so i can make shore the frame is square.

[ColinsChopShop]

I decided to do some pinstriping the other day. I only got one color down on the hood so far but im going to do more another day when its warmer outside. since its kind of hard to pinstripe when its freezing cold in your garage. near the bottom you can tell that I started to get shaky from shivering while trying to stripe the hood. also got some more sanding done on the bedsides as well earlier that day.

[ColinsChopShop]

Man i seem to be bad about getting on here and updating my build thread, but iv been making progress got the bed sanded all the way down to bare metal primed and painted. i also finsied the pinstriping on the hood and started on the tail gate.

[ColinsChopShop]

since I last posted I Got the interior finished, redid almost all of the breaks got new wheel cylinders, a new master cylinder, new lines and hoses. and right now i have the head off the truck putting new valve seals in it and going to put a new head gasket on it as well. i also got the carb rebuilt. hoping to be able to drive the truck to the hot rod reunion in bowling green this year.