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Camaro_nut2001 · 10-18-2011, 09:36 AM

I'm startin the Pro-Street build on my '69 Chevy early, I just can't wait any longer, lol. I'm goin with a wood bed but I wanted to go ahead and do my wheel tubs so I'm using the steel bed as my "mock up" so to speak. Here's what I started with Name: bed_before.jpg
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I had to grind the top of the carriage bolts and drill em out but here they are out Name: both_tubs_out.jpg
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I'm goin to run a 15X12 wheel with 7.5" backspacin, I hope I measured right, and Hoosier Quicktime 31/16.5/15 so I cut the bed out with a jig saw so here's how Old Blue looks now Name: bed_tubs_cut_out.jpg
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10-18-2011, 09:36 AM	#1
Camaro_nut2001 Chevy Lover Till The End. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mascot TN. Posts: 795	Started on the Tubs I'm startin the Pro-Street build on my '69 Chevy early, I just can't wait any longer, lol. I'm goin with a wood bed but I wanted to go ahead and do my wheel tubs so I'm using the steel bed as my "mock up" so to speak. Here's what I started with I had to grind the top of the carriage bolts and drill em out but here they are out I'm goin to run a 15X12 wheel with 7.5" backspacin, I hope I measured right, and Hoosier Quicktime 31/16.5/15 so I cut the bed out with a jig saw so here's how Old Blue looks now __________________ 1969 Chevy SWB Big Block - Under the knife as of 12/26/2011 1989 Chevy Silverado, 4X4 - Daily Driver 1996 Chevy Suburban K1500 - 4-Wheeler, Campin Truck 1968 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe - 327/350hp, TH400, all original. Members I've met: BamaBaxter, My Build: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=500359



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