Silver Dollar

[duramax_4]

Lucky find here in Indiana!

[mcbassin]

The bed mods look great! I guess you learned how to weld pretty quick?

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Nice job on the build hope you get the motivation back fo your project..

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

The bed mods look great! I guess you learned how to weld pretty quick?

Thanks! I bought one of Eastwood Companys welders, they were pre selling. I think it took about 3 months to get here. It is very nice welder for the money. they are made by Lincoln, (same as a Lincoln sp135, only blue) Iv used it here in the garage on few items now, I still wouldn't consider myself a welder just yet, but My welds are nice and strong, but man, are they ugly!

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

Nice job on the build hope you get the motivation back fo your project..

Thanks! Yea! the thread has been helping, Iv been working on most everyday.

[mrhino]

This is what it looks like all mocked up. in these pictures the Truck had 1" drop spings in the front and after staring at the Pictures for a while, I notice that it just dont look right. So I went ahead and put 2" drop springs in the front. she sits low now. One of the color on the fender is the color I decided to paint it. Those 5 choices are the different mix raitos of the two silver and gray colors I decided to use.













Now, that a color had been decided it was time to completely take it apart again.

[tantrumpipeline]

looks great, the paint is somewhat hard to judge in the lighting but that test shot on the truck looks great

[VA72C10]

Looking good!!!

[spike38]

It's coming right along!!
And I'm sure your little helper will be near by

Spike

[67C10BUB]

Those wheels with that color of paint is going to look perfect. So, what is the drop in that pic? Is it 1" drop springs up front and 4" drop springs in the back? Can you take a pic with the 2" drop springs? I assume this is with 2.5" drop spindles, correct?

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by 67C10BUB

Those wheels with that color of paint is going to look perfect. So, what is the drop in that pic? Is it 1" drop springs up front and 4" drop springs in the back? Can you take a pic with the 2" drop springs? I assume this is with 2.5" drop spindles, correct?

In those and this pics the drop is 3.5/6. 2.5" drop in the spindles and 1" in the coils. The rear uses a 3" drop in coils, and with the Tubular trailing arms from porter, they have 3" drop built in. Now it has 2" springs in the front for 4.5/6 Sorry I dont have a picture of truck complete with the new springs. Yet
BTW I will be selling the 1" drop springs if anyone is interested

[67C10BUB]

Thanks, I think I will go with the same 4.5/6 drop and the 18" wheel combo. I really like the way it looks.

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by 67C10BUB

Thanks, I think I will go with the same 4.5/6 drop and the 18" wheel combo. I really like the way it looks.

It looks good, im so glad I did. You will be pleased!

[mrhino]

Cleaning odds and end parts with my bead blast cabinet, before painting





drilled all the rivets out. Put in new foam rubber seals and riveted back together





Knock out old hinge-pins and put in new from (my Favorite place) Advance

[nasqar]

Nice lookin ride fellow Hoosier!!!

[Twisted Elegance]

sub'd. sweet build man. can't wait to see it complete.

[67cheby]

looking great, keep up the good work !!

[mrhino]

About 2 weeks ago I got a new windshield. Started looking at my old side windows and back glass a decided there was just to much of a contrast between old and new. After doing some searching I found some Glass polishing disc made by 3m. Trizacts. they are 5" disc you put on your D/A there are 5 different grits they range from $3.50-$6 a disc. Most glass places recommend only doing this, if new glass cant be bought, because of the time invested. Well I figured I have more time then money so I gave it a shot. I only bought 1 disc of each grit ( they said they will go along way) cost about $35 total. I found. That there is only one way to destroy a piece of glass faster, and that is to throw it on the ground and break it! I completely destroyed one of my side windows you cant even see through it. and I wore all of the abrasives right of the disc in a matter of minutes. The professionals were right. I could see these discs working but it would take 25 or more per grit, plus a week per window to get the job done so the cost or time is just not worth it.
I ended up just buying new glass from Car Parts Direct. they shipped in a few days. They came packaged real well, lots of bubble wrap and the back glass came in a wood framed box with padding. I'm looking forward to putting them in. in the comming week.

[mrhino]

Found a couple of pics of the underside of the bed, just before I painted it. You can see how much I had to notch the brace for the fuel tank, and where I welded the two pieces back together.

[mrhino]

After getting the truck completely broke down the first thing I decided to do was Paint the bottom of the cab. and bed.

[chevytruckluver]

It's looking great, keep up the good work!

[67C10BUB]

What did you do on the front? Did you go with the 73-87 setup, or stick with original? Where did you get the drop spindles?

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by 67C10BUB

What did you do on the front? Did you go with the 73-87 setup, or stick with original? Where did you get the drop spindles?

The spindles came from CCP I used the 73-87 setup.

[mrhino]

I welded all the emblem holes in the hood and fenders, did the same to all the upper & lower trim holes. Then grounded ground them flat.





And then sprayed my first coat of epoxy primer.

[VA72C10]

Looks awesome!!!

[mcbassin]

This is an awesome project! Truly amazing how fast you're rolling on it! Seems your build thread is inspiring you