1981 Chevrolet C50 Pick-up Conversion

[UPNADM]

Started the box sub frame tonight. Went well, need to do some finishing touches.

I am looking forward to cutting the excess off the frame.

Next on list, relocate some brake lines, install drive shafts and alter the hanger bearing location, then with any luck back it out of my shop and wash the floor again... ha.

Then I can get the back half of the frame in high gloss black.

Its getting there....

[WarBeard]

How high do you have to lift the bed in order to match the lines on the cab?

[UPNADM]

Originally Posted by motomech

How high do you have to lift the bed in order to match the lines on the cab?

It is roughly 6.5 inches. I am not finished yet, I need to use some 1/2 inch flat bar to bring in all the way up...

[wwj75c30]

i like this build it makes me wanna build a 4x4 one and put a detriot in it

[JRANGER]

yeah...this is crazy...every day i see 3 of these trucks and i want to stop and try to get one lol

[JRANGER]

you going to put bushing on the subframe?

[UPNADM]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

yeah...this is crazy...every day i see 3 of these trucks and i want to stop and try to get one lol

Buyer up and start doing it... I cannot wait to drive this rod up the street. Going to be a good and bad attention getter I think... ha.

[UPNADM]

Originally Posted by JRANGER

you going to put bushing on the subframe?

No it will be a ridged frame mount.

[JRANGER]

Originally Posted by UPNADM

Buyer up and start doing it... I cannot wait to drive this rod up the street. Going to be a good and bad attention getter I think... ha.

Haha if only.....Im pretty sure they arent going anywhere but maybe after i get done with my current projects

[UPNADM]

Another productive night. I am getting closer to seeing the wheels turn under its own power...

Did some more work on the sub-frame, I added a 1/2 x 4 x 8 piece of flat bar steel to my c channel. If all works out my body line should line up... Hopefully, that was too much drilling.

It should give the box a nice surface to sit on, and it will allow me some more bite when bolting the box down. I plan on adding some a couple crossers and I will have my cousin stitch some welds in it to the frame.

Because I moved my axle ahead, I had to relocate my flex lines. I got that accomplished and replaced some punky looking brake lines. I still need to fasten them to the frame. Should be all good.

Anyone ever bled a truck with two wheel cylinders per side? I need to research, but I am thinking passenger side low, passenger side high, driver side low, driver side high? Any thoughts?

I am hoping to get my drive shafts on tomorrow night... Hopefully as I will be away all weekend...

[UPNADM]

Had visions of what a driveshaft would look like on the truck... So got up early this morning and got it in place.

As per the photos, I need to bring down the hanger bearing.

Getting closer to having the wheels a spinnin...

[JRANGER]

dang.....your getting it done my friend...Also just curious...You gonna put cross members between your c channels?

[tylervalo]

What kind of paint are you spraying on everything? It looks really nice.

[JRANGER]

tyler he is using tremclad...aka rustoleum and he mostly rolls it on

[tylervalo]

On the accessories?

[JRANGER]

all his yellow is tremclad....He uses spray cans on the inside on the parts instead of rolling it though.....I havent rolled on any but i did some on a glove box door...Turns out pretty well

[UPNADM]

Tremclad is my paint of choice, as JRANGER pointed out, I sprayed all the yellow via rattle can. I will be rolling the outside.

All accessories have been sprayed with Tremclad, with exception of the engine and anything with heat.

[tylervalo]

Cool! Did you spray a clear or anything over top or are you just expeciting the tremclad to hold up on it's own?

[UPNADM]

Originally Posted by tylervalo

Cool! Did you spray a clear or anything over top or are you just expeciting the tremclad to hold up on it's own?

Tremclad is an enamel paint. I roll it, build up the base, wet sand, and then cut and buff.

I have done it in the past.

Here is a link to my past tremlad paint job.

http://s1099.photobucket.com/albums/...204x4%20Build/

I like budget builds and the opportunity to say I have done the majority of the work.

[JRANGER]

My next project will probably be that blue...i really like it

[tylervalo]

Is that what you do for the little pieces too?

[UPNADM]

Anything exterior I roll. Anything under hood I spray. In my opinion it keeps the colors consistent.

[UPNADM]

I have pretty good luck doing the Tremclad roll, sand, buff jobs.

Here is the first on I ever did. Not many pictures.

http://s1099.photobucket.com/albums/...0%20GMC%204x4/

[motornut]

Originally Posted by tylervalo

Cool! Did you spray a clear or anything over top or are you just expeciting the tremclad to hold up on it's own?

his looks a lot better then mine but yup it works great

[UPNADM]

Got my driveshaft sitting in place, just need to finish drilling.

Once that is done, I will bleed the brakes and I should be able to drive this out of my shop....