progress pictures

[mike nutt]

this thing is starting to look like a truck again, here's a couple of pics. got the cab back on the frame also set the bed on for fitting, yes this the bed i decided to use, i know that some of yall don't like these beds on these trucks, but it's my truck. would have gotten more pics but the camera battery died. i'll keep ya posted,

[mike nutt]

a little more progress this week

[mike nutt]

heres a couple more pics, more pics tomorrow.

[BowTieOgre]

Super nice truck Mike! I got to catch a peek of it in person when I came up to Wetumpka to get some stuff from Kevin. Excellent work on the paint...maybe I can drag my stuff up and you can lay your magic down on it!! Keep us updated.

[KP1972]

You guys make me sick! I am SO jealous and SO drooling over all of this.....

[watahyahknow]

Originally Posted by KP1972

You guys make me sick! I am SO jealous and SO drooling over all of this.....

dont worry anyone can do it ...... some of us need to work double shifts or be REAL close to there boss to get it done though :P

[mike nutt]

finally getting started on inside of the truck. here's a few pics of the speaker box with the amp racks , also will be building console and subwoofer box to house a 12' kicker sub .also got the wood for the bed floor just waiting on the polished stainless stips to come in. i'll keep you posted. chapster ,the wheels are 8x18 front and 10x20 rear , i'm not sure on the backspace, the wheel were bought for an '86 truck , but they do fit this truck better than they did the '86.

[sixty8c10]

wow....nice progress

[cypress TX 72]

All of us "frame off" guys know thats a lot of work, clean and precise...
good work

[djracer]

this was his first try at this type of box!

[tnblazerk5]

it all looks great to me that box looks really good i thought about takin a old gas tank and doin sumthing like that with it

[LSGarage]

Gosh I'm old. I always thought two 6x9's and a killer 30amp output, am/fm with presets was the cat's meow.

[Hart_Rod]

Nice job on the truck. I guess I'm blind, because I'm not seeing the difference in the trailing arms. Did you C-notch? Did you use shock relocators?

Rob

[FRENCHBLUE72]

O.K. I see the difference looks like it would help out the pinnion angle and eliminate any of the vibrations that may come from such a drastic drop.. If its not too much trouble could you show some pics of your pinnion angle as it is now?? Thanks Luke,

[mike nutt]

Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

O.K. I see the difference looks like it would help out the pinnion angle and eliminate any of the vibrations that may come from such a drastic drop.. If its not too much trouble could you show some pics of your pinnion angle as it is now?? Thanks Luke,

frenchblue72, i don't have any pics of my pinion angle, on my truck i'm using a later model rearend , i had to cut the axle perchs off and i'm using a new set of perchs from ece, my pion won't be set until the truck is almost complete and pretty much at finished ride higth , but it does help if you were stock axle because of the severe pinion angle. i could have got by with out flipping the x-member and just corrected the pinion angle before welding the perchs on. just a note , the x-member work was done with the cab and bed off of the frame

[roj2323]

i wonder if you could just flip the brackets on the crossmember instead of fliping the whole crossmember? you would probably have to exchange left for right but i think it would work.
ondrew

[Hart_Rod]

I finally get it. I thought you meant the trailing arms were flipped upside down, now I see you were talking about the crossmember.

R

[junkyarddog1956]

Lookin good Mike ... nice job ... jyd

[GMan69]

Gonna be one awesome ride when you're done!!

[muddpile]

Wow does that look good! I really like the sub box in your old truck too! I can't wait to see what else you have planned for this one.

[Longhorn Man]

Top notch fab worh there.
On that speaker box... what did you make that out of?

[Metmanice]

That speaker box is great. I have drawn out the plan for one like it in my '67 but that is a while off. I wanted to put the plan down to remind me (got a lot moving around in the head now

[mike nutt]

heres a few pictures of the cab after bodywork and primer.

[krue]

Very nice.

[phantom dually]

looks great