New build thread how time flys junior to future

[Retro68]

Many more pictures to come

[Chevyman63]

Wow...Nice!!

[heavy71chevy]

Thats some awesome work my man...keep er coming

[rodstored-72]

retro68,
very good job!! it is looking terrific. i was wondering what is the "finish" that you applied to the truck body. it looks like primer, maybe tented?? i am wanting to paint my truck a very similar color. also do you do body work?? your "shop" looks pretty cool from the pics. where about are you??? in aj ??? i am in chandler...
again great looking truck!!
rodstored-72

[nuke1]

that is just one amazing truck you have there, your ideas on what you are doin is very close as to what i am doin on mine, great build!!!

[nuke1]

just one question, where did you get the one piece stainless trim for the tailgate?

[djw32]

Nice progress. Thanks for the pics.

What kind of coating did you use on the rearend?

[Retro68]

Silver vein powder coat.

[djw32]

It looks nice...please keep the pics coming

[GBC10]

Originally Posted by nuke1

just one question, where did you get the one piece stainless trim for the tailgate?

http://www.mar-k.com/catalog/catalog.asp

[oldtruck10]

Very incredible build. What color will you paint the truck? This looks like a lot of work. Good job I will keep watching the progress.

[1sik52]

Wish I had a shop like that!

[outlawc]

Truck looks nice, I like the way you setup your rear end.

Your shop is killer!

[texanidiot25]

Please tell me that is one with equal length arms! We have two at school, and the short/long arm setup is a pain in the ass on everything to get lined up.

But I still want one in my garage, who am I kidding?

[Retro68]

Guys thanks for the nice comments and taking the time to keep up on this build. I will have some more stuff coming in the upcoming weeks. Thanks again Scott N

[Retro68]

I have to admit I started these fender wells sometime a go and certain ideas that fall into the this should be easy to do coulmn end up in the oh crap this is going to get very involved. Thats when my green genie on the shoulder says get back to it later and then weeks can go by. So i spent today nailing down some progress to try and get this front end finished up. I am getting close to brakes, tires and wheels and suspension. This will be the huge hump to getting this truck back on it's feet. The wheel wells are raised over 1 inch and that may not sound like much but when you move one radius away from the other all kinds of gaps open up. The challenge is to make everything look clean and stockish when finished. The cutout along the wheelwell is for upper control arm clearence and to open up the engine compartment a bit. I used some 3/16 rod to trim out the edge and add strength. The other thing is a flower, just kidding!!! The drivers side has that bump so I made it go away. As I get farther I will put up the pics of the under fender lip contouring as it gets welded in. Thanks for following along. Scott

[Retro68]

This is the front edge of the drivers wheel well. The lip had to be lengthend to make up for raising the inner fender.

[72BlckButy]

This is such an amazing project.... excellent work!

[gunkis84]

ohh.. im deff watching this one.. wanna make another set of those fenders while youre at it??

[Retro68]

Originally Posted by gunkis84

ohh.. im deff watching this one.. wanna make another set of those fenders while youre at it??

AHHHHHHH! I think I here someone calling me for dinner. Let me get back to you laaaaterrrrrrrrr. Thanks for checking the progress out.

[68 short step]

so are you attaching the inner fenders to the backside of the rad. support, instead of on the bottom (like stock)??

[Retro68]

Yes they are attached to the back side of the radiator support. More pics to follow.

[N2TRUX]

I failed to subscribe. Keep the progress coming...

[nuke1]

It is looking amazing there. are you gonna mod the inner fenders to raise the wheel wells then and are you installing a sway bar in the rear of the truck, curious

[Retro68]

Originally Posted by nuke1

It is looking amazing there. are you gonna mod the inner fenders to raise the wheel wells then and are you installing a sway bar in the rear of the truck, curious

Yes the inner fenders are cut to recieve the inner fenders. Sway bar front and rear.