Kabwe's aka Bam's build

[dsraven]

ha ha, thats a good one, get rid of some stuff. I have a bunch of stuff stored at a daughters garage. wife knows there is some stuff but no way she knows how much, lol.
trying to consolidate a few things myself so less mess seen out the kitchen window. working on getting the box on the frame and building mounts. then get the floor jacked up to clear the frame bump.
did you use a steel trailer fender for the inner edge of the tub?

[BAM55]

Originally Posted by dsraven

did you use a steel trailer fender for the inner edge of the tub?

no I am using the stock 58-59 Fleetside tubs. I thought I would save time going stock, but they needed to be widened anyway.lol

[BAM55]

Due to my narrowed rearend I had to widen the new wheel tubs for the fleetside bed. I had some sheet metal laying around that I cut into long 2 inch wide stripes.




Very simple mod but someone may be interested in how I widened them so I posted it. I will post another pic of them as soon as I finish the welding and metal finishing.

[Rods57]

Looks good, as always.

[BAM55]

The truck is moving along slowly, but its moving along.
First a mod I did to the inner fenders.
I welded up one of the valleys in the inner fender to use a s a wire loom for the electrical wire going to the front of the truck.

Here is the other side that will hold the wires.

Filler, primer, block sanded, and painted


Front Fenders





New Radiator

[Black_Sheep]

It looks great!

[Indian113]

looking GOOD! So Smooth and I'm Lovin that Color

[oldman3]

Bam, great work as always. Nice detail an looks super...Jim

[BAM55]

Thanks guys. I appreciate all the comments.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Hi Bam!

As usual, your work looks great, well thought out and pro performed.

Question: Have you had any issue making the paint match when you paint at different times due to...I don't know, humidity, drying times, etc?

Once again, the truck is looking SO good!

[BAM55]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Hi Bam!

As usual, your work looks great, well thought out and pro performed.

Question: Have you had any issue making the paint match when you paint at different times due to...I don't know, humidity, drying times, etc?

Once again, the truck is looking SO good!

No I have no issues with paint match. When I had that issue it was because I used paint mixed at different time or in different containers. So if I buy 2 gallons of paint I now pour it in one big bucket mix them together and put them back in the paint cans. My matching issues went away after that.

[solidaxel]

Great color and the right shade
If you were going to but an accent/pinstripe what color(s) would you chose?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by BAM55

No I have no issues with paint match. When I had that issue it was because I used paint mixed at different time or in different containers. So if I buy 2 gallons of paint I now pour it in one big bucket mix them together and put them back in the paint cans. My matching issues went away after that.

Great idea.

My painter painted my interior and interior steps before later painting the entire exterior. There is a very slight - but unacceptable to me - color difference just on the strip below the doors. He will repaint that and the difference from interior to exterior is so slight you can't see it UNLESS it's directly adjacent like that area. He says it al came from the same but I suspect it's like you are saying. two gallons that were not co-mixed before using.

[Nut Case]

Fandamntastic X 10



Keep on keepin on

NC

[murd969]

Been following this build for a while and as usual the work is flawless. Great job and can’t wait to see it done.

[Kim57]

Looks great.
Kim

[ChuckDriver]

Color looks great!

[Daze57]

great work as usual sir !

[dsraven]

anybody know what that triangle shaped piece is for on the back side of the inner fender? just curious.
nice work Bam. gonna be great looking at the shine from those fenders while cruising this summer.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by dsraven

anybody know what that triangle shaped piece is for on the back side of the inner fender? just curious...

As far as I know it is just the factory's way of reinforcing the sheet metal inner fender so it wouldn't tear over the years. I could be wrong but that's what I have always assumed.

[dsraven]

ya, same here. it's "compromised" on mine now.....

[bowt1ed]

Love that color BAM!

Cheers, Jim

[Az. Hank]

Sweet!!

[BAM55]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

[57tailgater]

Originally Posted by dsraven

anybody know what that triangle shaped piece is for on the back side of the inner fender? just curious.
nice work Bam. gonna be great looking at the shine from those fenders while cruising this summer.

I assume the triangle piece is a reinforcement as well. When you got a V8, the radiator was moved rearward and the core support was bolted further back in the recess. Picture the core support just being slid back. Looks like on these inner fenders the rear holes have been filled. You would need something more than some thin sheet metal to hold it all in place. The forward position has a lot of items converging at the top corner to supply the support.