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Kabwe · 10-26-2006, 02:09 PM

Well good luck I hope all works out.

Jebb1978 · 10-26-2006, 04:22 PM

Good Luck! She is coming together really fast!!!

texascowboy593 · 10-27-2006, 06:00 PM

Thx everybody for the kind words...Tomorrow is the big day! E.G.,that part to recess the filler is sold by airride technologies for $60! Its cool but I dont want to spend that kinda money for a one-time use. I appreciate the heads up on it.

texascowboy593 · 10-29-2006, 01:03 AM

Technicolor!!!

texascowboy593 · 10-29-2006, 01:05 AM

More...

texascowboy593 · 10-29-2006, 01:06 AM

And More...

55ChevyPU · 10-29-2006, 04:37 AM

hrmm... BlllLLLlllLLLlllUUUuuUUUuuuuUUUuuuuEEEeeeEEEEeeee

Igotachevyor2 · 10-29-2006, 10:37 AM

turqoise it is ...........................looks good

texascowboy593 · 10-29-2006, 11:38 PM

Spent all day putting it all together. I've got a problem with the hood. Its way out of whack. I think I need new hinges and springs. The rest took awhile but lined up nicely. Ran out of clearcoat before I could shoot the tailgate so that will be done later...Here it is for now...

texascowboy593 · 10-29-2006, 11:39 PM

more...

84 400 · 10-29-2006, 11:52 PM

looking great man glad to see some color on her

watahyahknow · 10-30-2006, 05:42 AM

seeing the car together in the colour you choose makes me see why you used it .
the car looks like it left the showroomfloor that way .
a set of steel wheels with moon type hubcaps and whitewhalls would look nice on it now

Bishops Trucks · 10-30-2006, 06:12 AM

Looking Real Good.

Jebb1978 · 10-31-2006, 10:20 AM

Wow Tex, you are a man of your word! The first thing I looked for when I got to work today was an update on your old girl. It looks nice! Congrats, you have been at it non stop and it shows.

texascowboy593 · 10-31-2006, 05:36 PM

I appreciate the kind words yall...
Whatahyaknow-I agree with the steelies and whitewalls. I think it would be cool. I've always been partial to turquoise. That color is the GM Tropical Turquoise from 1958.

Jebb- I have been non-stop and it was killing me at work yesterday. I drove 450 miles (im a truckdriver) on 3 hrs sleep

.

Although it came together fast, I don't suggest that everyone go as "gung-ho" as I did with it. There are a couple of places that I didn't have the opportunity to thoroughly fix to my standards. I was in a time crunch with extenuating circumstances...

I am overall very pleased with how the truck turned out. This weekend I plan on borrowing a trailer to take her home. There is still much to do before she's totally street-legal and the interior is still a mess. The work that I could not do at home is now complete and I am so happy about that.

The updates will not be fast and furious as they once were due to the upcoming holidays and a slight slowdown at work but whenever I make a little progress, I'll be sure y'all are the first to know!

Next things to do are:
New seats from a late model chevy tahoe or similar
New exhaust system (those cherry bombs have got to go)
Interior door panels and other accesories from Roddoors.com
Bed Wood Kit (either Mar-K or Bruce Horkey)
Rubber floor mat

The list goes on and on...
Thx, James

caino59 · 11-01-2006, 03:11 PM

lookin good!

just as a note with using seats from a late model chevy/gmc truck...keep in mind that the late models have a hump.

i'm going to be using a 60/40 split bench from a 97 GMC...haven't really had a chance to really look into it, but it *looks* like the outter passenger seat bracket will work on the inner driver seat to make it work for a flat floor

(if that makes sense ;oP)

diggin it man....i love the 4 holers ;o)

58 gmc · 11-01-2006, 06:08 PM

Great Lookin 4-Holer, love to see them come together, keep up the
good work and GO SOONERS!

texascowboy593 · 11-01-2006, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 58 gmc

Great Lookin 4-Holer, love to see them come together, keep up the
good work and GO SOONERS!

Alright 58GMC... I may live in College Station but I'm not an Aggie fan...But I am a big Aggie fan when its time to play o.u. Just my .02

BTW, Thanks for the kind words guys!

CAL 58 GMC · 11-02-2006, 01:24 AM

Nice work Cowboy!!! I like the turqoise. Was that the origanal color for the truck? I know alot of them came that color, including mine. Keep up the good work and keep the picture coming!

texascowboy593 · 11-02-2006, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CAL 58 GMC

Nice work Cowboy!!! I like the turqoise. Was that the origanal color for the truck? I know alot of them came that color, including mine. Keep up the good work and keep the picture coming!

Cal, I think the bed and tailgate were turqoise but not the front half. It is the original color mix "GM Tropical Turqoise" (I think code 914a?). Thx for the kudos

. If I get her home this weekend, I'll take pics of her making the journey!

MAR-Ktech · 11-04-2006, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by texascowboy593

Next things to do are:
New seats from a late model chevy tahoe or similar
New exhaust system (those cherry bombs have got to go)
Interior door panels and other accesories from Roddoors.com
Bed Wood Kit (either Mar-K or Bruce Horkey)
Rubber floor mat

The list goes on and on...
Thx, James

A great looking project. Congratulations.

It looks like the bed came from a 63-66 donor, so getting the wood and strips to match with the angle and rear sill holes will be important. This is not the time to be welding up bolt holes to get things to line up. Just be sure your bed kit supplier knows the unique combination of parts used so they can make it fit right the first time.

Mar-Ktech

Daniel U · 11-04-2006, 01:37 PM

Looks good. Is the front end a one piece front tilt? Are you going to run ext. mirrors? I love those big back windows!

texascowboy593 · 11-04-2006, 05:18 PM

Mar-k... I will probably be giving yall a call in a couple of months about the bed wood...

Daniel... its not a tilt front-end. You maybe referring to one of the pics where the bottom rear of the fender sticks out. It hadn't been bolted down yet. I've got 4in peep mirrors with smokey glass I'm putting on the top of the doors.

I appreciate the comments guys! Going to load her up for the ride home...I'll post pics later!

poncho_villa · 11-04-2006, 06:32 PM

I felt confident that this build would look great in that colour. Well done Tex. Keep the pics coming. You have a fan club.

dwcsr · 11-05-2006, 02:47 AM

It looks great. You sure have made some progress in a short time. Can I bring mine over for you to finish?

10-26-2006, 02:09 PM	#101
Kabwe Certified Car Nut Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inglewood, California Posts: 3,118	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Well good luck I hope all works out. Last edited by Kabwe; 10-26-2006 at 02:23 PM.

10-26-2006, 04:22 PM	#102
Jebb1978 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mesa,Az Posts: 3,713	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Good Luck! She is coming together really fast!!! __________________ 1959 GMC project

10-27-2006, 06:00 PM	#103
texascowboy593 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southeast Tx Posts: 1,302	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Thx everybody for the kind words...Tomorrow is the big day! E.G.,that part to recess the filler is sold by airride technologies for $60! Its cool but I dont want to spend that kinda money for a one-time use. I appreciate the heads up on it. __________________ "The rays of light thru the Shiner Bock bottle make me wanna turn the key and put down the throttle...and get lost down 35" - Jason Boland www.YouTube.com/user/593Films - Watch My Videos! 1977 Silverado K10 2014 Dodge Durango (Wife-mobile) 2008 Dodge Ram Lone Star Edition (Daily driver)

10-29-2006, 01:03 AM	#104
texascowboy593 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southeast Tx Posts: 1,302	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Technicolor!!! Attached Images __________________ "The rays of light thru the Shiner Bock bottle make me wanna turn the key and put down the throttle...and get lost down 35" - Jason Boland www.YouTube.com/user/593Films - Watch My Videos! 1977 Silverado K10 2014 Dodge Durango (Wife-mobile) 2008 Dodge Ram Lone Star Edition (Daily driver)

10-29-2006, 01:05 AM	#105
texascowboy593 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southeast Tx Posts: 1,302	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache More... Attached Images __________________ "The rays of light thru the Shiner Bock bottle make me wanna turn the key and put down the throttle...and get lost down 35" - Jason Boland www.YouTube.com/user/593Films - Watch My Videos! 1977 Silverado K10 2014 Dodge Durango (Wife-mobile) 2008 Dodge Ram Lone Star Edition (Daily driver)

10-29-2006, 01:06 AM	#106
texascowboy593 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southeast Tx Posts: 1,302	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache And More... Attached Images __________________ "The rays of light thru the Shiner Bock bottle make me wanna turn the key and put down the throttle...and get lost down 35" - Jason Boland www.YouTube.com/user/593Films - Watch My Videos! 1977 Silverado K10 2014 Dodge Durango (Wife-mobile) 2008 Dodge Ram Lone Star Edition (Daily driver)

10-29-2006, 04:37 AM	#107
55ChevyPU Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Riverside, California Posts: 282	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache hrmm... BlllLLLlllLLLlllUUUuuUUUuuuuUUUuuuuEEEeeeEEEEeeee __________________ 55' Chevy Pickup Project Thread '55 chevy pics Last edited by 55ChevyPU; 10-29-2006 at 04:37 AM.

10-29-2006, 10:37 AM	#108
Igotachevyor2 Apache Club Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Goodlettsville,Tn. Posts: 1,294	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache turqoise it is ...........................looks good __________________ 58 CHEVY APACHE I 74 CHEVY C-10 I 78 K-10 donor truck I 89 SONOMA My Trucks Apache Sitting Idle MySpace Project Dad's Truck (74 C-10 to K-10 conversion) .

10-29-2006, 11:38 PM	#109
texascowboy593 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southeast Tx Posts: 1,302	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Spent all day putting it all together. I've got a problem with the hood. Its way out of whack. I think I need new hinges and springs. The rest took awhile but lined up nicely. Ran out of clearcoat before I could shoot the tailgate so that will be done later...Here it is for now... Attached Images __________________ "The rays of light thru the Shiner Bock bottle make me wanna turn the key and put down the throttle...and get lost down 35" - Jason Boland www.YouTube.com/user/593Films - Watch My Videos! 1977 Silverado K10 2014 Dodge Durango (Wife-mobile) 2008 Dodge Ram Lone Star Edition (Daily driver)

10-29-2006, 11:39 PM	#110
texascowboy593 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southeast Tx Posts: 1,302	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache more... Attached Images __________________ "The rays of light thru the Shiner Bock bottle make me wanna turn the key and put down the throttle...and get lost down 35" - Jason Boland www.YouTube.com/user/593Films - Watch My Videos! 1977 Silverado K10 2014 Dodge Durango (Wife-mobile) 2008 Dodge Ram Lone Star Edition (Daily driver)

10-29-2006, 11:52 PM	#111
84 400 Sb 400 club Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: NH / MA Posts: 2,741	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache looking great man glad to see some color on her __________________ 1984 chevy c10, built 400sb,.(SOLD) 77 K10 Project / daily driver "The Grinch" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=318363 1956 Willys Wagon (327 chevy) Project (Now Buick 225) 1980 Corvette L-48 4 speed 1992 Mustang GT built 5.0 5 speed 1985 C10 LWB Sold 1982 K10 SWB plow truck Parted out 1986 D30 M1028 fire brush truck Parted out

10-30-2006, 05:42 AM	#112
watahyahknow Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: the netherlands europe Posts: 4,335	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache seeing the car together in the colour you choose makes me see why you used it . the car looks like it left the showroomfloor that way . a set of steel wheels with moon type hubcaps and whitewhalls would look nice on it now __________________ i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts

10-30-2006, 06:12 AM	#113
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10-31-2006, 10:20 AM	#114
Jebb1978 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mesa,Az Posts: 3,713	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Wow Tex, you are a man of your word! The first thing I looked for when I got to work today was an update on your old girl. It looks nice! Congrats, you have been at it non stop and it shows. __________________ 1959 GMC project

10-31-2006, 05:36 PM	#115
texascowboy593 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southeast Tx Posts: 1,302	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache I appreciate the kind words yall... Whatahyaknow-I agree with the steelies and whitewalls. I think it would be cool. I've always been partial to turquoise. That color is the GM Tropical Turquoise from 1958. Jebb- I have been non-stop and it was killing me at work yesterday. I drove 450 miles (im a truckdriver) on 3 hrs sleep . Although it came together fast, I don't suggest that everyone go as "gung-ho" as I did with it. There are a couple of places that I didn't have the opportunity to thoroughly fix to my standards. I was in a time crunch with extenuating circumstances... I am overall very pleased with how the truck turned out. This weekend I plan on borrowing a trailer to take her home. There is still much to do before she's totally street-legal and the interior is still a mess. The work that I could not do at home is now complete and I am so happy about that. The updates will not be fast and furious as they once were due to the upcoming holidays and a slight slowdown at work but whenever I make a little progress, I'll be sure y'all are the first to know! Next things to do are: New seats from a late model chevy tahoe or similar New exhaust system (those cherry bombs have got to go) Interior door panels and other accesories from Roddoors.com Bed Wood Kit (either Mar-K or Bruce Horkey) Rubber floor mat The list goes on and on... Thx, James __________________ "The rays of light thru the Shiner Bock bottle make me wanna turn the key and put down the throttle...and get lost down 35" - Jason Boland www.YouTube.com/user/593Films - Watch My Videos! 1977 Silverado K10 2014 Dodge Durango (Wife-mobile) 2008 Dodge Ram Lone Star Edition (Daily driver) Last edited by texascowboy593; 10-31-2006 at 06:43 PM.



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11-01-2006, 03:11 PM	#116
caino59 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 46	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache lookin good! just as a note with using seats from a late model chevy/gmc truck...keep in mind that the late models have a hump. i'm going to be using a 60/40 split bench from a 97 GMC...haven't really had a chance to really look into it, but it looks like the outter passenger seat bracket will work on the inner driver seat to make it work for a flat floor (if that makes sense ;oP) diggin it man....i love the 4 holers ;o) __________________ 1959 Chevy - Project Pics!

11-01-2006, 06:08 PM	#117
58 gmc ToTM Winner Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: okc Posts: 243	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Great Lookin 4-Holer, love to see them come together, keep up the good work and GO SOONERS!

11-02-2006, 01:24 AM	#119
CAL 58 GMC Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Clovis Ca. Posts: 3,311	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Nice work Cowboy!!! I like the turqoise. Was that the origanal color for the truck? I know alot of them came that color, including mine. Keep up the good work and keep the picture coming! __________________ Classic Trucks Link http://www.classictrucks.com/feature...uck/index.html 1958 GMC.Project Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=162816 1966 Chevelle Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=443576 Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrNKo8F7Zw#GU5U2spHI_4 Last edited by CAL 58 GMC; 11-02-2006 at 01:24 AM.

11-04-2006, 01:37 PM	#122
Daniel U Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Central Coast, CA. Posts: 1,202	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Looks good. Is the front end a one piece front tilt? Are you going to run ext. mirrors? I love those big back windows! __________________ Mom's 1954 (TBI 5.7/700R4/14 bolt 4:10) 5 Chevrolet window 3/4 ton long bed Pick up build thread ->http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...d.php?t=228674 My 1954 (TPI 5.7/700R4/10 bolt 3:73) Chevrolet 5 window 1/2 ton short bed Pick up build thread->http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...3&goto=newpost 1960 (400/T350/?) Apache 10 short/fleet side-big window 1973 (TPI 5.7/700R4/14 bolt 4:10 w DANA 60 front) Chevrolet Cheyenne 4X4 2013 (Vortec 5.3/6-speed 6L90 automatic) Sierra LT CREW CAB Doing my part to warm the globe Last edited by Daniel U; 11-04-2006 at 01:39 PM.

11-04-2006, 05:18 PM	#123
texascowboy593 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southeast Tx Posts: 1,302	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache Mar-k... I will probably be giving yall a call in a couple of months about the bed wood... Daniel... its not a tilt front-end. You maybe referring to one of the pics where the bottom rear of the fender sticks out. It hadn't been bolted down yet. I've got 4in peep mirrors with smokey glass I'm putting on the top of the doors. I appreciate the comments guys! Going to load her up for the ride home...I'll post pics later! __________________ "The rays of light thru the Shiner Bock bottle make me wanna turn the key and put down the throttle...and get lost down 35" - Jason Boland www.YouTube.com/user/593Films - Watch My Videos! 1977 Silverado K10 2014 Dodge Durango (Wife-mobile) 2008 Dodge Ram Lone Star Edition (Daily driver)

11-04-2006, 06:32 PM	#124
poncho_villa Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: B.C. Posts: 457	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache I felt confident that this build would look great in that colour. Well done Tex. Keep the pics coming. You have a fan club.

11-05-2006, 02:47 AM	#125
dwcsr Hollister Road Co. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 6,134	Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache It looks great. You sure have made some progress in a short time. Can I bring mine over for you to finish?

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