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[RustenPaines]

Talked to the shop again today. Looks like we are going to weld
the tail gate into place. The owner has an ideaof a plexiglass rear
Window that will hold the rear liscense plate. Hmmmm thinking about
that. Probably mount it in the bumper like normal. There's been
talk about sucking the bumpers in an inch or two as well. The next
couple weeks there should be alot of progress and lots of pics.
I also ordered the new tires, falken AS-03 I think. This will
Get that frame to the ground.
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[RustenPaines]

Originally Posted by nuke1

I like the first set of rims!

Nuke - The "Dagger" Yea this thing has been the most popular by far.

[RustenPaines]

Thanks Cheby.
Let's see if we can get some opinion going
1. Tail gate- we are going to keep the Chevrolet logo but smooth
Out the handle opening. So there is an indent in the tail gate
should this be smoothed out? If so should Tge logo be center
vertically in the tail gate.
2. Originally I wanted a normal gas tank neck with a gas door in the side
of the bed. I'm not sold any ideas? I have thought about a
Resest billet race gas top on the driver side of the bed? Too
retro?
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[Ronm909]

My opinion
1. leave the chevy logo, shave the handle
2. put the gas filler in the beds floor..trucks low enough, wont be an issue, they sell killer recessed floor fillers with nice covers

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by Ronm909

My opinion
1. leave the chevy logo, shave the handle
2. put the gas filler in the beds floor..trucks low enough, wont be an issue, they sell killer recessed floor fillers with nice covers

i agree with this !!! i kinda dig an old cobra style gas cap in the bed floor..like one of the flip up styles like N2BILLET's..his rocks!!

[RustenPaines]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

i agree with this !!! i kinda dig an old cobra style gas cap in the bed floor..like one of the flip up styles like N2BILLET's..his rocks!!

I have looked at that option. So far I like the gas filler neck located behind the tail light the best.

[RustenPaines]

Another way to go.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by RustenPaines

Thanks Cheby.
Let's see if we can get some opinion going
1. Tail gate- we are going to keep the Chevrolet logo but smooth
Out the handle opening. So there is an indent in the tail gate
should this be smoothed out? If so should Tge logo be center
vertically in the tail gate.
2. Originally I wanted a normal gas tank neck with a gas door in the side
of the bed. I'm not sold any ideas? I have thought about a
Resest billet race gas top on the driver side of the bed? Too
retro?
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1) Shave the handle, move the logo up to center and fill in the indent. Makes it 100% nicer than just filling the indent and leaving it low in the gate...

2)Put a flush pop up cap in the stake pocket (Painted body color) or a pop up door in the bed that looks like the rest of the bed floor so it blends in....

[RustenPaines]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

1) Shave the handle, move the logo up to center and fill in the indent. Makes it 100% nicer than just filling the indent and leaving it low in the gate...

2)Put a flush pop up cap in the stake pocket (Painted body color) or a pop up door in the bed that looks like the rest of the bed floor so it blends in....

VA72C10 Yeah I agree with moving the logo up after filling the indent. Still up in the air weather to do it or not. Here are a few examples that did not relocate logo.

[m6z]

nice work

[RustenPaines]

Originally Posted by m6z

nice work

Thanks Doug the shop is doing a great job so far.

[RustenPaines]

Looken pretty good. The bed is welded in place. Wheel wells are chopped and being prepped to be welding in. i thought I would give a little more info on how they are doing these mods:

The bed: I have seen some very clever ways to raise your bed. This is what they did. The bed sides where mounted to the front and rear floor beam. Then mounted on the frame as if it was a stock setup. 1" box tube was set ontop of the c notch with the floor set ontop of that to help set it level . They then took 1" square tubing to make a frame that would weld to the inner bed side. This created a lip to set the bed floor on. After the frame was tack welded up the floor was installeds and tack welded.
Rear wheel wells, They removed the top of the wheel well. shaved off two inches and split it into two peices. Rewelded the top on which now created the top corners of the Wheel wells. A donor wheel well provided the center filler plate.
Supports from the frame to the bed floor will be installed as well as removable tray that will house the air system.
This week the tail gate will be installed and tail gate handle smoothed.

[67cheby]

looking good

[RustenPaines]

Thanks Cheby

A little progress has been made,
tail gates welded up
inside of the gate is smoothed
bed pockets are smoothed
wheel wells are welded up
dash is smoothed with the exeption of the ash tray

I called Centerline wheels today, It would be nice if a company could actually do there job and in the time line they tell you. Nope, the wheels had the wrong lip and I have to wait another two months. Sorry if your not supposed to post items like this but it is true BS and they should learn to write there orders in legible hand writing!

Well here are some pics

[RustenPaines]

We are going to do something a little different on the rear bumper. teh bed sides will be notched. the bumper will be narrowed about two inches and slid under the bed about two inches. The fron will be nipped and tucked too.

[RustenPaines]

http://www.kindigit.com/goods.php

[RustenPaines]

Here is a truck with something that looks like the Big blocks. I like how the engine compartment was finished, with the exception of no inner fenders.

Custom Bagged 1968 Chevy C10 Pickup - YouTube

This is cool one from Germany, Nice looking GMC

TURTLEBALL 2011 1969 GMC SHOW TRUCK - YouTube

[Dieselwrencher]

Kick azz build! I love it. You have changed it up about as much as I have over the course of the build. Keep up the great work.

[67cheby]

looking good...like the bumper idea, cant wait to see it

[wicky]

Good looking build ya got goin on
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[RustenPaines]

Thanks fellas
Things are running slow now. The project seems to be bogged down waiting for parts.
There are a couple new items. Under the bed a tray has been constructed to house the two air tanks, pumps and batteries.
KinDigIt handles where installed. Both the stock handles and these had pluses and minuses. I couldnt decide so I flipped a coin. Seriously, the shop owner doesnt believe me but really either way I would have been happy.
Next item on the chopping block is the dash and inner fenders. The dash will be a modified glove box door.

NOTE: The wheels have been canceled, the manufacturer made the wrong wheels then reniged on producing my order in an attempt to force my hand in purchasing there mistake. That didnt fly.

[67cheby]

do you push them in and then they pop out ? just trying to figure out how they work ?

[RustenPaines]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

do you push them in and then they pop out ? just trying to figure out how they work ?

Sorry Link added, where the button is to push in and open the latch you push in on the handle and the rest of the handle ( the thin part to the right ) pivots out.

[VA72C10]

Those are really cool! had to google them and what a slick idea!

[67cheby]

ok i will google it