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1965 swb restomod
Thought I would start a new thread and just ad to it as I go. Got the front body work off today. Only broke 4 bolts and had to torch 1 lower fender bolt and 1 rad support bolt. Not too bad. I'm hoping to push it back out tomorrow and get the bed off and maybe the cab. Then back into the shop to get the steering and suspension off along with all the brake lines and fuel lines. Should he able to get it to the powder coater next week. I'm having concrete poured in front of the shop next week so I want to get it done before its poured.
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Re: 1965 swb restomod
Got the bed off today and moved it outside. Next weekend the cab comes off and it goes back into the shop for a suspension strip.
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Looks like fun, keep us posted.
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Re: 1965 swb restomod
Got some parts in and I hope to get the cab off today or tomorrow. Unfortunately I wont be able to get the chassis into the garage until next weekend at the soonest. I'm having concrete poured right in front of the shop so i'll have to let that cure for a while. I got a new cross member, trailing arms, lowering kit from Speedway, track bar and other stuff I'm probably forgetting. lol I'm starting at the rear because thats easiest than will move on to the front. Heres a pic of the cross member I'm using. The rest of the stuff I'll leave boxed up so it doesnt get spread all over the shop.
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Finally got a chance to get to work on the truck. Body is off and I'll be taking all the lines and wiring off this week. I'm hoping to get the rear end out and front suspension stripped off this week while on vacation. Then weld.up some holes and mount the power steering bracket before taking the frame to powder coat. I'll post some pics as I go.
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Looks like you're moving along well and have a nice work area to make it happen in.
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Nice job so far!!
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I will hopefully be following you along with the same process in about a month. One of the things I will need to do is build a cab dolly like yours. I plan to put it out to the forum for design ideas, but thought I would ask you as well. How high does your sit the cab off the ground and do you have it sitting on the cab support rails or on the cab mounts? I am lucking on mine that I don't need to do any work to the cab supports. So, I was thinking about building mine so it sits like it will sit on the frame and have the the cab sit on the dolly at the cab mounts. Just wondering how you built yours.
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I love my shop! I almost got squished working on my 78 f250 in my gravel driveway so I built the shop about 5 years ago. Now it's only used for my 65 unless I need to fix one of my drivers but everything is on dollies so it all can be moved out of the way. I'm swapping out all the 4 foot leds to hyoerlights in a couple weeks so that should clean up the ceiling a little bit until I get the metal work done.
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Git the back half of the frame stripped down yesterday and found the rear cross member is bent. I also noticed the front one is bent. I found a guy who has a set of good ones he will sell me so the bent ones will be coming out today. I'm also going to finish stripping the rear diff and start on the front suspension. I'm off the next couple of days while my wife is at work so I can work without being interrupted. Lol
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This frame is the gift that keeps on giving. Lol Found that the driver side frame horn has had a not so great repair and the left upper control arm mount has had the rivets cut out and bolts used. Now I get to cut the right side rivets out to make it match. Got the power coat estimate of 800 dollars. If that seems high it's because the are using 2 colors to get a candy red color so they have to do it twice. I'm doing the frame and cross members the candy color and all the suspension in flat black. It'll by a few weeks before I get it done but I'll post pics when I get it back.
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Not my wife, apparently with todays technology, calling me while I was @$$ deep in grease is okay. Then I dropped the phone as it was so slippery from the grease, called her back immediately and she said I hung up on her. I said no, I'm @$$ deep in grease, dropped the phone, sorry (my fault I guess). LOL. We laugh about it. THAT was after I told her I'd be @$$ deep in grease! She's a great woman though, helped me get the 350 in my '64! I'm liking the progress on this truck!
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Finally took the frame to the powder coated. Should get it back this week. Went with cherry illusion for the color.
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Look forward to the frame updates!
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Got the frame back from the powder coater! It looks great. I started to put the control arms on. I had to paint the spindles and dust plates to match the gloss black. The rear diff and PS bracket are at the powder coater now. Grade 8 bolts for everything and gloss black for suspension stuff. I might just use shellack on the steering components not sure yet.
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That looks damn good.
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That looks great. I am hopefully going to have mine powder coated in the next month or so. Hope mine turns out half as good as that.
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Wow amazing results on the frame! Based on color this is no ordinary stock renovation. Curious what your vision is for this truck, engine trans, suspension, interior, gauges, exterior color, or do you just want to surprise us all? Haha
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