1948 Chevy / S10

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by xpickup

jordabennett, Thank you. Glad you like it. I do love doing them.

I put the caddy tail lights in yesterday. My buddy liked them so he had me put them in. The first pictures is a little trick I cam up with for hole sawing sheet metal. The pilot bit always makes the hole larger and the hole saw moves around. It really does it when doing it on a curved part. I first drill the 1/4" hole then take a 5/16" nut and take a 1/4" rod and line everything up on the plain that you want to drill on. Then tack the nut to the sheet metal. On this one it had a big space so I sheared a little piece of metal and tack it in too. It works great and the hole saw stays put. I made the light buckets out of 3 1/2" tube. The first side is done , now the second side after I get more welding gas. I am going to make a paper template so they will be the same and plasma cut the fender because now I know where they need to be.

Shannon

neat trick, thanks

[Daze57]

shannon

lights look great !!!!!

[oldman3]

Shannon, very nice work on the install, and thanks for the lesson on drilling holes on the curve, nice ideal....Jim

[99 to Life]

shannon,

yeah I love them taillights. Seen em before on these trucks, def very sleek. Great mod, great metal work. How do they mount? They have some threads on the back or anything? Easy to get to??

[xpickup]

Chevette, Daze57, mknittle, oldman3, Thank you. Yes, it works well because hole sawing is always a pain. I always like little tricks to make things easier.

99 to Life, Thank you. I will take a picture of the buckets I made. As for the light I will tack a screw in it and the will be a lock nut on the inside of the fender. So it can be removed for changing the bulbs.

Shannon

[xpickup]

99 to Life, here are the light buckets. It starts with 3.5 tubing and then gets a cap welded to the end. The outside holes are the mounting holes and the center hole is where the bulb wires come out. I tack it in the hole and square everything up and mark it with a sharpie marker then break the tack and use my trusty slitter wheel on the 4.5 inch grinder to cut it to the profile of the fender.

Shannon

[xpickup]

I finished up the tail lights this weekend. So now I have a bunch of little things I am working on now. I finished the edges on the splash aprons and the radius on the running boards. So they are finished now also. Next is the inside filler piece on the roll pan to the raised bed floor. So keeping with the paneled theme I will panel it too. But that will be this week. I only did a small sample so I could see if my bend and step was right.

Shannon

[xpickup]

more

Shannon

[seanery]

b!tchin' work!!

[mknittle]

The running boards look super.

[oldman3]

That pickup is looking so good, nice work...Jim

[99 to Life]

a@@ end is looking sexy

[xpickup]

seanery, mknittle, oldman3, 99 to Life, Thank you all. Glad you all like it. I should have more pictures this weekend. I should be starting the inner wheel wells and a forward tilting hood.

Shannon

[Daze57]

shannon

you are gettin that truck very dialed in - excellent skills and workmanship.
we have a bunch of very talented guys on this forum and i know we learn from others .

[xpickup]

Daze57, Thank you. I know I have learned a lot on here and I always willing to share how I do things. That is the great thing about this forum. Great forum and great people on it.

Shannon

[Larry Lindley]

the golden hammer has struck again,very good work.

[xpickup]

Larry Lindley, Thank you. I do like my special golden hammer. Haha

I had off today so I worked in the garage for 5 hrs. I now have the drivers running board and splash apron all finished up and the filler piece for the roll pan. I used it to fill in because of the raised bed floor. So it is done also. I am moving front now . So next will be a few spots around the wind shield and then onto the inner wheel wells. I also have a picture of the pickup and the panel together. I am going to a car show tonight.

Shannon

[xpickup]

a few more.

Shannon

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by xpickup

Larry Lindley, Thank you. I do like my special golden hammer. Haha

I had off today so I worked in the garage for 5 hrs. I now have the drivers running board and splash apron all finished up and the filler piece for the roll pan. I used it to fill in because of the raised bed floor. So it is done also. I am moving front now . So next will be a few spots around the wind shield and then onto the inner wheel wells. I also have a picture of the pickup and the panel together. I am going to a car show tonight.

Shannon

Lookin good! man I gotta get my bead roller powered.

[99 to Life]

I know you mentioned blind spots while driving the panel, daaaaaannnggg I feel you. How about some trucker mirrors. I actually like them and they would help you out. Wish I had a power bead roller too. Great work

[xpickup]

Daze57, Thank you

oldman3, Thank you, I thought it looked neat face to face.

mknittle, Thank you. The bad thing is I think I need to build a 36" deep bead roller. So I think I am going to have to do a rebuild. Powering was a great addition though.

99 to Life, Thank you. Yes it is the moving blind spot. I do have other mirrors but have not had the time to put them on. They are really nice, they have LED turn signals in the front of them. I do not like the way they mount so I will do it another way.

I started on the inner wheel wells today. I first started with some 2" strips and bent them so I could make a buck for them when rolling them and checking for the clearances. I used my stretcher/shrinker to make my radiuses. Then tacked them together when I was happy. Then used poster board for my sheet metal lay out. I cut it all out then did my bead rolling. I had the swap my dies top to bottom because I could not get the part through the throat of the bead roller. I need to make a bigger one! Then rolled it on the slip roller. It fits great. I need to finish the front and the back where it bolts the the rear upper part of the fender because it angles back. I use the stretcher to get it to fit the fender. I am going to make the panel a set hopefully soon also.

Shannon

[Daze57]

your work is absolutely sick !!!!!!!!!!! in a good way !

[oldman3]

Beautiful work as usual, those two rides together look outstanding, enjoy the show....Jim

[oldman3]

Shannon, inner fenders look great, nice work....Jim

[Larry Lindley]

Great work again,thanks for sharing.now make room for mine.