T-Man's 58 Apache project

[apache200]

Tyler58 nice build.. the truck looks great. I recently bought a 58 fleetside bed that is a long wheelbase. I want to cut it down to a short bed. How much did you cut out of your bed? What did you use for patch panels? How did you modify the front of the bed to match the cab? Thank You for the help

[Tyler58]

Day three hoping spring comes soon.

[Tyler58]

Tyler and James were home again to do body work. Here is what we got done

[Tyler58]

A couple more

[Kim57]

Looks like you're making good progress.
Kim

[Tyler58]

This week was a little busy,so never worked on the truck till weekend. Waiting to hear from Nuke 1 on my body skills room for improvement. pictures to follow

[Red Foreman]

I've been following this build, nice progress so far!

[sgaylord]

Looking good. You will be ready for paint in no time!

Steve

[nuke1]

Hey guys, just thought i would give a bit of a update, there has been no progress lately, summer and all. But I will be taking the truck to my shop in the city in about a month or so, get the bodywork done, primed and painted. Goal is to have it done for spring. So we will see how we do. Wish us luck.

[VA72C10]

Great build! In for the finish
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[nuke1]

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Hey everyone, been quite a while since we have been on here. We really want to get this truck done for this year. So as of now we are on a binge of ordering parts ( even tho we do 't want too ) lol. And I am gonna try to get cab done by the end of the month. Painted. Here is a few pice as of now. I got inside and firewall bodywork all done. Now I will have to work on the rear can wall.
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[nuke1]

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[nuke1]

Oops. Sry about the picture
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[arturo7]

Thought you were in Canada, not Australia..

[JML55]

Originally Posted by arturo7

Thought you were in Canada, not Australia..

Thats funny

[Tyler58]

I am back to do a llittle more on Tyler's truck. It seems I am taking longer to get my farm work done every year.(maybe getting old) I put truck in shop and started on my to do list. started with drive shaft

[Tyler58]

I went out and worked on the gas fill location for the truck. I made my pattern out of cardboard then metal had to bend by hand wish I had a metal worker (nuke1) bored over 1 year ago (just joking Nuke1)here are some pictures

[Kim57]

Looking good.
Kim

[dug224]

T-Man: Well done on the gas door. I was wondering how I was going to tackle that detail. My trailblazer filler neck is in that vicinity on the driver side and is flexible. Also, love the light switch detail. The light module that came with my Trailblazer donors incudes a few more switches. I plan on working it into or below the dash in a similar fashion. Keep up the good work. dug

[nuke1]

Thanks guys! Well all three of us are working on the truck, Don (tyler's dad) is at the farm working on the frame and such and then me and Tyler are here in the city trying to get the bodywork done. Hope all goes well. Here is some more progress pics. I got the mud work all completed on the outside of the cab now. still have the jambs and windsheild area to finish yet. and then gap the doors a bit more and do them.

[Tyler58]

Hi Tyler and James the cab is looking good. I got another job done, it was the one that I was not looking forward to (battery box). I came up with this

[Kim57]

Good idea on the box.
Kim

[nuke1]

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Well got a little more done last night. Tyler is still sanding all the jambs and areas and I got the front windshield area a out 2/3 done mudding. It was rusted out and we had to previously fix it. So it is getting there. O. Another note I just want to say a happy belated birthday to Tyler's dad. Don, happy birthday.
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[ChevroletWT]

Man you lay out filler so well it could almost be the final finish!! Great job!

[Tyler58]

I have spent most of the last day working on a tailgate for 58 to cheep to buy new. This is how it looks now