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chassis is mostly there. still working on the 454
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one of the oil filter slash transformer....
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Interior looks great. I.wasn't going to say a thing about the cable.......honest....
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little more on the rollback. i have 'till wed to try finish it. i kinda gave myself a challenge to get 12 models done this yr, one a month. dont know if it will happen.
the body was a ROYAL PIA, then for some reason i could'nt do anything right (except stick my fingers together....) pass side decals went on no prob, first shot, only printed one. dr's side was an exercise in frustration- NINE times i had to print the stripe....... visors & domelight, re-wound the winch the right way, also got a couple of big chrome spots for it 'nother pia was the hood, multiple pieces= multiple warpages. grill valance is cut up & modified one from the s-10 454 is done, it's not glued in, everything is just mocked up for fit- 'nother issue was the fan & rad (SURPRISE!! just like the '55.....) had to make new rad support, new engine mounts, move the trans x-member, lift the body another mil or so, modify the grill to fit new rad support.................. |
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these stripes....grrrrr!
scratched up some seatbelts just another mock-up to check. notice white strip of styrene under rad-still having to shift things around...... i love these things, wish i had them a long time ago. 3d printed i belive |
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It's looking pretty dang nice!
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thanks Dale!
i got the block & trans mounted, had to modify the cab floor & t-case so it would fit as well. ![]() got the exhaust made, still need to do d-shafts, rear will prob be a 2 piece'r. also need to do steering & heater & rad hoses. getting this one done really makes me want to jump on truck 3 of the fleet, the peterbilt. but this rollback has been a HUGE amount of work, bet i got 'bout 60-80 hrs on it, so i'm thinking something simpler next. '55 chev crewcab stepside 1 ton dually 4x4, but with tall skinny lugs ![]() (or maybe one of them un-built kits first....holidays come the 3rd!) |
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with all the probs with this one, didn't think it was going to come together, especially how i lost 4 hrs yesterday swappin' out the switch on the wifes truck- again......
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couple more.....
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the "fleet" so far.......
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You rocked this one, a lot of awesome details. Nice looking fleet too.....
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thanks Dale!
was not a smooth build.....way longer than i figured i know i just did a five-five, but really getting into the crews, & i got an abundance of '55's right now (plus i just like the kit, nice frame etc...) changing directions on this though, thinking all stock looking (4x4 on skinny luggies) but with a modern drivetrain, what most guys do on their 1:1's anyways chopping up some styrene... pretty rough looking right now. to keep the bottom of the cab level & the body lines strait, there's really no way to cut it so the windows line up decently, so i will cut out the center post, shape the windows & put a new post back in. one other prob is the cab tapers back to front..... ....so i had to split & wedge it open. it's going to look rough like this for a week, going camping tomorrow, beer, fishing, quadding, beer..... ![]() so looking forward to it, we've had a heat wave (for us ![]() trivia, took the laser thermometer up on the roof yesterday, air temp 96, roof temp on the surface, 165 degrees, as i roll along with my torch- around 450-ish with spikes to 500. yup, on slow broil all day.... ![]() |
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This looks like a cool project. I have faith in ya.....
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thanks Dale
what the hey, got all these '55's.....this will burn up a couple of 'em ![]() been busy since we got back, not a lot done well, i know what kind of drivetrain i'm putting in, i know it's going to be a crew, i know what colors i'm painting it..... but i'm not sure which way i'm going to go with this...... this is tire & wheels i got kicking around, also thinking non-dually with steelies & lugs, or steelies & bigger tires, haft to order (and of course 4x4 ![]() 1 ton dually crew.... bigger tires.... |
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little more done....
coat of primer to see the touch-ups again, good-bye back wrap |
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Man, that is looking good!
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thanks Dale!
still need to straiten up the drivers body line.... nuthin' glamourous, getting the basic's out of the way, stretched the frame 1 5/16", got the int tub made up, & decided on a engine. basic tub, needs everything yet... and...surprise! surprise! NO bbc this time. '92 vette LT-1.... |
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It looks great to me. You did a great job on the piller between the front and back.
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them pillars ended up being four pieces- each.....
![]() ![]() got some more work done on the LT1. truck will be pretty much stock looking, but went ![]() a little more on the int. kinda at a standstill, thought i had a couple dana's left, only got one, so i ordered 8 or 9 of them, & only got a couple borg warner t-case's, prefer the 205 so i ordered 5 of them too, & a couple sets of some nice steelies and some other junk. while i'm waiting i was looking at the '94 dually i picked up the other month. REALLY need to get my eye's checked..... never noticed the meltage on it. looks like it was to close to a lamp or something- bummer had plans for this & the 454 SS |
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i thought the two '90's chevys would be quick builds, swap the boxes around.....
like the red ext-cab, they have the lousy AMT one piece chassis.... the 454 SS with a real funky paint job... notice the drivers side box twisted in- very tuff to fix.....but i'm going to try cause i dont have a 88-98 single cab dually in the fleet, plus i DO have everything already for it. and i think it will look cool. just threw the body in the stripper, see what happens with it.... and with the left overs i can make another truck i dont have in the fleet, ext-cab SB. this one i need to order tires for, thinking a set of baja claws. after i took these pic's, i heated up the cab with my lighter & was able to push the cab up so it's pretty decent, but the rear cab wall is a mess, might have to cut it out & scratch in a new one.... |
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hmmm....shades of the cameo, two days in the purple pond & nuthing....
![]() down to the store for another jug of dot 3 a tub of cabs, boxes, & interiors well this would explain some of it....poor 'ol SS, having had to suffer first threw a pink paint job, then being "butched" up with a screaming yella multi-stripe clown car paint job....it will finally receive a "proper" color.... the box bulkhead on the SS was also bowed, got that fixed, & was able to save the rear cab wall on the melted ext-cab, mite have to add a little styrene to the bottom of the rear window. when the dually box comes out of the stripper, i'll give it a try.... not a lot to do on the '55 'till some parts show up. got the body sanded down pretty decently, to hard for my big digits to sand inside the cab, made a headliner instead, & avoided the fan into the rad problem this time- LT1, electric fan. was able to use the stock rad support, cut the stock rad off it, filled it, & added a 'vette elec. fan |
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Man, you've been busy while I was up at the cabin. Nice work on the multiple projects.
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sweet, lucky man getting out, we just landed a huge hotel roof that will tie us up for 4-5 weeks, which pretty much kills any time off
![]() crappy deja vu, same thing happened last summer too.... multiple projects? dont know what happened, just minding my bizness building a little old '55, next thing i know, styrene explosion & chevy's everywhere.... ![]() yeah...jeez... on the plus side i always got something to screw around on- even when waiting for parts. right now i for see a lot of sanding.... what a rainbow, no primer was used so the paint has "etched" it's way into the plastic and i do mean rainbow, blue paint under the yella started messing with the dually box. front bulkhead was a disaster, melted in solid & pulled the bedside in, & melted a big chunk out of the front of the floor. again, no primer used.... bulkhead was beyond saving, got rid of it, bedside is already starting to come back |
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made a new bulkhead for it. the inner box is square, but i think i will heat the outer fender & see if i cant pull it out another mil or two. them are the rims & tires going on it, seems low to me....
![]() not the best stuff to use, but it's all i got right now, and looks better than a smooth box with a hole melted in it and as mentioned, getting the x-cab squared up, & straitened the box bulkhead. have to make new rear & 3/4 windows, they got a little melty, but the windshield is still good. and these rims & tires are going on here. my steelies for the '55 showed up today, & i ordered 2 sets of these super cool 35" BFG Krawlers, one set will be hittin' the '55 |
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You're pretty good a multi-tasking. ..lol... alot of nice work you're doing
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