'64 chevy 2wd to 4wd

[dieseldawg142]

well, one good thing 'bout 3 clunkers on the go, always got a new picture....
speaking of, my diffs & t-case's came in today-yay!, now i can get back on the '55 for a bit....cant wait to hit it with some color
also got some wide & narrow steelies, hope them krawlers get here soon


heated the box on the dually & pulled it as far as it would go without distorting. thinking knock the box bulkhead out & going wider to get it out there that last bit. inside of the box will be slightly out of square, but i won't tell anyone....


removing the 2wd, and chopped the amt 1 piece chassis pan in half, starting on a frame for it


started on the dually's int. tried something different, printed the gauges on a piece of photo paper instead of decal paper- dont know if i like it....

[Dieselburb86]

I love the guages printed on the photo paper. Looks realistic!

[dieseldawg142]

really? you think so? ok, maybe i'll leave it alone.

ha-ha, success on the dually box!
figure how i got the bulkhead off, here's the hole melted in the front of the box....


and there she be
the wider bulkhead was under so much tension (even after i doubled it, 040 stock) it kept bowing no matter what i did or how much glue i dumped on it, so i finally just glued the angle in there, i'll put a bed mat in it & call it a day


but first....looks like the trucks will be on hold for a couple hrs.....
instead of sitting in my chair, i'm down to the wife's footstool.....
if you got good eyes, there's the 454 for the dually started, turn signal lever on it's steering column, t-case lever & it's console installed, & drilled out a couple diffs & run metal threw them, for the '55

[dieseldawg142]

went quadding last weekend & had an incident where i destroyed my camera so now i need to invest in another one.
the '55 i'm still waiting for the krawlers so i can set the ride height, the dually i have finished & painted the chassis & running gear, not so much on the ext-cab yet.
was able to extract the sd card out of the camera, there was these 2 pics of the dually from last week on there, just the front springs are installed then.

[Ol Blue K20]

Look at the bright side, it was the camera and not you. Dually looks pretty good now.

[dieseldawg142]

hmmm, i dont know Dale, went and looked at camera's today, i think i would have rather had some bruises or broken bones & my old canon instead
the prices & the non-simplicity of them, i liked my old canon, 3 buttons, off/on, vid/pic, & a shutter button- nice & simple for a noob like me. lady at the store is going on about wifi this, mega byte-something that, how it will make coffee, change my underwear.....
i think i kinda lost her when i pointed to a bunch of symbols on it & asked her whats this s**t for, before i could catch myself....
so i hit up CL & found a camera almost exactly like mine, has a little more zoom & a couple more megapixels (??) anyways, old guy owns it, looks brand new in the pics, has the box & all attachments, & costs less than a third of what the stores want- right up my alley
going to go look at it tomorrow

[dieseldawg142]

today was a good day. back in business!
my "new" old camera panned out, perfect shape & it's like i already know how to use it and about $150 cheaper than the store to boot
my old canon, 10 megapixel/10 zoom. lens shattered & when it bent it cracked the view screen & it's all rainbow colors now and something jammed the sd card in- took a bit to work it out without wrecking it....
OLD


NEW OLD 12 megapixel/12 zoom, other than that, all the same


and the postman dropped off a couple sets of these sweeeet bf's today


final rim & tire combo, yeah, i like it....

[dieseldawg142]

did a little work on the dually while waiting for the bf's
did not realize how low i was on stock air cleaners of any kind, so i de-chromed a chrome open element cleaner, then super glued a strip of styrene around the filter. a tricky thing to do as it always wants to curl off 'till the glue sets....so you really have to hold it tight.....knife time again.....


after i "removed" the cleaner from my finger, i made a short snorkel for it
been trying different things on this truck too (gauges) tried something diff on the shocks. the wheels will be tucked in a little closer after i strip the paint off the axle ends, and the body still has some more sanding scratches to get rid of

[Ol Blue K20]

The new/old camera takes nice pics, shows the details of the air cleaner stuck to your thumb great. .lol...I like the steelies too. Dually is coming along nicely too. Great multi tasking. ...

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale!
yeah, it's like me, old & simple, but gets the job done....think the wife said something like that once
found this neat-o little chain for a buck, should make good tailgate chains. started making rear leafs & rear axle for the '55....


....cause the front is 90% there....


setback....did'nt even notice till i primed the 2 fronts-notice anything?
2 are 8 lug & 2 are 6 lug. contacted the guy & not only did he already ship 2 more 8 lugs, he threw 2 more six'ers in there so i'll have a 6 bolt set too-yeah! thumbs up to Danny at S.U.!

[dieseldawg142]

and the dually chassis is done except for mudflaps, steering column, & whatever else once the body is back on.
another setback- couple blobs of extra paint hit the body, waiting for it to cure so i can wet sand it down again color rhymes with crack
plus side, i did find some really cool looking "shimmering blue metallic" paint for the ECSB today

[Ol Blue K20]

Lots of progress and they're looking great. When I was looking at the wheels, I didn't notice the difference. You can only see one side at a time. LOL Keep up the great work

[dieseldawg142]

was a nasty week at work on this blinking hotel, 10-12 hr days in 90+ heat (well over a hunnered on the roof) not much accomplished on the trucks, to beat after work....
but i'm hoping the other steelies show up this week, be needing them soon....
de-chromed the grill, bumpers, mirrors, etc & spent a couple hrs opening up the grill


box is ready for paint, cab & hood have some touch-ups to finish


chassis for the '55 is mostly there...

[dieseldawg142]

and forgot, some paint on the dually, needs to be detailed, sanded & cleared yet....


and yeah, too much junk on the go right now......but....cant......stop.....thinking.....'bout this one.....
mpc snapper blaze, was going to do the usual, lift & tires. already got a '78 blaze, so i was going to cut off the whole roof & make a '73-'75 blaze. but the hood dont open, no engine, & one piece chassis, alotta slicin' & dicin'.
if i'm going that far, i figure mite as well STRETCH it into a sub- something i dont have in the fleet. now i just need to find a donor cab.......

[Ol Blue K20]

How did you open up the grill? It looks great. Frame and dually are looking good too. Waiting to see more on what ya do with the blazer

[dieseldawg142]

yeah, now i got 'burbs on the brain Dale...
also got a gravedigger truck, thinking of ditching everything except for the body & makin a b****in' old trail truck....crap! back to that imagination bigger than my wallet thing.....
the grille? lotsa knifing & sanding. thought it would be easier than painting the background black, then TRY to paint all the grille bars white...& STRAIT....
dually is done. kind of sped threw this one, want to get back on the '55 crew, not happy with a few things but i'll leave as is for now- when i'm bored or slow, i'll drag it back out
no. 1- should have notched the rear frame so the leafs can come in more, too much tire sticking out looking goofy
no. 2- headlights. could'nt get all the multiple layers of paint off them, so i just slapped some white on them. hoping to find an undamaged/unpainted grill & go at it again
plus side i was pleased with how the paint came out. with them multiple coats came multiple rounds of sanding. then i had wrinkling & fish mouthing from some of the old paint, then i nailed it with some blobs of paint......prob sanded it 14-15 times....

[dieseldawg142]

couple more...

[Ol Blue K20]

The dually looks great. Some details I noticed in the pics, the decal on the shroud, the drop hitch, the front locking hubs, visor and the striping. I also like the white wheels and the paint looks really good. All in all your patience paid off it looks great. Especially when you started out with a melted twisted wreck.

[dieseldawg142]

thanks Dale!
yeah, a few times i was almost ready to pack it in & just hit it with some flat black...

and here i thought i was so smart using the vette elec fan, avoid any clearence issues. well the body is FINALLY ready for paint, so one last mock-up just to make sure....



....and check out the lousy hood fitment all of a sudden- crap! rad support again!!
so i rip my support all apart, start modifying, nothings really working, grabbed a stock rad support, threw it in there, & BAM! figured it out & solved all the worlds problems...
the corners of the stock rad support are higher then where the hood sits at the fenders, ta-daa!
i'll have to write a sternly worded letter to AMT about this......

[dieseldawg142]

all this time i been lifting bodies, making new supports, when all i needed to do was nip & sand the corners


but i did'nt rip my support apart for nothing. while test fitting the support i realized all you will see is a blank wall now that the grille is opened. so i stuck a small piece of rad there to simulate the front of it

[Ol Blue K20]

It's looking great, I can't wait to see it painted.

[dieseldawg142]

with the flippin' humidity it was taking FOREVER for the paint to cure out....
'vette LT1


did'nt like the big holes down each side of the cab either....

[dieseldawg142]

couple more....

[dieseldawg142]

thought it was a little to plain, whipped up a rollbar & lites....

[Ol Blue K20]

Looks great! Love the license plate and the white and that green really pops. Definitely came out very nice