46 pickemup in NJ "the Rebuild"

[tune_1]

I have enjoyed dropping in and following what you have done. I hope that you document the new truck in Alternate Tinkerings so I can follow that too.

Dwight

[gokellurself]

this old man's junk yard I keep raving about has far more Dodge stuff than anything for our Chevy's. If you really need to find something he's about an hour away from me, I'd be happy to work in a trip up there

absolutely awesome find! what plans do you have for it?

[paintman]

[QUOTE=gokellurself;8041963 what plans do you have for it?

For now I just want to get the body apart so I can get it up in the barn for storage. Also build a crib for the cab and get it, into the garage. Then I can take a closer look at the frame and see which way to go.

I am kicking around the idea of boxing the original frame and using a Scott's front end and four bar link in the back. Or try and find a Dakota frame and make that swap. Either way I would use either a 318 or 360 to keep it all Mopar.

My last choice would be the belly button S10 /SBC swap. As with my 292 build, you can see I'm the kind of guy who likes to paddle up stream.

Whatever road I choose.......This is my inspiration.....................
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_trtgiIILw[/url]

[rusty76]

I’m in for the ride now. Cool truck and thread.

[Diesel46]

Have you been able to get any driving time in the old Chevy? What wheel/tire choice did you come up with? So close to the finish line! Next project looks good.

[paintman]

Merry Christmas everybody from the paintman family!

[tune_1]

What a great family picture.

Have a great holiday


Dwight

[streetrodchev]

Merry Christmas.

Great pictures.

[joedoh]

merry christmas! great family pictures!

[CURSED GEARS]

Merry Christmas!

Great pictures!

Congrats on the Dodge truck, Always liked the way they looked.

[solidaxel]

Stunning !

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas

[rusty76]

Merry Christmas

[botoepfer]

Beautiful Family picture Indeed,, I have a few questions for you Paintman, I have a 63 C10 and I have a bad Heater core, I am looking for a bulkhead fitting to cure my AN addiction.. I too want to run braided stainless Heater lines, Also where did you get that cool Plug wire loom,,? and the cool red block for the water temp sender? Thanks Love your thread !,, all the best Bo

[paintman]

Originally Posted by botoepfer

Beautiful Family picture Indeed,, I have a few questions for you Paintman, I have a 63 C10 and I have a bad Heater core, I am looking for a bulkhead fitting to cure my AN addiction.. I too want to run braided stainless Heater lines, Also where did you get that cool Plug wire loom,,? and the cool red block for the water temp sender? Thanks Love your thread !,, all the best Bo

I am assuming you are refering to the stainless bulkhead fittings going through my firewall yes? I got them from Hardin Marine, they have a .com site. They were the only bulkhead fittings I could find that would match up to my heater core.

The red block that I am using for my temp. probe, I got from either Summit or Jegs. If I remember correctly

[botoepfer]

Yes that is what I was speaking of,, Thanks for the prompt reply , I hope I can reach out if I have more questions Thanks

[dillonv2008]

what thickness did you use for your plate on floorpan where column and brake pedal are at. and also for your brake assemebly that you mounted to the frame what thickness did you use. it almost looks like 3/16 for frame and 1/8 for floor pan??

[paintman]

[QUOTE=dillonv2008;8172896]what thickness did you use for your plate on floorpan where column and brake pedal are at. and also for your brake assemebly that you mounted to the frame what thickness did you use. it almost looks like 3/16 for frame and 1/8 for floor pan??[/QUOTE

I had originally bought one of those pre made floor pans for a 46 from sheet metal direct, (i think) but it was a piece of $%&t just like all repo parts. So if I remember correctly I used 1/8th for the top of the floor pan. 1/16th felt way to flimsy. But it would have work well with beads rolled into it. But all I had was caveman tools, so 1/8" is was. Can't really remember because that was almost 6 years ago.

[dillonv2008]

[quote=paintman;8173252]

Originally Posted by dillonv2008

what thickness did you use for your plate on floorpan where column and brake pedal are at. and also for your brake assemebly that you mounted to the frame what thickness did you use. it almost looks like 3/16 for frame and 1/8 for floor pan??[/QUOTE

I had originally bought one of those pre made floor pans for a 46 from sheet metal direct, (i think) but it was a piece of $%&t just like all repo parts. So if I remember correctly I used 1/8th for the top of the floor pan. 1/16th felt way to flimsy. But it would have work well with beads rolled into it. But all I had was caveman tools, so 1/8" is was. Can't really remember because that was almost 6 years ago.

gotcha gotcha looks awesome been studying the floor and seat and brake to make my own haha

[LT7A]

Nice work Paintman! I like how as time went on you spoke less about your perceived limitations and were more matter of fact about what needed to be done and just did it! You can approach this next one with the confidence of experience now. The truck is beautiful. Did you decide about wheels and tires? Could just paint the ones you have to match each other and call it good for the time being. I think it'd be great if you just continued on in this same thread with the work you're going to do on that Dodge. If not, put it in alternate tinkerings and let us know the link. Since you're going to leave the patina on that one, do you think you might do more of a refurbishment than a full-on custom this next time? Thanks for sharing.

[paintman]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Did you decide about wheels and tires? Could just paint the ones you have to match each other and call it good for the time being. I think it'd be great if you just continued on in this same thread with the work you're going to do on that Dodge. If not, put it in alternate tinkerings and let us know the link. Since you're going to leave the patina on that one, do you think you might do more of a refurbishment than a full-on custom this next time? Thanks for sharing.

Funny you should ask! First Wheel Vintiques jerked me around for about 6 weeks. Then I finally got my wheels back from powder coat. Fronts are 15x6 Rears are 15x7. Going to go with wide whites when i finally get off my ass and feel like handing over $1,000!
Just your standard smoothies painted satin black


As far as the Dodge since I couldn't find a decent Mopar forum, I decided to put the build on this forum Alternate Tinkerings until further notice.
Follow the bouncing ball and enjoy.............................
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...50#post8275250

[joedoh]

I know this doesnt help now, but jegs stocks the smoothies and ships the same day. did you order a special offset?

[paintman]

Originally Posted by joedoh

I know this doesnt help now, but jegs stocks the smoothies and ships the same day. did you order a special offset?

Hey Joe! Yes the rears I had custom made with a 4 3/4 offset to tuck the wheels in a little further. That was the easy part. When I went and ordered the fronts (standard size), via their website it took 4 weeks before someone called and confirmed the order. Then, he never forwarded the order to the next in command so apparently my order just sat on his desk. So after a phone call, and a dose of the Paintman's attidude, I had them in 3 days. I knew I could have called Jegs but I figured they would just call Vintiques and have them sent.

[docrock]

I did the same thing. But, I was at Goodguys and performance was having a sale on US Wheels Smoothies. 50 each. I got 15x6 and 15x7 painted them. Got a guy to mount my L78-15 for 40 out the door. Granted they are 30 year old tires but they hold air and for now they are great for cruising. I did bite the bullet and get the trim rings and caps. Those are not cheap

[paintman]

Finally got off my ass and got my tires and caps. I think we will call it finished for now. Over the winter I might put the regular MII spindles back on to see how it sits. Right now it's on 2" dropped.

Rears 235/70 R15 on 7" rims
Fronts 215/70 R15 on 6" rims

[joedoh]

lower the back 2"! the front looks amazing