My 57 Pro Street

[Rods57]

"took a chance" dude your like macgyver doing fab work. That bed is one of my favorite parts of this forum. I cant wait to see what you come up with "using only a coat hanger, a scrap piece of 3/4 and an emergency brake cable, he creates an exhaust cut out" Seriously you have skills and its awesome how you make it work.

[Daze57]

excellent work again -always a pleasure to see great skills and workmanship .

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by Rods57

"took a chance" dude your like macgyver doing fab work. That bed is one of my favorite parts of this forum. I cant wait to see what you come up with "using only a coat hanger, a scrap piece of 3/4 and an emergency brake cable, he creates an exhaust cut out" Seriously you have skills and its awesome how you make it work.

Originally Posted by Daze57

excellent work again -always a pleasure to see great skills and workmanship .

Thanks guys, I do appreciate the kind words.
I also get tons of inspiration from the other guys on this site.
Kim

[Fat Mike]

Originally Posted by Kim57

I wanted to tilt the bed to make it easier to remove the tires so I fabbed up some brackets and a frame for it.

The picture of the rear portion of the frame where you narrowed it did you reinforce the inside of the frame before you boxed it in? Also how did you attach the two frames together? Later in the picture of your frame you also triangulated the frames together with gussets. Did this add alot of strength to the frame?

[Fat Mike]

This is your frame that I am talking about & here is mines which I need some advice on.

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Originally Posted by Kim57
I wanted to tilt the bed to make it easier to remove the tires so I fabbed up some brackets and a frame for it.

Mine are kinda a pain taking them off and on. Then I have to torque those Welds to spec.

Forgot you were talking about the tilt/dump bed. I changed my mind on that idea.
Money and more cutting, welding & fabricating
I'm going to have a small fortune tied up in the bed as it is.

I can't remember.... were you gonna add a fuel cell in the back like mine?
If so filling up with gas want be to bad with the tilt. How far back are you gonna set it back? The tilt that is.

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by Fat Mike

Attachment 820350
This is your frame that I am talking about & here is mines which I need some advice on.

Attachment 820351

Fat Mike
Here's a pic of the inside where my frame is attached to the narrowed section.
The left portion with the wood on it is the original frame. I wish I could tell you how it was done but I had a guy with a lot more experience than I had at the time do it. I did add some gussets but they were more for looks than anything else.
Hope this helps.
Kim

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by 1Bad62Pro/Street

Mine are kinda a pain taking them off and on. Then I have to torque those Welds to spec.

Forgot you were talking about the tilt/dump bed. I changed my mind on that idea.
Money and more cutting, welding & fabricating
I'm going to have a small fortune tied up in the bed as it is.

I can't remember.... were you gonna add a fuel cell in the back like mine?
If so filling up with gas want be to bad with the tilt. How far back are you gonna set it back? The tilt that is.

1Bad62
I am going to run a fuel cell on the rear of the frame. It should sit on top of the lower section of the frame. I took some measurements and I should be able to run a 16 to 20 gallon tank.
Here's a pic of where the tilt will pivot with the bed attached. The hole in the frame is where it pivots. It's pretty far back.
Kim

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Originally Posted by Kim57

1Bad62
I am going to run a fuel cell on the rear of the frame. It should sit on top of the lower section of the frame. I took some measurements and I should be able to run a 16 to 20 gallon tank.
Here's a pic of where the tilt will pivot with the bed attached. The hole in the frame is where it pivots. It's pretty far back.
Kim

Ok.
Sounds good.
Yep that's what i am using 20gallon.
Very good fab work. Alot of guys don't realize the cost in material during fabrication. Especially welding.
http://www.nwsco.com/
Can't wait to see it done. She's gonna be One Bad Mamma Jamma!

[Kim57]

A little more progress on the truck.
I had to mount my front bumper. These first few pics show how they came from the factory. I think it sticks out a little to far so I'm going to change that.

[Kim57]

So on with the changes.
I had to make some new brackets so I made some templates out of cardboard.
transferred the design to some 3/16 plate and went to work with my angle grinder.
After a little refinement this is what we get.

[Kim57]

Drill a few holes and test fit them to the frame. On a side note I did have to modify my frame horns again.
A little welding and we're almost there.

[Kim57]

And this is what you get.
The first pic is the original.
The next pics are what you get when you flip the bumper.
Please excuse the jack. As soon as my tires hit the ground I can't get it out (this will be corrected).
It draws it into the truck and IMHO looks better for what I'm doing.
I will be shortening the ends so they don't intrude on the wheel openings.
Kim

[oldman3]

B**chin, looks great....Jim. Is the F**d yours to, or a job????

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by oldman3

B**chin, looks great....Jim. Is the F**d yours to, or a job????

Thanks Jim.
The F**d is my brothers. He doesn't have enough room at his place so the body is here while we get the frame together at his place.
Kim

[Kabwe]

Looking good Kim

[Tri5Nerd]

Nice job Kim, are you doing some mod to you head bucket also?

Tri5

[OrrieG]

Are you going to narrow or profile the bumper at the ends to keep the same gap as it turns the corner?

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by Kabwe

Looking good Kim

Thanks Bam, now get busy on yours.

Originally Posted by Tri5Nerd

Nice job Kim, are you doing some mod to you head bucket also?

Tri5

Thanks.
I am changing the headlight buckets. I filled in the area that gets covered by the original bezel under the eyebrow. I just haven't found what I'm going to use yet.

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Are you going to narrow or profile the bumper at the ends to keep the same gap as it turns the corner?

Yes OrrieG I'm going to narrow the bumper some. I still have to figure how much.
Kim

[pbeguy]

Love the " jackstands " that are holding your bumper.

[ChuckDriver]

Nice work, it does look much better closer to the body!

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by pbeguy

Love the " jackstands " that are holding your bumper.

I have to use whats available and they were nice and wide.
I set the front tires in them when I was doing my hood and needed extra room to crawl under and get up in the engine compartment.

Originally Posted by ChuckDriver

Nice work, it does look much better closer to the body!

thanks.
Kim

[Green 1959]

Nice going! I'm going make brackets for my bumper that weld on just to clean up the bumper, I will probably leave it the original way. If I ever get to my bumper.. Thanks for the idea

[beanyard]

So I have been looking at your build thread and you have mad fabrication skills...

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by beanyard

So I have been looking at your build thread and you have mad fabrication skills...

Thanks.
Kim