1948 Chevy / S10

[drivea55]

great work on the floor framing! I like how you did the mound for the driveshaft, nice and clean!

keep the pics coming...

Brian

[xpickup]

cleanshaven84, Thank you. I love the Christmas lights on your truck in your picture.

BlueJeep, Thank you. The dies are 1/8 step dies. I just made some 3/16 step dies on Friday but the corners were too sharp and ended up shearing the metal. So they need the corners radiused and I am going to take .015 off one face for some more clearance. Then they should work great.

oldman3, drivea55, Thank you.

Shannon

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by xpickup

BlueJeep, Thank you. The dies are 1/8 step dies. I just made some 3/16 step dies on Friday but the corners were too sharp and ended up shearing the metal. So they need the corners radiused and I am going to take .015 off one face for some more clearance. Then they should work great.

Shannon

Thanks for the info. My bead roller should be here this week or next, I can't wait to start practicing. Threads like yours get me excited to start making my own panels! I guessed on what I'd need and ordered 1/8" step dies and 5/16" round bead to start with. Do you get any deformation around the panel when you do the beading? Just wondering if I need to anticipate doing any stretching/shrinking with it too?

[Carribean Blue 72]

Looking forward to thread on the Panel. I am just starting a re-do on my 1948 GMC Panel and am working alone. I can use all the help and ideas I can get. I have built the frame from a 55 Chevy pickup. Firebird front end, disc ,power steering and brakes, 400transmission and a shortened Dana 60 rear end with tub support. I am a little anxious about how to connect the dots for the body to frame mounts and the 55 chassis is 1 1/2" shorter than the 48 frame. I am sure I can put it all together it just gets lonely trying to figure it all out ( the wife does bring me beer!)

[xpickup]

99 to Life, Thank you. I too can not wait till my 54 cab looks like it too!

oldman3, Thank you.

Carribean Blue 72, You need to do a build thread on your panel with lots of pictures. We all love pictures. If you need any answers or pictures of how I did it just let me know.

Well push it outside to sweep up under it and snapped some pictures and then put my other cab in to make some window repair patches for britnjc. I got the doors back and some other things. So I will have lots of pictures this weekend. I am going to gap the doors, make the headlight buckets and put 55 chevy truck eye brows on the fenders. So here is the latest.


Shannon

[Carribean Blue 72]

I could use some help on posting pictures. I haave been taking alot and would like to share them. Plus I have alot of questions!

[AUSSIE54]

Very neat Shannon, great stuff man!

Regards,

Trently.
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[xpickup]

AUSSIE54, Thank you.


Well I was on a mission tonight. I blanked out the floor panels tonight along with the fire wall and the rear inner cab corners. What I would do without my trusty plasma cutter and the 4 1/2 grinder with a cut off wheel got everything done in 2 hrs. Should be able to start bead rolling the panels in and have it welded in by the end of the weekend. I will then work on the back tranny tunnel and roll it. I can not do the front removable one until I do the fire wall. I am waiting for the brake booster setup then I will start on the fire wall and toe boards. Here are some pictures.

Shannon

[Atommik]

Shannon, how much clearance do you have between the floor braces and top of the frame? I'm hoping to not need a driveshaft tunnel or a trans tunnel (turbo 350). I'm planning on using the cab mounts from Jeff's 51 ( plans he posted). Also as far as building a bed... did you use 16 ga. for the stake pockets also? Are they plug welded in and then capped off from the out side? I've got a really nice spot welder at work that should work well for that.

Thanks,

Atommik

[oldman3]

Shannon, panels look real nice. Cute little helper you got there, keep him busy.....Jim

[xpickup]

I now have all the paneling done except the 1/4 beads. I also have to roll the tranny tunnel. Next is to drill all the plug weld holes. So I should have them welded in this weekend. Here are the latest pictures.

Shannon

[cleanshaven84]

I'm liking to floor pan. I'm going to be building mine as well and if I'm good enough, maybe santa will bring me a bead roller. What thickness did you use for the floor?

[Kabwe]

Shannon,

As always everything is looking top notch. Keep up the good work.

[xpickup]

cleanshaven84, You better be good because santa is watching. I used 18 gauge for the floors.

Kabwe, Thank you.

I got the tranny tunnel rolled this morning down at my buddies house. He has a 4' slip roll. I am working on a 29 Ford sedan down there right now . I put a Heidt's IFS in it which lead to a whole bunch of other changes! Fix one thing that creates 5 other problems. So I came home to see how it looked. It needs a little trimming but looks great.

Shannon

[cleanshaven84]

Looks awesome. Can wait to see it all buttoned up.

[oldman3]

Shannon, like the way this floor is coming together.....Jim

[xpickup]

oldman3, cleanshaven84, Thank you.

Had a good day. Worked early this morning and then had family pictures taken and the went back out and I got a lot done. I now have the floor pans welded in except the rear tranny tunnel. That will be this week. And then the fire wall. I got the brake booster assembly this weekend.So I can start on doing that. Here are some pictures.

Shannon

[oldman3]

Sweeeeet....Jim

[bustac]

Nice looking floor!

[xpickup]

oldman3, bustac, Thank you.

I should be able to start on the fire wall next week. It is going to get paneled too. I also am going to recess the brake booster a little. Other than that it will be smooth.

Shannon

[BlueJeep]

So the rolling the driveshaft tunnel didn't screw up the beading? Can you explain how that works for those of us who haven't done that? Looks great!

[blitz'd]

That floor is way too nice looking to cover up!

[AUSSIE54]

Blitz'd is right Shannon.
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[xpickup]

BlueJeep, blitz'd, AUSSIE54, Thank you, I paneled it the way that I did all the others. I then put it in the slip rolls and rolled it. Believe it or not it did not smash the paneling. I seen it done before and thought I would try it. I know what you mean it is to nice to cover but it adds a lot of strength to the floor.

Shannon

[xpickup]

Boy it seems like a while since I last posted. I have been super busy at work and with the holidays coming up. But today I got a lot done. I cut out the rest of the firewall, built the recessed booster panel, made the firewall and the foot boards and then fit everything and tacked in place. Fire wall turned out great, Next is to make the inner cowl panels and the removable tranny cover. The booster bracket needs some more supports too. Then the steering column. Here are some pictures.

Shannon