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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: NSW, Australia
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
Thats a sweet looking ride you have their. Have any of you guys ever considered dropping a body onto a 58-64 belair frame with some mods?
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tiggerstoy
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Location: Barrie Ontario
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
Looking good my friend
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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
i havent herd of anyone that's done it yet, but that's not to say it hasent been done?
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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
ok...this part's gona suck!
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Certified Car Nut
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Inglewood, California
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
Hey tiggerstoy,
I was able to fix that rusted out window part on my truck. Checked out my 58 link (page 3) below I hope it can help you out. I don't know from the pic if yours was worst then mine but mine was pretty bad. I had to make a piece to go all the way across that area and the only tools I used was a vice and hammer and dolly. Last edited by Kabwe; 11-24-2007 at 09:17 PM. |
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tiggerstoy
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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
i was told i should leave my truck as a rat rod....ha ha ha...hmmmmmm....
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Corona, California
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
Why not just chop the top off and make it into a roadster.
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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
thats a good plan kim57, but i whant to use it as a daily driver, and it snows alot here, i'll just keep fab'n and trying new things that i would never do to someone else's truck...lol.
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: palm harbor, florida
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
Find a donor truck and graft the top.......................
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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
Posts: 416
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
unforturnatly most of the cabs around here are in the same shape...dammit!....but im looking around, and im not a patient person, so if i dont find something soon, i'll start the repair....i hate doing roofs!
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Idaho
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
Too bad you are not closer, there is a 58 GMC small window cab sitting in a field that I have been robbing parts off of. Lower part is rusted where they all rust but upper is fine thanks to the high desert climate. I took the front clip for parts on mine. No room for the cab. GMC dash is uncut too but is welded in.
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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
feel like doing some cutting for me?....lol, it seems this is the most common rust repair on 55's around here...and it's not an easy one, if i find a wrecked cab, it's getting cut.
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Idaho
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
I could with a battery sawsall, but shipping might be a problem, depending on where is was cut. Anyone know what a cab roof weighs????
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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
well, if you cut just the front part lets say 8" from the front to back all the way accross, and say 6" from the base of the front pillers...would that work?
i was able to find some more cabs close to me but they all are the same shape as mine, and i would have to buy the cab, no one wants to cut!...if that works for you, let me know how much you want for the work, and part, see how much the shipping would be, and i'd send you the funds, however way it would be the easyest for you .....max. |
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
Try asking at stovebolt.com. They have a wide audience. Many Canadians are on there.
I found my cab there but I have to go to Saskatchewan to get it though. |
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Idaho
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Sorry, been distracted. I will go out next week with the saw and see if it is still there. I will cut like you want and once I get it here we can figure out how to get it to you. Don't worry about the time, I want to grab the fenders for some patch panels. Last edited by OrrieG; 11-18-2007 at 07:59 PM. |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Vancouver B.C
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
tig i would of send the fund when the good old loonie was at 1.09 american
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tiggerstoy
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tiggerstoy
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tiggerstoy
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: camrose Alberta Canada
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Re: 77 to 55 thanksgiving
i will give that a try, thanks ezekiel.
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