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Frizzle Fry · 12-14-2005, 12:44 AM

It's nice to show people who know what their looking at (as opposed to my friends and neighbors) Definitely helps keep me going

Here's a little preview. Click on it to go to the latest pics in the album...

SCOTI · 12-30-2005, 01:55 AM

I dropped in again to check on your progress so I'll bump this one TTT.

66farmer · 01-27-2009, 09:10 PM

Mike, this neighbor in North Plains LIKES what your doing keep up the good work.

Frizzle Fry · 12-31-2005, 04:42 PM

Thanks. Slow going over the holidays... Plus new toys to play with

Hopefully I'll have an update for ya soon.

KSever · 01-02-2006, 01:45 AM

Sweet looking truck, I have to keep up with this one. As soon as I'm done renovating the wifes kitchen it's time to get back on the 63 C-10. All the new body panels are sitting in the garage begging for the mig welder to come out and play.

Do you have any pics of the shaved drip rail as you did it? I'm planning on doing the same thing to get rid of the rust I have on the drip edge.

BrianJordan · 01-02-2006, 06:58 PM

man that is going to one sweet ride.

Frizzle Fry · 01-03-2006, 02:39 AM

Brian, I like your third motto

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSever

Do you have any pics of the shaved drip rail as you did it? I'm planning on doing the same thing to get rid of the rust I have on the drip edge.

I got ambitious one day and just went for it. That was before I was really trying to take pics of everything as I went. Funny thing is I might do it again. The top has a few difficult waves near the back and on the step-up. I have a perfect top skin from another truck I might just swap out. I'd also like to clean/POR-15 and dynamat in between the inner and outer skins.

So if I do it I'll be sure to take pics of the process. It will be more difficult than the drip rail shaving. In that process you just cut and weld a little at a time. If I replace the top it'll be a little bit tricky getting it to line back up. Sure would be nice to know there's no cancer in there eating away at it though.

**Yukon Jack** · 01-04-2006, 11:10 AM

Wow, that is some serious skill we are seeing!

blazerparts · 01-04-2006, 11:26 AM

atta boy!

**tnblazerk5** · 01-04-2006, 11:32 AM

all i can say is

krue · 01-04-2006, 02:10 PM

Lots of skill and attention to detail. WOW
Lots of members I don't see anywhere else. Ya'll should pop in the regions or Gen Discussion board every now and then.

Russell · 01-04-2006, 02:26 PM

Man thats gonna be a heck of a sweet truck when it gets finished

Bowtie67 · 01-06-2006, 09:59 AM

Looks like it could be entered into one of the modern marvels, nice work, cant wait till its done.

cptn60 · 01-10-2006, 12:49 PM

That's an awesome project; really nice metalwork on your part. Be a shame to cover it with paint. Would you consider a bare metal finish so we could lust out in the open?

Frizzle Fry · 01-10-2006, 07:07 PM

If you have the space, equipment, and resources, it’s really just a matter of letting the tools do the work.

I’m not an expert at this stuff by any means. I just use the stuff I have available or can find relatively cheap. I really appreciate the feedback though! I am currently working on the RR fender arch. I hope to have new pics to post soon. Thanks again guys!

BrianJordan · 01-10-2006, 09:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

If you have the space, equipment, and resources, it’s really just a matter of letting the tools do the work.

I’m not an expert at this stuff by any means. I just use the stuff I have available or can find relatively cheap. I really appreciate the feedback though! I am currently working on the RR fender arch. I hope to have new pics to post soon. Thanks again guys!

man if your tools do that kind of work i need me some. were did you get them?

Frizzle Fry · 01-13-2006, 09:32 PM

A little progress over the last few days. I made the LR fender a few months ago so it wasn't fresh as to HOW I derived all the measurements and positioning

So I had to reverse engineer my own work to make the RR match

I still need to add the front lower lip like the other side, but I've added to my photobucket album and here are a few new ones:

al's71gmc · 01-31-2006, 02:52 AM

nice work frizzle. i do a little custom work myself. the pic below is my work. it started life as a 71 super beetle, but i needed something i could haul stuff around in.

JK. I can't wait to see the finished truck. Do you have an estimated completion?

Frizzle Fry · 02-01-2006, 03:42 PM

That's awesome! They're never done are they? I want to have all the fab work/mock-up completed and moving under it's own power this summer. Then I'll tear it apart and do all the finish work. We're talkin a year minimum.

Igotachevyor2 · 02-04-2006, 01:55 AM

looks good

Frizzle Fry · 05-04-2006, 12:18 AM

I've been doing a few things to the vette chassis and misc stuff not really worth posting. Plus the Suburban required my attention for a while. So... here's an update on the project.

The original radiator support was pretty solid except for the lower corner under the batt (where they all seem to rot). I was given another rad support that was pretty dinged up and tweaked, but for some reason the area that normally rots was good! So I did a little corner transplant surgery

You may ask why I didn't just buy a new one. Well, I considered that, but I also indented to modify the support to allow the vette radiator to mount inside it instead of behind it to allow me to use the vette fans. Otherwise there was not room between the radiator and the front frame crossmember. So I chose to repair mine and see how the mod went.

It actually worked out really well. The radiator now sits inside the core support and the fan assembly fits like a dream. Check it out...

Frizzle Fry · 05-04-2006, 12:21 AM

more...

AesC10s · 05-04-2006, 12:45 AM

looks good mike!!! looks like you put my ugly tweaked crappy Rad support 2 good use.

Woogeroo · 05-04-2006, 04:03 PM

it's all just so crazy... nice thinkin'.

-W

Frizzle Fry · 05-06-2006, 02:44 PM

Next I'm going to get rid of all the louvers and unnecessary holes. Then I'll grind down the welds, strip and primer it. May end up powdercoating it in the end.

12-14-2005, 12:44 AM	#1
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up It's nice to show people who know what their looking at (as opposed to my friends and neighbors) Definitely helps keep me going Here's a little preview. Click on it to go to the latest pics in the album...

12-30-2005, 01:55 AM	#2
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 21,939	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up I dropped in again to check on your progress so I'll bump this one TTT. __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

01-27-2009, 09:10 PM	#3
66farmer Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Plains Oregon Posts: 684	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up Mike, this neighbor in North Plains LIKES what your doing keep up the good work.

12-31-2005, 04:42 PM	#4
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up Thanks. Slow going over the holidays... Plus new toys to play with Hopefully I'll have an update for ya soon.

01-02-2006, 01:45 AM	#5
KSever Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dodgeville, Wisconsin Posts: 22	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up Sweet looking truck, I have to keep up with this one. As soon as I'm done renovating the wifes kitchen it's time to get back on the 63 C-10. All the new body panels are sitting in the garage begging for the mig welder to come out and play. Do you have any pics of the shaved drip rail as you did it? I'm planning on doing the same thing to get rid of the rust I have on the drip edge.

01-02-2006, 06:58 PM	#6
BrianJordan Iron Thunder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Phoenix Arizona Posts: 377	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up man that is going to one sweet ride.

01-04-2006, 11:10 AM	#8
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,683	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up Wow, that is some serious skill we are seeing! __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

01-04-2006, 11:26 AM	#9
blazerparts No,I DON'T have Tourett's Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 556	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up atta boy! __________________ '72 K5 CST 350/350 Daily Driver '69 GMC3500 Camper Special CST Flatbed 396/400 Upgraded to show truck '69 GMC 2500 L6292, 3spd beater

01-04-2006, 11:32 AM	#10
tnblazerk5 User #12137 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: kingsport,upper east tenn Posts: 11,598	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up all i can say is

01-04-2006, 02:10 PM	#11
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up Lots of skill and attention to detail. WOW Lots of members I don't see anywhere else. Ya'll should pop in the regions or Gen Discussion board every now and then. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

01-04-2006, 02:26 PM	#12
Russell Professional Grade Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fort McMurray, Alberta Posts: 7,915	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up Man thats gonna be a heck of a sweet truck when it gets finished __________________ 1995 Chevrolet 2 Door Tahoe (6.6L LBZ Duramax / ZF6 / NP241 with 1 ton solid axle swap)

01-06-2006, 09:59 AM	#13
Bowtie67 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,266	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up Looks like it could be entered into one of the modern marvels, nice work, cant wait till its done. __________________ 1967 C10 - SWBSS Pro Street 427sbc, 700R4 & 4.10 Gears 1948 Chevy FleetMaster Coupe, LS1, (almost done) 1950 Chevy StyleLine Coupe 250/6 3x2 Dueces 2009 Toyota Tundra 1996 Harley RoadKing "I maybe getting old, but I can still burn rubber with the best of them"

01-10-2006, 12:49 PM	#14
cptn60 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Decatur, Illinois Posts: 6	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up That's an awesome project; really nice metalwork on your part. Be a shame to cover it with paint. Would you consider a bare metal finish so we could lust out in the open?

01-10-2006, 07:07 PM	#15
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up If you have the space, equipment, and resources, it’s really just a matter of letting the tools do the work. I’m not an expert at this stuff by any means. I just use the stuff I have available or can find relatively cheap. I really appreciate the feedback though! I am currently working on the RR fender arch. I hope to have new pics to post soon. Thanks again guys!

01-13-2006, 09:32 PM	#17
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up A little progress over the last few days. I made the LR fender a few months ago so it wasn't fresh as to HOW I derived all the measurements and positioning So I had to reverse engineer my own work to make the RR match I still need to add the front lower lip like the other side, but I've added to my photobucket album and here are a few new ones:



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01-31-2006, 02:52 AM	#18
al's71gmc 4 eyed fever Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Eureka, Nevada Posts: 500	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up nice work frizzle. i do a little custom work myself. the pic below is my work. it started life as a 71 super beetle, but i needed something i could haul stuff around in. JK. I can't wait to see the finished truck. Do you have an estimated completion? Attached Images __________________ 1971 GMC 2500 4x4 1972 GMC Sierra Grande 1/2 t 4x4-#1 son's truck. Recently completed resto. 4 YO daughter," Daddy, I like your truck better than Mom's." (2000 F350-ranch truck) Smart kid!! Last edited by al's71gmc; 01-31-2006 at 02:55 AM.

02-01-2006, 03:42 PM	#19
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up That's awesome! They're never done are they? I want to have all the fab work/mock-up completed and moving under it's own power this summer. Then I'll tear it apart and do all the finish work. We're talkin a year minimum.

02-04-2006, 01:55 AM	#20
Igotachevyor2 Apache Club Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Goodlettsville,Tn. Posts: 1,294	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up looks good __________________ 58 CHEVY APACHE I 74 CHEVY C-10 I 78 K-10 donor truck I 89 SONOMA My Trucks Apache Sitting Idle MySpace Project Dad's Truck (74 C-10 to K-10 conversion) .

05-04-2006, 12:18 AM	#21
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up I've been doing a few things to the vette chassis and misc stuff not really worth posting. Plus the Suburban required my attention for a while. So... here's an update on the project. The original radiator support was pretty solid except for the lower corner under the batt (where they all seem to rot). I was given another rad support that was pretty dinged up and tweaked, but for some reason the area that normally rots was good! So I did a little corner transplant surgery You may ask why I didn't just buy a new one. Well, I considered that, but I also indented to modify the support to allow the vette radiator to mount inside it instead of behind it to allow me to use the vette fans. Otherwise there was not room between the radiator and the front frame crossmember. So I chose to repair mine and see how the mod went. It actually worked out really well. The radiator now sits inside the core support and the fan assembly fits like a dream. Check it out... Attached Images

05-04-2006, 12:21 AM	#22
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up more... Attached Images

05-04-2006, 12:45 AM	#23
AesC10s Chevy truck addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Thornton Colorado Posts: 825	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up looks good mike!!! looks like you put my ugly tweaked crappy Rad support 2 good use.

05-04-2006, 04:03 PM	#24
Woogeroo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: tool box Posts: 3,115	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up it's all just so crazy... nice thinkin'. -W

05-06-2006, 02:44 PM	#25
Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: Updated Project Pics - '61 Vette Pick Up Next I'm going to get rid of all the louvers and unnecessary holes. Then I'll grind down the welds, strip and primer it. May end up powdercoating it in the end.

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