new member 1st post 59 apache

[spikes59]

couple more pictures

[Barney Rubble]

very nice

[Kim57]

Looks good.
Kim

[spikes59]

Thanks, I bought a surpentine belt,pulley kit. Some bling for the engine.Hope that goes on OK. I have to drill and tap a hole in the pass. head,little nervous.

[Larry Lindley]

Like the color has me thanking may have to borrow it.

[_Ogre]

looking good spike.
like the color and dash mod.
another spectacular 4 eyed build!

[apache200]

Spike59 do you have any more pics of how you mounted the bumper up like that. it looks really good.

[Wheelie]

Welcome to the boards. Awesome color! I love the fleetsides. Its cool to see another 59!

[dirty deeds]

Sweet build, I like that color as well.

[spikes59]

Hi apache,i bent some flat stock for the outer bumper brackets and welded them to the roll pan then cut slots in roll pan for inner brackets and again bent flat bar stock that will bolt to the frame when i get box installed,this way i could get the bumper close to the box.It took a while to decide to put a bumper on after i welded in the rollpan, but i had bought both bumpers 2 years ago when i bought the truck.

[ChuckDriver]

Awesome build Mike! Love the color and of course the dash mod is fantastic!

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by spikes59

Im only able to send 2 pictures at a time, if i try 3 it tells me cookies lost? This is new for me so bear with me.

"Manage Attachments" below the text window (scroll down) allows you to post up to 5 attachments from your computer. It resizes them to fit. With some formats it just shows a link.

[spikes59]

Thanks Chuck,I hope to have priming,painting done in 2 weeks.That will be a great day,getting tired of the mess of wet sanding. Thanks Orrie Im really a dummy when it comes to moving around the computer,mike.

[spikes59]

Painted cab and doors, happy how they turned out,good thing vocational school is only half mile from my shop because we got a pretty good snow storm after i brought them there, I painted thursday night and brought them home after work friday,road was clear and dry.What a good feeling to have the bodywork and painting 99percent done. Here are a few pictures

[spikes59]

Few more pictures

[spikes59]

More inside pictures

[ambryatim]

Nice!!!!!!!!!

[Kim57]

That came out real nice.
Kim

[jimig1]

Looking good. I like the color

[entourageguy]

Nice 4 lighter love the colour!

[ChuckDriver]

Wow! It's really looking great! Now the fun begins.

[spikes59]

Thanks, It will be fun starting to assemble, each job will add to excitement of getting truck on the road. I am going to get started on brake lines,gas line and exhaust before putting cab back on frame. I not going to wet sand and buff outpaint till after assembly. Thanks again, Mike.

[apache200]

The truck looks great, cant wait to see the finished product. Keep up the good work.

[_Ogre]

does it feel good? painting my cab was the high point of my build.
looks great!

[spikes59]

Thanks Ogre, Having the painting done is a real high point so far,It should only keep getting better as i assemble,lots of good stuff to go. Mike