You guessed it, 1950 s10 swap.

[69CST-V]

Looking good. Nice progress.
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[chevyboy73]

looks good. i'd be afraid to tear apart that truck, its so clean! i'd leave it!

[Layedoutsonoma91]

its not as clean as it looks. Has its problems like any 63 year old truck. I wanted to build it how I wanted cause its my dream truck and i never plan to sell it! Just had surgery today so i hope to get back on it next week! Got alot of rust repair to do. Then i am going to raptor liner the bottom of the cab and mount the cab to the new frame.

[xpickup]

Layedoutsonoma91, Have a speedy recovery so we can see this thing set on the ground. Frame looks great.


Shannon

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Thanks man. I plan to start back this weekend if i feel up to it.

[99 to Life]

dang subscribed, that truck looks killer as is. I'm just about to post my s10 bagged 49' project but damn you took some wind out of my sails. i'd love to be where your at now LOL. Soon though, I'm diggin this truck for sure. I can't wait to get a 5 window split, have a 5 window 1piece but I'm a split window kinda guy.

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Nice. Ill tune in for sure. I just made me an extension cord for my welder today to get it out there to the cab and weld up some rust! updates tommorrow!

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Quick update. Got the cab mounted today!! >Lined the underside of the cab with raptor liner before hand. It is low! might have to raise the body up some to make sure I get enough lift.

[Root2812]

Originally Posted by Layedoutsonoma91

Whats with the scary face where the battery door goes? Maybe the truck is possessed..

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Thats overspray from where i painted the bag cups. Does look ominous.
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[bigdaddy13]

Subscribed. Lookin good,keep us posted. I'm getting ready to finally pick up a 47 for a s10 swap.
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[Layedoutsonoma91]

Got the cab mounted!

[99 to Life]

looks great, love the progress. How you think the inner fenders are gonna pan out?

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Im gonna have to cut the bottom of them a little for control arms. Radiator support is gonna be the real tough thing.
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[xpickup]

Layedoutsonoma91, I see you are back at it and it looks great!


Shannon

[99 to Life]

layedout, I guess what I meant was at the top, you think there will be enough wheel clearance? Esp if you had the wheel turned and tried lowering it by accident, seems like its gonna be tight, but could just be how the pics look. I guess they should work seeings I haven't heard this problem come up before.

[Layedoutsonoma91]

I could probably almost turn all the way and all the way down with all the room there is. I have had a lot of bagged vehicles in the past and learned that lesson quick. I don't anticipate that being an issue. I haven't put my spacers on there yet either. That should give me extra room
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[99 to Life]

cool let me know, I'll cross that bridge soon. On my static drop 51' I just started hitting pass side inner fender (so I believe) but its when I'm going slow and really cut it hard. Never did that before so I dunno what's going on, have to look closer at it. I run 1.5" spacers up front I believe and 2" in the back. I'm also running a 14" bias white wall which is easily as tall as a 15" s10 tire.

[Layedoutsonoma91]

mocked up some of the sheetmetal tonight. Gonna be a little tricky to get it all matched up...


Also started the rad support and inner fenders. Lots of measure, measure, measure, cut and measure then cut again.

[99 to Life]

looks great, helps to have the engine in there for moch up. Your prolly gonna have to really redo that original rad support or just make a new one. Gets a little tight up front. I'm running and Efan and still kicked my rad just a little, but I got about 2" from the firewall to distributor, so it just depends on where you plop your engine. Also helps to put hood on, latch it and then see where your front end metal wants to sit, and base your rad support off of that as well because thats what really keeps the front metal from sagging down, as well as the inner fenders.

[Atommik]

Yeah, like 99 said, fit the hood too. The height of the rad support makes a huge difference on how the hood fits at the rear edge to the cowl...learned that the hard way!!

[BlueJeep]

What really helped me was to install the support rods from the firewall to the fenders, and adjust them as per the instructions on stovebolt.com. Put as much of it back together as possible and raise or lower the front clip until it all lines up. Hood to fender gaps were the most telling of whether or not I was getting close. Don't mount anything to the frame until you're sure you have it exactly where you want it. Even then, I made my mounts adjustable.

[Layedoutsonoma91]

Thanks for all the tips and tricks. They are def helping a lot. I will have to wait until i get help to do the front sheet metal, i started striping the firewall inside and getting all the gauges and wiring out.

[Layedoutsonoma91]

I mounted the bed and got everything mocked up. I was able to mount the body almost 6.5 inches off the frame. Thats makes plenty of room for the trans tunnel and driveshaft. Since i am bagging it i wanted it to be pretty low but 6.5 put my running boards on the ground when its all the way down. That will give me more room for exhaust and stuff too. here is a pic of the bed on it (not mounted yet).

[99 to Life]

looks great, wow 6.5 off frame, thats alot. Glad its coming together.