Kabwe's aka Bam's build

[entourageguy]

Better and better. I wish I lived closer to you guys.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by entourageguy

....I wish I lived closer to you guys.

"C'mon down! You're the next contestant on "The Price is WRONG!"

I'm sure the price of real estate in SoCal; depressed though it may be, has got to be higher than most other places.



Kabwe/Bam - Man, I really try NOT to be "oversensitive". I kinda hate that. I'm Mexican, and that's it. Ok, I'm Mexican-American, hispanic, etc.
I say, "Call me whatever you want as long as there's a smile on your face!" I'm not one of those people that are like, "...my parents are from East L.A. but I'm Spaneesh (nose-in-the-air types).

But I hate the idea of being INSENSITIVE too. Ok, enough of that schit. I'm more a Hotrod-American than I am anything else anyway. I'm gonna come down to the Inglewood show one of these days and yell out, "Which of you guys answers to the nickname "Bam" or Kabwe" cause I wanna meet you!"

Tri5nerd - You're gonna have to eat some more to be as fat as I am. In the mean time, I'm staying on your good side since you did me a solid by giving me that cluster - thanks again by the way.

I'm blown away by the fabrication chops You (Kab/Bam), Larry, etc have. What REALLY blows me away is that it seems a lot of it is self taught! And how you get the time to do it all I'll never know. I'm having a tough time just sanding and rattle canning a few parts. Lawns to mow, cars to wash, etc.

Onward....MORE TRUCKS!

[Tri5Nerd]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

"C'mon down! You're the next contestant on "The Price is WRONG!"

I'm sure the price of real estate in SoCal; depressed though it may be, has got to be higher than most other places.



Kabwe/Bam - Man, I really try NOT to be "oversensitive". I kinda hate that. I'm Mexican, and that's it. Ok, I'm Mexican-American, hispanic, etc.
I say, "Call me whatever you want as long as there's a smile on your face!" I'm not one of those people that are like, "...my parents are from East L.A. but I'm Spaneesh (nose-in-the-air types).

But I hate the idea of being INSENSITIVE too. Ok, enough of that schit. I'm more a Hotrod-American than I am anything else anyway. I'm gonna come down to the Inglewood show one of these days and yell out, "Which of you guys answers to the nickname "Bam" or Kabwe" cause I wanna meet you!"

Tri5nerd - You're gonna have to eat some more to be as fat as I am. In the mean time, I'm staying on your good side since you did me a solid by giving me that cluster - thanks again by the way.

I'm blown away by the fabrication chops You (Kab/Bam), Larry, etc have. What REALLY blows me away is that it seems a lot of it is self taught! And how you get the time to do it all I'll never know. I'm having a tough time just sanding and rattle canning a few parts. Lawns to mow, cars to wash, etc.

Onward....MORE TRUCKS!

Dan, I'm still learning and don't think I have the skills I need yet but Kabwe has it all he's been doing this for some time now. This is really my first build unless you can say swapping motors in bugs gives you the skills needed to do this.

Now back to work! LOL.

Tri5

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Tri5Nerd

Dan, I'm still learning and don't think I have the skills I need yet but Kabwe has it all he's been doing this for some time now. This is really my first build ...

Post a picture here of your truck's rear end work and I guarantee you no one will think this is your first build. It looks pro to me.

No really, post a picture!

[Tri5Nerd]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Post a picture here of your truck's rear end work and I guarantee you no one will think this is your first build. It looks pro to me.

No really, post a picture!

Don't have any and my camera is broken.

Tri5

[hotrod1]

Yeah Trifivenerd, I want to see some more of your inspiring work too.

[Tri5Nerd]

Let's get back Kabwe's build here, don't clutter up his thread.

Tri5

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by Kabwe

Yeah I'm in the same boat. When you do this computer crap for a living all tech work falls to you.lol My daughters and my wife's laptop are having issues that I have to solve. I tried to tell her I see enough computers at work and I really don't want to see them at home, but for some reason she doesn't listen to me. I get drama and guilt trips "Aw don't worry daddy's gonna fix your latop". So you know what I have to do shut up and fix it.

Have you tried "daddy's gonna cut off the end of your pinky if you keep answering emails from people or place you do not know"? My granddaughter, love her to death, is pass worded out of my wifes computer because she cannot stay away from bad sites and will not learn the lesson. She is now flipping burgers to get the money to have her computer debugged and all the rest in her house are passworded too. I have a very agressive filter and protection on my serving and all the computers and still get over 50 suspicious emails every day. I made knuckle head employees foot the bill if the tech determined it was from surfing places they should not have been on my clock. Now back to cars, and I don't care what anyone looks like as long as they have 30 weight in their veins.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Tri5Nerd

Let's get back Kabwe's build here, don't clutter up his thread.

Tri5

Agreed and it was MY FAULT!

Figuratively "stuffing a sock in it" on non-Kabwe truck talk.

Kab, Have you ever shown us a picture of your truck when you first bought it? It might be intersting to take stock of all the changes you've made to it so far.

[bajabob]

Kabwe, truck nuts....

took a little break, what did i miss ????

curious what you and others have painted all the little bits and pieces to make them look nice and last.... e-brake linkage, brake parts stuff like that... kinda of only want to do it once...

might get some shop time tomorrow, need to have a plan....

[Kabwe]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Agreed and it was MY FAULT!

Figuratively "stuffing a sock in it" on non-Kabwe truck talk.

Kab, Have you ever shown us a picture of your truck when you first bought it? It might be intersting to take stock of all the changes you've made to it so far.

Dan,
This is what it looked like when I first got it.




I had it at this point before I decided to go with a 55 front clip.



Then the 55 front clip




The things we get ourselves into. The good thing is I'm done with all the body mods and fab work, well at least I think I am. I'm finally at the point of primer after many hours of rust repair and (it seems every panel, but I had to have a big window) cab corners, roof, doors, 58 fenders, 55 fenders, floors, rear of cab inside and out. Man will I ever seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

Originally Posted by bajabob

Kabwe, truck nuts....

took a little break, what did i miss ????

curious what you and others have painted all the little bits and pieces to make them look nice and last.... e-brake linkage, brake parts stuff like that... kinda of only want to do it once...

might get some shop time tomorrow, need to have a plan....

I use spi epoxy primer and a single stage black.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Hey, that's a four-eyed truck, you're cheatin!

Seriously, MAN you have taken a whip to that thing, huh? How long have you been on it and more importantly how much more do you think you have on body mods, then final body "work" - filler, prime, blocking, blocking, blocking, did I mention, blocking?

[Kabwe]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Hey, that's a four-eyed truck, you're cheatin!

Seriously, MAN you have taken a whip to that thing, huh? How long have you been on it and more importantly how much more do you think you have on body mods, then final body "work" - filler, prime, blocking, blocking, blocking, did I mention, blocking?

As many mods as I have done to this thing does it really matter that its a 58 and not a 55.lol I guess I am a cheater because it is registered as a 58 and looks like a 55.

I'm done with all the body mods, its about final body work and assembly now. Which will take me a while because I do every thing myself. I've had the truck about 7 years but only have been really working hard on it for about 4. I could have been done by now if I did not keep changing my mind.

[Elder Rogue]

You have spend more time on rebuilding this truck to your likes than GM spend on it new. Who cares if it's a 55/58.

There are plenty of "original" trunks around for "those people" to look at.

Good Job on what you have done.

[Kabwe]

Originally Posted by Elder Rogue

You have spend more time on rebuilding this truck to your likes than GM spend on it new. Who cares if it's a 55/58.

There are plenty of "original" trunks around for "those people" to look at.

Good Job on what you have done.

Yeah what he said Dan, so there.lol

All kidding aside, the only reason I changed the front end was because I have a 55 Chevy 210 and I thought it would be cool to have them at least look like the same year.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Oh yeah, I was just teasing....

"Elder" Rogue is the right descripion! Geez, dude.

(If we don't tease each other what's the fun?)

Kabwe,
You know a mod I've never seen but wondered about? Your comment about making the truck sorta match the '55 car reminded me: Instead of just eliminating the round signal light below the headlight, what about substituting a quasi-'55 Chevy car signal light? You'd probably have to make it smaller to fit/look right. Have you ever seen that? I have not but have wondered about it. Maybe someone could Photochop it on a truck to see what it would look like?

[Kabwe]

I've thought about it when I shaved mine, but I liked the shaved look better. Its more sporty looking to me. The coolest 55 parking light mod I've seen is this I thought it was pretty slick. This is a 55 Nomad. If I show you the whole Nomad you may faint, because when I saw it in person I almost did.lol

Modified (He removed the bezel and welded all the seams close it looks slick)

Stocked

[Elder Rogue]

[QUOTE=Dan in Pasadena;4928452]Oh yeah, I was just teasing....

"Elder" Rogue is the right descripion! Geez, dude.

(If we don't tease each other what's the fun?)/QUOTE]

I know you were teasing,( I am keeping up with the tread) I was talking about the guys that come up to a trunk and start picking it apart. You know the type, experts.

My point was, build what you want, how you want it, it's your truck.

And as we said back in my day "Screw em if they can't take a joke."

[Rods57]

Originally Posted by Kabwe

I've thought about it when I shaved mine, but I liked the shaved look better. Its more sporty looking to me. The coolest 55 parking light mod I've seen is this I thought it was pretty slick. This is a 55 Nomad. If I show you the whole Nomad you may faint, because when I saw it in person I almost did.lol

Modified (He removed the bezel and welded all the seams close it looks slick)

Stocked

Oh man now I am thinking about the mods for my belair, I blame you for this bam...

[Kabwe]

Originally Posted by Rods57

Oh man now I am thinking about the mods for my belair, I blame you for this bam...

Man you have to take responsibility for your own addiction and stop blaming me. Repeat after me "I'm a caroholic".

[Dan in Pasadena]

That IS a very nice mod. I think I'd only do it on a very modified, show-type car or truck but still well done.
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[Rods57]

"I am a caroholic, and aint it great" but at the very least you are an enabler, and a good one at that.

[Kabwe]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

That IS a very nice mod. I think I'd only do it on a very modified, show-type car or truck but still well done.
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Oh is that nomad very high end. I told you I almost fainted when I saw it.lol Its a dangerous car it will cause an accident.

Originally Posted by Rods57

"I am a caroholic, and aint it great" but at the very least you are an enabler, and a good one at that.

Yeah that may be true but so are you guys.

I have to post the nomad to prove what an enabler I am.lol So here you go guys its just a wicked vehicle. I love to see great craftsmanship man was it displayed on this car.

[hotrod1]

more pics please......

[Kabwe]

Originally Posted by hotrod1

more pics please......

Stop begging that's all the pics I have of that Nomad. Gee you can't please some people. I was at the Belmont Shore Show and the show was closing so I snap a couple of pics before the police reached me.