49 3600, s10 swap, project boogie

[joedoh]

yes, 7s and 8s

I got a lot done today, coolant overflow, some firewall cleanup, some dash work on the gauges. but this is what probably everyone wants to see.



I got the bed wood marked and ready to cut and saw a huge flash in the backyard, and then a split second later a BOOOOOOOM!! all the power went out, I thought the transformer exploded but nope. it was just a fuse. poor guy


so we went to dinner and just got back. I may do some more, maybe not.

[SSABMUD]

Joedoh, your truck is awesome. Love the wheels and the color of them.

[av8tr33337]

The wheels look great. The Squirrel....not so much

[joedoh]

that picture was taken through a binocular, if you couldnt tell. just not enough zoom on my camera phone haha.

the boom was the fuse opening, if anyone was interested, at 35Kv it sounded like a higher frequency sonic boom.

[SSABMUD]

I remember watching lightning out the window with my mom as a kid. It hit a transformer across the street. Holy crap did it explode! Fire and sparks everywhere.

[lower50's]

Rims and tires look great, really set off the truck. Poor little guy I wonder how many times he had gone there before. I have seen 2 transformers blow on my street, with the blue/green light, sparks and the sound you would swear the aliens are attacking.

[Palf70Step]

[rusty76]

I was out working on a job one day. It was pouring rain and heard first arching then boom. Power goes out and people in the neighborhood come outside to see what happened. I notice smoke behind a house across the street. Closer look a tree in the backyard is on fire and the only neighbors that didn't come out was the people with the fire. Bang on the door an old lady comes out and proceed to tell her what happened. She looks at me and says "oh". She goes back in. Few seconds later her son comes out no shirt shoes nothing saying "What should we do?" By this time I can hear fire trucks. I just told him hear comes help. Fire trucks pull up. They're trying to figure out where to go to get access to the pole and fire. The son goes up to one of the firefighters and says "There's a fire". I went back to the dark to work.

[99 to Life]

goood lawd that looks like a great combo. See I have to have the wheels and tires on bf I really start the build, just kinda my motivation to what it can look like. you seem to keep the best till last! summit rules with all those rim options and free shipping. I ordered the wrong rims, sent all 4 back free of charge they are great.

[joedoh]

I only put the rims on when I am sure its almost done. my 22" billets sat in the garage for 6 years haha everyone said "bolt them on, get motivated" nnnnnnope.


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I got all the strips de bolted and bed wood cut to fit. you would think I had done this before, went fast! need washers to bolt it down, and to close out the end of the bed, probably do that tomorrow.



may need some angle strips on the sides, I cut some off the 41 in the back yard though so I have em.

[Cjcolbyjack]

Awesome build! So many creative ideas!! Thanks for sharing!!

[iowaboynca]

Artillery looks good.

[Zoomin]

Magnifico!

[99 to Life]

hahhaha I couldn't wait to put those rims and tires on. So you basically build two trucks to my one!

[MIKESAD50]

Very nice and like the wheels.
Wish I was at my truck as fast as your build (s).

[northern 49]

That thing looks awesome with those wheels. I may have to consider those for mine, I was planning rallies with police caps, but now not so sure...

[joedoh]

thanks everyone

I was going to take it to the hutch swap meet today with a for sale sign on it (still finishing gauges) and the LAST lug nut on the LAST wheel the LAST time I took them off, crossthreaded.

I dont want to drive it with 4 wheel lug nuts on a billet aluminum spacer so I will take it off tomorrow (wedding today) and see if I can replace the stud, or more likely I will just buy new rear spacers. always something.

also the oveflow tank hits the hood and the S10 AC lines bolt up to the tahoe box but the orifice tube is in the lines on a tahoe, so I need some tahoe AC lines. its the little things.

[av8tr33337]

I saw a white Tahoe last saturday at LKQ. Probably the first row, in the truck section. Did not notice if the A/C lines were still there but the entire A/C heater box was.

[joedoh]

thanks, looking into it I need truck lines because the Tahoe/Suburban trucks have branch lines to the rear AC.

[joedoh]

I was working on the gauges but I cant find a color I like for the gauge faces. tried all sorts of almonds and ivories and whites with pearl and white metallics, have a flat white on there now that looks promising.

so I worked on finishing the bed. got all the wood trimmed and the strips arranged. the two center strips have a different hole pattern and a couple holes are over dents so the 2" screws I bought dont grab anything but air.



that gap at the front, I filled it with a piece from another bed board. good to have extra



welded up the back and got it painted. not fancy, just a gap filler.


and in the world of "what the heck", I counter sunk a couple screws in the outside boards to keep the clean look with no angle strips. passenger side went perfect, drivers rear though, I countersunk then drilled and put the screw in, and it fell all the way in. I pulled the screw out and this was my view


note you can see all the way through. if you look at older pictures of the bed there was a 3/8" hole there.


I picked the exact spot to drill where there was an existing hole. yay me. I drilled one about an inch further back, I will buy a lottery ticket with my luck and fill the first countersink with a plug.

more later!

[Palf70Step]

The bed looks real good. It fits the truck's appearance!

[Advanced Design]

Looking very good! Interesting about the hole alignment....what are the odds? If I tried to align the holes and measured ....

[joedoh]

yes, what are the odds indeed? in the picture, its NOT the big black dot, that is tree trash from the rain. its the little dot in front of the big black dot.


oh, and a squirrel update, he hasnt resurrected, in fact he is still there.

[iowaboynca]

Originally Posted by joedoh

oh, and a squirrel update, he hasnt resurrected, in fact he is still there.

It might start smelling 'pungent' in about a week or two...

[Russell Ashley]

Those artillery wheels and WWs look great. I think if I ever were to get an AD that's what I would have to put on it.