Shucks First Build

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Here it is actually installed.

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Well half of it's rolling now!

Are the shocks upside down? Teacher wasn't there today and the wording embedded on the shock was right side up that way, but it looks goofy. I honestly don't know!

[aggie91]

Loooks good. Shock are on correctly.

You are doing a great job. Will you have it finished/running & driving by the end of the school year?

[Shucks]

Thank you. And I hope to have the motor and transmission placed in the truck with the cab on too. Driving, maybe not because I still need a fuel supply and cooling system. I only have 30 or so days left of school

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Motor going in it's new home

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Slowly but surely... Frames on the ground with new brake lines front to back, flipped rear end, 700r4, Hedman headers, full dual exhaust minus the mufflers, havent bought them yet.

[aggie91]

Nice job on the brake lines.

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Here it is starting to look like a truck again.



the wires scare me...

[natedogg]

Looking good. Whats going on with the yellow square on the lift?

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Thanks.
The yellow pickup is my teachers nephews getting a crate new motor put into it along with a turbo 350. I'm too involved in my project to go help out over there.

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Here's where she'll sit for awhile. Gotta pay off some people for parts then once that's over I'll be back in it!

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Remember this thing? Well school started back up and I sadly got hardly anything done this summer due to a 55 hour week and squeezing freinds in after work. But here it was going back to school

Wood floor with 1 coat of stain I put on today



Now being back in school, the only way to get a good grade in class is to work, meaning work gets done everyday. Slowly but surely but I figured I'd chime back in.

[aggie91]

Glad to see you back at it. Going to school and getting grades for working on your own truck seems like a great deal.

[Shucks]

Plus the awesome learning experience. Can't beat it.

[Hankster]

Good to see you back at it! Man I need to go work on mine..

[Shucks]

Yeah she's coming along, very slowly.


The scary part

[Cape Codder]

Your shop looks like a hot rod shop. At our local tech school students are not allowed to bring their own cars to shop.

[Shucks]

Hah, never noticed that. We aren't much for hot rods but it just so happens we have a ton in the shop right now. The vette just showed up. The pickup, ford and the Plymouth are my teachers

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Wires wires wires! But she'll run under her own wiring now, 55-60 lbs of oil pressure with working electric fans. It was a good week!

Kinda messy right now but it'll get cleaned up!

Bent my own trans lines for the first time

Robbed these along with a bunch of other stuff out of a doner 83 suburban my teacher is junking. So far have taken seats, gauges, brake pedal assembly, steering wheel and inner fenders

Need some hangers, but got the exhaust how I'll want it, along with being hanged up and with turn down tips welded to the mufflers. Just a teaser I guess.

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Exhaust is hung. Welding done by me as well.





She sounds mean!

[Cape Codder]

Nice work, As a high school student you have a big headstart from when most of us got started with welding and fab work. I learned in a shop on the job but it took a long time to work my way up from sanding and sandblasting to doing fab and finish type work.

[Shucks]

Thanks! Yes I am definitely fortunate to have a school that appreciates and encourages what I'm doing, along with a family known for their cars and experience working on them. I'm having a blast yet I can't wait to finish

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Some panels I made for the floor. Turned out better than I planned
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Now for the rockers... Honestly not sure what I'm gonna be doing here...

[Hankster]

Floor pans look good!