High School Project (first build)

[rckclmbr99]

sweet preciate it man.
Take it easy,
Jonathan

[jgh64pkup]

btw i am working on my highschool project truck its a 64 short fleet

[RCbowtie69]

hey from N.C., i've working on my 69 swb truck for 6 years. finish the suspension & disc brakes , 5 lug all around, 71 lwb donor truck for rear end front brakes,gear 3.73, just put it back the road, always something to do , hope to put rebuilt 350 in my truck, hope to see more of build keep the grades up & keep on trucking

[rckclmbr99]

thats awesome man. ya im wantin to put in a mild 350 so i have enough power to burn tires but not too much that its not fesible to drive everyday.
i got some stripin done i just havent takin any pics. hopefully it will stop rainin here b/c spring break is comin up and i wanted to work on my truck and lay down some stripin on her but well see.
Take it easy,
Jonathan

[RCbowtie69]

hey From N.C. just looking to see if you had any up dates on your progress, looks like a good week in is coming up to do some work on the truck, keep pictures coming

[rckclmbr99]

ya im down in Florida right now so not much is gettin done but when i get back ill need a few days to recover and then ill get back to work haha
Take it easy,
Jonathan

[tim21391]

nice build so far im 18 working on my 72.. got my build in my signature.. what kinda bondo did you use?? if you used bondo brand i heard some bad stories about that.. looks like somebody half a$$ed the patch work on the bed.. and ya if we all lived like a state or two away would be really neat.. well keep up the good work that frame will look nice red

[rckclmbr99]

thanks man. so i finally got back to work just doin a few little things until i get money for engine and tranny and bag parts.
First of all the new toy:



First time using it (crap haha):



So then i took off the cowl to find rust spots covered in silicone and fiberglass... oh and the windshield wiper motor is being held in by a TON of silicone:















Take it easy,
Jonathan

[rckclmbr99]

then i started removing the fibeglass from the floor. come to find out the meth head used bondo with out hardner and then put fiberglass over it...



Take it easy,
Jonathan

[allen123]

Im really excited to see how the pin striping turn out because i've been wanting to try it out I always try to draw designs on my papers at school but havent tried it with paint yet
good luck

[oldblue1968chevy]

i cant do any pinstriping lol cant make it match and idk it looks cool tho

gee bet your hapy to find all that bondo.....fiberglass etc lol

looks.....bad...but the note that your workin on her, good lol
keep it up!

[rckclmbr99]

ya ive been practicing my stripin lately so i can lay some down on the truck. im gonna get it runnin and bagged and fix the floors and drive it like that while i start workin on the rest. My goal is to get it runnin and baggged before summer showdown at the beginning of July. im gonna buy the complete new front end from ***************** so i can layout with dominator 2600 bags with 3/8 fill and dump on all 4 corners with probably a 5 gal tank or so with one viair 480. i was thinking about doing a complete back half but i probably gonna end up goin with a single triangulated 4 link with bag over axle. i got some ideas for the bridge but ill wait til i do it to show and tell haha
Take it easy,
Jonathan

[Hoffman65burb]

Originally Posted by allen123

Im really excited to see how the pin striping turn out because i've been wanting to try it out I always try to draw designs on my papers at school but havent tried it with paint yet
good luck

x2. Seems like all i do in my actual classes are day dream about my truck and what im going to do with it . Looks good man, your making alot of progress

[rckclmbr99]

well ive been really busy tryin to pass classes (from lack of goin) so not much is done. its striped down more and im workin on smoothing the firewall and doin suicide doors. i had pictures of all of it but it appears that my mom deleted them so ill try to get some more when school gets out (friday is our last day). i need some bear claw latches and striking posts but im gonna try to get them from pull a part to save money considering im broke and have no job still. better news, I might be gettin a job at a shop call Speed this summer about 30 minutes down the raod from me so I hope that works out. well ill try to get more pictures up and whatnot.
Take it easy,
Jonathan

[rckclmbr99]

well its summer and i got a new girlfriend haha so ive been busy fishin with buddys and her so not much has been done but i got a few pics but none of the suicide door (still under construction) i got a sbc 350 (still need a tranny hopin to get a 700r4) hopefully this week or next ill get my motor from my buddies shop. well heres the pics i got...

firewall and it primered to prevent more rust:





Painted the letters black b/c i felt like paintin somethin one day:







hopefully more will be gettin done soon. havent heard back from the guys at Speed so im startin to look for another job to get money for tranny and bad parts

Take it easy,
Jonathan

[rckclmbr99]

Well my buddys lazy and i cant get the engine over yet but i did get a 700r4 a few weekends back. hopefully when i get outta summer school this week i can go up to pull a part and get a driveshaft and a lockup converter switch to hook up through the brake lights. lately ive been buildin a rear bumper for my toyota so as soon as thats done today ill try to get some pics up of that and the tranny
Take it easy,
Jonathan

[rckclmbr99]

Well, still no engine at my house but i did get somethin else and i have pictures....

2 Brand new Dominator 2600- $40 for the pair!!!



Trans- 700r4



What im workin with... i need to clean up a little...



Take it easy,
Jonathan

[nuke1]

looking good, so a new g/f for every season of the year, nothin wrong with that, and where did you fine those bags for that price?

[VA72C10]

great deal on the bags...

[rckclmbr99]

Originally Posted by nuke1

looking good, so a new g/f for every season of the year, nothin wrong with that, and where did you fine those bags for that price?

haha ya shes a goodn. she goes fishin with me and likes my trucks and all. the last one was crazy so she had to go.
the bags i got from my buddy. he bought them a while back for another project and traded the truck so he never used them. now he got a dually and needs money for insurance and to fix the a/c so i'm gettin a new valve block with 4 valves for $30 also. thank god for poor friends in need of money haha
Take it easy,
Jonathan

[rckclmbr99]

well i got the vavle block today



also found some old license plates to make into some door panels:



then started workin on takin out the coils to put in the bags:



also the same friend has a compressor (viair 480) for $50 and 25' of 3/8 air line for $10. so i gotta get some money together to get those.

Take it easy,
Jonathan

[oldblue1968chevy]

door pannels from licence plates...gotta see this!! looks good gonna look sick babgged!!!

[VA72C10]

Man, having a broke friend is awesome! You're gonna have like 800-1000 in parts for $130.

[rckclmbr99]

ya tell me about it!!! and my buddy has a buisness license so he has an account with lowrider depot so i cacn get my other parts at discount too. like my other bags, tank, gauges, etc.

[rckclmbr99]

about what the door panel will look like:



need to make a square bracket behind them to hold them all together and to hold them on the door itselfi think i like it for now while its a rat rod