Forever project "The Beast"

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by ibanezer

Subscribed, looks like a nice project

Thanks

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by mundo

Howdy, nice attention to detail ! Nice having a heated shop and a great wife, Huh! I have a heated shop but it's clogged with a project I have lost a little interest in , so I wrench out in the snow bank !

Thanks, I try As far as working outside even though you have a shop, been there, still have to do it half the time!

[Notch1988]

Nice build, truck is looking great.

[smoknbarrels]

how's the progress on this thing this last week? I am curious, what are you doing for interior?

[YBNORML]

Thanks Notch.

Smokin, the last couple of weeks have been really busy around here so I really have no new progress to report. For the interior I have a set of early 90's chev buckets I plan on using a original console. In my opinion they are as close to the original buckets as you can get without having original seats The rest of the interior will be fairly stock with the exception of possibly shaving the center of the dash.

[ddubbs]

The ride is turning out sikk! Luv the colors. Can't wait to see more pics when you fire back up. Know how it is when you got parts and no time to work on it.
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[YBNORML]

I haven't been working on the truck lately. We are quite slow at work and i am allowed to work on a few projects for home, so I decided to renovate the shop. I used to build research labs at work so that is the general look I have gone for.

Here is what it looked like before. The countertop in the 4th pic is also new. I didn't start taking pics till halfway through

[YBNORML]

I am a little over halfway done. Here is where i'm at right now.

The countertops will be covered in laminate. The long narrow shelves are for the orange nut/bolt containers. The sink will be on the right with a parts washer to left. The front counter is just a tad over 19' long. This bench will be for "soft" work.

Underneath the wall of pictures is where I will put the "hard" bench. It will have a few lower cabinets and be covered with a steel plate.

[ddubbs]

The shop is looking awesome. Nice work. Hurry up and finish so we can see some truck updates. Lol! All kidding aside waiting patiently!!!!!
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[YBNORML]

Shop is nearing completion. Here are some updated pics. Gotta get the little guy involved too sis just steals the tools.

[YBNORML]

A buddy of mine offered to give me a hand in shaving my firewall. The three panels on the left were purchased from Infanti, excellent fit. I fabbed up the rest of the fillers while my buddy welded them in. Let me know what you think.

[Slammed66]

Smooth!!!!! Looking good, the garage looks great too
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[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by Slammed66

Smooth!!!!! Looking good, the garage looks great too
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Thanks, I can't wait to get her completely smoothed out and see what she looks like then. I am really happy with the way the shop turned out.

[zammer]

Sweet, very clean firewall. The garage looks good too, youll have a ton of bench space which you can also never have enough of, but the coolest picture is you got your blazer out of storage! You can see spring is near now
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[chapster]

shop looks great! Can't wait to see the firewall all smoothed out....

[67cheby]

nice work on the truck and the shop

[reefer55]

I've seen this truck in may different stages it's great to see you are back at it. Hope it's drivable soon.
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[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by chapster

shop looks great! Can't wait to see the firewall all smoothed out....

Thanks, where are you from? I have been following your thread, looks great by the way. There use to be a truck running around town here that was identical to yours.

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

nice work on the truck and the shop

Thanks man!

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by reefer55

I've seen this truck in may different stages it's great to see you are back at it. Hope it's drivable soon.
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Ha, you make me laugh. You're the reason I still have this truck. This is all your fault. And don't worry you will be called upon to help this time as well.

Years ago when I had no other place to work on/store my truck Reefer55 let me use his garage. A decision i'm sure he regretted

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by zammer

Sweet, very clean firewall. The garage looks good too, youll have a ton of bench space which you can also never have enough of, but the coolest picture is you got your blazer out of storage! You can see spring is near now
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Haha, thanks your right I now have over 40ft of counter space. All I have to do is polish up the wheels and put them back on and give her a good detail and i'm ready to roll. I'm not sure if Rick got ahold of you or not but we may have one more crappy door if you need it. Just let me know.

[chapster]

Originally Posted by YBNORML

Thanks, where are you from? I have been following your thread, looks great by the way. There use to be a truck running around town here that was identical to yours.

you are in my old stoping grounds....lol I used to be in Red Deer but have been in Winnipeg for many years now.

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by chapster

you are in my old stoping grounds....lol I used to be in Red Deer but have been in Winnipeg for many years now.

The truck I am thinking of was painted at Len's Autobody here in town. It was the first time I had seen a truck with the newer bed. This was about 15-20yrs ago.

[chapster]

Different truck as I built this one from the ground up the first time in 99 here in Wpg.

How time pass by....lol

[YBNORML]

Originally Posted by chapster

Different truck as I built this one from the ground up the first time in 99 here in Wpg.

How time pass by....lol

Crazy how similar they are. Your right, time flies mine has been in pieces for almost that long