1948 Chevy / S10

[xpickup]

Henry, Thank you. I am going to send you that info tonight, it has been crazy lately. I will keep my eyes out.


I will have some more pictures by the end of the week on this truck. I am finishing the inner cowls , fabbing a radiator support, finishing the pedal mounts up and mounting the steering column. I am picking up a hood for it tommorrow because his had rotted to much.


Shannon

[oldman3]

Shannon, looking forward to the update and pics....Jim

[xpickup]

Here is the hood I picked up tonight. It needs a little work but a lot better than the other one. It was $50 which I thought was a good deal. I will be finishing up the floor hopefully tomorrow, except the tranny tunnel. His shifter adapter has been on back order for 3 months now and I do not want to make it till I have the shifter mounted. Then I have to make the radiator support. He just got me a double pass radiator with the inlet and exit on the same side for the 5.3 motor. So I will mount it and then bolt the fenders on and make the mounts to tie it to the fenders like I did on the 54 truck.

[99 to Life]

yeah 50 aint bad, but boy that adds up when you buy parts here in there. I could have bought about two complete trucks with all my part buying, literally.
But its fun finding parts all over and collecting them, saving them for projects or bartering with them. Anyway, you will have that looking new in no time.

[oldman3]

Another nice fine.....Jim

[xpickup]

99 to Life. I know what you mean about the parts. I look back and think about the parts I got ride of and wished I did not. To know I have to buy them now! It is fun meeting all these different people and seeing there projects. Thank you very much for the great T shirt and the gogo juice (coffee).

oldman3, Yes more parts.

I got the inner cowl pieces made and welded in the drivers side in tonight. The passenger side is going to be tomorrow right after work.

Shannon

[oldman3]

Looks good....Jim

[xpickup]

I got a lot done after work today. I finished welding in the passenger side inner cowl panel. Then I put the front fenders on and used my old grill to tie them together. Then I made the radiator support. Next is to put in a cross bar below the steering box for the radiator support to sit on and then make the mounts for the fenders to tie into. I should have that finished up this weekend.


Shannon

[oldman3]

Shannon, looks good. Will you also be making up the rest of the inner cowl side panels, or does owner want it open.....Jim

[xpickup]

Jim, he wants me to leave it open so he can put some of his electrics there.

Shannon
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I had about a half day to work on it today and got a lot done. I first started out bolting my spare grill and radiator/latch cover on and then welded a cross tube across the frame. Then set in the radiator support I made and cut the uprights that hold it at the level I wanted. Then welded on the fender tabs. I still have to make the inner fender braces. My buddy does not have the factory ones so I will make them like I did on the 54 I did. The next thing I did was cut and weld a tube in under the dash to tie the steering column in better and that also ties in to the brake booster recess so there is not flexing when you push on the brakes. Then I mounted the steering column but I have to make a spacer for the column. My buddy ordered a 2 1/4" column drop but the column is 2". So I will just turn one up on a lathe at work. There is the time when working in a machine shop really pays off. I still have some work on the brake pedal unit but it will be done this week. Then back on the panel truck soon.

Shannon

[99 to Life]

Man, looks great, as always. Can't wait till I'm that far on my next cab.

[oldman3]

Shannon, nice job as usual....Jim

[drivea55]

Very nice work!

I am enjoying your build.

Brian
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[99 to Life]

Those patch pieces look great. Especially the ones for the windshield. man she is gonna be a low rider. How far off the frame is the cab? Is he running stock springs and shocks in front?

[xpickup]

drivea55, Thank you.

99 to Life, Thank you. Those pieces were really fun to make. I had to shrink them both ways to fit. I did the outside pieces in 3 parts because it was to difficult to do it in one. I tried! No springs , bagged all the way around and that is aired out in the pictures. I made the cab mounts when I made the ones for the 54 and if I remember right they are 4". I can let you know.


Shannon

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I had off today so I got a few things done today. I start by cutting out the blanks for the stake pockets for the truck. I have 2 different styles that I make them and my buddy wanted the more rounded style. I have templates that I made and cut them out with my plasma cutter. I use 2x4 .125 wall box tube so they are very strong when plug welded to the bed sides He is putting together his bed. Next I made the outer fender braces. I bend them in my roll cage bender in my 1 5/8 die and following bar. It works very well. They bolt to the radiator support and to the fender. I was going to make the headlight buckets like I made for the 54 but remembered that I had some buckets from a plymouth cranbrook and they will work. My buddy wants me to put the 55 eye brows and he is giving me the headlight trim pieces tomorrow, so that will be Sundays project.


Shannon

[oldman3]

Nice pieces.....Jim

[xpickup]

I worked on the headlight today. I had to put the flange in so that it could be bolted to the fender then started to fit the 1955 chevy headlight brow. After plenty of slicing and dicing, hammering and dollying I got the drivers side done. There is a reason why you do not see it too often , it was very time consuming(all day). But it does really look nice. My buddy saw Alan Johnson's (the pinstriper) truck had that modification. Next is to finish gaping the drivers door. I did not gap them when I put the panels in it this past summer. I knew once it was bolted to the frame it might change. The only area that does not need done it where I shaved the drip rail and replaces all the metal around it. Then I will turn it around and do the other side. That should be this week and weekend.

[xpickup]

more

Shannon

[drivea55]

Ok, now that is a cool look!
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[oldman3]

Shannon, you did a great job on the installation.....Jim

[jimig1]

I really like the look of that.

[youngrodder]

It looks great. Normally when people screw with the headlights they come off looking out of place. Not the case with yours. Very original looking.

Good luck on the other side.

Marc

[Daze57]

very cool looking