heres the progress of the build of my 57 chevy

[yukon ratrod]

a few hours work to be done here!! Sorry John but we will make it happen!!

[addicted2dunes]

I like the metal work, not doing to bad....

[Rude Dude]

Great work really enjoy all the photo's !!

[Fat Mike]

Really nice work. Keep posting pictures!!! Thanks for the picture of the heim joints.

[yukon ratrod]

thanks guys! this is what keeps me going!!

[nuke1]

Great progress on the truck so far, I tend to repair alot of things also, but only for myself usually, customers hardly want to pay me for fixing their crap, but that leaves me with lots of really good parts around.

[yukon ratrod]

I can relate to that! yeah I sometimes wonder if it makes more sense to just work on other peoples so I can afford new all the time, but then its not really playing is it!! I like taking something thats in need of help, and bringing them back to life.

[yukon ratrod]

Here Mike, just a few shots of the inner pieces. and the tip. and a few tack welds for you to look at!

[yukon ratrod]

hope this helps!

[Fat Mike]

Thank you for the pictures!!

[yukon ratrod]

today John and I went out and worked on the truck. I knew I wanted to angle the tailgate and flush mount it to the box, but knew it was important to get the angle just right. fifteen degrees was the magic number inorder to match the cab post angles and to make the box match with the back of the fenders. we decided to add some at the bottom of the box to make the proportions right.

[yukon ratrod]

still deciding on how I want to finish off the bottom of the tailgate area. I still want to use a stock rear bumper.

[yukon ratrod]

I would like to replace the top tube on the gate and give it somewhat of a small flare effect across the top. I plan on smoothing the gate and still using the lettering. I have small bear claw latchs that I plan to use to lock the gate in place and delete the chains.

[Kim57]

Looking good. I like the angled tailgate.
Kim

[GRIMSS]

You sure are making a lot of progress quick. Keep it up.

[nuke1]

Sweet idea!!!! looks great.

[ChuckDriver]

I like it A LOT!!

[Kabwe]

Looks great.

[yukon ratrod]

went out tonight and worked on begining the rounding of the bed corners and began installing a new top tube on the gate. hoping to get the box and tailgate finished tomorrow! wishful thinking but its possible. lol

[Bigblue29]

Lookin' sweet!

[OrrieG]

That looks so good. It is so obvious once you see it. I know there is another thread with a custom bed with a sloped back but without the tailgate. I'm following.

[yukon ratrod]

yeah! I had to keep the tailgate! working on installing bear claws into the gate right now, just came in for a bite to eat. thanks everyone for the comments! will post more tonight.

[chevyrestoguy]

You're the man! I have been wanting to take a Sawzall to my bedsides to do that exact same mod, but didn't have the heuvos. Now that I see what it looks like, I like it a LOT. It's stock looking, but it gives it a real sporty look.

Keep them pictures coming!!

Alex

[yukon ratrod]

John and I continued work on the tail end today. we had some troubles getting things to line up, but in the end we won! lol It was tough getting things to look quite right, but thats the beauty of steel you can always cut and add a piece!

[yukon ratrod]

Here you can see what we ended up with! you can see the bottom corners that we colored in. was a toss up what to do here, but tomorrow we are going to round out the bottoms. will look some what like a 48 vintage chevy I guess. still planning on adding the stock bumper. having a hard time deciding what to do with the tailgate. wanted to add the center from an earlier truck with the chevrolet in writing, but cant afford to buy a gate just to chop out the center. so thinking of just skinning it and having it painted on when its being sprayed! any thoughts????