Orson the 49 GMC ~ Chris C.

[skymangs]

NorCalGal; thank you

Rickysnicker; Emma no longer works for me. Not sure what happened she just kinda quit answering her phone. I assume she quit. I now employ both my sons. They are responsible (with guidance) for anything that comes out of my shop. I have been on house arrest for two months and will remain so indefinitely in the VA home.

[nvrdone]

skymags: definitely add the info on Frenching the headlights. I really like that look on AD's

[skymangs]

The frame horns were trimmed down

[skymangs]

I called and had a long discussion about the core support, they will be fixing it today.

[skymangs]

Today they’ll be setting the core support height and standing up the bed and figuring out how to get that steel bed out of it.

[skymangs]

So today the boys fixed the core support

[skymangs]

And got the front sheetmetal all aligned. They actually finished the day with the hood and grill on and properly aligned!

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by skymangs

I called and had a long discussion about the core support, they will be fixing it today.

I SEE IT!


you got it straight though, looks good with the front end on.

[skymangs]

Thanks joedoh, was think they’ll turn out to be pretty damn good builders! I certainly wasn’t expecting their 1st one to be solo!

[Rusti]

Nice work on the core support. What type of cooler are you useing? It looks and fits perfect.
So long
Arnd

[skymangs]

Originally Posted by Rusti

Nice work on the core support. What type of cooler are you useing? It looks and fits perfect.
So long
Arnd

Speedway 19x22, dual passenger outlet

[skymangs]

We finally managed to get that diamond plate floor out of the bed, but when we did we realized there was no angle iron on the bedsides. Now our steel suppler is 35 miles away, so I sent Alex this morning. The last picture is of the core support mounted.

[TravisC]

Will you document the flipping of the leaf springs and alignment with the bed sides?
I will be doing this to mine when the times comes.

[skymangs]

of course!

[skymangs]

So today they managed to build the cross sills and bolt them to the frame. They also located and welded angle to the bedsides and mocked up the bed.

[skymangs]

Got the brake pedal assembly modified and installed, today we’ll work on the booster/master setup

[skymangs]

We’ve put the rear fenders on and began mocking up the passenger running board. Haven’t put in the 4x4 rear or flipped the springs yet. We’ve paid for, but haven’t been able to arrange pickup for the rear end. It’s local and he’s a buddy of mine. So we’re kind of waiting on that for spring flip, shocks, and drop blocks.

[Tempest67]

another great looking build.

I may have missed it on past builds, but is there a preferred accelerator cable that you have found works best on these AD trucks with SBC with a 4 bbl carb?

My 1994 S10 accel. cable is way too long.

Thanks

[skymangs]

I use 99-02 Silverado throttle cables for cabled throttle bodies. And TAC modules for DBW.

[Tempest67]

good to know


as always, thank you for sharing your knowledge

[skymangs]

Got the brakes finalized finally!

[skymangs]

Started working on those drenched headlights

[skymangs]

This is the drenched headlight kit laid out (pic 1)
and this is the kit assembled (pic 2) looks simple enough
You will need to slightly trim around the headlight hole in the fender
That’s it for now, but the boys are working Sunday so there’ll be more updates

[skymangs]

Next the headlight holes were trimmed to fit the new buckets

[skymangs]

Then the buckets were fit and leveled