Tami's 51 build

[youngrodder]

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The progress looks good..
Keep it up.

Marc

[skip99]

truck on hold ..again...doing a restore on a black 79 trans am...to sell and spend $$$ on the truck !!lol

[skip99]

alrighty...sold the black TA, paid the bills and pulled the truck out and started welding again !! will post some pics in a day or two...here's the TA ...turned out pretty nice...
got strange reactions from the trans am crowd....they would say."you're selling this , to work on that"? lol!! Tami loves her truck !!

[mknittle]

Looking forward to seeing how the bed comes out.I was thinking about doing the same thing with the rails.

T/A came out nice.

[skip99]

I'll get pics posted monday. of the bed. she's roughed in..lol

[mknittle]

Cool, I was looking through your thread again{it's been a while} and getting some ideas
I like the A/C vent idea! and looking at your bear claw linkage gave me an idea that may solve a problem with mine with the turn down handles.{one of thoce the same but different}sort of things.

[67_ShortFleet]

Nice build! Can't wait for more progress.

[skip99]

time to catch up !
playing with hood alignment and fit...


almost done with the bed...took an s-10 roll pan, cut off the flange at top and the sides, then welded it in. didnt want a heavy look to the rear, then fit and trim the original pockets to contour to the new pan,





in the next day or two...gonna put a 48" flush mount 200 led light across the pan, just above the plate square. also putting a 6" flush 3rd brake light under rear window. STAY TUNED !!

you'll also notice that I reworked the tailgate hinges .we plan on using a net, so you can see the custom, black carbon fiber bed planks that we designed..

[mknittle]

That looks way more better Ilike it

[skip99]

A little progress...the bed is done..the cab and hood are done,,,I have blocked til my arms are noodles !!
slot cut for LED lites.


epoxied in place..



did a small led below window..


bodywork done and a coat of featherfill






hood smoothed...



gaps close..


getting ready to build the running boards,,,

[youngrodder]

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It's looking more and more like a truck. Nice progress.
Keep it up. I agree sanding does suck. Your hood/gaps look great. That is where most AD trucks show there age.

Marc

[skip99]

Getting closer....today is the first time it's seen daylight in 2 years!
I think ..hope...all the bodywork is finally done, gonna spend the next month or so sitting out on sunny days.....
Gonna get the ac stuff ordered, and see how all that goes in !



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[skip99]

Running boards and front bumper are done too!
Boards were made in a few pieces, because we wanted smooth boards but still have the original curves on the inside and edge, so there was a lot of cutting and welding..front bumper was smoothed and studded, then reworked the bumper brackets so bumper is about 1 inch from grille, then just made a filler panel and welded it to bumper..



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[xpickup]

skip99, looks great. I like the tail lights and 3rd brake light. Very smooth looking truck.


Shannon

[mknittle]

Funny how much the primer changes the whole look of the truck. Or any color for that matter. looking great!!!

[youngrodder]

Skip -

Nice progress. All of your gaps look great.

Marc
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[solidaxel]

So if you had a competent shop follow your instructions, how many hours would they charge you to put the truck in that stage?

[skip99]

Originally Posted by solidaxel

So if you had a competent shop follow your instructions, how many hours would they charge you to put the truck in that stage?

Sounds like a rhetorical question ! I quit even trying to keep track, I do know I could have built maybe 3 cars in the time it's taken me to do this...but close guess, 500 hrs so far...
If I were paying for it, would have been much cheaper to just buy rear fenders
, but wanted to use original pieces...running boards, just another example of our depravity..lol....probably have 40 to 50 hours in those...
Tami sat in it yesterday pretending to drive, you know... Vroom vroom, sckeeerrch ! Smiles are worth it all...
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[solidaxel]

That is the part most folks do NOT see when they look a high price FINISHED truck.
Nice job, you will enjoy all of those hours when you are driving HER truck!!

[skip99]

That's a fact. This is the day I brought it home....other that the chop, looks like all I did was spray primer, huh.?

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[skip99]

Vintage air contact. Ramone...1-800-862-6685 ext. 109

Dealer in fl. Todd, 352-536-2434,,,,,,

68000vuz-a..........evap, gen 2

04808-vuq..............polished compressor

021475-lca................condenser with drier

15311-VCb.....side mount comp bracket

547001.........extended hose kit.

35137-vuq-a.......title fit hard lines for comp.


This allowed me to put drier up with condenser, run hoses down under inner fender and hidden, with no bulkhead, and the trinary sw, will mount right on drier,

There were no vents needed as I built my own and I used the slimline 4 knob controller.

This was for a long water pump 350 Chevy motor.
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[98layinframe]

Love everything you've done to the body! So many little subtle touches here and there, thats gonna be one sexy truck!!
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[skip99]

Wow ! Thanks, nice to see guys notice...
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[skip99]

Well, dragged home another trans am, need to make some cash...so, while the truck is sun tanning for the next month or two. I'll do the ta.
Decided to start lining up someone to do interior, I WAS going to hire it out,but after last couple days, screw it, I'll do it myself. Can't find anyone around here worth a damn....wasted a couple days talking,, a guy came by to look at truck, told him what I wanted, 2 PC windshield, how I wanted headliner, etc. I knew I was in trouble when he asked how I was gonna keep the wind out of the center if I didn't use the original brace, and once I said I had stretched the roof, he was just blank when I said he couldn't just order a headliner and cover it. Moving on....so, Trying to find places to get what I'll need, We'll, on then not so *****y side....lol I'm going to a car show in killbuck,oh. To , we'll, you know....relax?

I did order 3 point seat belts from seatbeltplanet.com. Some of the chapter ones on eBay don't lock !


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[skip99]

Finally, all primed and just loosely bolted on.


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