slammed 57

[slammed57]

Back on the project, after having to remodel the bath room for the wife (which i thought it would take a few weeks turned into 2 months) Ha! boy was i wrong but I got it done ...so back to building FUN things!

received a new radiator with electric fans, I needed to move the radiator 1 1/4" foward through the core due to the belt drive line width.



re- designed the radiator core mount (the original one just wasn't goin to cut it)
still need to fill it the panels on both sides of the core to smooth it off



made some new core to frame mounts






finish her up this week some time

[Kim57]

That looks real nice.
Kim

[55 Chevy Dave]

Very cool build. I'm making a new radiator core support right now for my '55.

Great work so far! I will be following your progress!

[lower50's]

Lookin Good how far behind the grill will the rad be?

[slammed57]

Thanks all much appreciated

Originally Posted by Kim57

That looks real nice.
Kim

Originally Posted by lower50's

Lookin Good how far behind the grill will the rad be?

I"am using a 57 grill, from the center I have About 1 1/2" but it curves back on the ends , may have to trim about 1/4" but with the grill width about 3" it should still look like its sitting back deep enough, we shall see

[ptc]

That is looking so GOOD!!!!! nice work on the frame welding and design. Sometimes its easier just to redo the whole thing rather than making the old stuff work!..... Great Job you did there.

[II_Slow]

oh, damn. Now I wish I had just fabbed my own core support. I swear every time I read through other build threads I get some very cool ideas. I've read several threads by new builders and the experience guys always tell them "read all the build threads you can" - that's good advise.

[slammed57]

Originally Posted by ptc

That is looking so GOOD!!!!! nice work on the frame welding and design. Sometimes its easier just to redo the whole thing rather than making the old stuff work!..... Great Job you did there.

Thanks buddy, inch by inch trying to get it done!

[slammed57]

Originally Posted by II_Slow

oh, damn. Now I wish I had just fabbed my own core support. I swear every time I read through other build threads I get some very cool ideas. I've read several threads by new builders and the experience guys always tell them "read all the build threads you can" - that's good advise.

You're absolutly correct, problem is there are so many good build on here that i can get stuck reading all day on just build! LOL

You got your hands full on your build...Looking great... You got a ton of time of just figuring out measurements/specs there. I know the old rule of, measure twice cut once dont apply to us... its measure 15 times cut once! if not its a lot of time or money wasted.

[slammed57]

gettin a little more done here!

epoxyed the radiator core mount



little before and after of the fabrication of the tranny hump.. just gotta play connect the dots tomorrow to finish her up, then i'll move on to smoothing the dash

[my56chevytruck]

Hey buddy, nice work as usual. those 2 front fenders, how they lining up?? they look great. can't wait to hear that motor purrrrrrr. what radiator do you have and whats the size of the tubes?? nice hearing from you. stay cool, back soon.

[Kim57]

Core support and trans tunnel looks real nice.
Kim

[murd969]

Your build is looking good.

[lower50's]

Love the trans hump

[slammed57]

Been a while since i last did an update due to life getting in the way but any how, Do you all sometimes like myself while at a car show walk around and something catches your eye of some fabrication work and you say to yourself " whoaaa, that looks nice!!! and then you start observing how they did it and then you say to your self " AHH! I can do that , it dont look that hard to do!" Well in this case it was front wheel wells and it was Challenging to say the least. but I managed to pull it of... I just have to replicate another one for the passenger side....jeez!

[Kim57]

Very nice.
Kim

[lower50's]

Yes I have thought like that before. Fender turned out real nice.

[my56chevytruck]

Hey Buddy,
You do some amazing work for sure, that's going to really look good. i mean, it really looks bad ass!! How are you rolling that new inner fender? You're making me think of doing something similar to mine now. How are you attaching these front and rear?? Thanks for posting.
Morrie

[slammed57]

hey morrie, give me a couple of days and I'll show you with some pics, as well with my "hi-tec" roller I used to form the inner wheel wells

[hotrodelrod]

nice work!

[my56chevytruck]

Mike,
You've got my number. Stay in touch, thanks
Morrie

[CMACDONALD1]

Great build! The inner fenders look great!

[ptc]

Originally Posted by slammed57

Been a while since i last did an update due to life getting in the way but any how, Do you all sometimes like myself while at a car show walk around and something catches your eye of some fabrication work and you say to yourself " whoaaa, that looks nice!!! and then you start observing how they did it and then you say to your self " AHH! I can do that , it dont look that hard to do!" Well in this case it was front wheel wells and it was Challenging to say the least. but I managed to pull it of... I just have to replicate another one for the passenger side....jeez!

This is amazing man! --- you did an excellent job on this. Something I am gonna have to be thinking of in times to come. Glad to see you plugging away on the truck again. Enjoy the holidays!

[Black_Sheep]

The inner fenders and your other fab work are outstanding! Keep the updates coming...

[slammed57]

Thanks everyone, PTC you're truck is movin along awsome!