My 52 GMC Build

[kehstr]

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[47 Fasttoys]

Hey Lower, thanks for posting the details of your trip, looks like a good time. As it turns out you where in my neck of the woods, I'm in the NE part of SC. Charlotte: 3 hours, done the tail a few times, all good stuff. What would be cool is if we put together a big AD get together next year at some major park. I hope to have my camper done by April so that would be cool. Congrats on the magazine, that's a big deal!
Rob

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by jkeating1

So it could handle about 4" more track width, I guess? That opens up more frame options.

Yes maybe more full size front suspension.

Originally Posted by kehstr

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Originally Posted by 47 Fasttoys

Hey Lower, thanks for posting the details of your trip, looks like a good time. As it turns out you where in my neck of the woods, I'm in the NE part of SC. Charlotte: 3 hours, done the tail a few times, all good stuff. What would be cool is if we put together a big AD get together next year at some major park. I hope to have my camper done by April so that would be cool. Congrats on the magazine, that's a big deal!
Rob

NP Rob. We are planning on going back to the Good guys show next year maybe we could get a bunch of us to all meet up that weekend somewhere? Or roll into the show together. Thanks the mag was just over the top!!

[lower50's]

Well I got my new welding cart made and my tig welder is finally off the floor after 2 years. The foot print of the new cart is the same as my old one that only held my mig and one tank. I moved the main wheels forward to get better maneuverability in my small shop. The mig is hard wired into the plug that the tig gets plugged into, then I have a 25' cord that I plug in.

[Nut Case]

Lowered

Great tk, great magazine score!

Your welding cart is cool, just one questions do you use the same shielding gas for tig and mig?Two tanks?

Keep on keepin on

NC

[99 to Life]

looks great, I know that feeling. life and truck keeps you so busy the easiest things get pushed back. I went all these years without a bench grinder. Finally bought 3 of them, hooked one up and still don't have it mounted, so it moves all around!!!!! ahhhh the dumb lazy things I do vs all the hard labor and time crunching things I do. nice ground clamp too!!!

[Advanced Design]

Nice welding cart! Sometimes it takes time to get to all those other projects. I could use some minions around here myself.

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by Nut Case

Lowered

Great tk, great magazine score!

Your welding cart is cool, just one questions do you use the same shielding gas for tig and mig?Two tanks?

Keep on keepin on

NC

Thanks the magazine is killer. No I use a CO2/Argon mix for mig much less spatter than straight CO2 and strait Argon for tig, also my mig is pressure regulated and tig is flow controlled.

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

looks great, I know that feeling. life and truck keeps you so busy the easiest things get pushed back. I went all these years without a bench grinder. Finally bought 3 of them, hooked one up and still don't have it mounted, so it moves all around!!!!! ahhhh the dumb lazy things I do vs all the hard labor and time crunching things I do. nice ground clamp too!!!

Thanks Henry but come on a few wood screws into a wood bench will hold the grinder for now lol. Ya that ground clamp is an upgrade for my mig, the old one didn't like 175A

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Nice welding cart! Sometimes it takes time to get to all those other projects. I could use some minions around here myself.

Thanks Doug Ya a whole bunch of minions.

[lower50's]

Ok so my plywood bed was always temporary. Now I am trying to figure out what will go with the truck. I crudely used paint and made some options. What do you guys think?
1 would be same aluminum as running boards with black steel strips. I kind of like #5
#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

[strider621]

Hey Bob...
I really like #5..... Something about that wood grain and color that blends well with your truck.

[Advanced Design]

I vote number five, yet less shiny...like your truck.

[CHIZZLER]

Looking good. #5

[joedoh]

if I had to pick it would be #4, it doesnt look like a bowling lane or "newtique" furniture like the others. keep in mind the shinier it is the harder it will be to take care of, even polyurethane has a hard time taking 12 hours of hot sun and weather changes and torrential rain. but dont listen to me, get what you like!

I saw a bed floor made from aluminum bleachers once, THAT would be perfectly in line with your truck, in my dim opinion.




I have made new bed floors for two trucks and stained them pretty, one cedar tint and one redwood tint, and neither of those got the attention and compliments that my reclaimed flatbed weathered cedar on the 49 gets. people love it! the crustiness, the silvering, the rusty strips. Maybe it just fits the look better.

[kehstr]

To me number 3 compliments the truck the best

[nail pounder]

I like the knotty #5, but I've seen one (maybe 60-66 forum) that they burned the wood with a torch and then cleared it. It looked sweet. Might be a good rustic look in your truck.

[99 to Life]

I like #3 with a tad darker tint. I like that bleacher bed idea, I think it would really only work with certain color trucks and def more 60-66 trucks rather than and AD.

[RockinKees]

I would go with number 5, only a bit more grey-ish so that it looks older.
Suits the truck better when it has an older look to it.

I think......

[lower50's]

Thanks for all your input guys!!
So #5 ish lol. knotty weathered more gray pine (not quite old barn board) with black strips and stainless bolts. With a flat or satin finish.
Something like this?

[Advanced Design]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Thanks for all your input guys!!
So #5 ish lol. knotty weathered more gray pine (not quite old barn board) with black strips and stainless bolts. With a flat or satin finish.
Something like this?
Attachment 1600335

Yes, that would look really good.

[crestronwizard]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Thanks for all your input guys!!
So #5 ish lol. knotty weathered more gray pine (not quite old barn board) with black strips and stainless bolts. With a flat or satin finish.
Something like this?
Attachment 1600335

Yes, that! Looks great.

[rusty76]

I'm not a diamond plate person. I don't know why but I just don't care for it. I do like #5 and #2. I'd probably go with some painted wood or something. I'm easy to get along with.

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice work on the cart! On the bed cover, I kind of like the idea of safety tread plate like fire trucks have. It would go with the theme of your truck seeing how it started life as a fire truck IMO. The top pic in the link. It is pricey though. But you probably would only need 1 sheet. Haha

http://www.bargrating.org/grating/ba...ker-plate.html

[lower50's]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Nice work on the cart! On the bed cover, I kind of like the idea of safety tread plate like fire trucks have. It would go with the theme of your truck seeing how it started life as a fire truck IMO. The top pic in the link. It is pricey though. But you probably would only need 1 sheet. Haha

http://www.bargrating.org/grating/ba...ker-plate.html

Thanks the cart is working very well. I agree with your point with the fire truck theme but I'm worried it will be to much shinny. I can get a deal on the sheet tho.

[Dieselwrencher]

I saw a 54 COE in Kansas a few years ago that had the safety tread plate. They painted the base body color and sanded the tops of the bars. (or masked them off) It looked really awesome.

[RockinKees]

Yep, that's it!
I would keep it flat, just my opinion 😉