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tdishon · 02-11-2021, 02:30 PM

Exhaust time

**youngrodder** · 02-11-2021, 05:31 PM

Looks good. What mufflers you running?

Marc

tdishon · 02-11-2021, 05:55 PM

Magnaflow XL. Not the straight thru. I like to hear the supercharger whine.

tdishon · 10-09-2021, 02:13 PM

Been a while since an update. Here we go:

tdishon · 10-09-2021, 02:17 PM

More pics of the step work:

tdishon · 10-09-2021, 02:20 PM

Lots to update: New wheels. Not powder coated yet. Rear fenders widened and front close to dialing in the widened fenders. Hammer Fab has been kicking some butt!

**Rickysnickers** · 10-10-2021, 09:34 AM

I can't see any photos, just minus signs...

tdishon · 10-10-2021, 01:22 PM

I loaded actual pics rather than links. Hopefully that fixed the pics.

**Rickysnickers** · 10-11-2021, 10:40 AM

Wow, that's great!! Want to do my truck for me???

tdishon · 10-11-2021, 12:13 PM

As everyone knows...It's been and continues to be a journey.

daveshilling · 10-11-2021, 01:39 PM

Those steps are super sexy. Most would've left the step work you had already done, but this is a nice touch.

tdishon · 10-11-2021, 02:08 PM

The factory steps were widened for the 1 7/8" widened fender, but we stretched it to 3" and the new steps looks amazing. The truck looks much better with the wider fender(in my opinion) with the big tires and wider front.

6DoF · 10-11-2021, 02:21 PM

very interested to see what you are doing in the front

Jason 56 · 10-12-2021, 10:56 AM

Those steps came out great. I agree, it looks killer!

dsraven · 10-12-2021, 06:45 PM

well, you got me of the couch with that last set of pics. the one with the widened rear fender and the sliced off front fender. I have a 57 and will need to do that same thing on my front fender due to a frame swap that is a wider track width.
nice work. great fab skills. are you working in a shop with fab tools for sheet metal or wingin it with what you have?

dsraven · 10-12-2021, 06:56 PM

haha, I had to say it, "working with what you have".
NICE SHOP!
even without the tools seen in the background, which just to have that much room would be awesome. not wasting time moving stuff taken off so there is room to do some work. gotta love it.
keep posting, your work is great.

tdishon · 10-14-2021, 07:57 PM

dsraven: My shop is small and I don't have those skills. I now have the 59 at Hammer Fab in Texas. I fell in love with Levi Green's 58 Apache that won truck of the year at SEMA in 2019 so when they had an opening, I jumped on it after visiting the shop.

tdishon · 10-14-2021, 11:32 PM

And so it begins:

6DoF · 10-15-2021, 08:30 AM

tdishon · 10-16-2021, 01:01 PM

A few more pics of the flare and grill progress.

dsraven · 10-16-2021, 02:57 PM

Is that the grille from a big truck GMC possibly?

dsraven · 10-16-2021, 03:00 PM

I started a thread called "widening front fenders" after seeing yours. Curious about using the flared section from a big fendered truck. Slice it off and install like yours. Would need to also shorten or modify the opening length to fit the tires. Yours looks awesome. Thanks for posting up the progress pics. I actually am wearing down the pile of stuff in front of my project so soon I may be able to see it again and get back to work.

dsraven · 10-16-2021, 05:02 PM

love that front bumper and grille plan! great ideas, it's gonna look great

tdishon · 10-16-2021, 06:30 PM

Thanks, The plan is to blend the GMC and Chev grill. The GMC grill is off a stepside GMC.

dsraven · 10-17-2021, 12:44 AM

I didn't think there was a difference between stepside of fleetside grilles. did you mean COE GMC?

02-11-2021, 02:30 PM	#101
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Exhaust time Attached Images __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

02-11-2021, 05:31 PM	#102
youngrodder Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotts, Michigan Posts: 3,773	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Looks good. What mufflers you running? Marc __________________ …………...........__________ .................. ((__\|__\|\|___\____ ..;.;;.:;:;.,;..;((_(O))____ (_(O)) 1948 Chevy Truck - Finished SOLD!! 1953 Chevy Suburban "Family Truckster" Completed: Spring of 2021 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=605484 1994 4x4 Blazer - "Field Find" https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...ferrerid=30857

02-11-2021, 05:55 PM	#103
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Magnaflow XL. Not the straight thru. I like to hear the supercharger whine. __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

10-09-2021, 02:13 PM	#104
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Been a while since an update. Here we go: Attached Images __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast) Last edited by tdishon; 10-10-2021 at 01:18 PM.

10-09-2021, 02:17 PM	#105
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build More pics of the step work: Attached Images __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast) Last edited by tdishon; 10-10-2021 at 01:20 PM.

10-09-2021, 02:20 PM	#106
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Lots to update: New wheels. Not powder coated yet. Rear fenders widened and front close to dialing in the widened fenders. Hammer Fab has been kicking some butt! Attached Images __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast) Last edited by tdishon; 10-10-2021 at 01:22 PM.

10-10-2021, 09:34 AM	#107
Rickysnickers Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Eagle, ID Posts: 3,024	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build I can't see any photos, just minus signs...

10-10-2021, 01:22 PM	#108
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build I loaded actual pics rather than links. Hopefully that fixed the pics. __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

10-11-2021, 10:40 AM	#109
Rickysnickers Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Eagle, ID Posts: 3,024	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Wow, that's great!! Want to do my truck for me???

10-11-2021, 12:13 PM	#110
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build As everyone knows...It's been and continues to be a journey. __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

10-11-2021, 01:39 PM	#111
daveshilling Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: roseville Posts: 823	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Those steps are super sexy. Most would've left the step work you had already done, but this is a nice touch. __________________ My Current Trucks: 1958 Apache BBW 4.8LS/4l60 "Lucky" Built By Me 1958 GMC BBW LS1/4l60 "The Kraken" Built By Delmo

10-11-2021, 02:08 PM	#112
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build The factory steps were widened for the 1 7/8" widened fender, but we stretched it to 3" and the new steps looks amazing. The truck looks much better with the wider fender(in my opinion) with the big tires and wider front. __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

10-11-2021, 02:21 PM	#113
6DoF Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: somewhere, PA Posts: 1,088	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build very interested to see what you are doing in the front

10-12-2021, 10:56 AM	#114
Jason 56 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Ishpeming, mi Posts: 625	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Those steps came out great. I agree, it looks killer! __________________ http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=780018 Jason’s 56 build

10-12-2021, 06:45 PM	#115
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 8,185	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build well, you got me of the couch with that last set of pics. the one with the widened rear fender and the sliced off front fender. I have a 57 and will need to do that same thing on my front fender due to a frame swap that is a wider track width. nice work. great fab skills. are you working in a shop with fab tools for sheet metal or wingin it with what you have?



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10-12-2021, 06:56 PM	#116
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 8,185	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build haha, I had to say it, "working with what you have". NICE SHOP! even without the tools seen in the background, which just to have that much room would be awesome. not wasting time moving stuff taken off so there is room to do some work. gotta love it. keep posting, your work is great.

10-14-2021, 07:57 PM	#117
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build dsraven: My shop is small and I don't have those skills. I now have the 59 at Hammer Fab in Texas. I fell in love with Levi Green's 58 Apache that won truck of the year at SEMA in 2019 so when they had an opening, I jumped on it after visiting the shop. __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

10-14-2021, 11:32 PM	#118
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build And so it begins: Attached Images __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

10-15-2021, 08:30 AM	#119
6DoF Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: somewhere, PA Posts: 1,088	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build

10-16-2021, 01:01 PM	#120
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build A few more pics of the flare and grill progress. Attached Images __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

10-16-2021, 02:57 PM	#121
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 8,185	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Is that the grille from a big truck GMC possibly?

10-16-2021, 03:00 PM	#122
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 8,185	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build I started a thread called "widening front fenders" after seeing yours. Curious about using the flared section from a big fendered truck. Slice it off and install like yours. Would need to also shorten or modify the opening length to fit the tires. Yours looks awesome. Thanks for posting up the progress pics. I actually am wearing down the pile of stuff in front of my project so soon I may be able to see it again and get back to work.

10-16-2021, 05:02 PM	#123
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 8,185	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build love that front bumper and grille plan! great ideas, it's gonna look great

10-16-2021, 06:30 PM	#124
tdishon Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Peoria, Arizona Posts: 274	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build Thanks, The plan is to blend the GMC and Chev grill. The GMC grill is off a stepside GMC. __________________ Current project: 59 Apache with 2012 Corvette drivetrain Jeep Trackhawk(beast)

10-17-2021, 12:44 AM	#125
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 8,185	Re: 59 Apache/C6 Corvette build I didn't think there was a difference between stepside of fleetside grilles. did you mean COE GMC?

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