Got it one piece at a time... 51 chev

[Jason 56]

I like it!

[57tailgater]

Originally Posted by LOW A D

So I bought some teardrop shaped tailights at least 6 years ago because I liked the shape of them. I wasn't sure where or how i would mount them on this truck, but after trying a bunch of different things, I think I have figured out a look I like! What do you think, Good or bad idea?

I like those lights frenched into the stake pockets. Looks like maybe '37 Ford taillights. I have thought of this idea too but maybe lower and closer to the tock position - but that's my preference. Looks great and nice fab skills! Keep it up!

[dsraven]

great, thanks for taking the time to measure and post. appreciated. I also like what you have done on the box to french the light in. makes it individual.

[LOW A D]

One of my projects this week was to figure out what to do for a rear bumper. I like the look of a rear bumper but I dont have a rear for this truck so I was hoping to make something work that I already had. I have several old cars in the backyard, and I liked the look of a 53 Chev car rear bumper that was already off of the car. I brought it into the shop and started cutting it up, hoping I would like the results! This is what i started with. At first I was hoping to use the bumper guards but I had to mount the bumper very low so that the tailgate would'nt hit them when in the open position so I scrapped that plan

[youngrodder]

Nice custom touch....Are you going to have it chromed or paint it?

Marc

[LOW A D]

Thanks guys for the comments! I would like to have the bumper chromed eventually but I will paint it for now. I'm doing the body work on the whole truck nice enough for shiny paint, but I'm doing the truck in Flat black for now. My plan is to drive the truck a year or two to work out all the bugs and then paint it. I want this to be a daily driver/shop truck that I can use as a truck so I may never paint it shiny! The cab got painted yesterday

[LOW A D]

I also got my dash painted. I used PPG's Ditzler Hot Rod black on the truck, seemed to go on smooth with little streaking. I have found some flat blacks to be very difficult to apply without streaks.

[LOW A D]

I got my dash painted and installed. Also put in my new Dakota digital RTX gauges to see how they look in the dash

[LOW A D]

I was trying to figure out how to latch my tailgate this week. I wanted a hidden latch so I went to Lowes to see what I could find. This is what I bought.

[dsraven]

Got a finished pic?

[dsraven]

Nice work

[oldman3]

Nice...Jim

[8man]

Nice work!

[Rusti]

Very nice and clean work. Especislly the hidden hitch.
So long
Arnd

[8man]

Very nice work.

[99 to Life]

love it

[LOW A D]

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[youngrodder]

Wow that reshaped rear end looks really good. It all has a nice flow to it. I dig the reshaped rear bumper. The fitment on that hitch is sweet. It disappears.

Thanks
Marc

[LOW A D]

Here is a pic of the gas filler lid I built. I don’t really like a filler in the bed but it was the simplist solution. I thought if it had to be in the bed I wanted something different than ones I’d seen before

[LOW A D]

Pic with the lid closed

[LOW A D]

Final fitting of the box/bumper/tailgate before disassembly for paint

[youngrodder]

Great execution on the gas filler...Looking good.

Marc

[8man]

That is very nice!

[Tempest67]

nice work, that looks great

[LOW A D]

I haven’t been on here in a while but I did actually get my truck done (well almost), and have put about 7k miles on it already. I built a matching teardrop trailer that I pull behind it