"Albert" -- 1949 AD, S10 Chassis

[tetfemal]

Originally Posted by HUSSEY

Running boards are mounted up. I saw a few different methods out there, I got this idea from chopit on 67-72chevytrucks. It worked out well for me. My boards had been patched by the previous owner which I think warped them. You can see I had to clamp the running boards down to my welding bench since they were warped so bad. Building this “frame” helped hold them straight making it easier to get them mocked up to the cab. I used 1x1.5 in. 11 GA for the frame and 1.5x3 in. 11 GA for the mount that bolts to the frame. My forward mount is mounted just behind the splice on the frame which is nice flat spot. The rearward mount is forward of the rear of the cab.

Do you have a downloadable pdf on these like the cab mounts you've posted?

[99 to Life]

very nice, def one of the better designs I'v seen. its a PIA on the last mount because of the leaf perch. you handled that well. I also like how you bolt them on. thats how I do them.

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by 99 to Life

very nice, def one of the better designs I'v seen. its a PIA on the last mount because of the leaf perch. you handled that well. I also like how you bolt them on. thats how I do them.

Thanks! Yep, on mine both the front and rear mount would have interfered with the rear hitting the leaf spring shackle and the front hitting the body mount.

I chose to bolt them on so I could also tweak them up and down without shimming the running board. Right now I just have the running board frame tacked to the frame mounts. I lined the boards up with them touching the rubber flap thing, not sure what you call it, behind them under the cab. I wasn't sure of exactly where they would need to be until the bed was in position.

[joedoh]

nice work like always! very simple and clean

[HUSSEY]

After some adjusting and tweaking of my running boards I started getting the bed fitted up. So far I have the right side mocked. I had picked up some wheels a couple of weeks ago on CL and couldn’t resist bolting them on to see how they looked.

The wheels are American Racing Torq Thrust 2 18x8. The previous owner had them on an 88 Monte Carlo SS. The tires are 245/40-18 Brigestone Potenza.

The tires are a little thinner profile that what I would like but the wheels and tires were close to new and I paid $750 for the set with lug nuts so…I can live with it.

I’m looking forward to getting the bed finished, sitting it on the ground, and rolling it outside to see how it looks.

[Desert1957]

Originally Posted by HUSSEY

After some adjusting and tweaking of my running boards I started getting the bed fitted up. So far I have the right side mocked. I had picked up some wheels a couple of weeks ago on CL and couldn’t resist bolting them on to see how they looked.

The wheels are American Racing Torq Thrust 2 18x8. The previous owner had them on an 88 Monte Carlo SS. The tires are 245/40-18 Brigestone Potenza.

The tires are a little thinner profile that what I would like but the wheels and tires were close to new and I paid $750 for the set with lug nuts so…I can live with it.

I’m looking forward to getting the bed finished, sitting it on the ground, and rolling it outside to see how it looks.

Sorry to Hi-Jack this build thread, But can you educate me on the front fenders for these trucks?
Are the 1 ton wheel openings larger than 1/2 tons? If so by how much?
I have been searching for a good project but I had ruled out 1 tons because I thought hoods and front fenders were different.

Thanks in advance

[jkeating1]

Originally Posted by Desert1957

........can you educate me on the front fenders for these trucks?
Are the 1 ton wheel openings larger than 1/2 tons? If so by how much?
I have been searching for a good project but I had ruled out 1 tons because I thought hoods and front fenders were different.

Look at thread "Small vs Big". It's a good discussion about this question

[84blaze]

Looks great dude.

Can you should some photos of how your mounting the bedsides to the bed floor?

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by 84blaze

Looks great dude.

Can you should some photos of how your mounting the bedsides to the bed floor?

Will do. Hope to have the bed supports finished up in a week or two.

[1952ssr]

Wheels and tires look good, my 18x8's run 225/40/18's. Great fab work, I like your running board mount idea. The way your front bumper mounts is exactly how I was planning on doing my new build, so much easier than the first one. I will be keeping up with your build.

[HUSSEY]

Originally Posted by 1952ssr

Wheels and tires look good, my 18x8's run 225/40/18's. Great fab work, I like your running board mount idea. The way your front bumper mounts is exactly how I was planning on doing my new build, so much easier than the first one. I will be keeping up with your build.

Dude, I like the spinners on your wheels. What are yours? I'd like to get some for mine but from AR they are CRAZY expensive, something like $100 a piece.

I've seen the chromed plastic set for 99 and also a chrome aluminum set for 199 on eBay. I've been told to steer away from overseas chrome aluminum, it's just going to fail sooner or latter. The AR spinners are polished aluminum.

My center caps are engraved American Racing with an SS in the middle so they my be worth some money to someone.

Originally Posted by lsjrl07

So many good ideas in this build! Good Work Hussey.

Thanks bro!

[BigFrz]

[QUOTE=HUSSEY;7524629]Dude, I like the spinners on your wheels. What are yours? I'd like to get some for mine but from AR they are CRAZY expensive, something like $100 a piece.

I've seen the chromed plastic set for 99 and also a chrome aluminum set for 199 on eBay. I've been told to steer away from overseas chrome aluminum, it's just going to fail sooner or latter. The AR spinners are polished aluminum.

My center caps are engraved American Racing with an SS in the middle so they my be worth some money to someone.


Nice build man. I just couldn't find any pics of the font or the rear bed mounts. I am in the process of lining thy up on my frame and putting mounts on. 1

[lsjrl07]

So many good ideas in this build! Good Work Hussey.

[dug224]

Great build. Really appreciated the attention to detail and superb photo documentation. Keep it coming. dug

[Luther Grimace]

Wow you do great work. You have great attention to detail. Also your welds look great. What kind of welder do you have?

[joedoh]

lincoln welders are the best, I see a lot of guys on the miller train but my 17 year old lincoln 170 makes just about anyone look like a pro welder right out of the box. never hit the duty cycle either.

[HUSSEY]

I need to get my build thread updated...but for the mean time here's some in progress pics. This past weekend I finished mounting my bed thus FINALLY concluded getting all the sheet metal fitted and mounted.

I couldn't figure out which pic angle I liked best so I just went ahead and loaded them all...

[DeanTX]

I think you nailed it on the stance. Looking good.

[joedoh]

those wheels are perfect on there!

[Coach529]

Damn nice truck. Love the stance, wheel choice....all of it!!

[Advanced Design]

Yeah, looks good!

[lt155ruck]

I think you nailed it. Looking forward to seeing how you mounted the bed.

[HUSSEY]

Thanks all. I'll see if I can get some pics and a description of how I mounted the bed sometime next week.

[1952ssr]

Looking GREAT!!!

[HUSSEY]

Had a guy come by last night and pick up my 1-ton frame. I was finally glad to get rid of it, got $250 for it. I keep saying I was getting close to cutting it up and scrapping but I couldn't bring myself to doing it knowing there had to be someone out there who could use it. I'm glad it found a good home...now I need to place and order for $250 worth of parts.