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03-09-2006, 12:46 AM | #1 |
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Re: Project Penicillin~ 68 crewcab build up!
Sorry guys I have been working on the "Tip & Flip" cab dolly for the last few days trying to get plans and specs ready to ship out to customers. extd56 has been great about not pushing me on his truck so it lets me tweak a few other things I have in the works for everyone. Tonight he called me to let me know he found a 57 cab for me to mock up a "Tip & Flip" for all the 55-59 guys on the board! I will be back on the crew cab very soon and shorty project extended cab will be back for a bit of work. Also their will be some frame mods going on to a 71 2wd blazer for a board member. Then project "Shaved" will be entering the shop for some trick mod's and metal bumping. So stay tuned...
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03-09-2006, 01:49 AM | #2 |
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Excellent progress, I love watching this thread
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03-09-2006, 02:32 AM | #3 |
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Hey Kevin-
Great work, you are a true metal man. BTW: What kind of welder are you using?
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03-13-2006, 07:17 PM | #5 |
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I agree, that man does wonders with metal
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03-13-2006, 07:59 PM | #6 |
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Sorry guys no new pics today I have been working on the "Tip & Flip dolly" and trying to get it all finished up so you guys will have an easier time doing this work. It is almost ready to ship (next day or two) and I can get back out in the garage. I like designing but all this computer work is not for me. I am a construction worker by trade. I got into this line of work after high school because I did not want a desk job doing paper all day and did not want to continue on in school. Now what do I do, Half the time I am in the office doing paper work setting up meeting, taking classes, or dealing with the state on projects and fighting with generals on the job. So I really like being able to come home and head out to the shop and have fun. But it is all a trade off and you just hope you can make it all work out in the end.
Next time you look at a project on your truck and think " I don't know if I can do that" just remember what I live by; "Theiris not anything that I can not do just some things I have not done yet! Thanks all and I will be back soon. Kevin LFD inc. |
03-13-2006, 10:12 PM | #7 |
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I am looking forward to those plans. I just bought a new 60gal air compressor so I can start grinding, banging, and welding on my 68. My reclaiming of my garage is well underway and I hope to start disassembly next weekend.
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03-16-2006, 08:52 PM | #8 |
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03-18-2006, 08:56 PM | #9 |
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This was buried clear down to page 5! Really looking forward to another update.
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03-18-2006, 10:42 PM | #10 |
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Sorry guys I have only worked on it a few hours this week (getting things with Tip & Flip finished and sent out) and not really much to show. I will be out in the shop most of Sunday and hope to have some more pic's. I am working out door gaps and window regulators for the fourth door and things that do not show like much but are real time consumers.
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03-19-2006, 10:48 PM | #11 |
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Great pics, very nice work. Wow, if you saw mine you wouldn't call that rust, it would be "weathered". It's a big help to see how all these body panels fit.
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03-20-2006, 08:14 AM | #12 |
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I got my plans in for the tilt Saturday. I can't wait to start my project.
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03-21-2006, 07:37 PM | #13 |
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Lookin' great.
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03-21-2006, 10:42 PM | #14 |
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I am going to tease you guys. Here is what I found when I went out to Mike(70 rs/ss) last year to pick up a burb I bought from him.
It is a factory built 4 door 68 3/4 truck. They built it and 5 others for GM's Mesa/Arizona testing area. 4 full doors, factory custom built, all the window work normally and it wasn't built out of a burb. When I saw that Truck in one of the mags, I had to smile, because of this one. It has factory VIN and a serial # by Fisher body. I am going out in May to pick it up. He has 2 others, one he is keeping, the other hit hard in the front. So I am going to pull the cab off the frame and put it in the back of this one. I kept this a secert from you Mike because I was going to visit!! LOL |
03-21-2006, 10:43 PM | #15 |
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The teaser is that it is really a 67!!!
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03-21-2006, 10:54 PM | #18 |
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Plus I found here in NC a 65 4 door 3/4 crew cab with squared off rear doors, not fronts used. It is rusty but fixable...... short wheel base, has 6 foot utility bed on it. I am trying to find the owner, longg story, and I did not have a camera, it also has a fisher body plate with serial #.
Gm made a lot of special vehicle. An Attorney I used to work for in DC had several 55-73 4 door Cadillac convertables that his father ordered from GM. They built them special for him because he did their legal work in DC. The reason my ex boss said they wanted 4 doors was because his mother was raised a lady and never rode in the front of a vehicle....." Miss Daisey" !!!! |
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Wow, what a super unique truck, too bad GM didn't catch on and make them for everyone
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03-21-2006, 10:59 PM | #22 |
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I couldn't believe it when i firs saw it........
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That's a sweet '67!
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