50 Chevy Trck Chassis

[renegade8720]

Got my steel today to build the frames for the seat mounts, tilt bed and the bed floor. Hope to start cutting pieces later this week.
Fab1 is having a hard time keeping me on one part of the build at a time. I think I have ADD!

Renegade

[renegade8720]

Got two new toys!

[renegade8720]

Hey Guys,

Fab1 and I have been busy with family stuff and flu. We finally got to play alittle this weekend.
We started on the custom bed spoiler(mini whaletail).

Here are a few pics.

Thanks,

Renegade

[48 GMC BURB]

Excellent color choice !
Sweet frame , where did you find a lexan AD truck !
I think I'll look at using that outboard the frame exhaust ..killer idea

Originally Posted by renegade8720

Hey guys,

We got the exhaust back from the coaters. It turned out great and looks awsome.
Also Fab1 and I decided to paint the valve covers along with the radiator support with the Prowler Orange Pearl that we are painting the truck.
I looked at alot of colors before deciding on this one.
Please check out the pics and let us know what you think.

Thanks,

Renegade

[98layinframe]

Very nice work on the radiused bed corners/ spoiler work... but damn it! I had that idea and was thinking about doing it. Haha oh well.
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[Love2Fab1]

Thanks for the compliments guys. Hopefully this weekend we can get a little further along on the tailgate so you can actually tell what is going on. You guys are welcome to any of the things we've tried. I'm sure they have all been done before though I have not seen the spoiler done this way. Thanks for all the help along this build. We hope to gear back up and cover some ground. So much to do with so little time. Fab1

[renegade8720]

Hey Guys,

Fab1 and I made some progress this weekend.
We got the mounting brackets made for the Scotts Hotrods pedal assembly and got it mounted.
Fab1 got the other corner made and welded in. Then he started on the frame for the tailgate. I think it is looking great! Hopefully next weekend we will get the sheetmetal on it and start on caning the lights in the rear roll pan, finish welding the tubs in and get the bedframe welded.
A few more weeks and we should get started on the cab and on the custom console.

Thanks
Renegade

[renegade8720]

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[chev3600]

Shopping cart handle? Just kidding, I really like the spoiler. Haven't seen that one before.
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[renegade8720]

More Progress.

What do you think?

Renegade

[FarmerSid]

Nice! I can understand the time and work involved to get that done. Any details on the tailgate latch on the inside of the tailgate your willing to share?

[oldman3]

Slick,,,Jim

[hotrod1]

More pics!

[renegade8720]

Fab 1 and I made a little more progress this weekend. We got the cans for the tailights rolled and welded, cut out the backplated for the cans.
Got them all welded. Cut the holes in the roll pan for the cans, welded them in and mounted the lights.
We really like the look.
We also mocked up the seat mounts to figure the height for the seats. We have decided to go with racing buckets and 4 point harness for the seats.

Now if I can get the fiberglass rear fenders sold, I can order the steel fenders so we can widen them 2.5" and get them mounted.
We hope to have the bed mods finished in the next couple of weekends so we can get back to work on the cab and all the custom work we have planed for it.

Thanks,

Renegade

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[Chevette]

Originally Posted by renegade8720

Got two new toys!

If you go on You Tube, a metal genius named Lazze will show you how to tune up the shrinker/stretcher to make it work way better. I did it to mine and was impressed with the results. Here is a link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEYpn6PkDcg

[renegade8720]

Thanks Chevette!

[Daze57]

renegade 8720

those lights look great !!!

[oldman3]

Nice job...Jim

[Love2Fab1]

Thanks for the positive feedback all! FarmerSid, sorry for such a delay in responce. The tailgate is from Mar-K and came smoothed and with the interior handle. We figured that this style of tailgate would help us pull off a cleaner look. Don't want to be over the top busy in the back end. Some may say that ship has set sail. I'm anxious to massage the ends of the roll pan into the corner posts surrounding a stock style hinge. We agreed that the tailgate hinge we would leave stock. Maybe. Thanks again!
Fab1

[98layinframe]

Very nice work! Love how the tail light buckets came out!
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[Homebuilt Hotrods]

sweet truck. love the rear tailgate and box mods.

[renegade8720]

Ok Guys,

Fab1 and I made a little more progress today. Fab1 started modifying the left rear stake pocket where it stops at the bottom of the bed. We wanted to have it flow on down into the bed side and the roll pan to have a more flowing look instead of the way it was originally. He also canned the hole access for the rear cross sill bolts. This whole job took a lot of thinking and hard work on Fab1's part and I think it really looks good. Now we just have to get the other side done.
We also have plans to modify the front stake pockets at the bottom so they will flow into the skirt between the bed and running boards. Also we will modify the front of the rolled part on the bed sides and the front panel top to match the curve of the rear of the cab.

Let us know what you guys think of the look so far.

Thanks,
Renegade

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