Slosh Tubz new company project "Square Peg" frame laying 1987 GMC Jimmy

[67cheby]

thanks guys, I appreciate it !

[Rusbuilt]

Nice Mike!

[Dinos63]

whoa!! very nice great work

[oldman3]

Looking good buddy...Jim

[67cheby]

ok how about some progress, fellow board member AJ gave me these GMC letters to use, I think I am going to put them on the floor rise by the tailgate, unless anyone has a better script out of a tailgate including the indented area around the script ?


Started working on the false floor also, it will be covered in Bed wood and Parts, exotic wood ! Compressors and tanks and battery/air ride will all be hidden under the false floor

[67cheby]

my friend Chip (Tireblazin) put in several hours (18 man hours between the 2 of us) yesterday helping fit the dash and build filler panels, big thank you to him !

[VA72C10]

Looking sweeeeeet!

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Looking sweeeeeet!

thanks man, I also worked on my side panels, I went through almost a whole sheet of sheet metal in one day , that is 3 sheets so far and I still need to do under the hood, looks like we need to go get another one, lol

[oldman3]

Nice job, looks great....Jim

[BigDaddyV]

/Bows down to Master Mike

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Nice job, looks great....Jim

thanks Jim

Originally Posted by BigDaddyV

/Bows down to Master Mike

LOL, well lets not go that far ! Thank you !

Looks like I just picked up a smooth top also, I will go get it on Sunday morning !

[es67chevy]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

Looks like I just picked up a smooth top also, I will go get it on Sunday morning !

Great progress, Mike!! Very talented and imaginative builder!


For those of us not in the know, what is a smooth top? I assume the stock top is "not smooth"?

[67cheby]

yes most of the factory tops were textured, very few were actually smooth, this smooth top will be painted body color instead of the textured white

[watahyahknow]

i think there was a guy on here that made his own chevy bowtie by plasmacutting it out of a thick piece of metal grinding it smooth and use inside and the outside to press the shapen in sheetetal using a hydraulic press

you could allso look intoo hydroforming , that uses a pressure washer

Sheet Metal Hydroforming - YouTube

works the same way but you need two extra pieces of thick metal and the outside of the cutout and you prolly need to do it outside as water will flow out the mould

Hydro Forming attempt 3 - YouTube

to get the sharper edges you stack it bottom plate where the waterjet fits intoo then sheetmetal , then the cutout then the topplate put bolts all trough them and aply waterpressure

[es67chevy]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

yes most of the factory tops were textured, very few were actually smooth, this smooth top will be painted body color instead of the textured white

Ah, sweet! Thanks. That should look really nice!

[thor]

Lookin' nice Mike! The false floor in the back will be a nice place to hide everything; gonna be clean lookin'!

[jtp67-72]

Likin it!!! Whats the plan for the center of dash??..........jim

[Rusbuilt]

Nice work Mike!

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by thor

Lookin' nice Mike! The false floor in the back will be a nice place to hide everything; gonna be clean lookin'!

thank you

Originally Posted by jtp67-72

Likin it!!! Whats the plan for the center of dash??..........jim

no plan, any ideas ?

Originally Posted by Rusbuilt

Nice work Mike!

thanks man


I also need to make a correction I said earlier that AJ gave me those GMC letters , it was A.C. Ward fellow board member not AJ....lol, I am getting old !

[67cheby]

TOPLESS TUESDAY ????? and a little more dash progress

[watahyahknow]

the dash lined up realy nice
if you find some round heaterducts that you can weld in they would look realy nice
from wat i could see on google these are from a cadillac

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

the dash lined up realy nice
if you find some round heaterducts that you can weld in they would look realy nice
from wat i could see on google these are from a cadillac

Thanks man, Those are nice !

[vegadesign]

i like toppless tuesday!

[BigDaddyV]

Me too!!!! ( . )( . )

[67cheby]

Lol !