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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
This is awesome....totally makes me want to do something like this. Maybe I can convince the wife.... :-p
Hope that you make it out to the midwest....I hope to see this in person
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
Buggy, that thing is an animal.
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
Absolutely beautiful.....
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
Any updates? Have you used it much? This is a cool rig!
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
How much is the gas mileage difference between the old SB and the new BB? I am dragging a 69 C30 back from Oregon to set up for towing like yours and think I might trade out the 327 for a BB.
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
this build just made my day!
seriously the best crewcab build on this site. love the truck man, lots of respect for the metal work in this one
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Orrie, sorry I did not see your question a while back. I am getting the same gas mileage but am able to come up the big hills about 10 to 15 mph faster. it hardly ever drops out of overdrive and it has to be a monster hill to drop to second gear. I do like the power of the big block. The tranny did not. Torque converter clutch went and smoked the tranny. Its been rebuilt and should hold up now.
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Totally wicked!!!! Id love to have something like this to tow my trucks!
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Not surprising, I got better mileage with my v8 4wd than the six 2wd when I converted. I think it was because the six was always working in the upper range while the 283 did not have to work as hard. I am hoping the 350 is even better as it should be a little more torquey.
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What a spectacular build, absolutely beautiful!
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
This is a very cool build, I seen it the first time around,
Didnt you make drop in top rails for your bed that were the original parts that were trimed off ?
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
Absolutely amazing build. And you did it so fast! I love it. Now, you need to make your own camper with the same nostalgia look and paint.
Again, I love it and hope to see it some day!
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
Buggy5872:
This is the most amazing build I have viewed. Your vision, creativity and follow through is perfect. Bertha turned out to be a show vehicle built in a home garage not in a million dollar hot rod shop. Foose, Coddington and Barris have nothing on you. This truck is beautiful. Please let us know if you will be showing Bertha around Pittsburgh this summer. I would love to see her and talk to you in person. Best Wishes and Happy Camping. Mark Harley Oakmont, Pa. |
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cool build have you started on bertha;s big brother? would that be buford?
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Awesome build & you got some mad skills
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
Are the windshields the same on the Low Cab Fowards as the normal pickup truck windshields?
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
That is a really cool truck you have there. Great fab skills and I love the suicide rear doors
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Re: Big Bertha Build thread x2
What an awesome build! I don't know how I missed it. You did an excellent job on the fab work on Bertha. How is she doing now? I saw pics of your truck searching crew cab lcf's.
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She is doing well, still pulling the camper around. She'll be due for some touch ups soon. Kids are hard on paint jobs. They have both scratched and dented it with bicycles. Its all good, I built it to use.
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It's been a few years since I sent you a couple of LCF doors for your next project, did you ever start that project ?
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It got put on the back burner...I've been doing a few for other people. Should be back on my projects this fall. finish 59 NAPCO, start on 57 short fleetside for my oldest son, start on 58 GMC 600 diesel tow pig. Then maybe the LCF
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I know what you mean about kids being hard on paint jobs.
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Its a 58 GMC 600. I have a 99. Internatioal dt530 and 9speed. It will be air ride and air brakes. Setting it up like a semi with a sleeper.
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