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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Nice Very Nice !!
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Lookin' good. What part of Kansas are you from?
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Taking a project from conception to completion is time-consuming, to say the least. Nice documentation of a neat project. Nailing the compound angles and contours is commendable. Congrats.
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Thanks. I'm actually going to tear into the rear corners again (along with the rear pillars). They're driving me nuts. I'm going to try to find some stepside fender corners (anyone? Bueller? anyone?) and graft those in... it's really the only way I'm going to get the shape I'm trying for.
I'm also going to hack out the outer edge of the rear stake posts and weld in some quarter-round tubing. Problem with doing this is that the stake post is not straight... it's got a couple of slight kinks in it, so doing the round edge is going to be tricky. As for the rest of the bed, I've got to weld on the fenders (they're welded on at the steps and at the rear body line metalwork area that I added, but the main seam is still free). I've also got to get a floor in it (it's leaf season and I hate making runs to the dump in the Tahoe!... this is a "work" truck, after all ![]() Actually, I'm not. Those are leftovers from a short stint in Wichita. I live in CO, but haven't caught up with the tax man on getting the plates switched over. Actually, I thought I was going to have to jump through microscopic flaming hoops because I couldn't find my VIN plate... but I stumbled across it in one of my parts boxes, and it's now on the truck. Unless they balk at the $0.02 rivets I used (I doubt it), I'll be properly tagged in a few weeks. Quote:
![]() BTW, the tan part just under the license plate is a buck I created to hammer out a tailpipe. I've decided to complement the taillights with a single exhaust that tucks up under the license. I've got the notch marked out but I haven't actually cut the pan yet, so it will actually tuck up a little tighter when I do. The tip will be approx. 15.5" x 1.5" with round ends (the taillights are 12" x .75"). Here's a pshop of the concept. BTW, this is why the truck can never actually be finished ![]()
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
I've said it before but it's worth repeating . . ..... outstanding!
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
This was a late catch for me, so I could read through the entire process from start through primer.
I HATE welded-in tailgates! But I have to admit that you pulled it all together with the controlled lines down the sides and then right on around the back end. I love the way the lines just flow on around--- and you did such good planning that it all fits. I do still want to watch you bring me two yards of driveway gravel and shovel it out... j/k Nice bed on your baby ![]()
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Well, this pic posted above is about 2 years old...
Now that I'm that much closer to zero on the Death Clock, we're actually getting some progress worth posting... wheeeeeee.
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
looking good! you got any side profile shots?
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
awesome build! don't know how I missed it.
Nice to see you're back on it, death clock or not lol. I usually don't love the steppers, but yours is so sweet.
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Ze tip is now mounted and plumbed. It's hard-mounted to the bed to ensure it's always got the right gap from the body, and then flex-fitted back to the exhaust pipe so it doesn't get in a bind.
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
New taillights are in...
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
some craptastic camphone pics of them before sanding and buffing...
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
back end should be done for a while... partly because I'm out of money
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Looks excellent!
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
phenomenal
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Looking good man! I'd call it done unless you want to break up that slab of a gate with something
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Very nice work. Not my style but the craftsmanship is undeniably spot on. Good job.
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
A couple more shots of the tail dragger...
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Nice work!
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
Man that turned out sweet! Love the smooth steps toooo....
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
look'in tight!
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Re: Idea on cleaning up the back end...
MAN, you just set my project back with that.... THat looks SOO much better....
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