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Knuckle head
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NC
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Having the tube bender allowed me to get started again on the roll cage.
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Adam '71 SWB/Step ![]() 2017 Crew Cab Silverado LTZ with 6.2l, 8 Speed tuned by RPM in Garner, NC '00 Chevy 1500 6.0l Silverado Reg. Cab Short Bed '09 Chevy 1500 5.3l Silverado Crew Cab Short Bed (SOLD) 1971 LWB on 2014 1 ton chassis, L96 6.0LS / 6L90E http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=796785 1969 LWB C10- Future project, possible AWD C10 on a 2002 Escalade Chassis. ![]() |
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Knuckle head
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
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Adam '71 SWB/Step ![]() 2017 Crew Cab Silverado LTZ with 6.2l, 8 Speed tuned by RPM in Garner, NC '00 Chevy 1500 6.0l Silverado Reg. Cab Short Bed '09 Chevy 1500 5.3l Silverado Crew Cab Short Bed (SOLD) 1971 LWB on 2014 1 ton chassis, L96 6.0LS / 6L90E http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=796785 1969 LWB C10- Future project, possible AWD C10 on a 2002 Escalade Chassis. ![]() |
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Still Learning
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Central Oklahoma
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Very nice work on the roll cage! I would like to have one of those benders. Did you use your own design or borrow it from someone else?
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Knuckle head
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NC
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
I kind of stole the design from Speedway Motors (http://www.speedwaymotors.com/3rd-Ge...Set,20066.html) but got it a little backwards when I built it but it still works well enough. The only thing is I can't get a full 90* bend right now because I basically have the main die and roller die backwards. I build it at my work and I did not have a picture to go off of. I couldn't even use my phone because we do not take our phones into the buildings.
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Adam '71 SWB/Step ![]() 2017 Crew Cab Silverado LTZ with 6.2l, 8 Speed tuned by RPM in Garner, NC '00 Chevy 1500 6.0l Silverado Reg. Cab Short Bed '09 Chevy 1500 5.3l Silverado Crew Cab Short Bed (SOLD) 1971 LWB on 2014 1 ton chassis, L96 6.0LS / 6L90E http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=796785 1969 LWB C10- Future project, possible AWD C10 on a 2002 Escalade Chassis. ![]() |
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motor exploder
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Nice work on the bender and the roll cage. The stance of your truck looks killer - I'm diggin' everything you've done so far!
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Knuckle head
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Thanks man.
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Adam '71 SWB/Step ![]() 2017 Crew Cab Silverado LTZ with 6.2l, 8 Speed tuned by RPM in Garner, NC '00 Chevy 1500 6.0l Silverado Reg. Cab Short Bed '09 Chevy 1500 5.3l Silverado Crew Cab Short Bed (SOLD) 1971 LWB on 2014 1 ton chassis, L96 6.0LS / 6L90E http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=796785 1969 LWB C10- Future project, possible AWD C10 on a 2002 Escalade Chassis. ![]() |
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Cage is looking sweet! Any updates?
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ANDREW 1972 Chevy SWB Cheyenne Super JANE http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=462072 1972 GMC Jimmy PENNY http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=735827 1968 GMC patina swb PEARL http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=731315 1972 Chevy K20 BRUCE http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=805788 |
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Great progress on the cage!
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
sweet upgrades!
thank you for your service!
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Congrats on the new addition to the family! That's awesome news. Glad to see you're still plugging away despite things being busy. Looking forward to more progress
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ANDREW 1972 Chevy SWB Cheyenne Super JANE http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=462072 1972 GMC Jimmy PENNY http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=735827 1968 GMC patina swb PEARL http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=731315 1972 Chevy K20 BRUCE http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=805788 |
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Join Date: Jul 2009
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Great build! How do you weld the top of the roll cage being that it is so close to the roof?
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Knuckle head
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NC
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
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Adam '71 SWB/Step ![]() 2017 Crew Cab Silverado LTZ with 6.2l, 8 Speed tuned by RPM in Garner, NC '00 Chevy 1500 6.0l Silverado Reg. Cab Short Bed '09 Chevy 1500 5.3l Silverado Crew Cab Short Bed (SOLD) 1971 LWB on 2014 1 ton chassis, L96 6.0LS / 6L90E http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=796785 1969 LWB C10- Future project, possible AWD C10 on a 2002 Escalade Chassis. ![]() |
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Knuckle head
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NC
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Hello everyone,
Welp, it has been quit some time since I have posted on here. My daughter is now 5 years old... man it's been a while. I think even the Admins thought I was a goner and I couldn't log into my account for quit some time. I had a fellow forum member help me out to get it reactivated. So what has happened to the truck over the last 5 years? -The original cab is gone because I screwed up the passenger side. I must have a poor job of bracing the floor when I cut it out because when I put the truck together for final mock-up I couldn't get the body lines to line up. It turns out the lower portion of the door jamb had spread out about 5/8 of an inch. Needless to say I lost motivation and the truck sat until Sep 2017. -I went over to a members house and seen his truck and talked for a bit and that was the spark I needed to get going again. -I contacted a guy who lives near Mooreville and bought a cab from him to start over again. I removed the roll cage since it was built to fit the wrong shape of the old cab. 5/8 of an inch made it look too weird for the new cab. I now have a truck that is closer to being done than it has ever been. The entire truck has been sandblasted and put into epoxy primer. I mounted my inner fenders, made the trans tunnel, mounted a few things on the chassis, smoothed out the firewall, ordered a driveshaft from Dennys, and about to start the last of the body work now that its cooled. Only catch is I started another project that I thought would be a quickie but has taken a bit longer and more work than I had anticipated. Here are the updated photos.
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Adam '71 SWB/Step ![]() 2017 Crew Cab Silverado LTZ with 6.2l, 8 Speed tuned by RPM in Garner, NC '00 Chevy 1500 6.0l Silverado Reg. Cab Short Bed '09 Chevy 1500 5.3l Silverado Crew Cab Short Bed (SOLD) 1971 LWB on 2014 1 ton chassis, L96 6.0LS / 6L90E http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=796785 1969 LWB C10- Future project, possible AWD C10 on a 2002 Escalade Chassis. ![]() |
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Knuckle head
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NC
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
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Adam '71 SWB/Step ![]() 2017 Crew Cab Silverado LTZ with 6.2l, 8 Speed tuned by RPM in Garner, NC '00 Chevy 1500 6.0l Silverado Reg. Cab Short Bed '09 Chevy 1500 5.3l Silverado Crew Cab Short Bed (SOLD) 1971 LWB on 2014 1 ton chassis, L96 6.0LS / 6L90E http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=796785 1969 LWB C10- Future project, possible AWD C10 on a 2002 Escalade Chassis. ![]() |
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Knuckle head
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NC
Posts: 283
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Re: Project Step Aside, 1971 SWB/Step
Heres is the new project. It's going to be a rat rod, 1-ton dually toy hauler that will slowly get modified.
It's a 1971 LWB C10 I picked up for a decent price. It is being mounted on the 2014 Chevy Express 3500 chassis with a L96 6.0 LS and a 6L90E transmission. The chassis, engine, and trans only had 36k miles.
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Adam '71 SWB/Step ![]() 2017 Crew Cab Silverado LTZ with 6.2l, 8 Speed tuned by RPM in Garner, NC '00 Chevy 1500 6.0l Silverado Reg. Cab Short Bed '09 Chevy 1500 5.3l Silverado Crew Cab Short Bed (SOLD) 1971 LWB on 2014 1 ton chassis, L96 6.0LS / 6L90E http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=796785 1969 LWB C10- Future project, possible AWD C10 on a 2002 Escalade Chassis. ![]() |
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