47 Step van

[oldman3]

Hey Shannon, what gauges are you running in the van...Jim

[99 to Life]

the metal magician is at it again!!

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Oldman3, the main gauges are dolphin brand and the air ride are air lift brand.

99 to life, thank you.

Tomorrow I will get the steering back together now that everything is painted. I also want to mount the pro portioning valve and finish up the brake lines. I will have pictures tomorrow.


Shannon

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I made the rear master cylinder mount because there was some flex in it. Then I mounted the pro portioning valve. After that I made my brake lines to where I did not finish when I did the frame. I had bought a blue point flare kit and it works great if anybody is looking for a good one. I then put the steering all back together. I only thing I had to put in is the steering column. I was able to put the wheel well back in too.


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[drivewaycustoms]

This is a very cool build with lots of impressive fabrication too! What ever happened to the 6 cylinder?

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Drivewaycustoms, thank you, I do not know if it came with the motor when Ken bought it.


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[48 GMC BURB]

Originally Posted by drivewaycustoms

This is a very cool build with lots of impressive fabrication too! What ever happened to the 6 cylinder?

Driveway, It is here in Annapolis waiting for you to come an adopt it !!! Seriously if you can use it I have the trans also ...

Shannon , AKA Metal Master ...sweet work as usual !!

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_Ogre, haha, it was nice when you could post 5 pictures at once. Now with the resized photobucket one sometimes you can not even do two.

48 GMC BURB, thank you, that is right you did have the engine and tranny.


Well nothing done on the truck outside in the driveway because it was like high of 15 degrees today. I am so over this cold snowy weather, and spring can not come soon enough. So I was working on some stuff inside my heated garage. The truck was missing the side cowl. So I made an air scoop for it. It will have a sliding closer in the inside of the cab so that the fresh air will be able to come it. I still have to cut out the hole on the back side but other than that the outside is done except for a little sanding.


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[oldman3]

Shannon, looks great...Jim

[wickid demon]

Shannon what size step die do use on your floor pans and gauge of metal? Your work looks fantastic. Another question do you have any issues with putting a bead in a transmission tunnel then running it through the slip roll to give a curve. Thanks for the tips you give and the work you do.
Ryan

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wickid demon, I made both 1/8 and 3/16 step dies for my bead roller. On my steel floored projects I use .o60, or 16 gauge. This truck is aluminum and is 14 gauge or .080 thick. Big thing in doing it is making to tight of a radius, because it wants to drag on the edge of the die and shears the corner. I use the lid from the smaller coffee cans for the template for my corners. On the tranny tunnels, when you put it in the slip rolls it does flatten out the indented part but the line from the bead roller is still there. No problem on the tips, always glad to help everyone.


Shannon

[oldman3]

Shannon, they will know you didn't pick that up at the local hot rod store, super nice job...Jim

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Wickid demon, thank you.

Oldman3, thank you. I still have to mount it. I used some duct tape on the back to hold it there. Had to see how it looked.


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[Bubba54]

Shannon, Build is looking great. My first time seeing the offset steering, looks solid.

Shawn

[99 to Life]

awesome, so sick. did you perforate that or can you buy it like sheets like that?

[mud.man.rj]

Just noticed this build, wonder what's inside your head for ideas, must just be swirling inside there...but I sure do enjoy it, you have some wicked skill man. Thanks for sharing and the ideas for us to change up and use again.Rick/Mudman.

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Bubba54, thank you. It did work out really well. The nice thing was that if i need a different box they would exchange it. I figured the right one so I did not need another one. They offer them every 2" in length.

99 to life, thank you. No I made the perforated part. I layed it out, center pinched it and drilled it with a 1/4" bit. Then opened it up to 3/8". It was over 100 3/8 holes. I used a unibit so I got a round hole.


Mud.man.rj , thank you. My full time job I program and run Cnc mills. So when I am running it and the rest of the time I am always thinking of how to do things. I love to build things as you can probably tell. Feel free to use any of my ideas, always glad to show anyone.


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Today's progress was to make front marker light and buckets. Ken got a really good deal on the rear red ones and I made a matching set for the front. I have the material for when I make custom turn signals and tail light. I made the bucket with 1156 sockets and I bought 1156 LED bulbs. Then I figured out what I needed for the gas tank. Then started to blank out the pieces and paneled them for strength. I have the ends tacked on. It will have 2 baffles inside of it. It is a 20 gallon tank.

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