1948 panel project 15 years in the making

[stodd16]

Ok so here we go ill clean this first post up a bit after I load some Picts but basically the long story short got the truck when I was 15 worked on it here and there went to a few body shops nothing got done sat then sat some more life happens got married had a son and well hit the big 30 haha all while the truck sat next to my parents house. I figured enough was enough and after the last body shop leaving the body sit at the sandblasters it was time to take matters into my own hands. A friend of mine and i picked it up in early November and with his help in my parents garage a few hrs here and there this is where its at









That's at the blasters the last pict shows a huge dent that was somehow magically put there. You can also see rust from the damn body shop guy leaving it sit there
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Then after getting it home i built a little shelter to keep the dust in 1 spot and some heat in over the winter as well as putting and acid etch on to take care of the surface rust











Next we sanded the etch down and shot some primer and hung doors to see how things look after sitting for so long. The one positive thing was over the years I did get a chance to ger 3 of the 4 doors bodywork done and in primer









Next was time to start on the cowl

[NEWFISHER]

Awsome, you're moving along!

[stodd16]

Yeah super happy with progress but so far to go. Only good thing is the s10 I'm using is a full runner so once the metal works done hopefully bolt it on and go.
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[NEWFISHER]

I have read that the panel/burb body has an extra mount on each side to swap to the s-10, other than that its just like every other swap. Are you going to cut and fab the front frame horn/rad support or graft the AD back into the s-10?

[stodd16]

I plan on doing the s10 and graft the rad support to the s10 horns. Kinda like most s10 swappers. My goal is to try and keep as much s10 as possible. It will be used as my business truck so I will be driving it on a daily basis and figure if a wheel bearing goes out its easy to pop into the parts store and grab a part.
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[stodd16]

Next was onto fixing that dent the sandblasters put in my truck












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[CHIZZLER]

looks great.what are your plans.(suspension,motor.paint)

[stodd16]

Just bought a full gmc front clip the first of the year it was in way better shape than my chevy stuff and kinda like the grill bars better as well


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[stodd16]

Originally Posted by CHIZZLER

looks great.what are your plans.(suspension,motor.paint)

Plans are to keep the fuel injected 4.3 out of the s10 to get it up and driving. And possibly lower the suspension a bit. Kinda looking for a 50-60s custom 15s maybe some whitewalls nice Fulton visor and a patina vinyl wrap. I have a sign business and would like to use this to show of my vinyl wrapping skills so plans are to do a rusty ish grill and then a blueish patina like that one back door is in the first post. Maybe an oldschool logo one the side
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[CHIZZLER]

like it.not many people would go from chevy to gmc but i like it.let me know if i can be of any help.chizzler

[stodd16]

Originally Posted by CHIZZLER

like it.not many people would go from chevy to gmc but i like it.let me know if i can be of any help.chizzler

Haha thanks i know I'm a little crazy and I love your Burban. There's a semi local guy that has a chevy panel and then a local auto tags business has 3 of them forsale pretty close. And 1 or 2 pickups all chevy and I like to be a bit different so thought the gmc clip would kinda set it apart. Also my chevy grill was smashed in hood looked like the Atlantic Ocean and the fender were well less than nice and found the gmc for a sweet deal and it really straight.
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[stodd16]

This post pretty much brings us up to yesterday we did start the rear corner but I didn't get any Picts today ill snap a few tomorrow and get it up to date.


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[xpickup]

Hi Spencer. Pictures look good. If you need anything give me a shout.


Shannon

[stodd16]

thanks man so far so good but im sure somewhere along the line im going to be confused about something haha. Ill be sure to give ya a call or if your ever in the lancaster area give me a call and stop by to check it out

[98layinframe]

Im assuming this is the same stodd from over on s10forum? Ya probably dont remember me but we met at Carlisle many a years back.


Either way, nice project and looking forward to seeing it completed! Seems a bunch of us s10 guys are growing up and working on old school iron over here.
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[stodd16]

yup thats me and yeah i remember you haha. yeah gotta grow up and work on some older stuff. Funny thing is i had this thing the entire time i was working on my s10

[stodd16]

Here's a little on my s10 sold it s while back but this is at that Carlisle 98draggin


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[stodd16]

Well 1.5 years later but not much more progress it did make it on the s10 frame and some more body work has been done. Hopefully the next update will be in weeks not years

[Highsider]

Still considering the wrap?
It sounds good to me.

[stodd16]

Yep the wrap is still a go just need to get the truck done. It's moving along now thanks to the help of a friend of mine that has some body work skills.

[49bourbon]

Stodd Good progress so far. I have a 49 suburban that I grafted a 69 nova subframe to several years ago.. it works great but may want to do another with the S10 in future. Do you have any pictures of mating it to the frame? Did you have to fabricate new mounts for body. Inquiring minds want to know.....

[stodd16]

It's basically setup like all the s10 truck swaps. The front cab mounts are the same as the truck mounts and the rear mounts sit right outside the rear frame rails. There is no floor so I'll take some Picts

[Iceburgh]

Looking good...what part of Pa?

[stodd16]

im from lancaster half way between harrisburg and philly

[stodd16]

look out 6 month update time













well thats it for now hopefully it will be quicker than 6 months for more updates