Fade to Black 71

[trent_44]

So after spending time in the 47-59 forum we have moved over here. We decided to sell our 1948 Chevy 5-window after spending the last 10 years working on it off and on. The project itself was going to be awesome, if we could have ever got it finished. We decided it was going to take too much time and even more money the way we wanted it finished. So we decided to part ways. The frame sitting under the 48 was a 70 C10 that we have already had lowered using a ECE 4/6 drop kit, a CCP aluminum gas tank and a set of custom made trailing arms. We wanted to keep the frame and find a truck that we could set right on it and start burning some tires. We found a 71 swb that's in great shape, and we all know once we start taking things apart we all know how that goes. The plans as of now, getting the rust fixed in the normal spots, body work done and some wheels and tires. Enough of all the talk, here are the pictures of truck the day we bought it.

[Zoomin]

Looks like a pretty good way to start!
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[trent_44]

Here are a few more pictures of the truck, we decided to sell the wheels and tires off the truck since they were brand new. We had an old set laying around that will work until we buy the new set.





Here are a few pictures of the Eastwood rust encapsulator getting applied to the frame getting it ready for the extreme chassis black.












And last but not least the motor that we will be using. Everything that is anodized blue will be changed to a satin black powder coat. We will also be changing the long tube headers for a set of shorties. If anyone has a good set to suggest we are looking for a pair, preferably black.

[99-LS1-SS]

Originally Posted by trent_44

And last but not least the motor that we will be using. Everything that is anodized blue will be changed to a satin black powder coat. We will also be changing the long tube headers for a set of shorties. If anyone has a good set to suggest we are looking for a pair, preferably black.

It was funny scrolling through your post and ending up with this picture. That is a nice looking motor.

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by trent_44

So after spending time in the 47-59 forum we have moved over here. We decided to sell our 1948 Chevy 5-window after spending the last 10 years working on it off and on. The project itself was going to be awesome, if we could have ever got it finished. We decided it was going to take too much time and even more money the way we wanted it finished. So we decided to part ways. The frame sitting under the 48 was a 70 C10 that we have already had lowered using a ECE 4/6 drop kit, a CCP aluminum gas tank and a set of custom made trailing arms. We wanted to keep the frame and find a truck that we could set right on it and start burning some tires. We found a 71 swb that's in great shape, and we all know once we start taking things apart we all know how that goes. The plans as of now, getting the rust fixed in the normal spots, body work done and some wheels and tires. Enough of all the talk, here are the pictures of truck the day we bought it.

The truck looked real clean untill u opened the hood. But i know that to will change

[Tinkermc]

I must admit what you bought was real nice, but it got better with the tank and engine, I eill check in from time to time, lookin good!!!!

[2BFAST]

Subscribed!

[67cheby]

nice start !

[trent_44]

Originally Posted by 99-LS1-SS

It was funny scrolling through your post and ending up with this picture. That is a nice looking motor.

Thank you, hopefully it'll be even nicer looking once we get everything powder coated.

Originally Posted by gdavis

The truck looked real clean untill u opened the hood. But i know that to will change

Yes it was pretty clean on the outside, under the hood was by far the worst of it, and you are correct that all will change.

Originally Posted by Tinkermc

I must admit what you bought was real nice, but it got better with the tank and engine, I eill check in from time to time, lookin good!!!!

Thank you

Originally Posted by 67cheby

nice start !

Thank you, I absolutely love your build and have admired it for a long time!!

[Low Elco]

Sweet little truck! I'd have been rockin' stockness! Oh, who the hell am I kidding- I'd cut it up too!

[shawno72]

What a great looking start!!!!

[trent_44]

Not a ton of progress here lately, a few updates however I won't be able to post pictures until this evening. We finally got our cab rack cut down and the cab up on that so it's easier to work on. We can now see the rust under the cab and what all needs to be taken care of. I've got a few questions about a couple different areas dealing with heating, paint and headers. First question is, since we are not going back with AC in the truck, how do you run a defroster system? Is that something we mount under the dash etc...? The second is we are looking for an under the hood black, we don't want shiny so we are looking for a good durable satin finish black. Just curious what everyone's thoughts where on the paint and primer they had the best results with. And last but not least we are looking for a good set of shorty headers, I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Thanks again for all the help, I hope to get some pictures up tonight of the work my dad has done since our last post.

[trent_44]

Here are a few pictures of the progress. We had to cut our body mounts off since they had been modified for our 48 cab so these are the ones we cut off the 71 frame, they cleaned up real nice. Got the cab on the stand and the doors off, as well as exposing rust underneath, time to get busy and get all of this knocked out.

[trent_44]

Well my dad has made some progress, not much or anything big but at least it's in the right direction. After doing a bunch of research online we figured out what we are going to use for under the hood black. John Deere Blitz black, and according to my dad he says it's some of the best paint he has used out of a spray can, sprays nice and lays out nice. So he is impressed and it has the look we were after. We also got a few small parts blasted primed and painted, as well as the glass out of the cab. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.







Oh, and how can I forget what the brown truck dropped off from Porterbuilt. Nice products.

[RWB-713]

Subscribed! Good luck with the cancer repair! That's where I'm at too, it's by far my least favorite part of any build.

[tomis blair]

WOW! Now I know what my truck will look like as a SWB if I ever decide to go that route. Looks like a smaller younger twin of mine.

[67cheby]

great looking project

[2BFAST]

Well........???

[gdavis]

looking good there mon.

[trent_44]

Originally Posted by 2BFAST

Well........???

I know I need to get on it and get the new pictures downloaded. The build on the Camaro is looking good.

[trent_44]

Ok well not a ton of work done lately, but the old man is slowly starting to get all the parts blasted, primed and painted. He then is wrapping all of them in saran wrap for storage until he is ready for them. He also started working on the core support, cleaning it up. But, he decided to have it blasted instead of wiring brushing all of it. He hopes to pick it up tomorrow and have it primed and painted ASAP. The best part of the post is of course getting in new shiny parts. He ordered an aluminum radiator race kit from Summit Racing. Everything looks great and can't wait to get things mocked into place to see how they fit.















We also have both fenders back from getting body work completed on them, they are ready for paint. Just waiting to receive some pictures from my old man and then I can get them posted.

[trent_44]

So a few other things we are dealing with are getting the seat picked out as well as figuring out what wheels we want to use? I've noticed a few guys running some late model Silverado seats and I was just curious what the best year is for running in these trucks. We are looking for a set of bucket seats because we'd like to build some kind of a center console in order to integrate a Moroso rocker switch panel in. The next thing is dealing with the wheels, my dad really likes the Boss 338's in black and the ones I'm leaning towards are the American Racing Wheels VN805 BLVD's. We are looking for a nice set of black wheels, like I said in an earlier post we plan on blacking out the majority of this truck. So we are open for suggestions on wheels as well. So all thoughts and opinions are welcomed because I know there are a lot of you out there that have been in this situation. Thanks for everyone's help.

Here are the wheels, I know everyone probably knows about the 338's but the American racing wheels aren't as popular on these trucks.

[trent_44]

So we were able to pick up the core support from the blasters last night, everything looks great with it so dad cleaned it up a little bit and started spraying some primer on it. Hopefully by Friday it will be painted, stored, and ready for install when the time comes. Also as promised- the fenders that we had patch panels installed. Our body guy we are using does amazing work, and the kicker is he's 70 years young!! So just another step closer to getting this thing buttoned up.







A few of the fenders:

[trent_44]

Here are a couple more of the fenders before the repair.

[derrickmanx1]

Looking good. Keep it up.