Undercoated the bottom of the cab with a bedliner kit. I will also be spraying it on the interior floor.


I welded up all the interior seams and grind them smooth to give it that smooth and finished look that was lacking from the factory. I got it in primer and now it needs to be blocked sanded. I'm happy with the look so far. It was a lot of work but I've been told many times that the devil is in the details.






I mocked up the hydroboost unit and plumbed the brake lines.




I know its over kill but I base coat cleared the gas tank just because. No other reason.


Here is the tank installed between the frame rails.


Corvette filter/regulator installed


Modified the tank a little for the in-tank fuel pump and lines.

I knew I had to raise my bed floor 2 inches due to my c-notches. I was looking in metal yard for some scrape tubing and I could not find anything I liked, I decided to make my own 2 inch spacers. I try to keep things simple it makes life easier, but of course I will have to move the angle strips on the bed up 2 inches so that bed sits in the same spot as factory.
I will use the bolt to hold the washers in place and then weld it together.


Here is one of the spacers completed. I will need six of them for the three cross sills.

I welded the spacers to the frame.


Just checking cross sill bolt alignment.

Finished and repainted.

Before I mount the bed I have to move the angle strips up two inches and bed should fit like factory but the floor will be two inches higher.

Anyway, here is a test panel I sprayed to see if I like the color I chose. Yeah its kind of flashy and I'm usually conservative when it comes to color but with all the mods I think the truck called for a flashy color.

Here is the panel with wheels I bought for the truck just to try to get an idea. The truck will have no emblems and the only chrome will be the bumpers. So I wanted to see the color against the polished aluminum wheels.



Shifter

Seats mock up.

Time to start blocking everything. The firewall is looking pretty good.

Well if people seem interested I will continue to update. With a wife, kids, and another ride to work on, I'm really not rushing the truck. But I will get her done.

WOW! Holy ****!

Im Blown away wow Nice work very nice work and yes I would love to talk shop with ya!!!

And Yes I would love to see more

Doright wrote:WOW! Holy !

Im Blown away wow Nice work very nice work and yes I would love to talk shop with ya!!!

And Yes I would love to see more

No problem buddy I'm here to help and learn. Any questions or insights are welcome. Thanks so much for taking a look and finding my work worthy of comment.

Great project, and excellent craftsmanship there -- very nice!

Thanks for sharing this with us, we love to see project photos like that.

chris wrote:Great project, and excellent craftsmanship there -- very nice!

Thanks for sharing this with us, we love to see project photos like that.

Thank you for looking. I love this stuff and I love to share whatever knowledge I have and pics.

Thanks

Nice job on the truck, I really like the sliced hood look.

Hi Bam
Wear you learn how to work metal like that? you didn't learn that in no school.
And you did all that Frame work yourself too? I like this guy! he my new Hero

There is a lot of work in those pics a lot of hi quality hi detailed work I am very impressed sir I wish you lived close by there are about a million questions I have for you. Im just learning how to beat sheet metal.
Chevman also does amazing sheet metal work if you get a chance check out the 57 Nomad he did truly amazing sheet metal work & skills very talented man.

chevman wrote:Nice job on the truck, I really like the sliced hood look.

Thanks man I really appreciate you taking and look and leaving a comment.

Doright wrote:Hi Bam
Wear you learn how to work metal like that? you didn't learn that in no school.
And you did all that Frame work yourself too? I like this guy! he my new Hero

There is a lot of work in those pics a lot of hi quality hi detailed work I am very impressed sir I wish you lived close by there are about a million questions I have for you. Im just learning how to beat sheet metal.
Chevman also does amazing sheet metal work if you get a chance check out the 57 Nomad he did truly amazing sheet metal work & skills very talented man.

I am self taught. I've never took one class for this stuff. I've learned everything I know through trial and error and of from being too poor to pay people.lol

Yes I do all frame work from z'ing frames, clip installations, or whatever is needed. I wish I had help but I don't I'm all on my own. I started out stick welding back in the day. I use to install camaro clip, volare clips and things like that on my brothers trucks, cars and low riders. I was about 13 years old when my brothers had me doing that stuff. As time when on I moved to metal fab and sheetmetal work once I got a mig welder, I've been tig welding for about 2 years but I practice everyday even if its for 20 min.

I'm going to start another thread of some projects I've worked on for others in the past couple of years. I don't want to murk this one up and confuse people who may be interested in the truck. I put pics of several different projects on another site and it just confused people.lol