Oh, I like that. I like it a LOT.....:)

Looks killer! Can't wait to see it completed... and sorry about the hood.

Yes, I did remove the moldings for now. I have them wrapped up for safe keeping for now. Anyone got any ideas on how to explain to your spouse the importance of installing a ramjet 502 instead of the carburated 402?

Oh, that one is easy. Honey they quit making parts for carbureated engines. You know they only make fuel injection now for better gas mileage and clean air, honey.

Oh, that one is easy. Honey they quit making parts for carbureated engines. You know they only make fuel injection now for better gas mileage and clean air, honey.

Sounds like he's used that one before! :lol:

Don't tell your wife... surprise her!

.....Don't tell your wife... surprise her!

EXACTLY...... Surely you have an anniversary or some other 'special occasion' coming up? All guys know how women love to get gifts on special occasions right? Heck, that's one of the best things about women.... they always like getting suprise gifts!











>Disclaimer: I was only married for 1yr before she bolted :rolleyes:

Just tell her you have something really "BIG" for her.:)

You guys keep me motivated and I am still collecting parts

Oh, you guys are too much. :lol: I'm working on the 502 thing. I bring it up every chance I get. She knows! It's no surprise. She says I should wait. I have been waiting my whole life. I'm ready.
I got some issues with the bed floor. I need to make some bigger tubs for the wide tires. No big deal, I got 2 o.e.m. sets. Cut them up make 2 big ones. But I got the notch sticking up. I am using a wood floor. Should I just build another floor 3" higher. I have 2 sets of the cross sills. I could make a spacer and stack another floor on top. This will make my big tubs very close to the top of the bed. Any one run into this before? Got pics?

Wow, would like to see that. A modified wood floor to cover a notch.

I will post pics of the progress.

I will post pics of the progress.

Do it, do it

I will post pics of the progress.

bump for update???

Can't wait to see those pics...

What is the back spacing on your wheels and what is the clearence for the tires from the fender and bed side thanks.

If I had the know how (and the money) I'd do my suspension like yours. Killer work. Can't wait to see it in the sun catching some rays.

Here's an update. I have been working on the bed floor. Its wood. I cut my other one up to accommodate the big KP Components notch. I didn't like the look of the wood floor with the big notch sticking up. So I ordered another wood floor from Mar-k. Side note; the people @ mar-k are awesome. Not only do the carry some of the best products, they are good to deal with. A real class act! Got the wood and coated with 4 coats of sealer. Sanding between each coat. I also had to order new strips. Instead of the stainless steel that I cut up, I ordered the powder coated black. Just as a switch. The floor had to be raised a few inches so I put another set of cross sills on top of 2.5"X2.5" square tubing. Which I mounted on top of the original cross sills. Sounds complicated but it's not. I also found some original bed sides from a SWB that I had dipped @ Metal Rehab (another class act). Found a NOS tailgate. How lucky is that? Thanks to 72highlander from the forum. I finally bolted it all together last week end and rolled it out of the garage for some sunshine. Here are a few pics

:jdp: truck is looking awesome. i reall ylike what you are doing with the bed

thats looking sooooo good film guy!!! My question is what are you going to do w/the end.. where the gap is? im considering raising my floor 1" or so to clear the pumpkin on the rear in (bolt in c-notch) and think raising the floor would be the best/cleanest way to do it.. looks awesome man, perfect wheels for the truck!!!!!

I am currently looking for someone with a long sheet metal break, I will fab a filler panel to cover it. Something that looks like it came from the factory.

:metal: :metal: :metal:

Sex!

I am currently looking for someone with a long sheet metal break, I will fab a filler panel to cover it. Something that looks like it came from the factory.

you wanna make 2 of em:(

I am currently looking for someone with a long sheet metal break, I will fab a filler panel to cover it. Something that looks like it came from the factory.

Also roll some beads in the cover to look like the inner bed sides :rolleyes:

I cut my other one up to accommodate the big KP Components notch. I didn't like the look of the wood floor with the big notch sticking up. So I ordered another wood floor from Mar-k.... The floor had to be raised a few inches so I put another set of cross sills on top of 2.5"X2.5" square tubing. Which I mounted on top of the original cross sills. Sounds complicated but it's not.
Let me make sure I'm understanding your sequence of events:

You mounted the bedsides to an original wood floor like the factory would.
You mounted original floor to frame like the factory would.
You then cut original floor for clearance where required.
You decided the big hole in the middle of the floor wasn't your cup o' tea.
You cross stacked some 2.5 x 2.5" tubing on top of the remaining part of the original floor.
Then you installed new 'wood floor' cross sills & a 'second' wood floor on top of the 2.5" sq tubing.

Yes..... no . . . .... close?

Looks great. I was going to find pics of 7t7's bed for you but you already got the job done. Keep it going...:metal:

Scot I think you have it. He has a show quality floor underneath his....show quality floor....:crazy:

That truck is ridiculous. Most amazing thing I have seen in a while. I am speechless. Did you ever mention the specs on the rear end and tire and wheel combo for the rear? I want to run big rollers in the rear with a fat lip too on my daily driver. Let me know what you did, in exchange I will paint your bed for you, all you do is supply materials!:)

Oh, sorry double post but when you say you had the sides dipped, did you acid dip them to strip them or did you find someone to EDP coat the bedsides like the factory does?

Scotti, Not exactly the sequence of events. I removed all of the clearanced wood flooring and strips. I fabed some 3/4"X3/4" square tubing to mount on top of the cross sills. This simulated the thickness of the wood floor. The bed side sits on top of the 3/4"X3/4". I cut, drilled and taped holes in the 2.5"X2.5" tubing and mounted that on top of the original cross sills. (No wood flooring) Then I mounted another set of cross-sills on top of the 2.5" tubing. Then comes the flooring. There is only 1 wood floor. I am considering raising the stainless fuel tank up into the frame a little more for clearance and this mod may help. I can take some more detailed pics if you would like. Or you can just come over and check it out. Your local.

72cstc5, The rear end is a ford 9" I ordered from Moser. It was custom built for me. I think it was 56" long. The wheels were made by Forgline. I think they are 20 X 12.5. Hope this helps.

Hey, I just noticed your handle 72cstc5, Do you have a chassis like n2billet is building? or do you have a C5 corvette.

randomhero472, I am sure I will make a couple of them before I get one I like.

Your bed floor looks great! I am also a fan of raising the floor instead of notching it all out. Looks like you went about 7" on your wider tub's. I did this one about 6yrs ago and still love the look. Now I just need to finish it up and find some wider tires to fill in the space. I have 335/35/17 on it right now but they have become very narrow in my view:crazy: Mine is raised 6" total from stock and I used the sections from my wheel widening to build the 45* ramp at the tail gate.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Great ride...Looks killer to say the least!...

Tremendous. :cool:

Looks great!!! I love the bed.. How much space do you have between your inner bedside and tires? Could you measure how wide from outside edge of one tire to outside edge of the other for me? I dont have a bed yet and wanna make sure the BS of my wheels are correct before they build them.. Thanks alot and keep up the good work!!!

Scotti, Not exactly the sequence of events. I removed all of the clearanced wood flooring and strips. I fabed some 3/4"X3/4" square tubing to mount on top of the cross sills. This simulated the thickness of the wood floor. The bed side sits on top of the 3/4"X3/4". I cut, drilled and taped holes in the 2.5"X2.5" tubing and mounted that on top of the original cross sills. (No wood flooring) Then I mounted another set of cross-sills on top of the 2.5" tubing. Then comes the flooring. There is only 1 wood floor. I am considering raising the stainless fuel tank up into the frame a little more for clearance and this mod may help. I can take some more detailed pics if you would like. Or you can just come over and check it out. Your local.
I considered doing something similar but using a cut up steel floor as my 'base' that the bedsides bolt to & then making the wood floor a 'faux' type floor. This seemed to be the most structurally 'solid' way to go but I didn't want the additional weight.

I'm still playing around w/various ideas (currently just have the steel floor spaced up 3").

That is simply spectacular. Cannot wait to see more of it as you progress. :D

that truck is badass...

That looks so good! Realy nice!

Here's an update...The floor had to be raised a few inches so I put another set of cross sills on top of 2.5"X2.5" square tubing. Which I mounted on top of the original cross sills. Sounds complicated but it's not.

So all you did was in essence sandwiched the square tubing between the floor supports which raised the floor up correct???

I can take some more detailed pics if you would like.

if you don't mind that would be great :)

72cstc5, The rear end is a ford 9" I ordered from Moser. It was custom built for me. I think it was 56" long. The wheels were made by Forgline. I think they are 20 X 12.5. Hope this helps.

Hey, I just noticed your handle 72cstc5, Do you have a chassis like n2billet is building? or do you have a C5 corvette.

No, I have a 2wd Blazer which is technically a C5 and not a K5, I wish I was running the c5 vette suspension. I had a c5 convertible but sold it. Wish I still had it sometimes. Love the truck and thanks for the specs.

:phat: Amazing :metal:

hey ron, looking great! the bedsides look good, have you had them worked or is that just primed. i noticed the stake holes intact so that's why i was wondering.

Must be nice lol

this one got to get a bump!!

been a while truck finished yet? want to sell?

been a while truck finished yet? want to sell?

Nope.
It's still @ the shop w/the bed off & on a stand getting metal work done ( @ least that's where it was Monday night).

How did I miss this thread... WOW..

Here's an update. Truck is still @ Stoked Our Specialties in Rockwall TX. Roger has done some amazing metal working with the cab and frame. While the truck was away I got a Billet Specialties Tru-Trac. My wife decided, I mean "we decided" that may be the ramjet 502 could hold off a little longer. Considering the amount of metal work in store.

Roger, so far has shaved the firewall flat. Replaced the steering column with an Ididit column and fabed the linkage between the column and the rack. Replaced both rockers w/ n.o.s. rockers. Boxed the front frame where the engine will be mounted. And has spent countless minutes talking to me and answering questions about this whole process. I can't say enough about the awesome service. I will try to post more pics soon

Daaaang dooode, that is too cool. Merry Freakin Christmas to you. I got a sneak peak earlier from Keith. I saw your cab peaking out from behind the progress shots he sent me of his cab.

WOW,the truck is going to be badass. I cant decide which modification I like best yet,so I will just say I like them all.The firewall is one of the top ones so far.....among many others.

Those guys down there can't really mess up if they tried. I like the box frame look!

Went by Stoked Out Specialties the other day and snapped a few pics of the progress. Roger and Keith just amaze me with their metal working capabilities. After the firewall was shaved the inner support for the original firewall was installed in the new firewall for support. Motor was moved back 1.5 inches to gain clearance for the Tru-Trac. Here are a few pics.

Too nice. This truck is gonna be super clean. You plan on making Goodguy's?

Hey Ron, those pictures don't do your truck justice...i saw it last week and was in awe of the mad skills they have! That's one nice truck your gonna have when they get through!

That truck is beautiful...

And Badass in Black

i was at the shop this past weekend and saw the truck. it really looks good.

jeff

Your truck is SICK! I love the black valve covers. One question. Did they remove the fractory sheetmetal where the steering column and brake booster mounts too and reinstalled it with the new sheetmetal?. Is that what that one pics is showing? Just curious. They look like they do amazing work. Keep up the great work.

Josh

ABADSVT, Yes that is exactly what they did. Roger fabed a new lower steering column mount and shortened the brake pedal mount.

Thanks everyone for all your complements. You guys give me inspiration to keep going.

My favorite truck on this board, can hardly wait to see the finished product.

Film Guy

The Truck is simply amazing!!! I have a similar set-up out back, 9" from Moser, believe it's 58". The only difference is I am running a parallel 4-link from KP. I was wondering if you had a few pictures of the first set of bed sills without anything covering them. I just bought new sills and bed sides, and am having a little trouble figuring the best way to install them. Thanks for the help you have already provided with your build thread and keep up the excellent work.

Ben

Bigshoe24, Thanks for the complements. I looked through my pics and I didn't shoot any of just the sills and bed sides. I assume that you are using a wood floor. The wood sits on top of the sills and then the bed sides sit on top of the wood. I substituted the wood that the bed side would sit on for 3/4 " steel tube. This simulates the thickness of the wood. Then I went from there. Depending on how tall your notch is will determine how much the floor needs to be raised.

Not sure if this helps.

Fricken nice!

You guys doing these crazy @ss mods are making me wanna take my 6 year restoration apart again and do some of these trick modifications!!!!

nice work.

I love the look of the fire wall, simple clean and will reall set off that bad @ss motor! I also really like the simple way they notched the frame for the steering. Very nice details!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Film Guy,

First off, the truck is SICK!!!! I have a couple questions though. In the front, what type of spindle are you running? In the back, are the caliber brackets welded or bolted on. Also, are the rear disc one piece or do they have hats? Any pictures of the inside rear brake set-up would be tight, or possibly a few part numbers. Thanks for the help.

Ben

Any Updates Film Guy?

Sorry guys, I haven't posted in a while. The cab and doors are still at the dippers. After all the work being done, I don't want something like a spot of rust to ruin a good paint job. I am scheduled to pick it up @ the end of the week. The 3 week job has so far taken over 6 weeks. But hey, "good things come to those who wait". So I am waiting.

Oh... By the way! got a big surprise coming. I will snap a few pics when the crate arrives.

Bigshoe24, Thanks for your complements. The front spindles are drop spindles for a MII stage 5 from Fatman Fab. The rear caliper brackets are bolt on. The rear assembly is Wilwood Part # 140-7140. Its a hat style with internal parking brake. Remember I am not using the stock rear end. Its now a Ford 9" made by moser. Hope this helps.

Oh... By the way! got a big surprise coming. I will snap a few pics when the crate arrives.
I asked about you this weekend. Slow progress was the word. For the record, a 402 is no small block . . . .....
;)

Thanks for the help FilmGuy. I have a 9" from Moser as well. Truck is amazing! Thanks again

when that new ramjet 502 arrives.. i got first dibs on that one you have now ;)

when that new ramjet 502 arrives.. i got first dibs on that one you have now ;)
He already has one of those dang 'small-blocks' ;) .

Yep! the 402 is a big block platform, however, not really big cubic inch. I'm not really impressed with what I have been reading about the ramjet 502. Not to say its all bad, just that there is better for the price.