Cab Floor Repair lots of it. i am building one bad 1972. i bought this truck for 400.00. it ran pretty good. 307ci with a th350 tranny, long bed, no air, no power steering, perfect just what i was looking for. i sold the tranny for 150.00, the rearend for 150.00, the bed for 150.00. i gave the 307 to a friend. this is all after my 10 year old had the motor sitting on it's side from jumping it out of the retention pond behind the shop. a friend gave me a short wheel 4x4 frame. i am using a step bed off of a nother parts truck.

More Cab Repair

the cab in this project was a little worse than i thought at first. it had never had any paint work done to it so i new there would be no surprises. but there was. after i had spent the money to have it media blasted i felt oblegated to us it.

i did some finish work on the bottom side. it will be easily seen with the height of the truck. i am going to spray the bottom with bed liner

one cab corner down and looking good.

here are a couple of frame pictures.

some more frame, and mighty rockwells, omaha orange paint

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH SNAP disc brakes on rockwells kool subed

i used 1984 toyota front rotors and calipers. i had to turn the inside of the calipers and redrill the holes. i made the cariper brackets

at this point i started assembling the frame. i got excited and took no pictures of the frame being painted.

i am very excited about the roller. i am waiting on the motor. it is a .040 over 400sbc. suspose to pump out 600 to 650 ponys.

a little work on the bed fenders.

i started o n the bed it will have an expanded metal floor, 12 gallon fuel cell with sending unit. a oil and tranny cooler.

a couple more bed pictures. i glued in some angle. i am building a 1 inch square tube floor.

:jdp::jdp::jdp:wowzers dude! that is a serious rig... i wish my cab looked that rough....

pre paint frame pictures and the next project, 1972 suburban

Thats is gonna be killer when its done...

My Plans For The Truck Are To Trailer It To Weekly Mud Boggs Around The Area That I Live In No. Fl. Some Of The Biggest Baddest Trucks Are In Fl. That Is Probably Because Of The Sheer Number Of Events Through Out The Year. I Am Going To Paint The Inside Of The Cab Orange And The Roof Orange. Maybe The The Inner Fenders, Radiator Support, And Hood Hinges. But The Rest Of The Out Side Will Be The Pepper Gray That You See On The Differentials. I Have Chrome Door Panels, Glove Box Door, Insturment Panel, (which Is Stuffed With Autometer Liquid Filled Gauges). A Through The Dash 4 Point Cage, Bucket Seats, Cheetah Scs Shifter, I'll Put Up A Picture Of My Home Made Double Stick Transfer Case Shifters When I Get Them Back From The Chromer. There Bad, A Little Idea I Got From A Friend That Makes Ornimental Gates And Fence. The Column Is From A Stick Shift Truck. I Am Looking For A Billet Steering Wheel That Has Two Crossed Pistols In The Middle. The Only Real Body Mods Are Filled In Gas Filler Hole In Left Cab Corner, Smothed Cowl Panel (to Keep Out Mud), Filled Fresh Air Vents In Kick Panels, I Also Cut Out The Area In The Dash That Was Set In For The Radio, Made That Smooth. I Have Tsl Boggers On It To Roll Around I Also Have A New Set Of 18.4-16.1 American Farmer R1 V Treads. The Funny Thing About Them Is There Made In China. They Are 47 Inches Tall.

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All I can say is WOW! Great work.

Geebus! What a monster! Looks like a lot of fun!

WOW!!!! I dont know what else to say but WOW

:metal: :metal: :metal:

4x4's aren't normally my thing, but this isn't a normal 4x4. keep us posted on the progress.

tivo activated!

very impressive work.looks like ive got to get my sh#t in gear
to get mine done as soon as you.

how tall do you think the roof will be on those 47's?
i think the roof of mine will be at about 10.5' on 54" vtreads.

love the truck,hoping to trailer mine down for one of the big mud
events down there next spring.:metal::metal:

*DROOLING* that thing is gonna be awsome man! nice work! its gonna make my "Skytation" look like well.... as my brother put it "a normal citation"

just incase you are wondering...thats a Chevy Citation on a '77 K5 Blazer frame....

TRARS (truck-cars) make my mullet grow! very cool *and no im not being an ashhole*

That truck will be sweet when it is done. How hard was it to install the disc brake stuff on the rockwells? I am looking at buying a complete truck to use for a build of my own. Where can you buy aluminum 6 bolt wheels for these axles?

there are several options on disc brakes for the rockwells.from buying a
very simple bolt on kit to a fairly easy to make your own brackets
and piece together a set.
aluminium wheels are a little harder to find for rockwells.several places make steel wheels,or if youre gonna run tractor tires you can just make(or have made)your own centers.

we just got back from our family vacation. we had a great time in pigeon forge, tn. we went to dollywood. i was so impressed with the old time craftsmen there. wood, leather, glass, copper, sand casters, and even an old barn were they make old time wagons.

tallhoedude the truck is 6feet tall to the floor board with the 44's. i am not sure how tall it is to the roof. i hope to get the bed done in the next week and a half.

i got my 16 x 16 aluminum REAL RACING WHEELS from chuckstrucks.net . they were 300.00 each.

dieselwrencher i made the rear brakes from 84 toyota 4 x 4 front rotors and 4 piston calipers.

we just got back from our family vacation. we had a great time in pigeon forge, tn. we went to dollywood. i was so impressed with the old time craftsmen there. wood, leather, glass, copper, sand casters, and even an old barn were they make old time wagons.

tallhoedude the truck is 6feet tall to the floor board with the 44's. i am not sure how tall it is to the roof. i hope to get the bed done in the next week and a half.

i got my 16 x 16 aluminum REAL RACING WHEELS from chuckstrucks.net . they were 300.00 each.

dieselwrencher i made the rear brakes from 84 toyota 4 x 4 front rotors and 4 piston calipers.Kool what no pics. i bet i walked right by ya an didnt know it lol

Thanks bighead. Did you use the factory drums on the front or did you do this on all 4 corners?

the toyota style rotors that i have on the rear will not work on the front because of clearance between the hub and steer knuckle. i am not going to run front brakes at this time.

My Motor Man Called This Afternoon . He Said He Had My .040 Over 509 Casting 400sbc Mocked Up . Everything Looked Good Except I Need 1.6 Roller Rockers Instead Of The 1.52's That I Bought. I Am Now Getting Excited.

Gonna be one of the coolest mud truck around!

This is going to be one slick truck!

Nice work!

I Have Been Going Round And Round With My Motor Builder. I Did Not Use My Regular Guy Because He Told Me He Was Six Months Backed Up. So I Took It To Another Man That Came Recominded By Several People I Know. He Has Now Had My Parts For Ten Months. The Motor Is Close To Being Done. But Now The Man Is Going On Vacation For Two Weeks. So Buy The Time He Buttons It Up Brakes It In And Tunes It On The Dyno, I Am At Least Three Weeks Out. Why Is It That Few People Have Honor In Doing What They Say.

yukon jack

thanks i have been a long time fan of your truck. great look. i want one to pull this truck around with. i have a 71 /20 gmc i have been thinking about using. i love the bed on your truck. the lift is just right as well.

BIG HEAD, what wheels did you use? And where did you get em?

16x16 REAL WHEELS FROM WWW.CHUCKSTRUCKS.NET

THEY WERE $300.00 EACH THEY ARE VERY LIGHT. YOU HAVE GOT TO DRILL YOUR OWN VALVE STEM HOLES. SO YOU CAN PUT THEM WERE YOU WANT THEM.

Thanks!

yukon jack

thanks i have been a long time fan of your truck. great look. i want one to pull this truck around with. i have a 71 /20 gmc i have been thinking about using. i love the bed on your truck. the lift is just right as well.

Thanks! I really enjoy the bed and it makes a great work bench/parts holder when I'm doing work too. The lift is made up of a little too much body lift but my transfer case gernaded recently so I'm taking this opportunity to move the engine forward a bit so I can get the body lift reduced down to about 1".

we should have a power plant next week. i think that the commit i made to the motor builder about promissing my wife that i would not get locked up for fighting anymore, worked. he is making progress.

i got the bed in primer today. i'll post pictures soon.

That is awesome work. Keep it up! I wish I had a spraybooth like that.

My motor is done finaly. I will not go through this again. Next time ill buy one.

I finaly got my engine on wednesday. I took it to the guy in august of 2007. And got it back oct. 1 , 2008. That was to long but it has excited me to hear it run. 12:1 compression , .688 lift solid roller cam, 225cc intake runner alu. Heads, 208 ferrar valves. .40 over 400 sbc. Internaly balanced.

Sweet did ya get any power numbers yet?

I have not done alot on my truck in the time since i last put up pictures. But it looks alot different. I got the motor and tranny in. Bed on. It is looking great.

Looks great more pics please:chevy:

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Pics!!!!

getting there

that looks really good,mind me asking, but what kind of tubing did you use for your link arms? is it seamless, the reason i ask is if it is not seamless it might not be strong enough, just my opinion, especially with 600 horse and rockwells, correct me if I am wrong.

the four link bars are not seamless they are mild steel 2 x 2 3/8 thick. all the brackets are 3/8's plate. everything else is 1/8 thick ( all cross members, metal used to box frame, all of it is 1/8 ). the round ends on my bars are seamless chromemoly ( i paid like a $100.00 for 30 inches )

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beep beep pics

badass frame

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i have about 60 new pictures but i am having trouble moving them from kodak easy share. key word (easy). any help????

i have a work party planed saturday on the cab. finishing the repairs to the cab is the biggest thing i have left to do.

Somebody help him get these pics uploaded !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I ran my fuel line, tranny lines, and oil cooler lines. They are all braided stainless. I CUT THEM TO LENGTH PUT THE ENDS ON THEM. TOOK THE HOSES TO THE LOCAL LUBE SHOP AND GOT ALL THE ENDS CREMPTED. CAME BACK PUT THE LINES ON AND STARTED STRAPPING THEM. THEY ARE LOOKING GREAT. TOMORROW I AM GOING TO WORK ON THE CAB. I WAS JUST NOTICING THAT IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE I HAVE WORKED ON THE CAB. THAT IS PRETTY BAD, BUT I HAVE GOTTIN A LOT DONE ON THE REST OF THE TRUCK.

i have about 60 new pictures but i am having trouble moving them from kodak easy share. key word (easy). any help????

does it require a program on your computer?

I prefer photobucket for large picture uploads...

When the pictures were put on there a year ago (hard to believe it has been that long ago) a friend of my wife was over any i asked her if she knew anything about placing pictures and she had them up in a few minutes. She did not use any other sites. I have been trying to get her over but our timing is off.

If there is a cable with it then just plug it into your computer... go to MY COMPUTER and you should see a camera image there.... Your pics should be hidden in there somewhere... Just copy and paste them into a folder in MY PICTURES...

YESTERDAY I WORKED ON MY CAB FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS GOT A GOOD BIT DONE. IT IS LOOKING GREAT.:wop:

it looks like i got this picture thing figured out. so i'll post some on thursday.

a few pictures

these are in no order. but the last one is my bed floor. it holds no water & washes easy:lol:

#2 fuel cell & oil cooler mock up; #3 tinted bed liner; #4 rear view of suspention; #5 more tinted bed liner

#1 front; #2 tape over hole on pan is for oil temp. send.; #3 hydro steering; #4 & #5 view from up stairs

#1 bed floor; #2 cab; #4 & #5 left is oil cooler right is trans cooler

the last pictue is fuel & trans lines

#1 fuel filter; #2 oil cooler lines; #3 trans & fuel; #4 oil cooler adapter; #5 transmission