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Br3w City's Project omgwtfbbq
If you've linked here from my YouTube Channel or other social media sites, welcome to my build hosted here on 67-72chevytrucks. tweet @wtfrevj or IG @rev_j_hd
IF THE IMAGES APPEAR DEAD LINKED OR BLOCKED DUE TO PHOTOBUCKET, PLEASE USE A BYPASS ADDON FOR YOUR BROWSER TO SEE THE IMAGES!!! FIREFOX AND CHROME EACH HAVE A FEW AVAILABLE, THE ONE LINKED BELOW WORKED FOR ME https://outgoing.prod.mozaws.net/v1/...giikdkpmcpkaon I'm not affiliated with this link and take no responsibility for the use of the addon. Only putting the link because it worked for me, and I want everyone to see my build!! We're over 20 pages into it now, but this is the beginning. Welcome to post #1 for... THE H8RDCPTR. (i put the omgwtfbbq as a placeholder thinking i could change it...oops) I was lucky enough to be given most of the original paperwork tracing the trucks history. Started its life in Oklahoma, and spent some time in Georgia and Florida before coming up to WI. I have the original metal service tag and owners manual somewhere too. Started with a 66 short-step with a small back window. The truck was in pretty decent shape or so it seemed. Had a metallic green re-paint in the 80's, some rust that I could see but nothing horrid. Had a different hood since the original had been destroyed by time/rust. https://i.imgur.com/xIb3xNU.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/vn4mtc9.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/BX9sKST.jpg?1 The interior was mostly clean, gas tank removed and seats replaced with a later model bench seat. Newer wheel replaces the original also. https://i.imgur.com/PxhVQoo.jpg?1 |
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Some more details on the project; It has a newer front suspension (newer style truck suspension i believe) lowered 4" and manual disc brakes and power steering.
The front also sports a 1-1/4" swaybar setup. The rear is approx 5-6" lowered, with a small notch to clear the axle. Nitro drop shocks all the way around. Truck rear end with 3:73 posi, moser axles. Mickey Thompson aluminum wheels. The motor is a small block 355; Scat cast crank 2.02 heads with the bowls polished Comp Cams 4wd extreme cam Weiand Sportsman manifold Holley 670cfm Street avenger carb Aluminum drive pulleys Be-cool radiator / electric fan Hooker Super-Comp headers to 2" true dual stainless exhaust. Fabbed aluminum 13 gal fuel cell. k&n filter setup. https://i.imgur.com/c9Rff9z.jpg?1 It's backed by a 700r4 trans, Hurst shifter and mild stall (can't remember which one) |
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First step after the basic maintenance was to start rust control, body repair and trying to uncover WHAT is hidden under all that paint.
Brought home the welder and decided to start by filling some holes in the bed rail (p.o must have had a cover on it at some point). https://i.imgur.com/3ARQTcL.jpg https://i.imgur.com/GcqNePl.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/i5mck2k.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sCoIHbG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mMmLQzr.jpg https://i.imgur.com/XOL6kBm.jpg Hidden under the paint were even MORE holes, aside from the 40 small ones, a few of these bigger guys were in there. Looks like they had been filled with some sort of foam and then painted right over. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/002.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/006.jpg A few minutes with the welder, and some quick rattle primer and it looks MUCH better. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/248.jpg |
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Started on my fenders, which actually was a happy surprise. After taking the paint down, I found the the major rust was only about 5", the rest of the surrounding metal was clean and rust free. I trimmed the bad stuff out leaving a nice square hole in the fender.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/244.jpg Got my patch made and started the welding process....yikes I'm rusty. I haven't welded sheetmetal in probably 3 years, wire setting are a *****. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/249.jpg I did manage to get a nice clean patch after all was said and done, time for the filler! http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/253.jpg |
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While the filler was setting on that patch, I moved on to a "small" ding on my door.
It started no bigger than a quarter, but after some sanding...it kept going. There was nice baseball size dent and some wrinkles surrounding it, almost looked like someone was going to repair it but gave up. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/250.jpg LOOK AT HOW THICK THIS SH!T IS! And thats not even the deepest part. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/010.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/012.jpg Got the inside door panel off and started with the hammer and dolly to straighten it out. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/251.jpg Now that I had it much closer to where it should be, I could start with some filler. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/252.jpg Soo much straighter now http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/254.jpg Straight like it should be! http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/255.jpg |
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This weekend should yield more pics as the stripping process continues. I have also removed the reverse lenses, and sunk the tail light cups into the fenders for a cleaner look...stay tuned.
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What will he find around the next corner? Stay tuned....
Kinda like a paleontologist on his first dig. Having fun? |
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Hahah ya. Most of the truck is actually fairly solid, it seems like the p.o. did more damage to it then nature did. Hopefully I should be able to finish stripping the bed this week so I can start to fill those holes in the bed rail, and clean up the tailgate etc.
Most of my previous sheetmetal experience has been with newer S10's, trucks etc..working with this nice thick american metal is a relief |
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Keep up the good work :metal:
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Another weekend gone by, and some more progress made.
Continued on the stripping, working along the rear fender. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...chevy/0012.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...chevy/0022.jpg Welding up some holes in the bedrail and starting the prime on the fender http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/003.jpg The "bubbled" finish under the rail is some older paint that chem stripper was soaking on. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...chevy/0042.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...chevy/0052.jpg |
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Starting to strip the tailgate
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/007.jpg CRAP! Hit myself with the grinder while moving it in a tight space http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/014.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...chevy/0092.jpg Finished the tailgate http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/015.jpg Welded the front bed panel, and then got a little rust hole surprise under the finish. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/016.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/017.jpg |
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No blood no foul, I guess you can kick it back. I cant tell you how many times I've done that or on the bench grinder with small stuff.
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Good thing you had gloves on....could have been worse.
Your truck's coming along nicely.....keep at it. |
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Nice work Im gonna start on mine after the summer. Are those the stock tail lights fabbed into the rear quaterpanels?
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thanks for the comments guys. I ALWAYS wear glove when grinding now; about a 3-4 years ago I had a grinding wheel on it and it slipped when I stepped on the cord. I've got a 1/4" gap in my fingerprints from that one.
62 bowtie - They are LED lens/bulbs. Its the stock size lens, with integrated led's and the stock style plug. I took the reverse lights out, and welded the stock light buckets where the reverse lenses use to mount. I sealed it from the back, and then can screw in the lenses as normal from the front. |
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Great progress
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Started taking the paint off of the drivers door. Very solid but i did get a few surprises.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/001-1.jpg Another dent in the same place as the big dent on the passenger door. Its tough to tell what happened, but weird its on the same spot. This side is nearly as bad. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/002-1.jpg What the heck is this? Looks like a couple of phillips screws that they filled right over. Is this a stock mirror mount or something? http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/003-1.jpg A little bit of crust on the bottom of the door, shouldn't be a tough patch though. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/004-1.jpg |
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Sanded down the paint and bodywork on the front fender and got a nice size rust hole. A little bit worse than the other side, but handle-able. There were a couple pinholes a bit higher up too.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/003-2.jpg Cutting out the rot http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/007-1.jpg The gnarled steel. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/010-1.jpg And the hole http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/011.jpg Cut a patch panel to fit. Luckily the edges were still good on the original steel, so the patch was easy to cut in. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/012-1.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/013.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/016-1.jpg Out with the old and in with the new. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...0chevy/022.jpg |
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its been a while since I posted an update. Alot of progress has been made, and the rest of the photos will come later this weekend.
A couple of changes so far http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...chevy/0013.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...chevy/0023.jpg Fenders are off and all of the stripping has been mostly done. The besides have been stripped now, nice and rust free! http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...chevy/0032.jpg Later this weekend I will have some shots of the finished front filler work, and some progress on patching the lower doors. |
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Nice work. Subscribed. :smoke:
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digging on those shark shoes Cool:metal:
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haha, thanks man. The shoes are actually painted P52 style, with the mouth on the nosecone, there are kill marks on the sides, and a few various insignias. I think they are from Circa but I can't remember exactly.
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Lookin good...
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looks great
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Subscribed!! Hopefully this will give me some inspiration to get working on mine!!!!
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Small update:
Some swiss cheese from the lower door http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/002-2.jpg Just fitting up the patch http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/003-3.jpg Filler work done on the fender http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...hevy/001-2.jpg I also finished the filler over the lower door patch, and the other side has been completed (i have almost symetrical rust on this thing). All thats left now is to finish stripping the nose, and some minor touchoups on the roof and around the windows. I've also been super busy doing some other projects, including my rem870, and my buddy's super clean '63 Impala 2door. We are doing a period-parts-only aircraft hydraulic setup on it, and I've been doing alot of fab on his battery racks, pump mounts etc. I will include some pictures of that too hopefully this weekend |
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SMALL UPDATE
She is completely stripped and the final filler is at about 90% complete. The fun part PICKED UP MY 6.0 YESTERDAY!! PICS TO COME |
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Just out of curiosity... What are you running for a welder?
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Its an LQ4 from a 2003 Silverado, it will be cammed and possibly get new heads (unsure of budget right now) before going in.
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0010.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0009.jpg As for a welder, I run a couple depending on which project. Most of the bodywork and stuff done here at my house is on a Lincoln wirefeed Mig. Its a convertible 110/220 unit, and I'm running it on 110 (I rent, can't pull a new leg in the garage), with 75/25 Argon in my tank. At our fab shop at work I'll use the giant old behemoth of a welder. I have NO idea what it is, but its the size of a washing machine and painted bright yellow. It works like a freaking charm on the bigger stuff like mounts and stuff. |
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sweet motor swap! the truck is looking really good and coming along well, keep up the good work.
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Small update (no pics yet)
My drive by wire stuff showed up, and I have a complete custom harness coming from fuelinjectionconnection. The block, timing cover and accessories have all been cleaned and painted, and I have a bigass cam coming this week. Running a TSP Tsunami, with PRC dual springs and TSP rods. My swap mounts have also arrived. This weekend I plan to take the truck out in its half-stripped form, have a little fun with the old smallblock and then start the transplant process. Pics will follow! |
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Well, after the above ^^ "having fun" I did manage to almost get myself in a bit of trouble.
I was stretching the legs on her down an empty biz park street, and the local pd wasn't thrilled about it. I got pulled over with NO fenders, hood, paint, speedometer, tail lights...only thing I had was my plate taped to the back window; somehow after the cop listed about 10 different things including "Undue and Unnecessary Speed", I was let off with a WARNING. wow. Couple pics of the block painted and heads partially cleaned up. As well as the newly installed PRC springs and TSP rods. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0017.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0018.jpg And my motor mounts showed up as well http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0019.jpg |
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the truck is now at my pop's place for the motor swap. Old engine has been disconnected and just sits dry in the bay until everything else is ready to go.
In the meantime I've done a bunch of work on the fuel system; 255lph pump, -8 AN Russel fuel filter, to 3/8 to the front. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0029.jpg Ford Cobra 42lb injectors compared to the stockers (24lbs) http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0024.jpg And in the rail http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0025.jpg Had to get some EV6 wiring adapters; the truck motors used a short Delphi MultecII injector which is VERY hard to find a good replacement for since your options are limited to the Marine 8.1's or a custom set. If you convert to EV6 and space the rail you get more injector options http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0026.jpg |
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Damn, I wish any one of my projects started that clean. Nice work, it will be awesome when finished.
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Happy! Had my 4l80e built up by a local shop, along with my new converter (spec'd for future nitrous use).
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0027.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/IMAG0028.jpg Damn this stuff gets expensive for a 24 year old. |
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It gets expensive no matter how old you are. Especially once you have a house, wife, kids, pets, etc.
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Very nice project! What color do you plan on painting it when done?
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haha at this point, I don't even care about paint. I just wanna get this thing back on the street! I have some paint at home, and right now it will probably be standard GM black, with an Ice Blue Pearl roof.
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