Brave or crazy? crewcab build

[bodydropped68]

Looking good.

[gdavis]

It looks great keep up the good work.

[Dieselwrencher]

You move fast!

[oilyrag80]

Originally Posted by bodydropped68

Looking good.

Thanks man

Originally Posted by gdavis

It looks great keep up the good work.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

You move fast!

I'm trying I need to get as much done as I can before it gets hot again!

[oilyrag80]

Well the driver side is going to need a little more work than the pass side did.
Nothing to bad just a few pin holes just going to take longer than i'd hoped.
I almost thought about just geting rid of the fresh air vent all together but I think ill keep it.

[Rusbuilt]

Yep a little worse than the pass side for sure! You'll knock it out though!!

[oilyrag80]

So i returned the firwall i was using for patch panels to my buddy last week thinking i would not need anything else but I did that before removing driver side cowl. Now that it looks like i need some more patches so I called my buddy and sure enough he took it to scrap. I guess ill just have to fab my own!

[oilyrag80]

Got a call from the machine shop today and they told me that my
block was cracked. So between the crank being bad and the block being
cracked it might be easier to find another complete core. Funny thing is the
motor ran decent before i pulled it I guess you can never tell.

[Rusbuilt]

Sorry to hear that bro

[oilyrag80]

Originally Posted by Rusbuilt

Sorry to hear that bro

Thanks man, it sucks but i'll come up with somthing I always do.
I should be able to a good deal on another 350 builder.

[oilyrag80]

alright no more negitive heres some progress from last weekend
I finished up the drip rail on the driver side also got the top of the fake door welded in

[oilyrag80]

Also finished welding the inside where suburban meets truck.
and final welded the roof suports i made

[jbclassix]

Looks good! Sorry to hear about the engine.

[XJAbuzer]

Originally Posted by oilyrag80

also got the top of the fake door welded in

First of all, excellent work.

Perhaps I missed it. Is only 3 of the doors going to be functional?

[oilyrag80]

Originally Posted by XJAbuzer

First of all, excellent work.

Perhaps I missed it. Is only 3 of the doors going to be functional?

Suburbans only came with 3 doors and im to much of a wimp to fab
a 4th door
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[Zoomin]

Originally Posted by oilyrag80

Suburbans only came with 3 doors and im to much of a wimp to fab
a 4th door

You ain't no wimp in my book. Brave or crazy maybe, but not a wimp.

Looking good my friend!

[oilyrag80]

Originally Posted by Zoomin

You ain't no wimp in my book. Brave or crazy maybe, but not a wimp.

Looking good my friend!

Thanks for the feed back i know im not a wimp I just don't want to regret it someday
but for right now I just want to get this thing on the road!
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[XJAbuzer]

Originally Posted by oilyrag80

Suburbans only came with 3 doors and im to much of a wimp to fab
a 4th door
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Yeah, I knew about the 3 door Subs. I had one about 25 years ago.

I think you could fab one. You are obviously not a wimp to fab, but it would require tons more work. I think it will be fine with only 3 doors though.


I have been silently watching this build from nearly the beginning and I love how it is coming out. On another note, I make 3d models for an outdated game called 4x4 Evo 2. I thought you would be interested in seeing my model I made of a 1966 quad cab shortbed pickup I created. Here are a few pics of it:





I hope it is OK with you that I post these here. Now you have inspired me to work on another crew cab of the 68-72 gen.

[Mayo]

Originally Posted by XJAbuzer

Yeah, I knew about the 3 door Subs. I had one about 25 years ago.

I think you could fab one. You are obviously not a wimp to fab, but it would require tons more work. I think it will be fine with only 3 doors though.


I have been silently watching this build from nearly the beginning and I love how it is coming out. On another note, I make 3d models for an outdated game called 4x4 Evo 2. I thought you would be interested in seeing my model I made of a 1966 quad cab shortbed pickup I created. Here are a few pics of it:





I hope it is OK with you that I post these here. Now you have inspired me to work on another crew cab of the 68-72 gen.

Sweet rig, I remeber playing that game on Nintendo Gamecube I believe.

[oilyrag80]

Not much work on the truck today I was running around getting parts.
A fellow boardmember "americanthunder" saw my post about my block being cracked so he offered up the motor he pulled out of his truck "booger" as a core. So I went and picked it up and I couldent be happier now, I have good motor to rebuild.

[oilyrag80]

I also went to my buddys and cut up another cab for patch panels
and it had a nice ac dash so i grabbed that too I plan on running aftermarket ac but i want all the stock vents and controls. Also if I remove the dash it will make it alot eaiser to repair the kick panel.

[Rusbuilt]

Nice

[oilyrag80]

made some progress today I got the dash removed and the kick panel

[oilyrag80]

one more

[Zoomin]

Originally Posted by oilyrag80

one more

Whoa! I thought that just had some pinholes in it?