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Old 11-30-2012, 03:51 PM   #26
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Re: 1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

new doors? nice. what do you think of the fit and finish of them?
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Old 11-30-2012, 03:53 PM   #27
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Thanks Kabwe....as far as the doors go...they aren't as bad as I was expecting but they do need a little bit of work to get them right. Other than that they seem solid. I have the one piece window kit for them so we will see what kind of mess that is to install.
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Old 11-30-2012, 08:54 PM   #28
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Re: 1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

You gotta stop taking pictures on weird angles like that. The pic of your firewall looks like you cut the entire roof off including the pillars. I was pleasantly surprised when I got to the next pic and realized that you hadn't. Your project is looking great. Good luck the rest of the way.
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Old 11-30-2012, 10:44 PM   #29
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Clean project truck. The custom frame is very cool.
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Old 11-30-2012, 11:37 PM   #30
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Re: 1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

Every thing is looking real nice.
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Old 12-14-2012, 10:29 PM   #31
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Re: 1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

Here are some new pictures of the cab. I have both new doors mounted and they are being fitted. I also have the cowl shaved and some other work being done on the cab.
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Old 12-14-2012, 10:31 PM   #32
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Here is another picture of the new door. I'm also having the entire dash smoothed as well. I will get some pics of that as it comes along.
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Old 12-15-2012, 01:38 AM   #33
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Looks good.
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Old 12-18-2012, 09:59 PM   #34
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Old 02-10-2013, 08:44 PM   #35
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Here are some more pics of the rocker panels and cab corners. Getting everything smoothed and looking nice.
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Old 02-10-2013, 08:45 PM   #36
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Here are a few more pics. Cleaning up the seam lines and smoothing them out.
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Old 02-10-2013, 09:59 PM   #37
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Coming along real nice.
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Old 03-07-2013, 04:26 PM   #38
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Some more work has been done on the cab. The custom dash is in. It just needs to be finished. The steps and rockers are all smoothed. The doors aren't 100% done but they are close. The driver side of the firewall was smoothed to match the passenger side.
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Old 03-07-2013, 04:28 PM   #39
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Here is another picture of the dash. They have to smooth the rest of the dash where the headlight switch goes. It's coming along.
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Old 03-07-2013, 09:46 PM   #40
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Coming along nicely.
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Old 03-30-2013, 05:31 PM   #41
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Here's some more progress on the truck cab. It's slowly coming along.
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Old 03-30-2013, 05:31 PM   #42
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One more picture of the back of the cab.
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Old 05-16-2013, 05:38 PM   #43
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More work done on the cab. Body work is almost complete. I love the way the dash turned out. It's coming along.
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Old 05-16-2013, 05:39 PM   #44
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A couple more pics of the cab and doors.
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Old 05-16-2013, 07:05 PM   #45
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Re: 1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

Wow! That cab turned out really sharp. Looks like they got those new doors to fit really well.
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Old 05-16-2013, 08:09 PM   #46
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The doors are almost there. They still need a little bit more work but overall they fit really nice. They were definitely the most difficult part of the cab.
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Old 05-17-2013, 12:27 AM   #47
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Re: 1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

Every thing is looking real nice. The dash looks sharp.
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Old 05-17-2013, 02:26 AM   #48
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Re: 1956 Chevy 3100 Corvette Suspension

Looking good
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Old 10-17-2013, 07:37 PM   #49
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The cab work is about 99% done. Finally got the cab sitting on the frame again. The one piece window kit is finally in. The welds just need to be cleaned up but they are in and 100% functional. The doors were such a pain to get right. Had to heat them and all kinds of extra work to get the spacing right. Now it's time for assembly of the entire front and final alignment of the doors and front fenders.
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Coming along nicely.
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