Great Grandads '53 3100

[Advanced Design]

Nice progress, looking really good!

[iowaboynca]

Did you need another u joint down by the rack or were you able to get away with the 2 pictured?

Thanks!

[Tesone]

Originally Posted by iowaboynca

Did you need another u joint down by the rack or were you able to get away with the 2 pictured?

Thanks!

Yes sir. There's a 3rd down on the rack. Unfortunately I'm going to have to weld that one to the shaft as the set screw was hitting the motor mount.

[Tesone]

Took a couple days off work and spent a long weekend on the truck. Got my fuel lines run, wiring harness finished up, new battery box mounted and most important of all. . .

http://vid469.photobucket.com/albums...01F12A51B4.mp4

Had a little help from Molly "the not so shop dog"

[Advanced Design]

Congratulations, sounds good!

[joedoh]

why is the video named "bent valves"? sounds healthy!

[jeff.d]

that thing fired up in a hurry! very cool build!

[Tesone]

Originally Posted by joedoh

why is the video named "bent valves"? sounds healthy!

Ha! Well "20BentValves" is my username for Photobucket. It came from back in my VW days when I blew up my 20 valve turbo motor. That's just part of the URL i guess.

From what I can tell the 5.3 is nice and healthy, but then again its so dang loud I cant hear anything.

[Tesone]

Originally Posted by jeff.d

that thing fired up in a hurry! very cool build!

Right?! it was that good from the first time I hit the key too. Couldn't be happier.

[Tesone]

First update in several months. That being said I've still been working on the truck quite a bit. I've been keeping my instagram page current so feel free to request to follow me if you'd like to follow along. My username is stesone11

This is fairly abbreviated so forgive me. After I got the engine running, I got the the ECM and Throttle control box mounted under the dash. Managed to get it done reusing some parts from the fuel tank straps.



From there i moved on to mocking up the bed.



And discovered I would indeed need to add some tubs.



Built the tubs from a trailer fender. It was a single fender I split in half and narrowed a bit and filled in with sheet metal.



and got them welded into the bed


From there I moved on to building the frame for the bed floor. The floor will tilt up to access the fuel tank and allow you to see into the chassis. One of my main objectives was to keep the floor near the stock height and I was able to come within 2 inches of that.



From there I moved on to filling the stake pockets, plug welding all the holes in the bed and filling the ends of the bed rails





That wrapped up the fab work on the bed so from there I moved onto repairing some rust on the front fenders.

First the drivers side




Then the passengers side. For this one I was able to drill out the spot welds and remove the inner piece


Today I spent the better part of 9 hours stripping sheet metal hoping to have some primer on them here soon.

[oldman3]

Nice update, doing some great work...Jim

[iowaboynca]

Nice progress!

[69CST-V]

Nice work....some big hurdles being over come here.

[DueWest]

updates?

[Tesone]

Lots of work completed since the last update. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Happy New Years guys!


























Heres a little then and now with 2 years in between.

[Advanced Design]

Nice update! Truck is looking good. Thanks for sharing.

[fisherman420]

Wow great work! You've definitely made my new years resolution to finish my 50

[oldman3]

Looking super, nice job...Jim

[ChuckDriver]

Very nice!

[SalvagedSouls]

Nice work!

Looks awesome - I like the seat.

[joedoh]

looking very nice!

[Desert1957]

Can't wait to see this one finished , Nice work..

[Mains52]

That thing is sick!! I spent too much time looking at pictures and didn't read it all. Did you have your Control Arms Powder coated?

[gigamanx]

Originally Posted by Tesone

First update in several months. That being said I've still been working on the truck quite a bit. I've been keeping my instagram page current so feel free to request to follow me if you'd like to follow along. My username is stesone11

This is fairly abbreviated so forgive me. After I got the engine running, I got the the ECM and Throttle control box mounted under the dash. Managed to get it done reusing some parts from the fuel tank straps.

And discovered I would indeed need to add some tubs.



Built the tubs from a trailer fender. It was a single fender I split in half and narrowed a bit and filled in with sheet metal.

Looks like you and I are running the same wheels. I had the same tiny bit of tire on the bed side. I used 3" spacers to get the tire out as far as possible, but I still need tubs. They look like the fenders I've seen at Tractor Supply. Thinking of getting one of those myself and cutting them down to size.

Curious to know about your front wheel and tire size? I have 18" Riddlers with 4.5" backspacing for the front. I haven't checked to see what tire size I need, but yours look pretty darn close.