57 GMC, frame swap, 4wd, 454 big block, 4 speed

[joedoh]

have you run the 23andme dna test? I bet you are of australian decent.

caps look great though!

[Old57]

Originally Posted by joedoh

have you run the 23andme dna test? I bet you are of australian decent.

caps look great though!

Haha! Thanks Joedoh

[Old57]

I had some time this afternoon to get my doors pulled back off from the mock up. I had to weld some of the edges where I adjusted the gaps on both doors. The driver door had some rust areas behind the door panel, so I also cut out that and made new pieces. I also had several twisted off bolts to remove. The driver door is now ready to go get blasted and primed. The passenger door is worse on the bottom than what I previously thought. I planned to make a few small patches to repair it, but after looking at it closer, I'm going to replace part of the inner bottom with a new panel. The outer skin looks like I can patch about a quarter sized spot in the front corner and make a new lip section a few inches at the front. I can hopefully get the front clip off and taken apart tomorrow. I have a little welding to finish on the front fenders, then grind and sand the welds. After that is done, I'll have about everything else except the bed ready to get blasted and primed.

[Old57]

I spent Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday working on the truck. Saturday, I removed the front clip that I had mocked up, and finished a lot of little welding and rust repairs to get everything ready to go get media blasted and sprayed in primer like the cab. Sunday, I got the last part of rust repaired on it, which was the passenger door bottom. Everything is rust free now. It feels good to finally be done cutting out rust and getting the new metal welded in.

[joedoh]

man look at that gal, and shes not hanging from the rafters!


keep it up! its getting warm and time to get these trucks outside.

[Old57]

Originally Posted by joedoh

man look at that gal, and shes not hanging from the rafters!


keep it up! its getting warm and time to get these trucks outside.

Yes, nicer weather is getting here. I just got all of my exhaust pipes, bends, hangers, and muffler today. I'm running dual 2 1/2" from the headers to a smooth 2-1 merge collector, then single 3" to a large straight through magnaflow muffler, and turned out under the driver side bed step. Hopefully by the end of the week, my grill parts will be done getting powder coated, and the sheet metal will be done getting blasted and sprayed in primer. My "to do" list is slowly getting checked off.

[Old57]

I picked up the doors, front clip and bed steps sheet metal from getting media blasted and sprayed in aircraft primer. I also got the grill pieces and headlight bezels back from getting powder coated. I drilled out the rivets holding the 55-56 grill together so all of the pieces could get coated, then reassembled it with hardware. It is powder coated in the same cream color as the wheels. I plan on doing exhaust, brake/clutch/fuel lines, brake booster/master cylinder, and most of the engine wiring while the front clip is off to make it all easier to get to. I want the exhaust to have a nice tone, but not be too loud, so I got a large Magnaflow 3 chamber muffler. After I opened it, it is large and 3 chamber, but it is also straight through. Hopefully it isn't obnoxious or something. I'll go ahead and build the exhaust system with it and see how it sounds when I start up the big block to break in the cam. If it's too loud, I'll change out the muffler then.