good few pics of purchase / mockup / now
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2 wheel peel / rebirth of a short bed c-10
- Thread starter sweetk30
- Start date
Damn it's come a long way. Looking good!
about only thing left from original is the frame / current roller wheels-tires / some small parts / some interior pieces / lower control arms / front & rear springs .
rest is new / rebuilt / recycled parts .
rest is new / rebuilt / recycled parts .
got the door latches cleaned n painted up today . then loaded them up in the doors .
bolted on the door hinges and then bolted the doors up to the cab .
need to adjust them up and gap them to the cab . next will be bolt the fenders on and set / fit the hood .
bolted on the door hinges and then bolted the doors up to the cab .
need to adjust them up and gap them to the cab . next will be bolt the fenders on and set / fit the hood .
Looking good! Very jealous. Wish I was doing the frame off on my truck.
found this pic online . darn close to my end paint layout I want .
drew4x4
1/2 ton status
are the outside of the doors not painted? i know i saw them earlier layin on the bench with fresh paint..
front fenders and doors outsides not painted yet.
most parts sofar panel painted . before we finished them we wanted to mockup and line up just incase problems .
few things I wouldn't have done specific ways but other things out of my control lead up to the paint direction we are going .
most parts sofar panel painted . before we finished them we wanted to mockup and line up just incase problems .
few things I wouldn't have done specific ways but other things out of my control lead up to the paint direction we are going .
Stomis
Professional Amateur
What are you going with for a wheel size?
andyblack
Registered Loser
So you're leaving off the chrome beauty rings? Good. I've never liked those. Plus they're really expensive if you can't track down some decent used ones for some reason.
and the clip design eats up the surface finish . so if you ever wanted to leave them off you get what I have now. a chewed up finish .
63chevyll
1/2 ton status
Nice progress and color choices.
well the trailer hitch is finaly made . just needs paint .
started out with a ??? hitch from some ford product . I got it for free a few years ago .
then I made the template for the bottom of the frame holes and rivits to clear .
next was make a side template and tape it to the frame template. this let it swing down and make contact with the hitch and let me mark it to get the hole cut just were I wanted the hitch to sit / hang .
next was transfer all the holes to the custom made side plates . then I drilled them / cut them out and bolted them to the frame . next I slid the hitch up in and centered it and also set the level / pitch of the hitch .
I then poped on a lot of tach welds and let the whole unit cool down . next I removed it from the truck and poped it up on the bench and welded the whole thing up moving around for the welds to minimize the warping . I had the heat turned up nice & hot and fused them real good.
next I just need to cut the hole in the plate bracket and also do the hole for the trailer hitch electric plug to hide behind also .
I will also need to fab up a longer reciver for the ball to mount on cause its behind the plate a bit and reg hitch would make the ball land on the middle of the plate when flipped .
started out with a ??? hitch from some ford product . I got it for free a few years ago .
then I made the template for the bottom of the frame holes and rivits to clear .
next was make a side template and tape it to the frame template. this let it swing down and make contact with the hitch and let me mark it to get the hole cut just were I wanted the hitch to sit / hang .
next was transfer all the holes to the custom made side plates . then I drilled them / cut them out and bolted them to the frame . next I slid the hitch up in and centered it and also set the level / pitch of the hitch .
I then poped on a lot of tach welds and let the whole unit cool down . next I removed it from the truck and poped it up on the bench and welded the whole thing up moving around for the welds to minimize the warping . I had the heat turned up nice & hot and fused them real good.
next I just need to cut the hole in the plate bracket and also do the hole for the trailer hitch electric plug to hide behind also .
I will also need to fab up a longer reciver for the ball to mount on cause its behind the plate a bit and reg hitch would make the ball land on the middle of the plate when flipped .
few more
few more again
might ad a few fussets to the back side to make it like this one .
I don't think the gusset (as shown in that pic) is really needed. The one that you posted with the gusset does not have a full side plate so they were probably making up for the lack of material where it is needed. The side plates were probably notched for clearance with something on the vehicle they designed it for. The side plates transfer all of the load to the frame, the gusset would do very little.
ya this hitch main beam is prob 3/8 thick tube and the plates I hade made were 3/8" plate also .
so I figure with all that I am more than likely over the rating of this frame .
so I figure with all that I am more than likely over the rating of this frame .
