Burb chop down.

[Xtremegmc80]

For sure man!!!



You have no projects on the go right now??

It'd be a fine day for wheeling too. GOD I wish I had this thing finished....

no project on the go.. my truck is 88 percent done.. minus the steering arm, inner fender, inspection. it wont be done for a long time but to get it back on the road its only steering arm and i do not have that w me at this time. unless u count swapping the snowmobile engine as a project? and speaking of project im off to replace the rear brakes on my 03 silverado now..

 

[Clod_King]

I got the roof all closed up, and smoothed out.

NO MORE RAIN GETTING IN!!!!! hahaha.

 

[Craig Artzner]

Looking good!

 

[Clod_King]

thanks man!!! That means alot coming from you!


You and your friggin' GORGEOUS truck you got there

 

[darkshadow]

not to bad buddy.

looks good you smothed out the differace in width from the back to front piece really good!

 

[Clod_King]

Hey thanks buddy!

The lines aren't the smoothest thing in the world, but they look good from a 5 foot distance... and if you don't look for imperfections...


But yeah I am EXTREMELY happy with how it turned it out. Way better the I could've done with the Fiberglass, and steel strips.

Way better.


Plus I learned how to bend, and hammer the steel into place. Which is pretty darn fun if I do say so myself.

You get to beat the snot out of something, and then it turns out looking decent!

 

[original balzer]

Lookin good now get going on those fenders. And dont forget pics.

Balzer

 

[Clod_King]

Okay, I am going to get the other fender up, and finish the other one up, so the outside will be pretty much finished...

Sorry no camera yet. I will try and get it tomorrow.

 

[Clod_King]

Okay, so I got the passenger side wheel well up.

I didn't have time to get the the other side finished yet because I have to go to a going away party for some freinds. But tomorrow is another day, and I may have time to start on the insde aswell.

And I got the camera back today too, so pictures are have been taken...

 

[burban89]

Coming right along, looking good.

 

[TruckNutzDude]

Damn you did a lot of work on that burb.

 

[Clod_King]

Thanks guys!

Alright, so I almost set my truck on fire yesterday because the wool blanket I use to sheild things with, was touching the other side of the piece of steel I was welding....

It wasn't a raging fire, but it was scary enough.

Okay, today I am going to do some more stuff, I just don't know what yet....

 

[Clod_King]

I have no camera due to my brothers wedding...

getting it back on sunday, or monday. But I am ALMOST finished the interior work...

It's all patch work really. You didn't miss anything. But I need this truck on the road for personal reasons...

Mostly because I don't want to freeze my unit off biking home in the winter...


Will post pics when I get the camera.

 

[Clod_King]

Sorry guys, I didn't have time to take any pictures..

I DID get the truck finished enough to take it to the mechanics to get it safetied, and E-tested though...

I'll take pictures when it returns. I took some short cuts though... Like not smoothing the bondo out, and only laying down a coat of primer. No color.

Lets hope it doesn't rain to bad....

 

[85HeartBurb]

good build lookin forward to seeing the end result!!!!

 

[original balzer]

Lookin good mang. I dig it. Not smoothing out the bondo makes it harder to sand later. Just use 40 grit to knock the crappy stuff off CAREFULY. lol I figured that out the hard way. Realy depends though on what your building it for. My crew cab isnt gunna be very pretty. No sence in trying for me
I dont want it to look like it was in a demolition derby, but the dings and rust dont hurt nothin.

Balzer

 

[darkshadow]

thats cool Chris, I'll have to go down there agian sometime and check it out agian

 

[fireplug]

That's awesome! I'm glad you got it done. Good timing. Rain this week and the temps are dropping!

Drive that thing over to my place!

 

[Craig Artzner]

good build lookin forward to seeing the end result!!!!

Sorry for the hijack, Mike I didn't know you were here on CK5!

 

[Clod_King]

Okay sooooo.....

My truck has a blown headgasket...

I found THAT one out five minutes before I got the sublurban onto the flat bed....


So there are two mods I have to perform to get that body mod to pass the safety.

1) install mudflaps. (Jay I know you sent me that link, but I have no way to get up to Scarborough... so I am going to go with a few rubber sheets)

2)Cut down the bumper so it matches the width of the "bed"


I should be getting the truck back in my driveway by thursday, so pictures definately by friday.


Oh and Bondo grinds away real nice with 40 or 50 grit on a grinder. It actually smooths out pretty nicely after hardening. That's how I have done all the bondo work pretty much, hahaha.


I actually have about a 1-2 feet of room behind the seats. I'll take a pic of that too. That truck looks really good with the back seats up, hahaha.