lectric80
3/4 ton status
I am happy to see you back at it. Can't wait to see how it turns out, especially the half top
CK5
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Project 82 TCBF -10.13.9 - progress!!!
- Thread starter NEK5
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NEK5
3/4 ton status
DELIVERY!
chevy wrangler
1/2 ton status
whats that you tease!!!LOL
broncoman6524
1/2 ton status
i wishi could afford big lmc boxes 
except id prefer summit (motor parts)
except id prefer summit (motor parts)
chiefheaphy
1/2 ton status
I did tailgate posts and tailpan a few months back. Let me know and I could help you out.
NEK5
3/4 ton status
Thats part of it! Any tips?chiefheaphy said:
chiefheaphy
1/2 ton status
Definetly
Yours would come out better than mine cause I could tell you what not do. Little things like take the time to drill out *all* the spot welds. Keep the top on when you do it. Dont think that the post sits on the flanges, you actually have to bend them down and cut off excess. Also, the truck ones from LLC or try Raybuck auto parts, fit the Blazer (I did have to drill 2 holes and back weld nuts for the side latches). When your ready to do it let me know you can try out my Lincoln 3200HD if you dont already have one.
HEaph
Yours would come out better than mine cause I could tell you what not do. Little things like take the time to drill out *all* the spot welds. Keep the top on when you do it. Dont think that the post sits on the flanges, you actually have to bend them down and cut off excess. Also, the truck ones from LLC or try Raybuck auto parts, fit the Blazer (I did have to drill 2 holes and back weld nuts for the side latches). When your ready to do it let me know you can try out my Lincoln 3200HD if you dont already have one.
HEaph
So crack that bad boy open and pic whore it up!!
chiefheaphy
1/2 ton status
U talkin ta me?
Anyone else see rampage knock out Lidell?
This seems backwards compared to my build thread...lets just say I got into it a little deeper!
Anyone else see rampage knock out Lidell?
This seems backwards compared to my build thread...lets just say I got into it a little deeper!
Well, nice pics but I was talking to Ben... I wanna see all the goodies that he has got and his opinion on their quality.
chiefheaphy
1/2 ton status
thats what a few beers'll do. Woops
chiefheaphy said:
Thats what the Lounge is for
NEK5
3/4 ton status
Got a quite a bit of work done today. Put in my "new" steering column, 85' non tilt, big ol honkin steering wheel:
new XJ shaft to replace my other XJ shaft with a busted u-joint:
and last but not least, the ORD bolt on steering brace!:
Overall, not a bad job. Wasn`t too hard , but not real easy. Took me and my buddy, and a little help from his dad, about 1.5-2hrs, with a lunch break, to put it all in. End result, excellent steering! Went down the highway pretty good, with VERY little movement of the steering wheel. The ORD brace also helps alot, the frame isn`t moving one bit!
new XJ shaft to replace my other XJ shaft with a busted u-joint:
and last but not least, the ORD bolt on steering brace!:
Overall, not a bad job. Wasn`t too hard , but not real easy. Took me and my buddy, and a little help from his dad, about 1.5-2hrs, with a lunch break, to put it all in. End result, excellent steering! Went down the highway pretty good, with VERY little movement of the steering wheel. The ORD brace also helps alot, the frame isn`t moving one bit!
Nice! one of these days I got to get me one of those ORD steering braces
sweet! keep it coming
NEK5
3/4 ton status
More progress. Stripped interior in the rear, getting ready to do some metal work. Rot wasn`t as bad as I expected, which is always a plus!
I also decided instead of doing a bunch of fiberglass work on that half top to shorten it, I was just going to take a single piece of sheet metal, have it bent up and strengthened at a machine shop, via rolling beads into it, then make it removable. The window will be from an early 80s pickup, a slider window. Hopefully it will work the way I want it to. I plan to put a piece of angle iron/aluminum, so there is a lip that will go back about 8 inches, down to the bed floor, and across the whole bed floor. Then some rubber weather stripping will be put on the lip, to seal it. I`m not sure if that makes sence or not, but heres a picture. I will use some rubber weather stripping on the cab section as well...let me know what you think....here`s a picture (excuse the fact that it looks like the work of a 1st grader) The red is the piece in questions (anyone have any idea what it would cost to have that piece bent up and beads rolled into it? i could finish the cutting, and drill the holes my self, TIA)
Here`s some pics of the bed area:
(this is near the seat belts in the front on the drivers side)
more evidence that reveals the accident the PO had
filler neck area
I also decided instead of doing a bunch of fiberglass work on that half top to shorten it, I was just going to take a single piece of sheet metal, have it bent up and strengthened at a machine shop, via rolling beads into it, then make it removable. The window will be from an early 80s pickup, a slider window. Hopefully it will work the way I want it to. I plan to put a piece of angle iron/aluminum, so there is a lip that will go back about 8 inches, down to the bed floor, and across the whole bed floor. Then some rubber weather stripping will be put on the lip, to seal it. I`m not sure if that makes sence or not, but heres a picture. I will use some rubber weather stripping on the cab section as well...let me know what you think....here`s a picture (excuse the fact that it looks like the work of a 1st grader) The red is the piece in questions (anyone have any idea what it would cost to have that piece bent up and beads rolled into it? i could finish the cutting, and drill the holes my self, TIA)
Here`s some pics of the bed area:
Looks fixable to me!
NEK5
3/4 ton status
Yes, very fixable. Not as bad as I thought, at all! Can`t wait to get er done!Chevy305 said:Looks fixable to me!
Xtremegmc80
1/2 ton status
X2....Chevy305 said:Looks fixable to me!
NEK5
3/4 ton status
I was expecting the bed floor to bed rotted up farther, and even the wheel wheels to have a little on them. Turned out to be nowheres near that amount.
I`m really looking forward do getting this sheet metal "wall" made up. It will basically let me get rid of the heavy cap completely, but also allow me to take it off and have the whole back of the cab open, just like it would be if you were to take the top off.
I`m really looking forward do getting this sheet metal "wall" made up. It will basically let me get rid of the heavy cap completely, but also allow me to take it off and have the whole back of the cab open, just like it would be if you were to take the top off.
