This, although the last 3 years at the World of Wheels in Chicago, a group of guys lead by the legendary Gene Winfield chop the top on an old 40s or 50s car. But they spend 3 days doing it & they work all day long. Its a lot of fun to watch.
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Ugly truckling build
- Thread starter RivMan
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I dont know fancy things like body work.
You need some shocks mounted in a spot that shocks dont mount well? Hit me up
I sent this to rob last night. His k5 will look like this as soon as it gets done.
That's a guy on here isn't it?
Maybe.. it was on FB
That's where I saw it.
Martin
Martin
Had a blast at the Dunefest! Won a set of ORD shackles for the truck. I also just picked up a set of seats, and installed the carpet I picked up from Dueling. Time to start making progress on the truck!
-Rob
-Rob
Good seeing you again dude!!!
You too man!
Made some progress this weekend. New seats are installed (temporarily). I used the stock mounting plates for now, but I will be adding reinforcement under the cab for the top chop, so they will tie into that eventually.
Seats are a huge upgrade from stock, and as a bonus I get a center jump seat!
-Rob
Made some progress this weekend. New seats are installed (temporarily). I used the stock mounting plates for now, but I will be adding reinforcement under the cab for the top chop, so they will tie into that eventually.
Seats are a huge upgrade from stock, and as a bonus I get a center jump seat!
-Rob
Yeah, those seats are killer. I'm gonna look for a set of these for the next configuration.
What did the seats come out of. Those would be nice for mine.
I can't remember the years exactly but like 01 to 06 or something. My buddies 03 have em. I need a set. They are the perfect seat for me. Fit me just right. So very nice.
Mounting em pretty simple? Seems like it would be
Mounting em pretty simple? Seems like it would be
Thanks guys!
The seats are out of an 02 Silverado. They are in Ok shape, but I'd like to get a cleaner set at some point. I picked these up for $50 for all three, so I couldn't pass it up.
They mounting was pretty simple, but I'll be re-doing it soon. The stock front inner bolt hole lined up perfectly with the new seats (Including the spacing of the middle seat.) So I used those as my guide, and drilled 6 new holes for the other bolts. I used the factory mounting plates for now, but I'll be building some under floor bracing to support the full convertible swap, and tieing the seats into that.
Using the stock holes like I did mounts the seats a little off center. They sit about 1.75" off center towards the drivers side. They also seem to sit a little low, so I'll be addressing both of those when I build my bracing / remount the seats.
-Rob
The seats are out of an 02 Silverado. They are in Ok shape, but I'd like to get a cleaner set at some point. I picked these up for $50 for all three, so I couldn't pass it up.
They mounting was pretty simple, but I'll be re-doing it soon. The stock front inner bolt hole lined up perfectly with the new seats (Including the spacing of the middle seat.) So I used those as my guide, and drilled 6 new holes for the other bolts. I used the factory mounting plates for now, but I'll be building some under floor bracing to support the full convertible swap, and tieing the seats into that.
Using the stock holes like I did mounts the seats a little off center. They sit about 1.75" off center towards the drivers side. They also seem to sit a little low, so I'll be addressing both of those when I build my bracing / remount the seats.
-Rob
Time to start working on this thing again!
I ordered up a partial cage kit from DIY4X. I picked up their B-Piller hoop, Family bars, and cage plates. I plan to build a custom A-Piller hoop, T-Top bars, and seat mounting bars.
DIY4X came through HUGE and got me the parts way quicker than quoted! Can't wait to get this stuff installed and chop this top off!
-Rob
I ordered up a partial cage kit from DIY4X. I picked up their B-Piller hoop, Family bars, and cage plates. I plan to build a custom A-Piller hoop, T-Top bars, and seat mounting bars.
DIY4X came through HUGE and got me the parts way quicker than quoted! Can't wait to get this stuff installed and chop this top off!
-Rob
chulisohombre
1/2 ton status
Cool.
Blows my mind other companies can't do what Kert does.
Pretty sure when he gives a date he assumes all sorts of problems might happen. Course he has gotten dang good at his job. So problems rarely happen so stuff ships on time or early.
Pretty sure when he gives a date he assumes all sorts of problems might happen. Course he has gotten dang good at his job. So problems rarely happen so stuff ships on time or early.
Send me a text tomorrow and I'll grab my bender as I lent it to someone at work and haven't brought it home yet.
Nice truck. I'm gonna have to check into these seats, I need to make my blazer into a six seater.You too man!
Made some progress this weekend. New seats are installed (temporarily). I used the stock mounting plates for now, but I will be adding reinforcement under the cab for the top chop, so they will tie into that eventually.
Seats are a huge upgrade from stock, and as a bonus I get a center jump seat!
-Rob
The seats are awesome! Best mod I've done so far, though they do sit a little low. I plan to mount them to the cage to correct that.
Thanks
-Rob
Thanks
-Rob
I am looking forward to your cage install. It's on my future list of mods. I want to do the full family cage setup to protect the kids in back.
