41 chevy 1.5 ton, second build

[Chaz]

Hey you look like you are doing really good with your build. Thanks you have given me ideas to work into my project.

 

[deerchooper]

new life/ parts has sparked this build again. i found a spare cab that i bought to get some parts off of to finish my cab. the roof on this new cab is trashed but has some good body parts on it. tomorrow ill get some pics of the donor in the light then get it off of my truck. then it will go under the knife and the parts i dont use will get sold.

 

[deerchooper]

well heres my part truck. it went under the knife today.

 

[earthman]

Nice work bud. Glad to see you are making progress.

 

[deerchooper]

well i plugged away at it some more today. cutting up the other truck and getting stuff welded to my truck. i got the driver side rear body line on today. tomorrow i will get the pass side done.

 

[Mike S.]

It's lookin' good man. Keep on keepin' on!

 

[deerchooper]

ya thought i gave up on this, well i didnt. just havent had the urge to do it. now it has hit me
and its time now to get it rockin.

1933 oem olds frame. just couldnt throw it away

 

[deerchooper]

more frame

 

[deerchooper]

mock up

 

[deerchooper]

here comes the 5"z front and rear over top of the factor z

 

[deerchooper]

continued

 

[deerchooper]

rear was a little high so i chopped it off and fliped it over.

took 6" out of the back and 3" up front, worked out great because the body lined up with the cab mounts.
cab is also mounted.

 

[deerchooper]

here is the 1978 caprice motor, tranny and rear end. motor, tranny are set in place and held in for now
till i get the frame boxed in. ill order the tubing and flat stock tomorrow to get the frame done.

 

[CORPO]

nice man.. glad to see you are back at it

 

[deerchooper]

well heres the start of the frame. this will be the last time i work with a frame this way.
i could have built a tube frame so much quicker that fitting this oem frame, live and learn.

2"x5"x 1/8" tubing installed into mid frame, plug welded threw oem bolt holes.

rear cross member installed, holes will be cut for stuff to pass threw.

 

[deerchooper]

motor mounts and tranny mount installed.

a piece of 2"x4"x 3/16" tubing was installed in the motor mount area to help transfer raw detroit
muscle to the frame, lol.

 

[deerchooper]

a special thanks to morjeep for not tossing and passing along some oem controll arms to me, thank you again.
i got the top controll arms mounted, bottom ones tacked into place, im not really happy the
way they turned out. i will redo them and make more brackets to get them to flow better.

 

[zzrodder]

well heres the start of the frame. this will be the last time i work with a frame this way.
i could have built a tube frame so much quicker that fitting this oem frame, live and learn.

Yeah but if you used new steel, you wouldn't get that wonderful smell that you get when welding that ol' rusty, mouldy metal. Corpo said the same thing about his frame, personally, I think a re-worked old frame has way more character though I know it's a hard road....[P

 

[deerchooper]

zz, ive been coating the inside of the frame with a rustolem rust inhibuter (tons of spelling issues right there lol) kinda like a por 15. got a bottle at autozone for $6. any protection is better than nothing. i grind it off where im welding, but that is the only fumes im picking up, lol.

i will agree that it will look better than a box but its super tough and time consuming.

 

[Oldrodder43]

What are you using for a welder please? You have infinitely more patience than I have! Great doings so far. And for someone who really really hates body work, you sure are into it. perley