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wideblock wrote:

dietzdiggler wrote:

slick wrote:nice trucks. That is a hell of a garage...My 1 car carport is getting old

I'm 35 and still working under an oak tree. Lord willing though, I hope to have a shop soon.

at least you got a tree. im dealing with a gravel driveway and lots of sunshine. concrete and a shade tree would be a huge upgrade.

Ahhh true, someones always got it worse, theres some poor fellows without an old dodge truck to work on at all.

awwwwwwww damn, thats a low blow. right now i dont have a dodge either, but im working on it...

Wow!! what a project you got going on! looks like you've got it further apart than most of us have ever had our trucks. keep up the great job! I'm thinking if you keep going like you are, we'll be callin on you for advice & technical support. and like several other guys, I'm way jealous of the shop!

matt

wideblock wrote:

dietzdiggler wrote:

slick wrote:nice trucks. That is a hell of a garage...My 1 car carport is getting old

I'm 35 and still working under an oak tree. Lord willing though, I hope to have a shop soon.

at least you got a tree. im dealing with a gravel driveway and lots of sunshine. concrete and a shade tree would be a huge upgrade.

Mine is dirt in front of the mobile home. Air conditioning works great in the winter and it has an excellent heater in the summer. One other advantage to not having walls, I can fit every vehicle I own in the shop, and a few of the neighbors too.

I Got the motor mounts!Max

Well change in plans. Last spring i bought a 1993 W250 Cummins and now the plan is now to just use that frame and powertrain and then mount my 1969 body on that frame with the CUMMINS. I have already gotten the frame stripped to nothing and now I'm waiting on some more frame to extend it to fit an 8 foot flat bed.

Well it's been a while since I've posted. I got the 1993 torn down to nothin and Got the frame painted and now I have a rolling chassis with the engine in the frame. I really got a lot done.

We need pictures

I've been wandering about your progress.

This is what i got... These are a little bit older... i have the transmission in the frame and ready to go, the tank is in the frame. and i just finished my custom four inch downpipe with my dad the other day.

nice...

Well it has been a while since I have put an update. I got the front floors all replaced in the cab, and had the body mounted. All body lift mounts were machined out of UHMW on my dads lathe. Did a butcher job on the front core support to fit the first gen cummins radiator, intercooler, and an aftermarket air conditioner condensor. Then reinforced it with quarter inch steel all around. No doubt it was a tight fit! I moved the oil fill on the motor to the valve cover to allow room for an electric puller fan. My dad and I took the steering column shaft, machined out the end, fitted, and welded on a splined end so that I could use a Borgeson double joint off of the end of the column and then the double D shaft to a single U joint at the steering box. Also added a bearing to the end of the steering column and had to machine a bearing holder to fit and hold the bearing in the end of the steering column. I bought some 2001 dodge extended cab seats and I ended up cutting 2 inches out of the original mounts, and custom bent up some rear mounts for the rear on the press break. Then made some square tubes for the rear seat back rest hooks to mount to. Did some custom work to the firewall to mount the first gen clutch slave. I ended up making a bolt on piece to hold the slave cylinder and prevent the firewall from flexing when the petal was pushed. Made a custom 4 inch straight pipe from the turbo to out behind the rear tire. The rear bumper was inherited from a swepty I bought then sold. I just remade the mounts stronger. I bought a used super hitch receiver hitch, then sectioned out a few inches out of the mounts to bring it closer to the body. I also made all of the mounting hardware for my gooseneck hitch because I had just the flip up ball without the frame mounts. Therefore I had to make them all myself. Now the body is back off and the cab is undergoing bodywork with the doors and the hood at this moment. The bed, tailgate, and front clip just got back from being sandblasted. Their is probably much more that I have done, just thought I'd give a quick overview.

Looking good! Seeing the end is good motivation. Just wait til you get it fired up!