Thread: 1949 Chevy, Viper powered

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A nice cool build and some thing so different . Been a while any thing to update on the Truck .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

A nice cool build and some thing so different . Been a while any thing to update on the Truck .

Still in Iraq for another month, have all kinds of parts sitting in the garage at home to finish it when i get home next month though! Dad has worked on it a little bit, but nothing drastic has changed, so no new pictures. I will up date quite a bit when i get back home!

Have a bit of progress, sorry for the lack of updates, i will try to do better. Been hard at work since my return from overseas.

More progress. Modified the cab mounts and fabricated some rear cab mounts since the driveshaft runs right through the original center mount. New firewall, new floor, new drive shaft, lots of hours in fabricating all that sheet metal to fit correctly and look correct. the firewall and setback was all done completely off the truck, just the "measure twice, cut once" method, and it all turned out correctly. Floor was done mounted to the frame, because i had to square the cab up and mount it then put the floor in. Was about an inch out of square. Truck had a drivers side impact that had been repaired previously, so might be the cause of it being out of square. Pretty interesting stuff. One cab mount you could see through, so it got cut out and replaced. Made a makeshift jig to hold the cab in place while changing the cab mount out. Every task that should take 5 minutes, takes hours. Coming along though.

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Did some more work. Slow going. I'll try to keep it more up to date, even these pics are a few months old.

I'm still around, still working on it. bought a house in the middle of it all, so thats been sucking the money away upgrading the new shop!. But there's progress being made. Exhaust and fuel system and a few others details are complete. I'll update more often once i get back to work consistently on it.

Originally Posted by toofast_28

I'm still around, still working on it. bought a house in the middle of it all, so thats been sucking the money away upgrading the new shop!. But there's progress being made. Exhaust and fuel system and a few others details are complete. I'll update more often once i get back to work consistently on it.

Great to see you're still around! Slow progress is still progress, right?

Originally Posted by toofast_28

I'm still around, still working on it. bought a house in the middle of it all, so thats been sucking the money away upgrading the new shop!. But there's progress being made. Exhaust and fuel system and a few others details are complete. I'll update more often once i get back to work consistently on it.

Kewl!!!! Glad you're still at it!!!! I still have a V-10 Ford laying in the corner I want to do something with someday, anxious to see what all you have to go through to make the Viper engine work!!!!!!

PS---Ain't no time limit on building a Hot Rod, they always come out better if you let them age a little during the build process!!!!!!!