Great work! Someday I want to build an old semi too! I used to work in a heavy truck frame shop and we built a lot of old trucks with new suspension setups. It was hard to not go buy an old truck and start one of my own.

Nice work on the rear cross member. Are you going to be lucky enough for it to be the correct width to fit inside the new frame? Or will you have to cut it down? We used to have to cut them all the time when we sleeved frames. We'd cut them in the center remove what was needed, bolt it in place, then clamp the center together and weld. Again, keep up the great work! I'm also interested in the bed work. We have a 47 Dodge 1.5 ton truck that is my Dad's that will be getting an eaton 2.5 ton rear axle with air ride, a 12v cummins and a 1000 series allison trans. He's still waiting to get the title for the truck before we start on it.