55/58 Chevy truck build

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12-20-2020, 10:17 AM
shine

available through amazon . i bought a 10x20 . side walls are an option .
12-20-2020, 09:20 PM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by ted dehaan

Hi bam I am getting ready to do a major update to my 60 starliner and my shop is full so I want to buy a shes like your's I see you live localaly would you tell me where you got you'rs I live in whiittier thank you P.S. how much did it cost thank you Ted

I did not buy it I had it built it cost me about 4,000 for the structure and the concrete slab I did the drywall myself
01-04-2021, 12:28 PM
BAM55

I uploaded two youtube videos here is a link if you would like to see them.

Walk around

]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgjYz8efcMM

Fleetside bed mods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MOOQkGlx-M
01-04-2021, 05:12 PM
rspears

Lookin' really good, BAM! You've done a ton of top drawer work on this truck and you should be proud of the results!
01-05-2021, 08:56 AM
v8nutz

Coming along real nice! It is going to be a very clean looking truck. That's a lot of work going into the bed. Interesting solution for your gas filler too. I like your thing of doing black primer and then gray, good idea.
01-05-2021, 06:00 PM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by rspears

Lookin' really good, BAM! You've done a ton of top drawer work on this truck and you should be proud of the results!

Thanks a lot man, I'm just happy I'm getting to the end of it. Now I just have to find time to keep working on it.

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Originally Posted by v8nutz

Coming along real nice! It is going to be a very clean looking truck. That's a lot of work going into the bed. Interesting solution for your gas filler too. I like your thing of doing black primer and then gray, good idea.

Thanks and yes there is a lot of work in that bed, too much.lol But I like it and I wanted it and thats what counts. At least thats what I tell myself.lol
01-06-2021, 05:00 AM
40FordDeluxe

Very nice Bam!
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01-06-2021, 10:38 AM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Very nice Bam!
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Thanks much much appreciated
01-06-2021, 11:18 AM
MP&C

Bam, thanks for sharing the videos, good to see the updated progress. You're getting close now!!
02-07-2021, 08:26 PM
BAM55

Finally got the bed painted

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I also decided to make a center console. I will have it upholstered to match the seat.

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02-07-2021, 09:45 PM
MP&C

Nice job painting the bed. Did you have to crawl inside to spray the inside?
02-07-2021, 10:10 PM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by MP&C

Nice job painting the bed. Did you have to crawl inside to spray the inside?

Thanks man. Yeah I had to crawl under the front panel and paint the inside. I also had to roll around on a wet floor on a creeper to paint the underside hard to reach places. Now doing that six times (3 coats basecoats and 3 coats of clear coat), no wonder I'm sore today.lol
02-08-2021, 07:02 AM
v8nutz

That looks beautiful!
02-08-2021, 10:44 AM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by v8nutz

That looks beautiful!

Thanks man I really appreciate that
02-08-2021, 11:41 AM
53 Chevy5

Your pickup is turning out beautiful. That's one thing I would like to change in mine sometime, put in a column shifter and a front console.
02-08-2021, 03:11 PM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

Your pickup is turning out beautiful. That's one thing I would like to change in mine sometime, put in a column shifter and a front console.

Thanks man. About the column shift and the console "its nothing to it but to do it".lol
02-09-2021, 09:41 AM
40FordDeluxe

Great work! I really like the console. I'm going to do something similar on my 40. I just need to do what you just said. Get out there and do it. I just need to find that spare time stuff. :LOL:

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02-09-2021, 12:39 PM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Great work! I really like the console. I'm going to do something similar on my 40. I just need to do what you just said. Get out there and do it. I just need to find that spare time stuff. :LOL:.

Thanks man, and yeah I know a little bit about spare time. But with the way things are lately I have more now than ever, but yet it still gets filled up.lol
02-09-2021, 12:45 PM
BAM55

For those that are interested here is a video of my makeshift paint booth setup after I painted bed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwPyBTpAf-4
02-10-2021, 07:05 PM
Navy7797

Wow Bam that's a Great looking truck, love the gas filler location ! Your soo close to having it done !
02-11-2021, 07:22 AM
rspears

That's a great paint booth! Very innovative, very functional! Just more great work from Bam!
02-11-2021, 11:06 PM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by Navy7797

Wow Bam that's a Great looking truck, love the gas filler location ! Your soo close to having it done !

Thanks man. Yeah I did not want the gas filler in the center of the bed so I had to think of something different. Its good to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel finally.

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Originally Posted by rspears

That's a great paint booth! Very innovative, very functional! Just more great work from Bam!

Thanks alot man, much appreciated.
02-13-2021, 12:08 PM
40FordDeluxe

That's the same thing I have my Camaro parked in. Now it can double as a paint booth. Great idea Bam. That bed looks great!
02-13-2021, 07:02 PM
glennsexton

This is an incredible build BAM - you should be VERY proud of all the work you have done to get to this point. The truck is absolutely beautiful. Hope you get a chance to get out and enjoy driving it this summer as you certainly deserve some relax time!! Be prepared for a lot of thumbs up and complements.

Glenn
02-13-2021, 09:04 PM
johnboy

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Originally Posted by glennsexton

This is an incredible build BAM - you should be VERY proud of all the work you have done to get to this point. The truck is absolutely beautiful. Hope you get a chance to get out and enjoy driving it this summer as you certainly deserve some relax time!! Be prepared for a lot of thumbs up and complements.

Glenn

That's an understatement.
I agree with every word he said; but it's still an understatement.
02-14-2021, 05:06 AM
34_40

Times 3 from Me! Beautiful.
02-14-2021, 08:30 AM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

That's the same thing I have my Camaro parked in. Now it can double as a paint booth. Great idea Bam. That bed looks great!

Thanks man, mine also serves double duty.

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Originally Posted by glennsexton

This is an incredible build BAM - you should be VERY proud of all the work you have done to get to this point. The truck is absolutely beautiful. Hope you get a chance to get out and enjoy driving it this summer as you certainly deserve some relax time!! Be prepared for a lot of thumbs up and complements.

Glenn

Thank you, much appreciated

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Originally Posted by johnboy

That's an understatement.
I agree with every word he said; but it's still an understatement.

Thanks man

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Originally Posted by 34_40

Times 3 from Me! Beautiful.

3 Times thank you right back at you
02-17-2021, 12:13 PM
BAM55

Well I got the wood stained and protected.

Stained. I mixed three stains to come up with this color. It very close to the matching my seat. I like it.

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To protect the wood I decided to use Total Boat Marine Gleam Varnish Gloss. I like it because you can do like 3 coats a day with an hour or 3 hours between
coats depending on the weather. I used a foam brush to apply it.

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02-17-2021, 04:18 PM
v8nutz

That's going to look great!
02-17-2021, 04:45 PM
rspears

I know I'm probably asking a stupid question, but you're putting the same finish on the bottom side too, right Bam?
02-17-2021, 05:17 PM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by v8nutz

That's going to look great!

Thanks man.

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Originally Posted by rspears

I know I'm probably asking a stupid question, but you're putting the same finish on the bottom side too, right Bam?

There are no stupid questions except for the ones not asked. There are 5 coats on the bottom and sides and 8 on the top. I applied 5 coats first to every part of the wood. Then I blocked the top and applied 3 more.
02-17-2021, 07:37 PM
firebird77clone

HA HA Ha, Lol!

No such thing as a stupid question!

That's what my drill sergeant said, so that the stupid ones would open their mouths and reveal themselves!
02-18-2021, 11:10 AM
rspears

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Originally Posted by BAM55

There are no stupid questions except for the ones not asked. There are 5 coats on the bottom and sides and 8 on the top. I applied 5 coats first to every part of the wood. Then I blocked the top and applied 3 more.

I'd say you've got it covered Bam, as expected from your attention to details to date! It's amazing how many guys will spend hours making a beautiful piece of furniture, especially for outdoors, and only finish the top saying "Why would I waste finish on the part no one will see!! Then the top warps.....

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Originally Posted by Firebird77clone

.....so that the stupid ones would open their mouths and reveal themselves!

I'd say that what you maybe saw as a stupid question from a stupid guy may have saved someone's life later. If the guy truly didn't know, then to him the question was important, and helped him learn. The most dangerous guys are those who don't know and try to BS their way through a problem. Your Drill Sergeant likely understood that....
02-18-2021, 01:28 PM
glennsexton

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Well...... there are some exceptions - I always get a kick out of Dilbert as it hit so close to home for me:LOL:
02-19-2021, 07:48 AM
Dave Severson

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Originally Posted by firebird77clone

HA HA Ha, Lol!

That's what my drill sergeant said, so that the stupid ones would open their mouths and reveal themselves!

I sincerely hope you didn't believe everything your drill sergeant told you! I'd say it's far better to ask then just blunder along and wonder what the answer to one's question is!
02-19-2021, 11:38 AM
34_40

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Originally Posted by glennsexton

Well...... there are some exceptions - I always get a kick out of Dilbert as it hit so close to home for me:LOL:

I had that very strip taped to the side of my computer at work! It's a classic!
02-19-2021, 07:03 PM
firebird77clone

P.S. : the private asking stupid questions was ME!

I had great drill sergents, both times!
02-21-2021, 12:44 PM
BAM55

Well I got some of the wood installed, but I have to stop here until I have some of my buddies come over to help install the bed on the truck. I have access to the bolts that mount it to the frame at this point.

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02-25-2021, 04:08 AM
40FordDeluxe

That looks really nice Bam! I remember we built a 54 Chevy half ton at a body shop I worked at years ago. The worst thing I hated about that truck was the way the bed attached to the truck. The bolts went through cross members we made to secure the bed to the frame. That was a normal thing. But then the owner had us put the wood floor over them and we had to clearance the wood to lay on top of the bolts. So in 5 years when the truck came back for work, we had to pull the floor to pull the bed without scratching any of it. It sure looked cool having no mounting bolts in the floor though. :LOL:

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02-26-2021, 10:48 AM
BAM55

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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

That looks really nice Bam! I remember we built a 54 Chevy half ton at a body shop I worked at years ago. The worst thing I hated about that truck was the way the bed attached to the truck. The bolts went through cross members we made to secure the bed to the frame. That was a normal thing. But then the owner had us put the wood floor over them and we had to clearance the wood to lay on top of the bolts. So in 5 years when the truck came back for work, we had to pull the floor to pull the bed without scratching any of it. It sure looked cool having no mounting bolts in the floor though. :LOL:

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Yeah sometimes we have to give up ease of installation for the cool factor.lol

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