Thread: My panel truck build.

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Well, here's my idea!!!!! I'm going to try to save you a whole lot of time and work.... I think you should just stop right now and give me the truck!!!!! Just look at all the spare time and extra money you will have!!!!!!! Yeah, I know I'm a nice guy!!!!!!

Seriously, the truck is looking great! Some really nice work so far, keep it up!!!!!!! I've always wanted one of them to build, but everything around here is so far gone from rust..... That and the fact that I already have more projects laying around then I could finish in a couple lifetimes!!!

Keep up the great work, and keep all the great pics and info coming!!!!!!!

How can you refuse an offer like Dave's? What a guy, willing to take all that work off of you.

Looking good John, and we're enjoying the thread and updates. Sometimes we just aren't in a very talkative mood, so don't think we aren't loving it. The forum is just a little quiet right now in general...........in fact, it seems every forum is a little sluggish right now from what I see when I log on or lurk. Even the normally busiest ones have very little going on. Post Holiday/New Year stuff maybe?

You probably are going to have to make room for your pumpkin because of the lowness you are shooting for. Not a bad thing because it will give you room to do the reinforcing Gastrick is suggesting. Your boxing of that area sure helps a lot, that looks good. I'm still amazed you got that big ole truck dismantled so fast..........oh, the enthusiasm of youth !

Don

Looks like it's going to be an awesome ride when you're finished! What are you going with for interior? That huge open area has some great possibilities. There's a 66 Chevy panel that used to be at the local car shows that had a kind of modular insert in the back. It looked like the back of a conversion van with a couple of seats and carpet but the whole thing could be slid out in two pieces so you could use it for hauling.

Hotroddaddy im here and watching and learning from the fabbing work . I'll be here till your finished and it looks like a great head start to a low ride .

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

How can you refuse an offer like Dave's? What a guy, willing to take all that work off of you.


...........in fact, it seems every forum is a little sluggish right now from what I see when I log on or lurk. Even the normally busiest ones have very little going on. Post Holiday/New Year stuff maybe?

Don

I noticed Dave didn't offer to chop the top for John the way he keeps threatening to violate my Dodge. Must be chicken!!!!

As for quiet forums, those guys are all glued to the tube watching Barrett-Jackson.......................they'll just deny it though.

John, I'll toss my vote in for reinforcing the C notch area, especially if you might end up with the leaf springs, but either way. A nice tapered truss like arrangement would look good, add needed strength, and would allow you to make the "hump" in the floor flow front to back so it doesn't look so obvious.

I am also enjoying the thread, keep it going.