Custom Chevy Truck up date 2/25

[Alyn]

Nice work on getting the twist out of the front end. This one was definitely worth saving.

More importantly, best of luck on your job search.

Money is the grease of life. Helps everything else go smoothly.

[customsrus]

Ok I know it has been awhile since I last updated this build. But for those of you that might be interested I believe I have the warped body problem solved, I will post pictures as soon as I can recharge the batteries in my camera. Thanks

[customsrus]

Ok here are a couple of new pictures of this build. After I soaked the body in some very warm water for a long long time, I got the body pretty straight (I hope). Anyway I added some plastic rod to the fender lips and across the bottom sides of the truck. This should make the fender lip more pronounce.

[customsrus]

Next i added some bondo to areas that needed it.

[customsrus]

After shaping and sanding...

[customsrus]

Now as it currently sits with some primer on it. Will need some fine tuning on the body work but its taking shape again.

[crazyjim]

Looking swell.

[Gluhead]

[Jantrix]

Very cool indeed.

[RatRodMarc]

Lookin really good keep up the great work

[David G.]

I'm glad to see this one back on the bench. Thanks for the updates.

David G.

[Danno]

Wondered about this one. Glad to see she's still progressing!

[customsrus]

Thanks everyone for your comments.

[customsrus]

What do you guys think of the hood lines do you think I should keep as is or shave them off? If I get rid of them it will a little different than the original.

[W-409]

Very cool! Great to see this build back also, one of the coolest PickUps on the forum. Personally I would leave those Hood Lines there, they just look good. Anyway it would look good without them too, but I like it that way better.

[Mike Kucaba]

You did a beautiful job on those wheel well/body flairs! This whole build is shaping up to be great!

[cobraman]

This truck is looking so %$#@*&% good. I really like the way the taillights are set up.

[blunc]

Love the work on this, nice save in the twist.

I noticed the rear corners of the hood don't quite match up to the cowl (rounded off a bit)...not picking on your work, just mentioning in case you haven't noticed it.

[customsrus]

Not much new to update but I did repair the hood lines since I sanded them half off during the build process. I added platic rod over original lines. Bondo and sanded smooth.

[mopar68]

Wow John this is going well. Incredible work mate, keep it goin

[customsrus]

^{Well its been awhile since I have had anything to update on this build. But I did finally get to do some work on it. I cut out an spot in the drivers side fenderwell for a master cylinder. I also made a master cylinder,cause I could not find one I liked. Made it from an assortment of parts. I took the master cylinder from an old build cut the fluid tank off, added a larger mounting flange to the back of it, drilled holes for studs and added plastic rod for the studs, then cut them to size,added some brass tubing for the brake lines, then made a cap out of plastic tubing. It will look better after I clean it up and paint it.}

Edited November 14, 2012 by customsrus

[customsrus]

I added a seperation line between the inner fenerwells and the body. First I taped off the area then I used the backside of an exacto blade to carve my line. Then I added some putty to make some corrections to my line. Then sanded it and this is what I came up with, may need a liitle more work to finish.

[customsrus]

Last but not least, I added some material to the bottom of the window openings. Use plastic sheet cut to size for this. I will round off the outer top edge a little. Maybe?

[crazyrichard]

awsome build !! looks so good

[customsrus]

Looking awesome. glad to see your back to work on it... I can only dream of having 1,000,000,000th of a % of your talent. But having fun is what is important!

that's what I keep telling myself hehe.

Having fun is what it's all about, and you have more talent than you give yourself credit.