Hot Rods Some pics of the 33 pickemup truck

been scrambling on this one for awhile, rushing to try and get it ready for santa maria.... couple of pics of what it started out as and what it likes today. hopefully i will get to fire it up next week sometime, i really dont want to give it back to the owner.....would make a fine shop truck for me

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This is EXACTLY what I plan on building one day. It's perfect. Well done!

 

WOW!! Looks good...I love the color....and the quickchange!

 

Tasty!

 

Finally, an unchannelled pickup truck. Lookin' really good slddnmatt. A far cry from what you started with.

JS

 

Damn that is perfect! I have a '34 that I'm going to build soon. How much is the top chopped on yours? Looks great.

Later,
Kevin

 

thanks everybody. it has a 6" chop. im 6'-2 and i could fit ok with a custom made seat. we have a glide to put in it which isnt to comfortable for me but the owner is only about 5'-7 so he fits alittle better! the cab on this one was damn near perfect with very minor rust, and had a headache rack on the back so the rear had just some iddy bitty dings. the doors on the other hand...

 

Sweet little pickup, pity you have to give it back

 

Beautiful!!!

 

Nice truck!! I really like the color, is the frame black?
Jimmy White

 

i like it cool little truck

 

Tell him you miss placed it and KEEP it! great work on a good lookin' truck.

 

And eveybody thought you were just a Merc guy!!! Looks awesome Matt...You sure do some nice work!!!

 

do you have any more pics while under construction? be intrested in seeing what all you did

 

Man that's nice

 

is that pea**** blue?

 

I've got a few pic's...

 

Washington blue

 

Yep...

 

Soooooo cool......I wouldnt give it back!

 

heres a few more pics along the way. the owner purchased the frame already set up for the small block, so all i got to do was move around some tubes that were in the way, split the wish bones and mounts and fab some rear shock mounts. fabbed up a gas tank to sit under the bed behind the cab, did the exhaust and somehow got talked into doin the paint...what a nightmare. the next one i get to play with will be more fun on the frame and suspension, not channeled and only chopped 4", but he wants it pretty low.

 

the color is a custom blue. the paint chips look like the color on the truck but when sprayed they looked this color! so i put some black tint in it to get it to the desired color. i get to do some more paint matching and painting tomorrow for the bed.....fun yaaa.

 

Very nice.....Washington blue on a commercial vehicle is a great color choice.

 

Nice looking truck. What did you do for steering?

 

You should push the front axle out about 18", channel it at least 6", sand off that shiny paint, and add lots o'skulzzz. Or leave it like that, because that's perfect!

 

Thats really a nice pickup. You did a hell of a job. Makes me want to paint mine that blue.

 

painted the bed and parts today...thank god for color sanding!

 

very cool truck, nice build

 

bed mounted yet?
im realy wanting to do the same set up (32-34 pickup on deuce rails) but have been having a hard time seeing the bed look good after you get the railed pinched to fit the cab good.

 

Very nice. Can't wait to see her finished.