Projects 1957 Chevy Pickup

Ya all those panels are missing, haha. Never came with em....

 

Got ya . That needs to be cut out and re welded or make a new one using that as your templet. Shouldn't be complicated to do. If you can lay down some welds take a shot at it.

 

GBH, hell Yeah!

 

Uhhh....mine have holes so it can skrew in. Unless we are thinking of 2 different things....

 

Fuck ya GBH rules!

 

Okay so I pulled the busted door off, and the damage is not as bad as I thought, but still pretty shitty. Do you think pounding it down and getting it proffesionaly welded would make it last?

 

Drove it all the way to Santa Ana today. No problems!

 

This weekend my dad and I changed the grounds for ther starter. It starts perfectly now! I also put in an Aoooga horn, and sanded more stuff. More paint tomorrow....

 

Heres some progress shots I took today today, Ive done a lot more, but not really picture worthy stuff....

Door frames primar'd and ready for paint.



Back window is back in, with new rubber. It was a pain in the ass.


Ass shot. Still runs and drives great! Cant say as much about stopping it!



Interior is almost done....



I still need to get the hinge plates welded. Hopefully I'll get that taken care of this weekend!

 

Looks like you're having fun. Stay at it!

 

Taylor, forgive me if im wrong, but it looks like your window rubber is on backwards. In picture 4 ( the inside shot) it looks like the window locking rubber is hanging down. In picture 2 ( the outside shot) your rubber is smooth. You might want to double check that it is on correctly. I have a big window and the locking rubber is on the outside. You can get the locking rubber in chrome too.

 

Thats what my dad was sayin, haha. I thought it looked better with the smooth part on the outside, plus I had already started putting it in and didnt wanna re-do it. I dont think it will hurt anything. And ya the chrome is pretty cool, but not $12 more cool.

 

Haha the back window wasnt fun.... Other than that its been fun!

 

Doors welded and fixed! I'll have pics up someday. Time to move on!

 

Heres a picture of one of the doors welded up....

 

who welded it

 

Got mirrors today, I can see now! Wooo heil safety!

 

Turn signals are done, thanks to my dad, and MJW!

 

Okay, so I want mine to sit like this.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Mattimus/1959 Apache/f2f6507d.jpg

(This one is from the"project prom date" thread)
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?do=discuss&discussionid=6975&pp=20&page=2

So is this done with lowered leaf springs? And what size wheel/tire would work? Im pretty sure ine will not fit under the fendes if its lowered.

Thanks!


-Crawford

 

What a deal you party while we work

 

Haha, sounds good to me! Party time is over now. Im gonna finish sanding the dash probably tomorrow, then hopefully get some primar on it the next day. Then the interior will almost be done. After that comes a shit ton of bondo work...

 

Some stuff that got done yesterday....

Door frame/step box finsihed, all the little holes are patched.


Passenger door, sanded, primared, and ready for paint.



I took off the shitty 70's truck mirror that was too small and got the right one. I also got outer rear view mirrors. Speaker box is polished up and put back in...



And lastly I grabbed this from my beer tap collection and re-threaded it. It rules!

 

Oh ya, and Im gonna order new wheels and some wide white walls. Im thinking 7.5" wide? What size wheels/tires is everyone else running so I can get some ideas? Also I should be putting in a new rearend within the month.

 

Coming along nicely. Looks like someones been rubbing on the glove box door too.

 

Haha, ya shiny! Right now the upper dash is bare metal. I need to find some blue metallic spray paint (does that even exsist?) so I can paint the inner door panels and the dash. Im off to home depot...

 

I finished the doors and door panels a couple days ago. The glass is ready to go in, and all's thats left to do is the dash, then floor insulation and carpet and the inside is done! Also Im getting new tires soon. What do ya reccomend?

 

Doors are back on and shutting nice! I get paid soon so next weekend I'll probably get some new wheels/tires and go down to the rearend place and get the rearend built!

 

Finished doors...

Interior is almost done! Just the dash and floor insulation/carpet left.

Front park lamps/turn signals are working. Thank god my dad knows electronics!

Ever wonder what the roof looks like?


Thats all for last weekend!

 

It's coming along great. Stay at it.

 

Thanks! Rearend soon ya woooo!