project colorado page 6 drivable and finishing up interior

[mavereq]

on your steering linkage what all did you have to ream out for the bigger tierods?

 

[ManTruck]

I'm looking at the pictures and the work is nice, but seriously you need a bigger floor jack......;D

 

[777mechanic]

on your steering linkage what all did you have to ream out for the bigger tierods?
Today 10:42 AM
i bought the reamer from extreme and used it once , you can borrow it if you what too . but seriously you need a bigger floorjack bought that off ebay from avation industrail for 300.00 and didn't know how big it really was 450lbs and will lift my excursion diesel 32" off the floor

 

[stupidboy]

Comming together nicely, keep up the good work.

 

[casadejohnson]

I think your holding out on us;D. That last photo of Phil has green grass and trees with leaves on them! Did you secretly finish this last summer and now your just teasing us? If its that much warmer in Denver than it is 50 miles north in Greeley I'm moving back!

 

[777mechanic]

no i started 2 years ago and it's coming to a close but thought i'd post the stages of the build

 

[777mechanic]

time to test fit body after putting in a 351w with a explorer front and jd twin sticks , also i wanted to run all my fuel lines from the frame to the motor and not scratching body after it's painted . of course viperwolf helped me install the body . we used 2 engine hoists and a couple of straps and it was surprisingly easy.

 

[mavereq]

i bought the reamer from extreme and used it once , you can borrow it if you what too

i sent you a pm

 

[casadejohnson]

Nice work! Whats with the other Transmission sitting by the Garage door?

 

[777mechanic]

it's a c6 for a small block out of a mustang it's supposed to be rebuilt , some kid drop it off years ago and it's sat ever since . if you want come and get it i'll charge you .01 for it if thats to much we can negotiate .

 

[777mechanic]

took the body to the blast after everything was fitted ans found a couple of pin holes in the right rocker panel so i cut an inspection hole and found the rust had eaten most of the backside of the rocker and a small section of the inner panel . also you can see i took many measurements off my bracing and fixed pionts on the body.

 

[777mechanic]

once everything was apart i sanded and weld primered areas around lip and poxy primered and painted inside the rocker .

 

[777mechanic]

after 7 hours it was complete and ready for paint .

 

[777mechanic]

more pics of replacement and of viperwolf .

 

[casadejohnson]

I believe we have the exact same welder and even the exact same "Blue Rage" welding helmet. $250 dollars for a helmet and my kids think its for them to play "Star Wars". Its a good choice for a helmet, I had an el cheapo harbor freight one and burned the hell out of my eyes welding in floor pans.

 

[johnnybgood74]

looks like a fine job you did on rocker replacement! what brand did you use?

 

[777mechanic]

i like that helmet alot and didn't look at cost vs burning thee old eyes . this welder is awesome takes all the guess work out for setting the range and feed . i think the rockers are from dennis carpenter , i bought them from bronco hut here in town , mellisa about 30 minutes away .

 

[777mechanic]

couple pics of the body after all metal prep is done , and started by paint poxy primer then a black paint then a rubberized undercoating . would have stuffy lined bottom but thought if i ever wanted to grind out and mod i'd be hard pressed to duplicate . with the ruberized if you stratch it , just get the can out and reshoot . my cradel for the body is taken from bax and it worked awesome.

 

[777mechanic]

these are after pirming and seam sealing , i then painted over seam sealer and pimer .

 

[777mechanic]

a couple more . some people made fun of how much seam sealer i used but hey it may float you never know !