Chromed cowl vent.



Chromed 1960 NOS hood hinge with black powdercoated Spring.



1960 ford truck hood hinge view. Side bracket rivets replaced with bolts.



Rear cab triangular pillar braces from the donor cab installed on crew cab.

 

I really like that chromed cowl vent. Looks great in combination with your scoop.

 

Yeah I like how it turned out!

RH side floor pan smoothed and factory big truck brace installed. Weld thru primer in between masked off around weld areas:

 

Just came across your build. I'm really impressed with your work.

 

MIG or TIG

 

All mig. .023 solid wire. Lowest setting to bridge gaps, weld edges and delicate areas. Next lowest setting for plug welds, strings and tight butt welds. could use tig on some areas, but that wouldn't be good outside with a breeze, and mig works great for everything.

 

I am by no means a "fridge" expert, but I thought those braces were only used on 4X4's? Or was it used on the larger trucks as well and just the 2wd pickups didn't have them?

 

Thanks for the info

 

They were spot welded to the big truck cab.

 

Skipping to the bed extension panels to get it out of the way and on the truck. Panels will stay separate and bolt to the front of the bed. Opening between cab and bed will allow an exhaust stack to pass through without being inside the bed itself.







Another front bed section will be grafted on to close off the sharp ends of the extensions to make a clean looking return.

More parts are out for chrome and powdercoat. The last chrome shop in north Hollywood lost more than a few parts, trying a new shop.

 

Smart, don't waste bedspace that way. Too bad about the lost parts.

 

Backside view. Trimming down two halves to fit together:




Was going to shave the stake pockets...but they make great access to facilitate mounting at the top.

 

I've been a member here for 13 years and seen lots of build threads, and watching quite a few at the moment as well, but I have to say yours is my favorite. I can't wait til it's all done!

 

Yeah I like the idea, never seen it done this way so here we go.

I do not recommend Astro chrome and polishing in North Hollywood.

Thank you for the kind words. It's hard to keep several builds going, and can't cut corners on anything.


more parts out for media blasting soon...

 

Media blasted, ready to weld together.


NOS window lift channels, NOS bed-mounted tire carrier supports, and some other brackets back from powdercoat: