Well, after a lot of grunt work, I am finally ready for the body work... I have completed all the fab work.. I just have to sand down some of the welds on the cowl fixes, but that is no biggi!! The under carriage is complete, sanded painted underside of cab/box, sandblasted and paint frame.. All the paint was bought from KBS coatings, new everything..lol rear disc brakes, all new front brakes, steering, Rear shackles, 47rh trans conversion, front drop hangers, 2.5 skyjacker springs, new front driveshaft, Borgeson steering shaft. Suprisingly, you may think I have dumped some serious cash into this thing, but not really, just a lot of time, I had alot of parts and Ideas from a previos build.. I am super excited at this point, because I know now the end is near..lol I appreciate everybody's comments, all the positive feedback I have been given has kept me motivated to work on this thing everyday!! Here are some pics..

 

Looking great man!

 

looks great,
but will you drive it?
being that clean (if it were my baby) it would live it the garage come out to the drive way rev it up and go back in

Question: will you have about the same amount in this as the Mega?? jk

 

looks like TIG on the crack fix

 

MIg did the trick. I just have to sand it down now

 

looks like really clean work, good job man. why didn't you box the frame though? you have obviously spent some serious time on the undercarage and lift kit.

 

that looks awesome!! did you remove the cab to blast the frame?

 

Well, I really didn't think of it to be honest with ya...Guess I will have to do that on the next one

Just sandblasted the back end, sanded/degreased the rest, should have just taken the cab off and blasted the whole thing though...would have been easier

 

yea that gets to be a lot of work!!! my brother is restoring my dads old 85 chevy and had the the frame down just to the two rails and sand blasted everything. hes also been working on it for the last 7 years. but that is still looking nice! what color you gonna paint your truck?

 

That is the million dollar question..lol Thinking original deep red, silver, or the new dodge blue... I am gonna do one solid color and maybe do a semi flat bottom.. No moldings either.. strictly old school.. then some bushwhacker extenda fenders painted to match... I just found a new pre 90's tailgate with none of the Bs on it for 200 bucks and a good rust free passanger side fender and inner fender for 150, all oem stuff.. I have a perfect box and good doors already.

 

the new blue is an awesome color. but you can never go wrong with the original color. painting it the original color makes things a little easier and cheaper on the checkbook. those are some pretty decent prices on the parts

 

Looks great, we're doing the same thing. I will be posting pics with my progress soon. Keep up the good work.