63 unibody

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » August 28, 2011, 8:40 am

yeah i guess its my age, anytime i set out to build something it ends up on big wheels. cant help it i suppose....
i would like to build a chop'd shoe box or 50ish chebbie on whitewalls one of these days

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » August 28, 2011, 8:17 pm

got the tailgate mounted up... the truck has rust issues where the hinges mount so this is a temp job...its gunna need some love

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » August 30, 2011, 5:57 am

rolled her outside after work yesterday... need to rig the bumper up ( temp till i make my new one) and she's ready to be hauled to the show this weekend

bbw pic ( still needs more welding and grinding of course )

Hookedtrout · Post by **Hookedtrout** » August 30, 2011, 8:32 am

Looks pretty awesome, I just love the unibody body line, makes for an awesome pounded truck. Can't wait to get mine moving along, wish some of you experts lived a little closer so I could get through the learning curve faster.

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » August 30, 2011, 9:39 am

thanx, i wish i was an expert though!

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » August 30, 2011, 5:25 pm

Do you have any reinforcing along the sill`s, to hold the weight?, or is it just sitting that close!.

the definition of an EXPERT is, `X` = an unknown quantity and a spurt is a drip under pressure! :lol:

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » August 30, 2011, 8:06 pm

lol...

the frame and sills lay at basically the same time. no damage to them other than what they already had

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » August 30, 2011, 8:10 pm

bought a 4x4/ big truck valance off egay....what do yall think?

maybe close the opening a couple inches each side?

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » August 30, 2011, 9:01 pm

where did you find that ive been looking for years for one of those it looks awesome bro great job

thenephilm · Post by **thenephilm** » August 30, 2011, 9:04 pm

I like it, if you don't use I may lol

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » August 31, 2011, 4:20 am

thanx guys!
i caught it on ebay last week.... i actually missed the auction cause i was waiting on a email from the guy. it was 55 bux and said free shipping, i figured it was a mistake so i asked the guy... he replied back that it wasnt a mistake so i bought it. im sure it was 20bux at least to ship it ups!

im pretty sure im gunna close the opening up a lil on each side when i get back from the show this weekend

DHP NM · Post by **DHP NM** » August 31, 2011, 11:34 am

I love this truck. I might change my mind about putting bags on mine

Fanatic · Post by **Fanatic** » September 4, 2011, 12:19 am

And the creeper is for what ???????????????????????

Max · Post by **Max** » September 4, 2011, 8:23 am

Fanatic wrote:And the creeper is for what ???????????????????????

So you can get to the roof of the cab!

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » October 12, 2011, 9:08 pm

been workin on my kid sisters silverado last few weeks so this has been on the back burner. back half'ing her truck and setting it up to layout on 22s. shes a trucker like me!!!!

ive bought a few things for it though.... picked up and 63 biscayne steering wheel. im gunna make a new horn button for it, one that doesnt say Chevrolet of course

also picked up a 30in tilt column shift column. came with billet shifter and knobs. think im gunna bead blast them to knock the shine off

also picked up a summit brand electronic dizzy for the 460.
we're planing on taking the body off the frame this halloween durning our annual party

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » October 31, 2011, 5:29 am

been pluckin away at this...
truck got shot for blood, sweat, and gears in street trucks mag, dunno when it'll actually print but keep an eye out for it.
heres a pic from its 1st show, got there early on setup day

built a body cart for it outta some extra material i had layin around. 3x3x.25 tubing is a bit over kill but it was free... casters were only 30 bux so hard to complain

couple chassis shots. it'll get sandblasted and painted here soon
gotta weld in a cross member up front and finish welding a few things

557f1 · Post by **557f1** » October 31, 2011, 9:03 am

I've been following you progress on photobucket and I have to say
That's a really nice job you have done on your chassis,
The vertical bar you put in the support for the cab while you repair it ,is a good idea.
Job well done

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » November 2, 2011, 7:52 pm

looks real good bro i should have mine out this weekend minus the bags but i finally got the front swap finsihed up and going to try and roll it out friday afternoon

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » November 13, 2011, 9:04 pm

fords love to rust!!!!
finally got a minute to mess with the floor on this thing. its gunna take a lil while

heres what it looked like after i cut out the riveted crap panels they put in

started by cutting out the bad spot where the brace meets the door step
i replaced it with a piece i cut from a parts truck

i cut the driver floor the rest of the way out. ive made the pattern for it, i need to set up my bead roller and make the new patch. my plan is to make the floor good and solid then im goin to lift the front of the body off the cart so i can cut the door step completely out and replace with a good one from a parts truck.

dragginwagon · Post by **dragginwagon** » November 20, 2011, 8:39 pm

got some free time to work on the floor. practiced a bit with the bead roller, my 1st attempt at this.

i have to cut and make a new half wall also. hopefully during the holiday weekend i can get that and the door step knocked out