84 CHEVY CREW CAB DUALLY PROJECT

thanks for the link , yeah in my case had to cut the fenders bcuz of the 3" body drop and i was not willing to sacrifice my steering to run srw front hubs it was the only way the lugs would clear the fender lip

got some more work did on this piece tonight , this is the fender primed up in black primer


got the rear carpet laid in and the amp wired and new seatbelts bolted in got them from seatbelts plus.com they are nice and affordable and also have the gm logo

and finally got my back seat in its covered with a marathon seat cover made of cordura and fits real nice and i re installed the body drop cover plates

some progresssss.....pulled the nose back off and started hacking things up to fit the cummins radiator


welded in some 3/16 plates upright to mount the radiator to

stuck the hood on to see if it would clear the radiator and turbo charge pipe...it did clear by a tiny bit..barely

polished the front wheels yesterday too! still gotta get caps and lug covers..

Good looking build so far... Keep it up!

Did you section the oil pan? My oil pan is just a hair above the crossmember and not far from the hood now.....iI wanna body it soon but don't really wanna have to modify my hood

thanks tryin to get this piggy on the road in june.....hopefully

my oil pan is stock and is also just above the crossmember but i am running a cowl hood on my truck

ok its been a while since ive posted an update ...but i have been busy working on the truck...the truck is currently running ,but not driving, i still have to weld the driveshaft up..i shortened it about 14" and have all the parts machined but my welder crapped out so im waiting to use my friends welder..
belt system and cooling system finished...

voltage regulator wired up and the alt is putting out 14.2..

now im on to the most dredded part of the build in my opinion ....stretching the fenders ughhhhhh... fiberglass work is nasty and soooo messy.

made all my cut lines with masking tape and used an airsaw worked well and used 1-1/2 aluminum flat stock held to the fender with 1" sheetrock screws.. so i ended up raising them about 2" and widening about 4"...its more work than i thought and there are so many angles to try and match up.

this is after the first round of glassing its about 3 layers deep so far gonna let it harden overnight .. i used tin flashing on the underside of the fender riveted to the fender to create a troff for the glass to lay in ....so far seems good

still itching like crazy as im typing this...

i'm alergic to epoxy the main ingredient in the resin , im getting little pimples all over my hands and arms just watching people work fiberglass on on pictures or tv i try to stay away from the stuff if i can

man i feel ya ..my buddy tim can roll around in the stuff and it doesnt bother him a bit, he was pulling apart the mat bare handed all up in that stuff , but i start itching just lookin at it lol...