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thank you!
appreciate the comments
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here is tonights progress unfortunitly i saw my orginal door was rotted out pretty muchon the lip so heres my new door and the start of shaving her! lol last night i started bead rolling my new wheel wells im building i will get pic of that stuff tomorrow hopefully.
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The first pic. Is that the extent of the welding you did on it or is that just a shot before you were done? Thing looks good.

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phatmaxx87 wrote: Thing looks good.

-Vance
Doesn't look good, looks fantastic =D> =D> I wish I was there to see it :supz:

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vance i did alot more welding i thought i had pics of when i was done welding but that was the only one.
andy- thanks!!!! lol
hey guys i built my first tub ever and here is the results ....
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i figured it out and there is roughly 10 foot of weld in the darn things!!!!!
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Nice one Danny =D> =D>
Must have been fun welding the thin tub thickness to the thick chassis section though.

Are you going to put any type of seat back there?

Roughly what angle are the 4 links to the horizontal at ride height? Any idea?

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I laugh everytime you people say tub. :yellin:

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you just are a tub! lol

here is the update for the day wanted a little more done but oh well. dad and i took some time to throw on some steakes and corn on the barbie!!!! yummy! then some friends stopped by so here is the pics...enough yapping already
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enjoy and have a good labor day!
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edit: ps sorry for the crappy pics will try to get better ones tomorrow
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I`m happy to see you shaving that lower bodyline.... but you should make those spotwelds more evenly spaced along the filler strip. Gotta Loose that rear liciense plate hole also....
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hey Darren i did but i lost that photo of when i was done welding and the lin. plate is already gone man. ive already done this but the original door was rusted on the bottom lip and this was a better fix than replacing 8 in. of the door due to rust.
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looking really good. i wish my progress was as good as yours..all i can say i've done is swapped an axle and ordered filler panels
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we all have to start somewhere. i just didnt think the sheetmetal would kick my a55 so much lol
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well everyone here is the updates for a slow monday...i hate that gm made the 2 wheelwells diff. sizes the pass side is one inch longer makes everything look off but ive double and tripled measured and all looks well.
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well i will finish up the sheetmetal work in 2 weeks next week im helping vance pull his motor and get the engine bay ready for paint.
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Looking sweet man great work...Todd
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Sick! That's about all I can add right now, seeing as I'm lost for words. Which is no small feat... :smurf:
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