A big part of building modified cars is swapping around parts from other years, models, and even makes. When you get pretty far into heavily modifying a vehicle, you will definitely come to a point where you will need to learn how to weld, especially TIG weld. This past weekend […]
Tag: Fabrication
Whole lot of cutting going on in here
Late last week I spent some time cutting the bed apart to stretch it to give a more “balanced” look when viewing the truck from the side. I know a lot of people aren’t agreeing, but I think in the end it will be hard to tell it was lengthened […]
Sitting outside with bed height determined.
Today we got the bed sitting at about the height we want it at. We welded some more tabs in place out of round rebar to sit the bed on top of, but allow us to still move it side to side and front to back. It is close to […]
Mocking up the Bed on Pile House.
Now that we have the cab and front end sheet metal mounted and they are a “bolt-on” affair, it’s time to start tackling the job of making bed mounts, as well as stretching the bed to fit the chassis. I initially was going to shorten the chassis to match the […]
More Cab Mount Fabrication
It seems like an endless cycle all I have been working on is these dang cab mounts! But it is the basis for how the rest of the body will be situated, so I guess even though it is boring, it is necessary to make sure it is all done […]
A Sneak Peak at the Next Must-Have Plasma Attachment
Here at Eastwood we are constantly look for ways to make jobs you do in your shop easier, quicker, and cheaper; but at a price you can stomach. This neat little tool is due to launch in early 2012, and when coupled with your Versa Cut Plasma Cutter, you will […]
Building Cab Mounts
After getting the cab mount brackets welded to the cab on Pile-House, we next had to decide what height the cab would sit at. After raising and lowering the cab and chassis to get an idea of what the optimum ride height would be, we found we had to make […]
Pile-House- Somewhere to rest it’s cab
After another week span, I got a few minutes to work on Pile-House today. I began by measuring, aligning, and clamping the original ’50 Dodge cab mounts to the chassis. It looks pretty close to the original holes in the cab. Therefore, all I should have to do is move […]
Project Pile-House Gets a Donor Skeleton
Since my last entry, I’ve been searching for a suitable, short bed, standard cab S10 or Dodge Dakota donor for my project. Unfortunately it seems so is everyone else! So everything I found was so far gone, or too nice to cut up and they wanted way more than my […]