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Topic: LWB to SWB Conversion (Read 204299 times)
VileZambonie
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #120 on:
March 21, 2008, 04:15:01 PM »
Today I filled in all the stake pocket holes.
notched the bed for the roll pan
Here it is in place
It's gettin there...
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DnStClr
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #121 on:
March 21, 2008, 06:29:41 PM »
What do you do to fill in the stake pocket holes? Is there a plug or a piece that you fit over the hole and weld?
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Don
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #122 on:
March 21, 2008, 08:45:49 PM »
Looking good Vile
Did you run into anything unusual in putting on the rear roll pan? I still have to do this. I know about the bed notching.
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VileZambonie
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #123 on:
March 21, 2008, 11:20:18 PM »
Just notching the bed if you plan on running a roll pan with the license plate box aside from that, I would weld it in as a permanent piece.
For the stake pockets I actually used the piece I notched the bed floor with and filled the pockets using that metal. I'll post more pix later.
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #124 on:
March 24, 2008, 10:25:24 PM »
Hey Vile, I know a lot of people on this forum told ya how much they are loving your truck, but I gotta say, that´s nothing, I´m saying I really really love your truck, it´s just great, I bought an 80 short, a couple of years back, started work on it , till I found the chassis was cracked and bend in so many spots, that I could´n believe how in the world was running, I was actually thinking of junk my truck, cause I thought it would take a lot of years and money to put that thing straight; BUT untill I read this whole process of yours, you really inspired me, I´m saying for real!
I´m obviously replacing the chassis....
By the way, you used 3¨flowmasters, but never said what kind, are those super 44´s?
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VileZambonie
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #125 on:
March 25, 2008, 04:51:30 AM »
Thanks! I appreciate all the positive reinforcement! This forum has helped motivate me also!
The flowmasters I put on there are the old big block 2 chambers. I don't think they sell them anymore.
For your truck if the frame is tweaked real bad it might not be a bad idea to look for a junker with a nice frame and just swap everything over. These trucks are getting more scarce and a lot of them are getting crushed so start looking now and good luck with your build!
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VileZambonie
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #126 on:
March 26, 2008, 08:35:07 PM »
OK so after lots of debating I think I'm gonna start cutting....
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eventhorizon66
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #127 on:
March 26, 2008, 11:14:08 PM »
Gonna look good I think. But if you haven't already started cutting, may I suggest that you lower the position of the lights maybe an inch or so and see what you think.
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #128 on:
March 27, 2008, 03:08:34 PM »
I agree that it would look the best if measured from the top ledge to the bottom ledge and offset it to the middle, BUT, there is a body ledge that would have to be addressed that sinks in (where the rollpan is)
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #129 on:
March 27, 2008, 05:25:36 PM »
nice vile...thats gunna be sick
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HAULIN IT
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #130 on:
March 27, 2008, 10:36:48 PM »
Vile, Just my opinion. I feel those lights are a little long for the area you have to work with. The body line above & below the original light hole seems to dictate the length of the light. Won't they have to be recessed quite a bit in the middle to be flush at the top edge? It's only steel, nothing that can't be changed with a welder if you don't like it at some point. I have seen long thin lights like that (Caddy?) adapted on vehicles before & do like the style, I'm just not sure with the curves of the body. Just my two cents, Carry on! Lorne
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VileZambonie
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #131 on:
March 28, 2008, 07:33:11 AM »
The tail lights can really go any further down or they would be so far sunken in and the bedside would be so hacked up there'd never be a turning back point. The lights sit recessed behind the buckets themselves and have to actually fit inside the panel etc so that's basically as low as they'll go. I saw a guy with an orange truck like this the other day and I really liked the look of it. Different but slick. I think I'm gonna do it.
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #132 on:
March 28, 2008, 03:57:03 PM »
Go for it! You've got good taste with mods so start cutting.
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VileZambonie
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #133 on:
March 29, 2008, 09:35:13 PM »
Ok I started cutting
crappy pix
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Re: LWB to SWB Conversion
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Reply #134 on:
March 29, 2008, 09:49:29 PM »
wow looks very nice so far...keep it up man lol
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