Chevy Restoration Build

[qu1cks1lver56]

frames lookin good all painted like that.

[Ace]

thanks man... hopefully ill be gettin ready tomorrow to at least prep the insides and cross members they wont look as good as the out side of the frame does but itll all be black.

[Ace]

Well i got a good bit done, but also took a bit of a step back. I punched a hole in my radiator so i upgraded to a 34 inch so i need to make yet another mount for the fans. How ever in the last 2 days i DID get the e fan controller mounted and have it wired just waiting for the final placement of the fans to finish the wiring and clean it all up as it looks like a jungle right now. I also finished painting the frame for now, there is one cross member and most of the inside of the drivers side that is not painted but the rest is w 4-5 layers. tomorrow all the new suspension hardware will go on gas tank will go back in and hopefully the radiator will be here and i can go buy the new hoses and make a new mount for the fans. basically i wanna have EVERYTHING as far as suspenion and the fan done and put back together tomorrow, just waitin on springs. Enough ramblin onto the pics.

new shocks compared to old ones... reaaallly old ones

frame

Losely wired and mounted e fan conroller

[reinke]

nice work man. this is a beautiful build. quick question though. what is por 15?

[Ace]

por 15 is a VERY strong rust proof paint. as long as you do the prep work correctly it will last FOR YEARS AND YEARS. its basically like a chassis coating.

[reinke]

thanks. i figured it out after i sent the reply. paint over rust. i am a idiot

[Ace]

gettin real close... all im waitin on is the paint to dry for the mounting pieces for the u bolts and itll be able to roll. i coach football for my old gradeschool so ill b doin that for the next 2 hours then home to finish everything up.

YESSSSSS still waitin on my new radiator tho

[Ace]

Well i still have the underside of both cross members, drive shaft, inside of drivers side frame rail and rear end to por 15, but thats it. Tomorrow im going to power wash everything then put the gas tank back in, put the new radiator in and new hoses. Thatll b it for tomorrow then thursday ill hopefully be able to drive the truck around the block once, THROUGHLY CLEAN THE SHOP, then pull it back in and rip the front end apart to do the drop up there. as well as por 15 as much as i can. thats enough rambling heres the pictures and let me say words do not describe my happiness that i finally got this out of the shop.

grrrr and its dirty.

I dont know if its the fact that the bumper is off or just where its sitting on my drive or the fact that the ass went down so much it made the rear lift but check out the HUGE wheel gap up front.

[Ace]

Well i still have the underside of both cross members, drive shaft, inside of drivers side frame rail and rear end to por 15, but thats it. Tomorrow im going to power wash everything then put the gas tank back in, put the new radiator in and new hoses. Thatll b it for tomorrow then thursday ill hopefully be able to drive the truck around the block once, THROUGHLY CLEAN THE SHOP, then pull it back in and rip the front end apart to do the drop up there. as well as por 15 as much as i can. thats enough rambling heres the pictures and let me say words do not describe my happiness that i finally got this out of the shop.

grrrr and its dirty.

I dont know if its the fact that the bumper is off or just where its sitting on my drive or the fact that the ass went down so much it made the rear lift but check out the HUGE wheel gap up front.

[Ace]

Well i finally got my SS EOC lines run, fan mount finished up, and wired. Truck started and got the fans set to turn on with the flex a lite fan controller, boy the ls1 fans push a LOT of air. Some pics and a vid... hopefully get the underside of the bed painted and put back on by tomorow.

Old rad out

New Rad

SS Lines

Still gotta clean up my wiring and fix a leak on the tranny cooler lines which is probably just o rings.

and i made the truck much quieter too,

hehe