1950 3100 Truck Project

[Chevy54]

Looking good...I gotta change gears, your catching me bro!

[customs by jason]

looks good cant wait to see more pictures of the work

[shadams]

Originally Posted by D-man313

just a heads up, check your paper work on your compressor. my sanborn paper work says not to leave it on the pallet or it voids the warranty. i mounted mine using some rubber blocks and anchor bolts into the concrete.

Roger that, havent wired in in yet, then it is getting bolted down.

Originally Posted by Chevy54

Looking good...I gotta change gears, your catching me bro!

No way, you got me whooped, your cab looks great!

Originally Posted by customs by jason

looks good cant wait to see more pictures of the work

Thanks!

[babaydoll]

Man you have some work to do! But I see you are a patient man! You wrote nicely about everything and took pictures!

I would have gone mad!

[rat seeker]

Looks great!

[tonkadawg]

progress looks great!

[whid]

nicccce...whid

[EnragedHawk]

Man, that frame looks fantastic! I wish I had spent that much time with mine! I got in a pretty big rush. I'll do my next one right, I'm still learning.

[shadams]

Welp, nota whole lot done lately to the truck. Got the gas tank put in, looks good. Mostly been working on the garage. Got my welder and compressor wired up, kicks ass. Got a boat load of air tools from my boss on the cheap, all snap-on/bluepoint too. Two snap on air drills, straight and 90 die grinders, two 3/8 ratchets, 2 1/4 ratchets, 3/8 and 1/2 impact and an air hammer with a shitload of bits for it. All for $175. Got a sand blast cabinet from a buddy and rebuilt it, got a bunch of bags of different grit sand, kicks ass, got a lot done with that things already.

Then I got hit with some bad news. My engine has two cracked heads. That sorry son of a bitch who sold me this thing needs his ass kicked. The block checks good "so far" which means they havent checked it yet. If it is toast I am going to come unglued.

My wheels went to shit. Took them back for some touch ups and they look worse than before, the owner is no where to be found and the poor guy trying to work was busting his ass to make it right but I told him no thanks, picked them up and they are all powder coat chrome now, doesnt look too bad but the gaps around the wheel center look horrid.

Anyway, ordered a brake line set, adj proportioning valve and a ass load of fittings, going to tackle that this next weekend. Later...

[49chev]

Looking good and making great progress. Cant wait to see more progress!

[oldman2]

Bad luck on the heads, get a few of us together we will hold him while you kick his ass. Keep plugging away......Jim

[Chevy54]

Sorry to hear about the heads... some people have no concience about seeling stuff, I dont get it?? Hopefully the block is cool. Get some pics up for us of tank and all...hell show us all those tools too... We all love pictures!

[shadams]

Oh, forgot to mention. When I bought this truck it had a painted grill in it. I had a 49 that I was selling and the grill was toast, so when I sold it I gave the guy the grill out of my current truck since I wanted a chrome one. Been kicking myself ever since. So this weekend I was out and about and stopped by a roadside fleamarket down the street from my house, saw both front fenders and a grill laying on the ground in a pile. The grill was in great shape but is missing the top bar and the fenders were a little rusty around the edges but the headlight holes and were perfect and no dents/bondo at all which I cant say about mine. $175 for all, now I have a little mini junkyard in my backyard.

[Chevy54]

^^^^ you scored!!!!!!!

[dirtydixon]

nice truck & nice work you have going.
You have made a lot of progress, can't wait to see it all finished up.
consider yourself lucky; My AD was/is much worst than what you started with.
good luck with your build!

[Chevy54]

Come on Shadams....updates!! I know you got stuff done!!

[leroys85coupe]

lookn great man

[shadams]

Alright, you asked for it...

So here is my comp and welder ready to go finally. Should a gotten a compressor long ago, I am a clean freak and was constantly blowing out the garage with my blower. Much easier with 175 psi. Anyway got a regulator/filter/oiler and chingos of air tools. Rolling the welder and bottle around on skates right now till I get a cart made.





Made my first weld!! Filled in an ugly hole with a big blob of metal around it. Ground it all down and filled in the hole, then ground some more and TADAAA! Note: Do all that BEFORE sending the frame out for powdercoating. Oh well, next time...



So I started on the brake lines. Not as hard as I thought but not easy either. Think I did alright so far, ruined one six foot piece though, and broke a 3/16 double falre button that wasnt mine...Here is a pic of the front line ran and then the booster installed. Still waiting on a brass tee for the front, rear adj prop valve and rear brake hose, then need to bend up the rear axle lines.




Got the tank in, at least temporarily. I had emailed the place I bought it from and asked if the rear crossmember had to be removed to fit the tank, they said yes. When I got it it was obvious that it should have stayed. Now that all the holes are drilled it s no thang to take back out, then I need to weld the cross member back in because the tank bolts to it on the back side. Looks really nice though...



So I mentioned before the wheels went to shit. Long story short, the owner of the joint bailed back to England due to some run ins with the law and left his helper high and dry. Really has nothing to do with it, other than me deciding to cut my losses. The wheels had some thin spots on the previous job, so I took them back and rather than just touching them up, he recoated them with the red powder and then they were just a flat red, rather than the anodized look. Rather than starting from scratch he wanted to try recoating them with the chrome, then the red, but ran out of paint. I told him to stop where he was and went and got them, wasnt real comfortable with nineteen coats of powder. So when I got there he had already recoated them with the chrome. Actually look pretty nice so I am going to run them as they are and see how they hold up. I got all the powder info so if I want at a later date I can get them redone..



Misc door parts after sand blasting and painting with hammer finish rustoleum



OG Ramshorns after soaking in vinegar (did them before I got my blast cabinet) worked great though. Anyway, High Heat rustoleum..BYW, did them aluminum first, but it was too much. I went over the aluminum with the black, thinking it was the same as just doing another coat of aluminum, ince it was the same paint. We'll see if that comes back to bite me in the ass later on.



Thats all for now, except I bought another grill from the HAMB classifieds, I figure between that one and the one I bought last week I can make on good one and have some extra bars for back up. Still have not heard anything about my engine. I told the guy I wanted it back by Friday but got busy and didnt call and did not hear from him either. We'll see what happens tomorrow.

[Chevy54]

Hhaha...I knew you had photos to load up!! Looks good man, Hey dont forget to use residual valves on your front and rear brake lines where your running the frame mount booster and master cyl....I didnt see them mentioned or installed so I thought Id thro it out there.

[Chevy54]

Btw....the chrome powder coat looks really good, I havent seen it before...id run them proudly!