1Bad37: C5 Corvette Meets '37 Chevy...

[cosmo135]

Moarrrr

[DER E30]

Moarrrr

Fiiiinnne, I do more. I took these like 3 mins ago

Those stupid triangle shaped parts behind the bars are a pain bc my DA doesn't really fit in there so have to hand sand


The previously mentioned rear arms that are clean

Immediately put the towel back over them

[cosmo135]

Hand sanding is literally the worst thing ever

[DER E30]

Sanding anything using any method is the worst, but hand sanding is literally the worst thing ever

Fixed!!!
Ya no kidding, it really blows.

[DER E30]

At like 1:30 am I decided those four bolt holes in the subframe need something to hold!
Likely suspect...

Making skidding device, I've only tagged the subframe on one thing, a manhole cover in road construction that stuck out ~2 inches... I don't need to be lowered more with those square edges there to catch on stuff I've seen cars totaled by manhole covers Gonna make one for the front also

Slowly turning colors

[Motoman325]

I forgot you were building a truck

That skid plate reminds me of bagged trucks throwing sparks at night lol

[DER E30]

I forgot you were building a truck

That skid plate reminds me of bagged trucks throwing sparks at night lol

I just want to be done with the building part of the truck

I hope the skid never actually touches anythin but it should be up to the task lol its 3/8ths

[gestanzed]

Great truck, keep on buildin'!

[DER E30]

Ok guys, this is sort of a pic dump.
Cleaned up the back of the rear lower arms so they'll look neat when you're behind me Done vs undone.
Front skid.


Deleting some weld seams seams on the side rails and capping the ends

Several days later

The front half looks worse than the back as it is hidden under the truck and basically keeps the frame from rusting. The back half where the bed opens was wet sanded and painted repeatedly for a much smoother finish...
Added sound deadener so parts don't ring when hit.
Details of the rail ends.


Something I made on Sunday/Monday, A new passenger side mirror arm. Repro mirror arms have straight arms, which looks stupid, and are cast pot metal that breaks if you try to hammer it into the correct bend... (ask me how I know) Anyways, I made this new one. It isn't exactly perfect but its a dang good match for a piece of exhaust pipe, rebar and some flat stock I found on the floor...






And no, paint hasn't happened yet, still have lots of work to do including tightening the door jambs...

[aLaFleur]

Good work on that mirror arm!

[white out]

Great build!!!

T56 swap?

Also, since you're handy with the steel. If you want the truck to be a bit louder, this is popular with C5 owners.

[DER E30]

Good work on that mirror arm!

Thanks man!

Great build!!!

T56 swap?

Also, since you're handy with the steel. If you want the truck to be a bit louder, this is popular with C5 owners.
#snip#

Yes sir, it is a t56!

I've seen that exhaust mod, I think I'd do cutouts for that real open pipes noise and also the super sneaker status it has now Sneaker status is fun for appearing at Burger King meets and surprising people

Sorry its been a while! I've been busy with summer!

Uhh apparently I didn't update that I had put the rear suspension parts back on the frame, so here's some pics of that back when it was clean...

Also say hello to my new skid plate chilling back there

Iin the background the firewall is bare metal

Something I did and still have to finish is defrost vents which seem like an easy task, but aren't because of the windshield and a bar under it... I really want the vents to be as inconspicuous as possible, so they're not going to have any bezels or anything, this is basically done, but imagine the nailheads gone.


This is how the inside is going to be connected, there is a bar right in that area so these have to be both flat and make a 90 degree turn, as well as having a spot for the air hose to connect to.

I somehow got it in my head that the door gaps were ridiculously large, and they were, opening up to almost a half inch in one spot, and I could literally shove my pinkie into this gap... Well stupid me decided that this needed to be remedied... (don't get me wrong, its a great idea to shrink the gaps, but after figuring out its at least 40 FEET of welded and ground edge, it seems like a massive PITA with a small visual gain.)
Pretty horrendous ~10mm gap there...

Buzz, buzz. Fun fact, those are actually 16 penny nails without heads or pointy ends:lol:
Buzz buzz more.

Extend!

Repeat the weld and grind for many hours and this appears. This is a ~2mm gap in the door, or about half what my e30's panel gaps are

Driver's side. I'm using a large flat grinder blade to make the door edge straight.

If you happen to clean your bondo board with paint thinner near where you are grinding on the door, you can make fire unintentionally!


Random pic in middle of body filler on the firewall.

To now...



The shop as a big mess with body filler dust on everything, progress is slow but happening.

I'm still working on the driver's door edge. The firewall is nearly done, a few more skim coats and it should be nice. I'm thinking about going to talk to a local about having a seat made, and will hopefully make some primer fly next week. Lots to do.

[DER E30]

Here goes nothing. I've been avoiding bodywork so I did something not related to that1: Had a slight breather in the homework and projects in school so got a little bit done.
Started here.

My helper the PO PO:chase: He's black and white so he's the popo.

About 45 mins later

IN the middle of this I blew out the shop with leaf blower and this is how my poor e30 looked the next time I washed it...

Back started to hurt after holding trans up one handed while feeding the bolts in: T56 is one heavy SOB one handed.

Diff in too, check out that freshly washed diff mount!

Shiny trans

Exhaust mid section in

Tail parts in, also sound deadened the skid plate in the background at some point in the days preceding.

Sexy

A few days later... Those tips are wacked from all the cutting and welding. Must fix!

Cut off basically all the tips.

Some assembly and cutting required.


Using straightedge on two sides

I tacked that last tip to the angle iron so it would be straight. If I were to do this over again that's what I would have done from the beginning1:

Pretty happy with this.




This brings us to current. Hoping to sneak out for a few hours this weekend if I have time.

[white out]

Are those LS7 exhaust manifolds?

[DER E30]

Are those LS7 exhaust manifolds?

No, those are 2001 ls1 corvette manifolds without the ugly heat shields, that were ground somewhat smooth and ceramic powder coated