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Old 02-02-2007, 12:13 AM   #1
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93 bodydrop

i've had this for a couple years now and decided to finally get at it and finish it up. i bought it with a traditional to the pinch mold and the 4-link and tubular arms in. so far i all but finished up the painless wiring harness and am ready for the smallblock. i'm re-doing the interior cause i think the color is hideous. i'll be working on it pretty much every weekend to try to get it driveable by the spring time. here's some pics.




i'm going to raise the floor of the bed and redo the sheetmetal that was done. i'm also thinking about removing that gas tank crossmember. if i do that do i have to make a new crossmember there just for strength in the frame?


just finished cutting the pockets and installing the shocks this past weekend


this is the old interior. if anyone wants it, make an offer, its complete.


and here are the new cavy seats


i also originally had my 2 viair 450s, 2 5 gallon tanks, and 8 valves in the bed, but i ripped it all apart to locate it underneath. (my little brother helping out)
Old 02-02-2007, 08:38 AM   #2
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Re: 93 bodydrop

lookin good man. I agree with you about the interior Keep us posted

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Old 02-02-2007, 12:05 PM   #3
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Re: 93 bodydrop

truck looks nice man......... Good luck with it !!
Old 02-03-2007, 11:20 AM   #4
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Re: 93 bodydrop

nice truck wow that interior is ****in gah lol
Old 02-03-2007, 03:15 PM   #5
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yea i know the interior sucks, its comin out. i'm gonna use a dash from a 83 s-10 and just find the other pieces as i go along. i'm more worried about gettin it driveable than anything else.
Old 02-03-2007, 05:01 PM   #6
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Re: 93 bodydrop



Dude, round ou those cuts in the pocket before your frame cracks.


Other than that, looks good... minus that interior, lol
Old 02-03-2007, 05:25 PM   #7
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Re: 93 bodydrop

nice project
Old 02-04-2007, 05:10 AM   #8
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Re: 93 bodydrop

looks like the body is pretty clean. hopefully nothing is hiding under the paint.
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Re: 93 bodydrop

the body is good. it only has 55k on it and was garage kept. i'm gonna cut the old sheetmetal out of the bed today to move the floor up to cover the notch hole. kinda sucks the bed is only goin to be 6 inches deep though. i'm kinda worried its gonna look stupid.
Old 02-05-2007, 08:48 PM   #10
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Re: 93 bodydrop

well, over this weekend i got the floor of the cab cut out and leveled for the bucket seats to be directly bolted in. i have 2 pieces to tack into place yet and then run the full welds.

i'm going to cut the sheetmetal out of my bed in the next weekend i get time. from reading i should use 16gauge right? and what should i use for the frame for the bed floor? 1", 3/4" or 1/2" square stock?
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Re: 93 bodydrop

i haven't done much lately after getting the floorpan all welded up. i did finally find a smallblock 350 so i'll have that this weekend to clean up and put in.

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here's the engine. its a 92 crate engine, 4 bolt main, 9k on it, weiand intake, edelbrock 600 carb, and i havent' decided on installing a cam or not. here it is when i got it and now ready for paint. my plans are to get it installed over spring break and hopefully get it to the point of firing it up.


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Re: 93 bodydrop

Quote: Originally Posted by bigsjr420
i haven't done much lately after getting the floorpan all welded up. i did finally find a smallblock 350 so i'll have that this weekend to clean up and put in.

looks good here. i love those wheels. what are they?
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boss 303, they only make them in black w/ polished lip now.
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Re: 93 bodydrop

i got the engine in. hopefully today or tomorrow i'll get a chance to put all the front sheetmetal back together and cut the hood for the carb scoop.

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Re: 93 bodydrop

Looks good, nice motor
Old 03-26-2007, 09:55 PM   #17
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Re: 93 bodydrop

Thanks. i got the hood cut today and the front end put together except for the grille. I have to cut my old one to put my phantom grille into it. It should really tie the front end together. I think the carb scoop sits down a little too low so i'm going to get a carb spacer to bring it up an inch.

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Re: 93 bodydrop

badass..I think you should bring it up about .5in
That would look badass!
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Re: 93 bodydrop

looks tits.
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Re: 93 bodydrop

Quote: Originally Posted by Droppedime08
badass..I think you should bring it up about .5in
That would look badass!
I'm going to order a 1 inch spacer. I'm not sure if i should use an open spacer or the one with the 4 bores in it.
Old 04-30-2007, 12:26 PM   #21
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I haven't done much lately cause i just don't have the time, but i got the spacer on and raised up the scoop. I also started to fiberglass the dash, have tweed on the way, and got a B & M shifter.


Old 04-30-2007, 12:36 PM   #22
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Re: 93 bodydrop

that bitch is nasty man! looks awesome. keep us posted as much as you can.
Old 05-01-2007, 02:49 AM   #23
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Quote: Originally Posted by s10fan2000
that bitch is nasty man! looks awesome. keep us posted as much as you can.
thanks man. I hope to get back on it real soon. I'm fixing some rust and bagging my daily driver this week and next so I'll get back to it after that.
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Re: 93 bodydrop

ehh that color isnt too bad, but the pink/purple axcents seems a little strange. Either way nice looking truck.

ohh and where is trappe PA?
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Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe
ehh that color isnt too bad, but the pink/purple axcents seems a little strange. Either way nice looking truck.

ohh and where is trappe PA?
There interior is not that color anymore. It has the cavi seats and I am glassing the dash right now. The grey tweed is on the way. Trappe is NW of philly. 20 min. from King of Prussia mall.
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I haven't been working on it for a while since I cut the bed floor out this summer, but now thats its cold out I'm back in the garage on the weekends messing with it.




Here's the covered 82-85 dash and a blazer console with shifter.

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Re: 93 bodydrop

me like!
Old 11-10-2007, 08:04 PM   #28
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Looking good!
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Re: 93 bodydrop

looks pretty nice man.......that scoop looks siiiiick
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Re: 93 bodydrop

Looks good man, cant wait to see it finished
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Quote: Originally Posted by bmack8613
Looks good man, cant wait to see it finished
you and me both. This weekend was shot with school work, but I'll be back on it next weekend. I wanna get the dash finished and all gauges wired in.
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Re: 93 bodydrop

looking good man. i like the diamond plate on teh frame.
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Re: 93 bodydrop

that color and chrome are made for each other. looks great man
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Quote: Originally Posted by MurderedS10
that color and chrome are made for each other. looks great man
Yea I think so too. I have some chrome mirrors and want to get a chrome front bumper for it to go with the phantom grille. If I put the wiper motor back in I have the billet and chrome wiper arms too.
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