Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV...

T Baggin S10 · 02-23-2005, 07:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by G2 Racer

I gotta ask, what other filler products are there besides Bondo?
I've never looked at other ones.

It has alot of dynaglass on it which is good because it is very strong. I'm taking it all of and it is pretty hard to get off so that sucks, but I'm glad at least some of it was done with some strength.
I'll be going back with dynaglass on top of all of the areas i'm re- shaving. Then using normal filler on top of that followed by a glaze. I want to get the metal as straight as possible so I do not have to use much.

T Baggin S10 · 02-23-2005, 07:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by T Baggin S10

Time for pics of todays progress...
In the middle of removing the thick filler on the drivers side of the bed. And the door handle down to the metal...

Front view of the same thing as above...

The bedside most of the way down to the metal. Minus a few extremely low spots where it looks like someone took a ball pin hammer to it...

bedside done pretty much and showing the taillight fillers that are 4-5 pieces of thin strips welded together instead of making real fillers...

Roof down to bare metal...

Showing the Radiator support where it was chopped up...

Showing how thick the filler was on the back corner...

This is how thick it was...

I changed my gallery name and all of the url's changed, so I tried to edit the post and it would not let me. So I edited the post in the quote with pics from the new location...

T Baggin S10 · 02-23-2005, 07:44 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by T Baggin S10

The dash...

Here is how thick the filler was where the glove box was removed...

Never did post a pic of the hacked up Radiatior support...

Rear setup before...

Fuel cell removed and bed floor showing once again. I traded the 3 gallon shown here for a 6 gallon today...

Same thing as above... I could not edit the post because it has been a few days I guess???

Mystik · 02-23-2005, 07:49 PM

omfg thats so bad... good luck, i hope you can get it finished in a reasonable manner, looks like your on the right road back to its recovery...

dropt98chevy · 02-23-2005, 08:04 PM

Wow sad to see someone would do that to a love but it looks like your doing a great job getting it to where it should be. Definatly ended up in the right hands. Keep busting your ass like you have been. Looking good.

downtoearth · 02-23-2005, 08:30 PM

That damn bedside looks like hamburger meat, I wouldn't even fock with that I would judt get a new bed and body drop it.

T Baggin S10 · 02-23-2005, 11:40 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by downtoearth

That damn bedside looks like hamburger meat, I wouldn't even fock with that I would judt get a new bed and body drop it.

I'm buying another truck that runs/drives for the hood, fenders, grille, bumper, radiator support and a few interior pieces. I plan on keeping the bed, doors and a few other things for extra parts just in case I need them someday. But I do not have room to keep the entire truck. So I plan on keeping the doors and all of the smaller stuff in my storage shed and I plan on priming the bed and covering it so it is somewhat safe from the weather. I want to try to use as much as I can that is on the truck currently so if something does happen I have spare parts to swap over pretty quick so it will not be down for any long period of time.

trickedcomps · 02-24-2005, 12:54 AM

looking good man, you gots a lot of work ahead of you, im def gonna keep looking for updates

railin93 · 02-24-2005, 08:07 PM

no shit..keep the updates comin....my boy is doin a datsun bulletside and it's ****in sick...it was at the NOPI nats this past year with 18" Titan wheels on it....check it out for some old school relief...basically started fom the same point but it wasn't quite that bad but still had to be stripped and redone in alot of places!

T Baggin S10 · 02-24-2005, 08:55 PM

Man, I'd love to be able to fit 18's. With the bed laying like I am going to have it I will barely be able to fit 17's. I may tub the bedsides above the body line where the wheel hits it to get a little more room.
The bed measures 26" tall and still needs to come down nearly an inch so after it does I will have right at 22 inches of room from the ground to the top of the body line where the wheel will hit.

T Baggin S10 · 02-25-2005, 04:40 AM

Pics from tonight...
The magical floating bags that are not attatched to the axle...

Front passenger side not attatched. I'm guessing someone unbolted it and forgot to put the nut back on it???

Went back over the bed and got some of the remaining bondo from the low spots. Got the door most of the way done, pillar, and got the top of the fender done. The side of the fender has silver paint from someone testing a color earlier...

Gas filler...

Door handel. Showing that it was not cut to fit, but held up to the back side and tacked in...

Taillight filler???

mustard_madman · 02-25-2005, 06:27 AM

Holy poop thats alot of ghetto!!! oh well, its a cool project and will have a great outcome!

themostoriganal · 02-25-2005, 10:37 AM

that is going to be soooo cool when you get it done.......its terrible to see such a cool truck in such terrible condition

MeltingPlastic · 02-25-2005, 12:06 PM

may they hand be steady, they welder be swift and the advil come plentyful!

T Baggin S10 · 02-26-2005, 03:58 AM

Tonights progress...
Got the rest of the drivers side done minus a small area on the front fender near the headlight...

4.3Xtreme · 02-26-2005, 05:55 PM

thats reallllly shaping up i dont think id have the patience to have to go back thru and redo some ones half ass-ness

themostoriganal · 02-26-2005, 08:44 PM

***Wicked Mayhem*** · 02-26-2005, 10:13 PM

lookin better.. wish i coulda done that to mine when i got it.. be ready to find '' chevrolet '' under the bondo im sure the dude used to shave the letters on the tailgate...

Ruddigger · 02-27-2005, 06:18 AM

Damn, looks like that truck just got 100lbs lighter! Good progress.

LT250 · 02-27-2005, 11:22 PM

Whoa, that thing was hacked. I always loved those trucks I had one as my first truck, I wish I still had it. Glad to see your doing it right.

T Baggin S10 · 02-28-2005, 02:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Wicked Mayhem

lookin better.. wish i coulda done that to mine when i got it.. be ready to find '' chevrolet '' under the bondo im sure the dude used to shave the letters on the tailgate...

It has LED's molded in the gate. I may just take them out and put the taillights back in for the time being. I'm not too sure about it yet. i wish someone made taillight fillers so I would not have to make them.

T Baggin S10 · 03-01-2005, 03:04 AM

Sorry have not had time to work on it the past few days. I'm going to cut a few things on it tomorrow and start grinding on it in a couple days. I'll post pics as soon as I get more done.

T Baggin S10 · 03-02-2005, 12:37 AM

Pulled the bumper off the front and cut the vents off the side of the cab.. Did not really get a chance to do much. I worked on my rollpan on the blazer a little. It is almost done getting smoothed in. And I helped shave a few things on an S10.
I'll post pics sometime in the next few days when I get free time to work on it.

miself · 03-04-2005, 02:12 AM

man that thing is gonna be awesome...you've made a hellvua change in it already.

***sdime98*** · 03-04-2005, 09:28 AM

man thats comin along nice, i really haven't kept up with this thread like i meant to, i've now decided to keep my 78 and take it on as a project, no clue what to do with it...lol maybe i can pick up some pointers from ya...lol

blksdime03 · 03-04-2005, 10:00 AM

dang that looks good.i cant wait to se what it turns out like

LaynBodyS-10 · 03-04-2005, 10:02 AM

i got a motor for a LUV if u know anyone that is interested...100bucks for motor and trans..has bout 120gs on its and ran good when i took it out last week

iLLblazer · 03-04-2005, 12:23 PM

contact cando specialties. I'm pretty sure they have an LUV as a shop truck. Maybe they can fab up some fillers for you.
http://www.candospecialties.com/

T Baggin S10 · 03-04-2005, 01:19 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by LaynBodyS-10

i got a motor for a LUV if u know anyone that is interested...100bucks for motor and trans..has bout 120gs on its and ran good when i took it out last week

I'm buying an entire truck that runs/ drives for not much more than that for the motor/ trans, bed, front end and some interior pieces..
I'll be working on the truck alot this comming Monday-Wednesday. I will not have time to do much of anything to it until then. But I'm buying a few much needed tools this weekend so I can get alot done.

dropt98chevy · 03-04-2005, 02:14 PM

Coming alonmg real nice. Can't wait to see this bitch finished. Keep up the hard work!

gutlesswonder · 03-04-2005, 06:13 PM

dayumm that thing was 1 weld away from being finished why did you mess it up!!!!!!!!!!!j/p

03-04-2005, 06:50 PM

Damn that had to be depressing to even drive for the dude who did the work....... SAD!

Glad you're attacking it & showing it to us, BTW how much have you planned to spend on the whole project

T Baggin S10 · 03-04-2005, 10:40 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by CevJuan

Damn that had to be depressing to even drive for the dude who did the work....... SAD!

Glad you're attacking it & showing it to us, BTW how much have you planned to spend on the whole project

I'm going to do everything myself because i do not believe in taking something to a shop unless it is brand new and still under warranty and I'm not paying for it.
Cost so far is nothing besides the truck I traded it for.
I'm buying another truck for parts it will be somewhere between $200-$400 Hopefully cheaper. I'm going to re sell it and make most if not all of my money back on it. I'm putting most of the stuff off the current truck on it that I'm taking off the parts truck so it will be a complete truck minus a motor/ trans and a few other things. I'm going to buy all new bags eventually, build a new 4 link, new shocks, paint/ and all body materials cost. Sheet metal for fillers, patches and a new fire wall/ transmission tunnell. Wheels/ tires, fuel cell, pins for pin gun, disks for grinder, blades for sawzall, wire/ gas for welder, and whatever else. I do not plan on spending much at all. But the few things I think will cost the most will be the fuel cell, bags, valves, and a new compressor.

***Wicked Mayhem*** · 03-05-2005, 12:43 PM

you should check out luvtruck.com n post some pics up over there.. theres one guy that just finished baggin his 78 longbed? i think...

***sdime98*** · 03-05-2005, 03:52 PM

^^^Links FOO^^^

and i tried registering there the other day....and i never got my confirmation email....

T Baggin S10 · 03-05-2005, 09:13 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Wicked Mayhem

you should check out luvtruck.com n post some pics up over there.. theres one guy that just finished baggin his 78 longbed? i think...

I'll do it when I have a little free time.
Thanks for the info.

LaynLo · 03-05-2005, 09:17 PM

and you traded the s10 for THAT!

git r done

T Baggin S10 · 03-06-2005, 12:44 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by LaynLo17

and you traded the s10 for THAT! git r done

HAHA.

T Baggin S10 · 03-06-2005, 01:01 AM

OK, I worked on it a little tonight...
Cut the shock brackets off and grinded them smooth...

Got the windshield out so I can start on the dash...

Side vents are cut so I can make a solid filler...

Cut the gas filler out and filler that had a pretty big gap that was holding the bed floor to the bedside...

Front drivers fender is down, drivers side is done...

Alot of holes from where the mirror looked ot be ripped off and a large dent was attempted to be pulled...

BlizzardofOzz · 03-06-2005, 02:31 AM

man tha truck is really coming along looks like a lot of hard worl but its all worth it in the end

SLAMnoma95 · 03-06-2005, 02:37 AM

jesus christ...that thing is FUBAR

thenephilm · 03-06-2005, 02:41 AM

i wonder how many gallons of bondo they used on that dam truck?

JMew03 · 03-06-2005, 04:00 PM

i didnt think it was going to be that bad.. what a mess. have fun with it:thumbup:

whitedime · 03-06-2005, 04:34 PM

what a hack, wow

miself · 03-06-2005, 06:01 PM

the progress is lookin good

cbauer210 · 03-06-2005, 06:18 PM

damn....what a project....good luck

Wrkn prgs · 03-06-2005, 10:48 PM

the first pics I was thinking "why did he rip ALL of that off?"

Now I know.

T Baggin S10 · 03-07-2005, 12:36 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Wrkn prgs

the first pics I was thinking "why did he rip ALL of that off?"

Now I know.

4 pages and finally one of the posts I have been waiting for.

I knew after looking at how alot of it was done and seeing the dents in the bedside from the inside and some of the filler flaking off that it was on thick. Now it is halfway off and is going to be a thing of the past really soon. The passenger side looks to be nearly as bad going by how dented the inside of the bedside looks compared to how smooth the outside is. Alot more pics will be comming in the near future.

Pewter1 · 03-07-2005, 02:56 AM

I love the luvs. Looks like someone was str8 bootleg on that one. Keep us posted.

Low99Sonoma · 03-07-2005, 03:07 AM

lookin better than it was, keep it up...youll get there

02-23-2005, 07:32 PM	#51
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by G2 Racer I gotta ask, what other filler products are there besides Bondo? I've never looked at other ones. It has alot of dynaglass on it which is good because it is very strong. I'm taking it all of and it is pretty hard to get off so that sucks, but I'm glad at least some of it was done with some strength. I'll be going back with dynaglass on top of all of the areas i'm re- shaving. Then using normal filler on top of that followed by a glaze. I want to get the metal as straight as possible so I do not have to use much.
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02-23-2005, 07:38 PM	#52
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by T Baggin S10 Time for pics of todays progress... In the middle of removing the thick filler on the drivers side of the bed. And the door handle down to the metal... Front view of the same thing as above... The bedside most of the way down to the metal. Minus a few extremely low spots where it looks like someone took a ball pin hammer to it... bedside done pretty much and showing the taillight fillers that are 4-5 pieces of thin strips welded together instead of making real fillers... Roof down to bare metal... Showing the Radiator support where it was chopped up... Showing how thick the filler was on the back corner... This is how thick it was... I changed my gallery name and all of the url's changed, so I tried to edit the post and it would not let me. So I edited the post in the quote with pics from the new location...
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02-23-2005, 07:44 PM	#53
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by T Baggin S10 The dash... Here is how thick the filler was where the glove box was removed... Never did post a pic of the hacked up Radiatior support... Rear setup before... Fuel cell removed and bed floor showing once again. I traded the 3 gallon shown here for a 6 gallon today... Same thing as above... I could not edit the post because it has been a few days I guess???
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02-23-2005, 07:49 PM	#54
Mystik Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,850 Location: So.Cal User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... omfg thats so bad... good luck, i hope you can get it finished in a reasonable manner, looks like your on the right road back to its recovery...
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02-23-2005, 08:04 PM	#55
dropt98chevy R.I.P. Matt McCarville Age: 26 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,541 Location: Torrance, California User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Wow sad to see someone would do that to a love but it looks like your doing a great job getting it to where it should be. Definatly ended up in the right hands. Keep busting your ass like you have been. Looking good.
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02-23-2005, 08:30 PM	#56
downtoearth PPG sprayin' member Age: 22 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,672 Location: Minden, La User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... That damn bedside looks like hamburger meat, I wouldn't even fock with that I would judt get a new bed and body drop it.
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02-23-2005, 11:40 PM	#57
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by downtoearth That damn bedside looks like hamburger meat, I wouldn't even fock with that I would judt get a new bed and body drop it. I'm buying another truck that runs/drives for the hood, fenders, grille, bumper, radiator support and a few interior pieces. I plan on keeping the bed, doors and a few other things for extra parts just in case I need them someday. But I do not have room to keep the entire truck. So I plan on keeping the doors and all of the smaller stuff in my storage shed and I plan on priming the bed and covering it so it is somewhat safe from the weather. I want to try to use as much as I can that is on the truck currently so if something does happen I have spare parts to swap over pretty quick so it will not be down for any long period of time.
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02-24-2005, 12:54 AM	#58
trickedcomps Back again!! Age: 23 Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,671 Location: Hunterdon co, NJ User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... looking good man, you gots a lot of work ahead of you, im def gonna keep looking for updates
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02-24-2005, 08:07 PM	#59
railin93 welding bum Age: 33 Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 574 Location: Gainesville, GA User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... no shit..keep the updates comin....my boy is doin a datsun bulletside and it's ***in sick...it was at the NOPI nats this past year with 18" Titan wheels on it....check it out for some old school relief...basically started fom the same point but it wasn't quite that bad but still had to be stripped and redone in alot of places! Last edited by railin93 : 05-27-2009 at 05:45 PM.*
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02-24-2005, 08:55 PM	#60
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Man, I'd love to be able to fit 18's. With the bed laying like I am going to have it I will barely be able to fit 17's. I may tub the bedsides above the body line where the wheel hits it to get a little more room. The bed measures 26" tall and still needs to come down nearly an inch so after it does I will have right at 22 inches of room from the ground to the top of the body line where the wheel will hit. Last edited by T Baggin S10 : 02-24-2005 at 09:01 PM.
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02-25-2005, 04:40 AM	#61
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Pics from tonight... The magical floating bags that are not attatched to the axle... Front passenger side not attatched. I'm guessing someone unbolted it and forgot to put the nut back on it??? Went back over the bed and got some of the remaining bondo from the low spots. Got the door most of the way done, pillar, and got the top of the fender done. The side of the fender has silver paint from someone testing a color earlier... Gas filler... Door handel. Showing that it was not cut to fit, but held up to the back side and tacked in... Taillight filler???
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02-25-2005, 06:27 AM	#62
mustard_madman Do I need a gas mask?! Age: 28 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5,781 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Holy poop thats alot of ghetto!!! oh well, its a cool project and will have a great outcome!
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02-25-2005, 10:37 AM	#63
themostoriganal F**K STOCK Age: 22 Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 830 Location: orange beach, al User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... that is going to be soooo cool when you get it done.......its terrible to see such a cool truck in such terrible condition
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02-25-2005, 12:06 PM	#64
MeltingPlastic Broken Handed Superman Age: 24 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 5,267 Location: Hackensack, NJ User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... may they hand be steady, they welder be swift and the advil come plentyful!
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02-26-2005, 03:58 AM	#65
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Tonights progress... Got the rest of the drivers side done minus a small area on the front fender near the headlight...
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02-26-2005, 05:55 PM	#66
4.3Xtreme I'm a huge ass Age: 25 Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 10,798 Location: SE Ohio/ Nashville User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... thats reallllly shaping up i dont think id have the patience to have to go back thru and redo some ones half ass-ness
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02-26-2005, 08:44 PM	#67
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02-26-2005, 10:13 PM	#68
*Wicked Mayhem* Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 16,348 Location: :noitacoL User is: Online	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... lookin better.. wish i coulda done that to mine when i got it.. be ready to find '' chevrolet '' under the bondo im sure the dude used to shave the letters on the tailgate...
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02-27-2005, 06:18 AM	#69
Ruddigger Sinatra Lives! Age: 28 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,460 Location: Riverside, SoCal User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Damn, looks like that truck just got 100lbs lighter! Good progress.
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02-27-2005, 11:22 PM	#70
LT250 Time to finish Age: 24 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,152 Location: Real Nor Cal User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Whoa, that thing was hacked. I always loved those trucks I had one as my first truck, I wish I still had it. Glad to see your doing it right.
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02-28-2005, 02:53 AM	#71
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by Wicked Mayhem lookin better.. wish i coulda done that to mine when i got it.. be ready to find '' chevrolet '' under the bondo im sure the dude used to shave the letters on the tailgate... It has LED's molded in the gate. I may just take them out and put the taillights back in for the time being. I'm not too sure about it yet. i wish someone made taillight fillers so I would not have to make them.
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03-01-2005, 03:04 AM	#72
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Sorry have not had time to work on it the past few days. I'm going to cut a few things on it tomorrow and start grinding on it in a couple days. I'll post pics as soon as I get more done.
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03-02-2005, 12:37 AM	#73
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Pulled the bumper off the front and cut the vents off the side of the cab.. Did not really get a chance to do much. I worked on my rollpan on the blazer a little. It is almost done getting smoothed in. And I helped shave a few things on an S10. I'll post pics sometime in the next few days when I get free time to work on it.
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03-04-2005, 02:12 AM	#74
miself LT. Morgan Age: 23 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,388 Location: Elizabeth City, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... man that thing is gonna be awesome...you've made a hellvua change in it already.
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03-04-2005, 09:28 AM	#75
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... man thats comin along nice, i really haven't kept up with this thread like i meant to, i've now decided to keep my 78 and take it on as a project, no clue what to do with it...lol maybe i can pick up some pointers from ya...lol
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03-04-2005, 10:00 AM	#76
blksdime03 Fatty~BooM~Daddy Age: 24 Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4,234 Location: Jacksonville User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... dang that looks good.i cant wait to se what it turns out like
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03-04-2005, 10:02 AM	#77
LaynBodyS-10 ACROPHOBIA NC Age: 25 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,208 Location: laurinburg,NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... i got a motor for a LUV if u know anyone that is interested...100bucks for motor and trans..has bout 120gs on its and ran good when i took it out last week
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03-04-2005, 12:23 PM	#78
iLLblazer 2legit2quit Age: 24 Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,856 Location: Winnipeg, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... contact cando specialties. I'm pretty sure they have an LUV as a shop truck. Maybe they can fab up some fillers for you. http://www.candospecialties.com/
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03-04-2005, 01:19 PM	#79
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by LaynBodyS-10 i got a motor for a LUV if u know anyone that is interested...100bucks for motor and trans..has bout 120gs on its and ran good when i took it out last week I'm buying an entire truck that runs/ drives for not much more than that for the motor/ trans, bed, front end and some interior pieces.. I'll be working on the truck alot this comming Monday-Wednesday. I will not have time to do much of anything to it until then. But I'm buying a few much needed tools this weekend so I can get alot done.
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03-04-2005, 02:14 PM	#80
dropt98chevy R.I.P. Matt McCarville Age: 26 Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 8,541 Location: Torrance, California User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Coming alonmg real nice. Can't wait to see this bitch finished. Keep up the hard work!
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03-04-2005, 06:13 PM	#81
gutlesswonder Registered User Age: 30 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 5,250 Location: lake forest User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... dayumm that thing was 1 weld away from being finished why did you mess it up!!!!!!!!!!!j/p
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03-04-2005, 06:50 PM	#82
CevJuan Posts: n/a Location: User is:	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Damn that had to be depressing to even drive for the dude who did the work....... SAD! Glad you're attacking it & showing it to us, BTW how much have you planned to spend on the whole project
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03-04-2005, 10:40 PM	#83
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by CevJuan Damn that had to be depressing to even drive for the dude who did the work....... SAD! Glad you're attacking it & showing it to us, BTW how much have you planned to spend on the whole project I'm going to do everything myself because i do not believe in taking something to a shop unless it is brand new and still under warranty and I'm not paying for it. Cost so far is nothing besides the truck I traded it for. I'm buying another truck for parts it will be somewhere between $200-$400 Hopefully cheaper. I'm going to re sell it and make most if not all of my money back on it. I'm putting most of the stuff off the current truck on it that I'm taking off the parts truck so it will be a complete truck minus a motor/ trans and a few other things. I'm going to buy all new bags eventually, build a new 4 link, new shocks, paint/ and all body materials cost. Sheet metal for fillers, patches and a new fire wall/ transmission tunnell. Wheels/ tires, fuel cell, pins for pin gun, disks for grinder, blades for sawzall, wire/ gas for welder, and whatever else. I do not plan on spending much at all. But the few things I think will cost the most will be the fuel cell, bags, valves, and a new compressor.
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03-05-2005, 12:43 PM	#84
*Wicked Mayhem* Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 16,348 Location: :noitacoL User is: Online	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... you should check out luvtruck.com n post some pics up over there.. theres one guy that just finished baggin his 78 longbed? i think...
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03-05-2005, 03:52 PM	#85
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... ^^^Links FOO^^^ and i tried registering there the other day....and i never got my confirmation email....
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