Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV...

***HAWK*** · 03-07-2005, 03:12 AM

oh man. i cant stop laughing at the gas tank filler

but wow you've made some major changes already. this things gonna be sic when its done! sad to see it so hacked right now though

Derrick71 · 03-07-2005, 10:06 AM

did you kill a cheeta lol looks good man

***sdime98*** · 03-07-2005, 10:18 AM

NEW PICS...!!! lol

T Baggin S10 · 03-07-2005, 10:46 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by xHAWKx

oh man. i cant stop laughing at the gas tank filler but wow you've made some major changes already. this things gonna be sic when its done! sad to see it so hacked right now though

I had to stop doing what I was doing when I first saw it. I laughed pretty hard. Caught my breath, then went to get the camera. I can't wait to get it all down to bare metal so I can start the long process of straightening it.

T Baggin S10 · 03-07-2005, 10:48 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Derrick71

did you kill a cheeta lol looks good man

The last owner who rebuilt the motor and fixed some of the airlines and replaced a valve put the cheeta print stuff in it. And put quite a few stickers on it. I don't care for that kind of stuff, so I took it all out. The dash will be all metal and painted to match the outside of the truck.

T Baggin S10 · 03-07-2005, 10:50 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

NEW PICS...!!! lol

I'm working on it a little today. I should be able to get the dash stripped of the old factory paint. And I'm going to go over the whole thiong with a wire brush to see just how lumpy the metal is. It is hard to tell right now with all of the swirls in it. I'm working on it Tuesday and Wednesday too so I'll be posting a few pics this week.

T Baggin S10 · 03-08-2005, 12:59 AM

Heres a pic of the parts truck I may get...

Cut the fender support on the driver side to see how much room I will have for larger wheels, and so it will actually lay another inch or so in the front after I cut a little off of the trans. crossmember...

This is a pic of it an inch from laying the front of the cab. I should have room for a narrow zero offset 18 with a 35-40 series tire...

I got a better pic of the "taillight filler". It still does what you see in person no justice...

Side marker light on the front fender was taped from the backside with aluminum ducting tape and filler was spread over the front side...

Dash is down to the metal all most all the way. Minus a few corners, it went down nice and smooth with a wire wheel on a grinder...

I cut the leaf hangers off the drivers side frame because they were keeping the truck from teetering on the transmission crossmember. The rear of the cab on the drivers side lays now. I'll cut the passenger side when I move it to the other side of hte garage and start on the passenger side...

thenephilm · 03-08-2005, 01:01 AM

dam that is a friendly truck...

T Baggin S10 · 03-08-2005, 01:47 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by thenephilm

dam that is a friendly truck...

What do you mean?

***98layinframe*** · 03-08-2005, 10:11 AM

hell if your buying that orange truck.... why not just use the bed off it? Dont look to be in all that bad of shape.. defiently better then the one on you truck now

Hard_On_Parts · 03-08-2005, 10:23 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by T Baggin S10

What do you mean?

He means it waves at everyone...panels are wavy

I have been watching since you first posted. Love what you are doing! Had quite a few duct tape and expanding foam trucks over the years. It is amazing what some people will cover with bondo. My favorites so far have been chicken wire and newspaper

so far.

Keep it up....we are watching.....

***Dragginbody*** · 03-08-2005, 10:32 AM

your work is lookin great man. in the first pics it looked like the frame was 1'' higher than the body.

keep up the good work.

***Dragginbody*** · 03-08-2005, 10:34 AM

whe ever did that bodydrop should have their hands cut off.

miself · 03-08-2005, 11:37 AM

the progress is lookin nice man....that bed is hella dented tho

oldschool55 · 03-08-2005, 12:32 PM

i think id just start all over with the orange one...

G2 Racer · 03-08-2005, 12:48 PM

Damn...still all I can say.
Making some progress and that's the important thing.

Keep it up man, definately watching this thread.

BIGGERISBETTER · 03-08-2005, 01:39 PM

One of the employee's at West Coast Customs mustve owned that truck before T baggin got it... cuz bondo fixes everything! and rust.. what rust? Isnt that what carpet is for? haha

Funkize you · 03-08-2005, 01:59 PM

As a person with no real understanding of cars, I have to say I respect you soo much! If that were mine... Id have everything done for me (If I had the money) or I'd have tried to sell it for more then I bought it...

Good job man!

SMACKEDS10 · 03-08-2005, 02:13 PM

Ben your the shiznick man

keep up the work i envey you

thenephilm · 03-08-2005, 02:18 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Hard_On_Parts

He means it waves at everyone...panels are wavy

exactly. You've got your hands full that for sure but it should be fun.

Xtremeobsessions · 03-08-2005, 02:22 PM

thats the biggest hack work i have ever seen . good luck getting her back to normal

T Baggin S10 · 03-08-2005, 02:37 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe

hell if your buying that orange truck.... why not just use the bed off it? Dont look to be in all that bad of shape.. defiently better then the one on you truck now

I plan on using that one and keeping this nasty one as a spare. I'm going to leave the taillights in it and shave everything and weld the gate shut. On the other one I'm going to make new taillight fillers and patch in all of the rusted spots and take forever to get it straight. I may keep the LED's but I might move them to where the stock taillights were and mount them vertically. I'm going to have fun getting them out though.

***98layinframe*** · 03-08-2005, 04:34 PM

let me guesss.... the leds are mounted in with bondo from behind... ?

T Baggin S10 · 03-08-2005, 06:18 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe

let me guesss.... the leds are mounted in with bondo from behind... ?

They are glassed from the inside, I have no idea what is going on on the outside. I have not worked on getting them out much at all. I'll post pics when I get around to that part of the heap.

T Baggin S10 · 03-08-2005, 11:50 PM

I thought about not using the shocks on the doors, but this was something that was done pretty good, so I'm going to leave it but clean it up a little. The pic also shows how much of the filler was not welded to the floor...

Pulled up a patch that was riveted to the floor and found two pretty big holes. The brake pedal was cut, the two pieces were stuck next to each other and welded, instead of sectioning it...

Started on the cab floor and back wall, I got alot of the drivers side done. There was alot of surface rust, but it all came up with a little work. There is alot of rust from where the front of the seat was forward. I'm going to make a new floorboard to go over the existing one or cut it out and replace it with a new one...

miself · 03-09-2005, 12:51 AM

awesome, its really cleaning up nicely

SMACKEDS10 · 03-09-2005, 12:57 AM

hell man can i help?

i have nothing else better to do.....if your free on the weekends give me a call man

"send me a private message"

T Baggin S10 · 03-09-2005, 01:48 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by SMACKEDS10

hell man can i help?

i have nothing else better to do.....if your free on the weekends give me a call man

"send me a private message"

I work weekends. But I'll keep you in mind if I do get a chance to work on it on a weekend. Thanks for the offer. I really appreciate it.

oldschool55 · 03-09-2005, 03:14 AM

front end conversion?

d o w n s h i f t · 03-09-2005, 04:50 AM

wow! I started at the begining and was like, damn the frame is all rusted to hell, that's gonna be tough...but the resto is coming along great! I can't wait to see what it looks like finished

gives all rustbuckets everywhere some kind of hope

SMACKEDS10 · 03-09-2005, 12:02 PM

omfg!

a front end conversion on a luv lol thats would just be dope...

T Baggin S10 · 03-09-2005, 12:55 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by d o w n s h i f t

wow! I started at the begining and was like, damn the frame is all rusted to hell, that's gonna be tough...but the resto is coming along great! I can't wait to see what it looks like finished
gives all rustbuckets everywhere some kind of hope

The rust is comming off slowly. I plan on cutting out the bad parts and replacing them.
Rust buckets need lovin too!!!

T Baggin S10 · 03-09-2005, 12:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SMACKEDS10

omfg!

a front end conversion on a luv lol thats would just be dope...

That would be a long way away. If anything I'd do a phantom billet grille for right now.

T Baggin S10 · 03-10-2005, 12:36 AM

Got a little bit done today...
Pulled up the panel that had about 20 pop rivits holding it down, more of the tape, and some nasty white caulking that was used on alot of the seams. Underneath some of the metal was decent and came out decent with a wire wheel. A big portion of it was rusted and there are alot of big rust holes...

You have to look at this pic for a little bit to take it all in. The floor is not welded in at all because it was rusted away and there was nothing to weld to. I'll be cutting alot more out of the passenger side than the driver side to replace with good metal...

Got a little more done on the back wall...

The back half of the floor is a little more than halfway done. I still need to go over most of it to get the small surface rust off...

The dash is down and ready to have the top filled and grinded minus the fillers being cut out and grinded down on the front where the glovebox and two small patches on each side are...

miself · 03-10-2005, 01:06 AM

T Baggin S10 · 03-11-2005, 08:38 PM

Took a couple more pics of the truck I may get for parts...

I know it is in really good condition and woule be a much better idea to just work on this one, but I want to be stupid and redo the nasty one. Hopefully the owner will call me or I will catch him outside sometime really soon so I know what is going on with it. I'm trying not to work on some stuff that will be replaced if I get this truck.

DblPrkd · 03-11-2005, 09:51 PM

None of the pics work for me.

Bdydrp02s10 · 03-11-2005, 10:35 PM

They work for me

G2 Racer · 03-11-2005, 11:20 PM

Damn, that thing needs some work.

Here's hoping you get the orange one for parts.

T Baggin S10 · 03-12-2005, 12:59 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by G2 Racer

Damn, that thing needs some work.

Here's hoping you get the orange one for parts.

Thanks. I need to drive past a few times this weekend and try to catch him outside or at least at home.

gutlesswonder · 03-12-2005, 01:25 PM

there is a stepside luv 2 doors down and across the street from me. look like its in pretty good shape too quality paint job but i really dont like the design. that guy always buys vehicles and does minimal to them to resell them for more. he said he wants like $2-2500 for it. i might be into it but id rather spend the money on my dime

LT250 · 03-12-2005, 05:12 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by gutlesswonder

there is a stepside luv 2 doors down and across the street from me. look like its in pretty good shape too quality paint job but i really dont like the design. that guy always buys vehicles and does minimal to them to resell them for more. he said he wants like $2-2500 for it. i might be into it but id rather spend the money on my dime

stepsides are pretty rare, you might look into it to resell for profit.

T Baggin S10 · 03-13-2005, 12:45 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by LT250

stepsides are pretty rare, you might look into it to resell for profit.

Yup. I'm not a fan of the stepsides though.
But people who are will pay decent money for one in good shape.

SMACKEDS10 · 03-13-2005, 12:49 AM

i dont think i have ever seen a stepside luv...might have to do some research on it...just to see what it looks like it.............

your project makes me wish i kept my 79 ford courier...

mbills2 · 03-13-2005, 01:40 AM

looking good..

mark

87layinlow · 03-13-2005, 11:03 AM

im glad i never rode in that... i can see it now...

dude were doing 60 in 40...

cool...

drag it!!!

okay...

*87layinlow falls through floor and his ass drags more then the hacked up body drop*

project is awesome though i check like every 5 hours to see if therse updated just because i love this kinda stuff

Got_20s · 03-13-2005, 01:22 PM

Leave a note on the orange one and ask if it's for sale.

Bdydrp02s10 · 03-13-2005, 03:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Got_20s

Leave a note on the orange one and ask if it's for sale.

Yeah but when you do talk to him don't tell him you're going to hack the orange one up either. Sometimes people just wan't sell them if they find out you're going to do that.

T Baggin S10 · 03-13-2005, 08:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Got_20s

Leave a note on the orange one and ask if it's for sale.

I tried to catch him this weekend. I drove by a dozen times. The only person I saw outside was the guy doing the yard.
I'm going to leave a note on the truck next, then try to leave one on the door again. I had to buy a couple things for the Blazer today, so that set me back a little on the LUV.

T Baggin S10 · 03-13-2005, 08:37 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 87layinlow

im glad i never rode in that... i can see it now...

dude were doing 60 in 40...

cool...

drag it!!!

okay...

*87layinlow falls through floor and his ass drags more then the hacked up body drop*

project is awesome though i check like every 5 hours to see if therse updated just because i love this kinda stuff

I'll try to make more updates. The more feedback I get the better updates I'll do. If noone shows interest I will just do the work and not worry about getting into detail about the progress.

03-07-2005, 10:06 AM	#102
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03-07-2005, 10:18 AM	#103
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03-07-2005, 10:46 AM	#104
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 xHAWKx oh man. i cant stop laughing at the gas tank filler but wow you've made some major changes already. this things gonna be sic when its done! sad to see it so hacked right now though I had to stop doing what I was doing when I first saw it. I laughed pretty hard. Caught my breath, then went to get the camera. I can't wait to get it all down to bare metal so I can start the long process of straightening it.
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03-07-2005, 10:48 AM	#105
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 Derrick71 did you kill a cheeta lol looks good man The last owner who rebuilt the motor and fixed some of the airlines and replaced a valve put the cheeta print stuff in it. And put quite a few stickers on it. I don't care for that kind of stuff, so I took it all out. The dash will be all metal and painted to match the outside of the truck.
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03-07-2005, 10:50 AM	#106
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 sdime98 NEW PICS...!!! lol I'm working on it a little today. I should be able to get the dash stripped of the old factory paint. And I'm going to go over the whole thiong with a wire brush to see just how lumpy the metal is. It is hard to tell right now with all of the swirls in it. I'm working on it Tuesday and Wednesday too so I'll be posting a few pics this week.
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03-08-2005, 12:59 AM	#107
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Heres a pic of the parts truck I may get... Cut the fender support on the driver side to see how much room I will have for larger wheels, and so it will actually lay another inch or so in the front after I cut a little off of the trans. crossmember... This is a pic of it an inch from laying the front of the cab. I should have room for a narrow zero offset 18 with a 35-40 series tire... I got a better pic of the "taillight filler". It still does what you see in person no justice... Side marker light on the front fender was taped from the backside with aluminum ducting tape and filler was spread over the front side... Dash is down to the metal all most all the way. Minus a few corners, it went down nice and smooth with a wire wheel on a grinder... I cut the leaf hangers off the drivers side frame because they were keeping the truck from teetering on the transmission crossmember. The rear of the cab on the drivers side lays now. I'll cut the passenger side when I move it to the other side of hte garage and start on the passenger side...
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03-08-2005, 01:01 AM	#108
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03-08-2005, 01:47 AM	#109
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 thenephilm dam that is a friendly truck... What do you mean?
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03-08-2005, 10:23 AM	#111
Hard_On_Parts Registered User Age: 37 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 150 Location: Southeast Kansas User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by T Baggin S10 What do you mean? He means it waves at everyone...panels are wavy I have been watching since you first posted. Love what you are doing! Had quite a few duct tape and expanding foam trucks over the years. It is amazing what some people will cover with bondo. My favorites so far have been chicken wire and newspaper so far. Keep it up....we are watching.....
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03-08-2005, 11:37 AM	#114
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03-08-2005, 12:32 PM	#115
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03-08-2005, 12:48 PM	#116
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03-08-2005, 01:39 PM	#117
BIGGERISBETTER flat blue and layin frame Age: 25 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,871 Location: Bolivar, Ohio User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... One of the employee's at West Coast Customs mustve owned that truck before T baggin got it... cuz bondo fixes everything! and rust.. what rust? Isnt that what carpet is for? haha
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03-08-2005, 01:59 PM	#118
Funkize you [ sic ] Age: 24 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Location: westminster, Ca User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... As a person with no real understanding of cars, I have to say I respect you soo much! If that were mine... Id have everything done for me (If I had the money) or I'd have tried to sell it for more then I bought it... Good job man!
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03-08-2005, 02:13 PM	#119
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03-08-2005, 02:18 PM	#120
thenephilm Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2,050 Location: cincinnati, OHIO User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by Hard_On_Parts He means it waves at everyone...panels are wavy exactly. You've got your hands full that for sure but it should be fun.
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03-08-2005, 02:22 PM	#121
Xtremeobsessions built not bought Age: 24 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 913 Location: waukesha wi User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... thats the biggest hack work i have ever seen . good luck getting her back to normal
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03-08-2005, 02:37 PM	#122
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 98layinframe hell if your buying that orange truck.... why not just use the bed off it? Dont look to be in all that bad of shape.. defiently better then the one on you truck now I plan on using that one and keeping this nasty one as a spare. I'm going to leave the taillights in it and shave everything and weld the gate shut. On the other one I'm going to make new taillight fillers and patch in all of the rusted spots and take forever to get it straight. I may keep the LED's but I might move them to where the stock taillights were and mount them vertically. I'm going to have fun getting them out though.
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03-08-2005, 06:18 PM	#124
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 98layinframe let me guesss.... the leds are mounted in with bondo from behind... ? They are glassed from the inside, I have no idea what is going on on the outside. I have not worked on getting them out much at all. I'll post pics when I get around to that part of the heap.
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03-08-2005, 11:50 PM	#125
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... I thought about not using the shocks on the doors, but this was something that was done pretty good, so I'm going to leave it but clean it up a little. The pic also shows how much of the filler was not welded to the floor... Pulled up a patch that was riveted to the floor and found two pretty big holes. The brake pedal was cut, the two pieces were stuck next to each other and welded, instead of sectioning it... Started on the cab floor and back wall, I got alot of the drivers side done. There was alot of surface rust, but it all came up with a little work. There is alot of rust from where the front of the seat was forward. I'm going to make a new floorboard to go over the existing one or cut it out and replace it with a new one...
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03-09-2005, 12:51 AM	#126
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03-09-2005, 12:57 AM	#127
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03-09-2005, 01:48 AM	#128
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 SMACKEDS10 hell man can i help? i have nothing else better to do.....if your free on the weekends give me a call man "send me a private message" I work weekends. But I'll keep you in mind if I do get a chance to work on it on a weekend. Thanks for the offer. I really appreciate it.
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03-09-2005, 03:14 AM	#129
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03-09-2005, 04:50 AM	#130
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03-09-2005, 12:02 PM	#131
SMACKEDS10 364 Lq9 in the works.. Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,083 Location: DFW User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... omfg! a front end conversion on a luv lol thats would just be dope...
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03-09-2005, 12:55 PM	#132
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 d o w n s h i f t wow! I started at the begining and was like, damn the frame is all rusted to hell, that's gonna be tough...but the resto is coming along great! I can't wait to see what it looks like finished gives all rustbuckets everywhere some kind of hope The rust is comming off slowly. I plan on cutting out the bad parts and replacing them. Rust buckets need lovin too!!!
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03-09-2005, 12:58 PM	#133
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 SMACKEDS10 omfg! a front end conversion on a luv lol thats would just be dope... That would be a long way away. If anything I'd do a phantom billet grille for right now.
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03-10-2005, 12:36 AM	#134
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Got a little bit done today... Pulled up the panel that had about 20 pop rivits holding it down, more of the tape, and some nasty white caulking that was used on alot of the seams. Underneath some of the metal was decent and came out decent with a wire wheel. A big portion of it was rusted and there are alot of big rust holes... You have to look at this pic for a little bit to take it all in. The floor is not welded in at all because it was rusted away and there was nothing to weld to. I'll be cutting alot more out of the passenger side than the driver side to replace with good metal... Got a little more done on the back wall... The back half of the floor is a little more than halfway done. I still need to go over most of it to get the small surface rust off... The dash is down and ready to have the top filled and grinded minus the fillers being cut out and grinded down on the front where the glovebox and two small patches on each side are...
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03-10-2005, 01:06 AM	#135
miself LT. Morgan Age: 23 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,388 Location: Elizabeth City, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... nice
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03-11-2005, 08:38 PM	#136
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Took a couple more pics of the truck I may get for parts... I know it is in really good condition and woule be a much better idea to just work on this one, but I want to be stupid and redo the nasty one. Hopefully the owner will call me or I will catch him outside sometime really soon so I know what is going on with it. I'm trying not to work on some stuff that will be replaced if I get this truck.
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03-11-2005, 09:51 PM	#137
DblPrkd Mine's Longer than yours. Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,828 Location: Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... None of the pics work for me.
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03-11-2005, 10:35 PM	#138
Bdydrp02s10 Anybody got 20's? Age: 29 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,664 Location: Columbia S.C. User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... They work for me
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03-11-2005, 11:20 PM	#139
G2 Racer Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 455 Location: Ontario, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Damn, that thing needs some work. Here's hoping you get the orange one for parts.
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03-12-2005, 12:59 AM	#140
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 Damn, that thing needs some work. Here's hoping you get the orange one for parts. Thanks. I need to drive past a few times this weekend and try to catch him outside or at least at home.
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