My 'day off' daily driven project.

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluez

i love how it came out. it looks better in person then pics. now that he has been working on his i need to start working on mine again.
(it gen with v8 3in drop)

Well while stressing over my truck I thought of what we can do to fix that bed of yours.

I think our best bet is to weld up the tail gate first to reinforce the bedsides. The cut out the entire bed floor and use angle iron to mount it on. Then from there we can figure out what kind of flooring you want. Maybe we can flush mount or counter sink both the fuel cell and battery into a custom floor.

As for sheet metal to replace the dented and rusted areas we might be able to use panels off the wrecked bed.

What do you think of a retro/old school look to it? Some '32 Ford style LED tail lights, phamtom gill or a chrome one to match the bumper... just a idea.

[BeyondeXtReMe]

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

i'm impressed by the work on the bumper...but the tails seem to take away from the truck to me...i think if they were the stock colorados right side up, it would look better...but as you said...everyone is entitled to their opinions...but again..i really like the work on the bumper..that was definately sweet.

I compleatly agree, i am 50/50 over the tails but man I love the bumper! that turned out really well! mad props to you

[kms_dude1]

truck looks good it reminds me more of an Xtreme colorado more than an s-10 with a tail swap from the reat

[Myst]

i think your a little to far in to be switching ideas...lol

[blazedime]

Quote: Originally Posted by TA^Guy

I'm in a mad rush to get the back of it done. Have exactally one month from today. I wanted the tail lights finished by fathers day because of the show we have every year here, but I think I might skip entering the truck and just show the bike again.

or skip the shaow all togeather and work on the truck there will be plenty more shows

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Myst

i think your a little to far in to be switching ideas...lol

No no, lol.

That idea was for bluez's dime. He has a nice clean '92 or '93 with a healthy small block 350 and a T5 tranny. Damn thing will spin the tires at 70mph. However he had it on the car dolly hooked up to his Blazer and not one, but two people hit it within a week. Neither one stopped, so nowthe bed is trashed. Just had the cab corner pulled out and frame straightened... Before he wanted to tub it an dbuild it for the track, now he's seeing all the cool custom crap to do to them and now wants to build a sweet cruiser.

Just giving him ideas.

[TA^Guy]

Ok been working alot but here is my update.

I made 4 cuts on each side and pulled out the corners to meet the tails. I then coated it with All Metal, and now I am on the first coat of filler. The drivers side has alot more filler used because it had a huge dent there that I needed to pull out thanks to a Dakota. I work the next few days and nights but then I'll get back on it again.



Getting dark out now so I'll get better photos after I finish sanding.

[White&Crazy]

edge looks a hell of alot cleaner

[TA^Guy]

Yeah it does. I welded a 1" strip on the inside to make like a flange. It gives it more strength and finishes it off.

I'll try to get some in the day light once I finish sanding it.

[bluez]

looks much better. and yes now im starting to change what i want to do to mine. but im still not sure.

[blazedime]

lookin good bro. keep it up

[TA^Guy]

Ok I had to work on the bottom part of the 'bucket' today and I always forget to take photos until it's just about dark so I'm sorry for the crappy quality. I'll be putting a few hours into it tomorrow so hopefully many more photo will show up soon.

[TA^Guy]

Still working on the tails and dents in that area, but while some filler was drying I decided to start the third brake light...





Ill get more tomorrow.

[Slammed83Mazda]

good progress man, the paint matches nicely killer lookin truck.

[93blazer4dr]

nice like the bumper a roll pan is nice but i got something in mind for mine i been working on

[TA^Guy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Slammed83Mazda

good progress man, the paint matches nicely killer lookin truck.

what paint? lol

Quote: Originally Posted by 93blazer4dr

nice like the bumper a roll pan is nice but i got something in mind for mine i been working on

Yeah, like I said I think Caddy tails and a roll pan looks great but it's been done one too many times for me. Thought I'd try smething else.

[blazedime]

nice work buddy. now hurry up and finish hahahah

[4.3Xtreme]

I really am digging the upside down 'rado tails, and esp since they are the LED's! Now you just gotta get a roll pan, and not that horrid stock bumper, haha!

[blazedime]

Quote: Originally Posted by 4.3Xtreme

I really am digging the upside down 'rado tails, and esp since they are the LED's! Now you just gotta get a roll pan, and not that horrid stock bumper, haha!

did you see that he cut the bumper in half longways and shrunk it like 3 inches??

[TA^Guy]

Some photos of my 2 yearold son giving me a hand this evening...

Quote: Originally Posted by 4.3Xtreme

I really am digging the upside down 'rado tails, and esp since they are the LED's! Now you just gotta get a roll pan, and not that horrid stock bumper, haha!

Yeah no roll pan for me, only about 90% of the members here are sporting roll pans. Nothing stock about my bumper anymore.

[Slammed03]

thats funny...


nice work on the truck...its looking good

[david4991]

Truck looks great man. I've been wanting to put a bumper back on my truck for some time now.

[70CHEVY327]

dude i love the bumper ive been wanting to do that to my c10 but i went with a chrome smothy instead so i was going to try with the s10 but wasnt sure if the gate would open right and i have a 4x4 and use my bed alot so my gate gets a lot of uses. great work on the truck keep the kids in on it i helped my dad build my c10 when i was little and ive been hooked on trucks ever since

[EYEOPNR]

looking good... just shows if you take your time anything will look good

[blazedime]

i think little John does better work than you. i bet little John did all the work on there and you helped him hahaha just messin with you man

looking great. cant wait to see it in a week. i think ill bring up my welder just incase we need to get crakin on them pesky handles you have. i can do one door and you can do the other

[TA^Guy]

Near finished. The drives side where it was hit just needs some final sanding with a long board but other than that it's looking good.



And here is a shot for those that were worried about how they stuck out at the bottom. Tomorrow I'll try to get some day light photos from the back.

[EYEOPNR]

much better

[blazedime]

looking awesome John. you want me to bring my board up next weekend?

[AmericanMuscle]

for the 1,868,583 time i love the bumber too, i was planning on building a new one completely and chroming it, but you had a great idea there. the tails are cool, i've only seen a few of them, your not one of the billions who have a cali combo and caddies.

[4.3Xtreme]

Quote: Originally Posted by TA^Guy

Yeah no roll pan for me, only about 90% of the members here are sporting roll pans. Nothing stock about my bumper anymore.

My bad, for not reading the entire thread before I posted haha! But I really like what you did with the stock bumper! +1
Keep posting tons of pics! Your work is great!

[lx64]

looking good

[blazedime]

John what did you do to get the bottom opening for the light to flair out like that? looks really good