'58 Chevy progress....lets FIGHT about flatbeds.

[TINGLER]

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[TINGLER]

Top view. I need to lose the gas tank behind the seat yet, as well as hook up the moon style tank in the bed.
Do you think it will haul this HOG? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Fat Hack]

Dude...make that thing a stake-bed at least!!

(Maybe mount some steer horns on the hood?)

Moo!

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[choprods]

hAYJason-what about some tool boxes in frt and behind each rear wheel?I am talkin the home brew variety with louvered doors and pinstriping on satin black paint! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gifIll get yopu frt off -let me know whens the best on your schedule-and its done!

[Levis Classic]

Its a perfect chopper hauler. Maybe you can get your own TV show building mini-choppers!!!!!

VonTingler TV has a nice sound to it - whatcha think?

[InjectorTim]

Wow, I remember how rough that thing was when you first got it. Looks like you've made some good progress. While the flatbed not my cup of tea, I could learn to likeit. I also agree with fathack that a stake bed would be cool.

[Fat Hack]

I walked out of my house and fell three feet to the ground...

Somebody stole my DECK!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

Oh wait...I think I found it!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You better swap in a BIG 4.3 V6 to haul all that wood around, Bro!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Good to see you making progress!!!

(on the mini bike! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif)

What's up with your little FALCON these days???

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[jalopy43]

looks ok to me

[tomslik]

me too....



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galley 5...

[zman]

Well I've been bedless for a couple of weeks, But I have gotten this ready to go on... Sorry no flatbed for me...

[Rocky]

I got just enough redneck in me to like 'em too. A prerequesite is a good slam job first.
I drive a flatbed at work but I fab'd up a pair of foot-tall side boards for mine. Made slots to accept a slip-in wooden tailgate in the very back or you can slip it into another pair of slots further up front...very handy.

[DrJ]

Nice work!
Ya don't need sides, just tie downs and maybe a back board, but it'd have to clear the tank so you can still fill it from a pump....

[Antibilly]

is it flatheads or bed forever? hmmmmmmmmmmm Ive read that somewhere? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Fat Hack]

Hey...now I see where my CEPTIC TANK went, too! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

You're crazy sick, Von!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[40StudeDude]

Curious...why didn't you move the gas tank UP ONTO the bed instead of cutting the floor around it? I don't have a prob with the tank on the truk...just make it more obvious that it's there...looks like you are trying to hide it...just my 13 cents worth!
R-

[Fat Hack]

Ha Ha..ya dig the handcuffs, eh? Wait till you see my shift knob, Baby!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[DrJ]

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Curious...why didn't you move the gas tank UP ONTO the bed instead of cutting the floor around it? I don't have a prob with the tank on the truk...just make it more obvious that it's there...looks like you are trying to hide it...just my 13 cents worth!
R-

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I like the location of the tank, it looks "FRENCHED" into the bed. Kinda Kustom like.

[atch]

vt,

i'm assuming that you have a specific dimension to move the rear axle. i also assume you've photoshopped the wheel to that location to verify that it will look correct?

flatbeds are cool. 37express has a '37 ford that he's had for about a hunnert years. don't quote me, but i believe it was his first vehicle when he was old enough to drive. it was a factory original flatbed 'til some idiot sideswiped the bed hit and run style and totalled the bed. fortunately it didn't hurt the rest of the truck so he installed a pickup bed on it. it was a lot cooler with the flatbed, though.

[cheaterslick]

Yee-haww

[Fat Hack]

Now, we're gettin' somewhere...

...Looks cool as a stake-bed!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

(Just toss a BB-Q grill, a couple of lawn chairs, and a drink table with a potted plant up there and call it DONE!)

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[Flatdog]

Sorry ,I thought you said fight about flatheads.

[dixiedog]

What's with all the flatbeds having Tenn plates?http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

VT - I must say I like it a lot, I always wanted to do a flatbed. Here are my thoughts - under the bed tool boxes on both sides, nothing too big, just big enough for tie downs, tools and chains. Or throw on some stacks for the full trucker effect with West Coast style mirrors and a whip antenna.

You cant have stake sides then the beer cans will stay on the bed and fall off. Oh yeah, keep an eye out for termites they can do some body damage http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[UNCLECHET]

I think it's fantastic! I didn't even read the other replies cause I don't care. Flat beds are cool. Great looking truck.

[41ChevyTrucker]

looks good! nice dimensions. flatbeds look great when done simple. its the oversized, overdone, overdetailed, clear coated to hell jobs that give flatbeds a bad name!

flatbeds with sides are cool too but they should be cab high or higher maybe even with a bowed canvas roof so it really looks like a hauler! IMO. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[InjectorTim]

well, earlier i said i could learn to like it and I already have. I love the faltbead Tingler!