Projects The "Keep on Truckin' " '34 Chevy Build

haha, and the wives will knit.

If i have the time to get away between getting the car finished and getting wedding stuff finished for the 20th we'll make a run down but there's a good chance that my October road trip money will be used on a spinning wheel for the soon to be mrs.

 

I start a new job next week. I think I can quite shaving after a week.

I'M IN!

 

Then the BBQ in April would be "the return of the beards, it was cold the last few months and now there bigger and badder" hahaha

 

Haha! Whoa! I missed all this beard banter. Awesome!

 

Ok, here's more stuff that I've been working on.

The odd space under the bed behind the cab kinda bugged me so I made up the little filler panels to ease the transition.

First out of poster board...


Then steel...


Then I made a little hammer form out of some aluminum to make some end caps...


Here they are capped...


Spray-bombed and installed...

If you follow me on Instagram (@cactus1) then please disregard as you've already seen all this crapola!


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neato

 

Very cool.

 

Thanks Boos!
And yes David, you are correct. That's the first thing I asked my consultant (mrs cactus1) about. We are still undecided so far though I may mock up a little sumthin'.

Here are some pics of our trip down to Joplin for the Drags. We drove with KCTAChris and our pal Jim.











We took our time and made a day of the trip down. It was a good time and fun to roll in together at the host hotel that night.


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Rad pics man- I'm glad I got to go for a ride in it at the drags- that truck is built so tight-

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looking damn nice.
makes me wonder if i should chop my truck when i finally get around to building it or leave it a high roof.
any chance of a side on picture showing complete truck and profile of?
andy

 

It really is cool, and he drives the piss out of it!

Thanks Tuck! That was a great weekend man.

Thank you V! I don't have any pics dead from the side because it is my least favorite view, ha! But, I did see one that someone took in another thread that I will try to find. I personally think it could use a couple inches taken out but I doubt that I will do it to this one any time soon.

 

For Vendetta...



(picture by Oldfart36's kid)



Also, took the truck to the Greaserama this weekend and got this! It was a nice surprise!




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Congrats! Well deserving.

 

Well deserved, Mike!
Great job.

 

I realy like that bumper Mike and the bed side things.
I want to make a bumper like that for my coupe.

 

Thanks Jay- o lay!

Thank you Martin!

Thanks Gary! I think a Nerf bar would fit right in on that beautiful coupe of yours...

 

Perhaps the biggest news of all is that after fighting with these things for the last year, I think I finally have my 3-2's sorted out.

Since the trip to the Drags was behind me, I decided to torture myself and try to get my carbs sorted out again.

Several months ago I bought a couple of new base plates for the end carbs. I recently reworked the middle carb that I've been running since the first one shit the bed.

I converted the middle carb to manual choke since the automatic one was giving me fits and I methodically made the change over one piece at a time. After each change I ran the truck to make sure everything was cool before I would proceed to the next part.

I had to redo my fuel lines because they had been apart so many times they wouldn't seal anymore.


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Very cool and well deserved.

 

Congratulations on the award!!!!

So awesome to see you at the drags!!!

Those pics of the 3 trucks rolling together are awesome!!


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Nice piece of hardware!

 

So after all that, I finally got to drive it on Sunday to the Greaserama. It finally seems to work like it's suppose to!( hope I didn't just jinx it!)

When those end carbs dump it's a real kick in the pooper!

I'm anxious to get it back out again.






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Thank you John, Mike and Flow!

 

They are copies of the Boettger Air cleaners that were on the first Corvettes. Pretty cool huh? I'm glad I finally get to use the little m-f'ers!!!

 

Great metal working

 

As they say..."Just like the 50's bro!"

*edit* thanks ChefMike!