Projects rebuild after crash- 3" section 51 chevy truck

well, some may know, i crashed this truck june 2nd. it destroyed the front clip. i already built on an s10 frame in oct.06. so, i clipped the old girl and decided things were going so smooth, why not section it three inches? and....SUICIDE THE DOORS i am very pleased thus far. i am loving how it is turning out. for those interested, my truck already has a bed that was shortened 6.5 inches and the top was chopped 5 inches. the running boards are flush with the bottoms of the frame and she has air-ride. the section (i think) will bring that all together. when i first told people in 0ctober of 2006 that i was gonna put it on a shortbed s10 frame they cringed. it won`t look right with the bed shortened. most people have not even noticed it. anyway....here are some pictures for your creative enjoyment and maybe some critisism...

 

here was my truck on memorial day weekend on the way to beatersville( before the wreck)

a buddy has a bigger copy of this...maybe he will put it up for me.....

 

here is some of what was left after the wreck.

 

Hey good luck with ur build man. Ur name was keith right? I had a good time up there i need to come up again but now i have school.... blah

good luck!!

 

the re-clip...

another s10 front clip

the area where it was welded back together


woo hoo. its a rolling chassis now. time to sandblast and paint....yuk

 

YES SIR. AND THIS IS ME...

 

looking good,,although most of the pictures are kinda hard to see,,,,i liked that truck before,,and now it looks like its gonna be even better,,,,,,,,,,,,nice welding, by the way,,,,

 

me cutting nervously






damn, is it too late??

 

looking good! I like the way you cut your cowl much better than how I did mine. I think I made more work for myself when I did it. Any who, here is a pic of mine, 4" section, 3" chop

 

hey brother. i have to say how inspired i was by your thread . it might be the main reason for me doing it.

 

Looooookkkkiinnggggooooddd


Keep up the good work..

 

damn cool, glad your getting it back together and with some mods.

 

lookin good man!

 

Coming along real nice!

 

glad you are starting her back up, hopefully the words of incouragement on the HAMB made you get the grinder and welder back out to button that puppy back up

 

nice mod on the rebuild dude! being 6' 6" tall it really isn't practical for me to do this mod but fuck it sure looks killer!

 

it shouldn`t be too bad. i was comfortably 5 inches from the top with just the chop. now, i`m going to lower the seat about that so, it should be no different than it was before to me.

 

The truck is looking great!! See ya wednesday for a little bumper car welding.

 

nice workmanship!!

 

Cant wait to see back on the road,lookin great Keith

 

You are doing a great job........


















NOW CLEAN UP YOUR GARAGE!!!!!!

 

Im coming down Wed cant wait to see it in person.......

 

looking good, I need to come by been wanting to check that out. Cool.

 

yeah! Kieth, I have a 48 chevy car grill for you if you want it, might look nice.

 

i just got a very nice original truck grille from another hamber. i appreciate it though.. am i doing alright? did you see where i`m going with the new roof?? your response means alot to me man.

 

thanks patrick. you ready to sling some lead on her for me??

 

Hey, I'm liking the way this is going. Keep us posted and inspired.

 

Very cool!
After seeing that wreck, this is such a inspirational post!
keep it up man..i can't wait to see it finished up!

Tony

 

I did a 4" chop and 5" section on my 54 GMC and think it brings the proportions back in line. the stock hoods just look to tall anymore. I haven't posted any of mine in nearly a year but it is close to being on the road and will shoot some soon as it rolls down the road.............Jim

 

here is really good photoshop