All door frames were hot dipped galvanized for extreme corrosion resistance. The original skins were carefully replaced.

The hood was treated in a similar manner to the doors. The frame is hot dipped galvanized all rivets were replaced with the original dome head syle. To complete the hood a layer of dynmat extreme sound deadening matting was installed.

The pre-68 fenders lack the cutout for the power brake tower. A template was made from a later fender and the early fender for this project was sectioned exactly as the factory would have done.

Here you can see the resulting opening is exactly the same shape as the factory one(the cutout is not a straight line on the factory fenders)

Detail of the cutout showing the metal work. The formed lip adds strength to the fender where the material was removed and is indistiguishable from an original.

Double pulley setup accomidates the delco alternator and power steering pump on custom bracketry. This is just a mockup, the parts will be removed and detailed to match the rest of the engine.

The original steering column was modified. It now terminates in a 3/4 inch 36 spline shaft. This shaft will mate with a borgeson universal joint and colapseable shaft en route to the saginaw power steering box. You can also see the bearing retainer we machined to support the bottom of the shaft.

The column mocked up on the truck. You can see the slot milled in the bottom of the bearing retainer. This makes for a slick, unobtrusive mount. The other end of the column is stock and will make use of the original banjo style steering wheel.

A tire carrier was made. It incorporates corner protectors and ties into the rear-crossmember, and the cage. Here you can see the spring loaded pin which holds the carrier open as well as the 2 inch solid steel hinge pivot. Oil-lite bushings keep it turning.

Here you can see the 2000lb rated cam latch. You can also see the polyurathane bump stop the carrier latches against to prevent rattles.

A rear cage was also fabricated at the customers request. It needed to be removeable, frame mounted and work with the soft top, hardtop and truck cab.

The cage was fully tig welded and powdercoated. here you can see one of the finished nodes.

Here you can see the rear of the truck taking shape. The cage was bent to mimic the shape of the factory hoopset. You can also see the carrier/corner protectors have been galvanized, rear hitch installed, lights and other fittings have also been added.

Here you can see the brake lines are being run. Fully stainless throughout, hydraulically flared. You can also just see the stainless exaust hanging above.

More to come including:

-Seats

-plumbing and wiring

-soft top

-fittings and finishwork