Popular Post di0n Posted January 9, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2014 While I was overseas last year I managed to find the time to do a quick bit of TradeMe browsing. Now I've always been a fan of American vehicles of the 40's, so when this Chevy popped up locally it caught my eye. I tried for a few days to contact the seller so I could send my brother to take a look but every day I received no reply and every day the trucks price dropped. Eventually I decided enough was enough and hit the buy now from my computer on the other side of the world. Almost immediately the owner emailed me and as luck would have it he owned a tow truck, so it delivered to my driveway, beating me home by three weeks. Here's a few pics of what greeted me when I arrived. Call me crazy over here //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/41876-di0ns-thrifted-thriftmaster/ 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di0n Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 Got a few more photos today... As you can see, she's in a pretty sad state. So this is my new cab... Only rust is a few little pin holes in the floor. The vents even open and close still! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di0n Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Finally found some time and motivation to work on this. I transported my good cab out to my mates shed so we can start stripping it to bare metal. But first we had to strip all the remaining bits and pieces out of it and remove the LHD dash so I can fit the RHD dash from my rusty red cab. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di0n Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Just checked back through my thread and realized I've done a bit more than what my updates show. Will have to get some more pics to show some of the work I did on it last year. I scored a complete, rust free, bare chassis off a friend and grafted in a Jaguar XJS front crossmember. I'm nowhere near finished, at the moment it's just tacked in place. Planning to run bags all round so I've set it up so when they're fully deflated the running boards are about an inch off the ground. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di0n Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Today a mate and I spent the afternoon welding up all the little holes in the firewall. I've just done a rough count and we filled over 60 holes and still haven't done the lower kick panel. I've done a little bit of welding before and my mate had never tried so I showed him how and he ended up doing most of the welding, not bad for a couple of amateurs. Before, resembling Swiss cheese: And after looking much more clean shaven: 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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