37 chevy truck

[markyb]

More.

 

[markyb]

More.

 

[Mark E]

Impressive!!!

 

[Istayinalot]

Excellent work, well done.

 

[Wallace]

Top quality.

 

[stormin]

Excellent sheet metal fab work. I particularly like the joggled stiffening to the edges of the holes. Do some of the holes in the edges of the bed end up with lids, so they're usable as tool boxes or does the entire bed get lined over?

 

[pabloarris]

Superb!

 

[markyb]

Hi Guys , thought I had better sort out a few more updates .

Excellent sheet metal fab work. I particularly like the joggled stiffening to the edges of the holes. Do some of the holes in the edges of the bed end up with lids, so they're usable as tool boxes or does the entire bed get lined over?

Thank you very much .All the stiffened holes you can see are only to allow me to get my hand in behind the outer skin and do any hammer work and metal finishing . I haven't decided how the bed floor is going to look or what it will be made of !!!!!.

 

[markyb]

Updates.

 

[markyb]

Updates

 

[markyb]

Updates.

 

[markyb]

Updates

 

[markyb]

Hi Guys, thought it was about time I posted a few updates !!!
The last pics were taken some time ago and there has been a few changes (I will get back to those later)
Time to take a look at the front end .A brief explanation of the build up/changes of the front end .When I had the truck imported it came with a pair of front fenders from a chevy of the correct era but not for this truck(I believe they are from a sedan ??????)so these had to made to fit .Instead of extending the fender flange I thought it would look more "factory" to modify the grille shell to match.So the fabrication began.

 

[markyb]

The next pics show all the mods to the grille shell and rad and fan mounting.

 

[markyb]

more pics

 

[decca]

Great work. Love to see work like this. Well done mate.

 

[mylesdw]

This project seems to be in the wrong section - surely it should be under Sculpture :-)

 

[markyb]

Thanks very much guys .The next stage was to make new sections for the bottom of the grille shell ,after 70+ years it had taken a beating !!!

 

[mechman]

Excellent metal work there, are you a metal worker by trade?.

 

[markyb]

Cheers mate.I used to be a panel beater in the dim and distant past .I was never trained in metal shaping so I wanted to use my truck as a platform to learn as much as possible ( with limited equipment )about metal shaping .I have a vision in my head then just try and turn that vision from a flat sheet of steel into the shapes I want .