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’40 Chev Truck Restomod update — May 9, 2019
Hello again all, and thank-you all for your continued interest.
I hope everyone had a good Easter; ours was nice as our oldest son was home, it was nice to be all together again.
I started this project keeping a journal of what I accomplished each day and the hours spent as well. I have been letting that slide for a while now to the point now where I am having trouble remembering just what I did this last go round!
As the cab and fenders were from a 1.5T and the frame is a ½ ton I had to do some work to the front cross member as it is forward of the radiator support about 1”. Since none of the holes lined up and the rad support was not supported properly, I cut out a section of the cross member about 6” long and 1” wide, then welded in a 2” wider support. That allowed the front clip to be levelled so the hood gaps are correct and everything is bolted secure.
The front fenders needed to be shortened so they would fit the ½ Ton running board height. Once the fenders were where they needed to be, I could mount the running boards and determine where to cut the fenders. I liked the way they turned out. They are only stitched right now and will require some hammer and dolly work, but they came together really smoothly. Once off the truck, I can complete the welds and grind for body working.
I also worked on prepping a few misc. parts and pieces for paint work. I have an opportunity at the shop in that I can have some parts ready to paint which can be mixed in with other parts being painted the same colour.
Anyways, that is all for now.
Later,
Steve