Monday, 16 March 2015

'55/56 Chevy Pick-up Part 1 . . .


Dave working hard down the back on the notched chassis rails. Actual size of the new opening is only the width of the old rail, nothing radical about this ride, just giving her a mean stance. . .

New rail in place but a long way from finished. By the time that you read this, Dave will have fully welded and ground down the welds on the first rail and be very close to finish grinding of the second rail. No mucking around down this end of the shed. . .

Hodgey working on the front end of the Pick-up in a tandem effort to get it finished and out for paint. Andrew is putting the finishing touches to welding in the top mount for the front shockers. The Jag front end is far from a straight forward fit when it comes to being shoehorned into an early Chevy Pick-up. . .

This is the passenger's side all welded up. Andrew is waiting for the welds to cool down before giving them a tidy up with the grinder and then fitting the shockers in place. As you can see, there has been a hell of a lot of fabrication work around the chassis and the actual mounting of the Jag front end. Poor choice of parts but a marvellous job of making them work together. . .

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