Garbz Maniacial in the closet Building of a 63 Ford truck

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » January 28, 2009, 10:31 pm

See i cant get away from it...

Will drop in pics and tech as i can from my Photo bucket and archives...

Garbz

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » January 28, 2009, 10:36 pm

Modified the grill to delete the turn signals. I will use Lucas type headlights with built in TS.

<a href="http://s368.photobucket.com/albums/oo12 ... 200074.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo12 ... 200074.jpg" border="0" alt="New Grille As modified" ></a>

<a href="http://s368.photobucket.com/albums/oo12 ... 200071.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i368.photobucket.com/albums/oo12 ... 200071.jpg" border="0" alt="New custom Grille" ></a>

Garbz

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » January 28, 2009, 10:39 pm

Modified the grill to delete the turn signals. I will use Lucas type headlights with built in TS.

Just one of the many things happening

Garbz

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » January 29, 2009, 10:03 pm

great build garbz. can't wait to see the finished product. it will 180* out of what i'm doing for sure. i hope to bring my whole project in for less than 1500 and minimal labor. lol. yeah, right.

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » January 30, 2009, 9:32 am

Ezer. at this time i have less than 2K in the entire build. And that includes the truck it self.

I am doing it with all my labor so saving that cost.

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » January 30, 2009, 9:31 pm

ok. we are on par $ wise, but we are definately 180 out in the skills department. lol.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » January 31, 2009, 11:04 pm

don't you think that the grill resembles a 67-69 grill after you took the turn signals out???? I like it Garbz....keep up the good work

Anthony

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » February 1, 2009, 12:00 am

I might do that to mine, if the right end wasnt mangled. I need to replace the grille and upper and lower valances. They are all tweaked out from when She lost the front right wheel in a previous life.

Roger Carter · Post by **Roger Carter** » February 1, 2009, 8:36 pm

I like the grill mods. Have to agree with Anthony, it does look like a later Bump grille.
I envy your metal working abilities. Appreciate the pictures.
Roger

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » February 14, 2009, 6:32 pm

The front suspension installed. still have the stock spindles on it. Plan to add the 2" drops in the next month.

Passenger side

Steering shaft and setup

Heres a closeup of the steering shaft, U joint and collar.

More to come. I hope to have it a roller by the end of the month.

Garbz

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » February 14, 2009, 6:45 pm

progress is good!

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » February 14, 2009, 6:46 pm

Garbz, is that rust I can see?, I thought you were building it in Arizona!

, just pulling your leg!, that looks real good she will sit quite low by the look of it!, more pic`s please!

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » February 14, 2009, 6:50 pm

It does rain here......

I am putting it all together. Make it all work correctly then pull it all back apart for detail and paint.

Garbz

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » February 14, 2009, 6:56 pm

I noticed we both have rubber mallets in our pic`s, If in doubt give it a clout, the bigger the doubt the bigger the clout!

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » February 14, 2009, 11:06 pm

Nice job , Garbz. Did you fab the intermediate shaft?Thanks, David.

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » February 14, 2009, 11:22 pm

Yep if it don't fit force it. That is my Motto Alan..

Dave the shaft in the column is a cut off from a 61 to 64 ford box with a double D machined on the end. The collar to hold the column together is a piece of .125 3/4" ID tubing with 2 tabs welded to it with a cross bolt. Holds everything together nice and will allow me to run a stock 17" slick steering wheel.

The lower is a Flaming River Double D S/S that is a slide in fairly tight fit to the stock double D vibration joint at the bottom. It is in there about three inches. allows a bit of slip as the body and frame flex.

Garbz

johnny · Post by **johnny** » February 14, 2009, 11:38 pm

did you z notch the frame of is that kick up stock if i do it again id do dakota youve sold me wish i new 4 years ago very nice it will be done for the western nats right dave ya ya ya
John

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » February 14, 2009, 11:51 pm

Johnny I am shooting to have it there.

Yes i placed a 2" Z notch in the front frame to slam it down lower.

I may be just as you see it in all patina and rust. I want to assemble everything get it going then blow it apart for powder and paint.

I figure i can do that in the next four months. Just need to watch the budget.

Garbz

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 15, 2009, 8:04 pm

looks sweet man keep it up

Shawn F. · Post by **Shawn F.** » February 16, 2009, 11:06 pm

Garbz, the truck looks great! I will have to pick your brain here on the Dodge Dakota front end. I am going to ditch my entire Dropped I Beams, front disk brakes, etc and go with this with the fullsize hubs, etc to run 5x5.5. Only thing I need to figure out is the brake booster, steering, etc. With that steering setup like that, will my 351W fit with my 5.0 foxbody mustang headers? It took me a long time to find headers that fit in my truck and I have to backorder them which took forever and finally got something that looked great, functioned nicely and fit, I'd hate to go through the same thing again if they will not fit...
What did you weld the front end up with and where did you get the parts to rebuilt the ball joints, tie rods, bushings, etc?
Thanks for any info at all on this and tips!

Garbz Maniacial in the closet Building of a 63 Ford truck

Garbz Maniacial in the closet Building of a 63 Ford truck

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