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07-02-2005, 11:39 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Winters Ca. 95694
Posts: 4,843
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New to the board, thought I'd say hi.
Hi guys~ I just found out about this site from the Pirates of the Rubicon site yesterday. I have had my 71 SWB for about 5-6yrs now and it has been in project stage for about 4yrs. I tour it apart the weekend before I found my first house so it got trailered and burried in the garage. I did alot of work to it and then just found a new (1928) house we just bought so it trailered once again. I now have a 25x45 shop to work on it and all my other toys. I live in Northern Cali near Sacramento in a small town called Winters. Population is about 6k and I am 15 min from Lake Berriessa. I work in the bay area as a superintendant for a metal framming co.
The truck started off stock but in real great shape. I then found some rust under the floor and covered up in the rain gutters so I found a new cab that is rust free. The truck sits on 335/35/17's in the back and 245/40/17's up front for now. I will end up with 18's and 20's when finished. It has an old kit from air ride tech I put on 5yrs ago and that is going to get replaced with their ride tech pro kit. The frame has been Z'ed 4" behind the cab. The truck has a 2" body drop done to it so the front and rear sections of the frame have been stepted to match things up. I moved the motor back in the frame 2" to make a bit more room in front for a super charger and the motor is a 93 vett LT1 so their is not a dist. to worry about. The tranny is a built up 700R4 with a custom tube cross member to allow the exhaust to run above the frame. The rear is a 12 bolt with 3.43's and an eaton posi. The truck is 4 wheel disk, PS, PW, CC, and A/C from vintage air. The bed has had the most work done to it so far. I have sectioned the inside 6" to make up for the 4" Z and the 2" body drop. At the tail gate floor it is stock height and 6" in it angles up at a 45 and then flatens out to the lifted bed floor. The bed ribs needed for this ramp came from the mini tub I did to tuck those 335's so all the bed ribs line up from tail to head. I used two sets of fender wells to build the tubs and keep all the lines looking stock through out the bed. The truck is ready to have the body shimmed on the frame to the correct height so I can check for body allignment prior to finishing the body work and paint. The frame is ready for sand blasting and powder coating then I will run all my lines and it will be ready for a painted body. Well this is as far as things have gotten so far. I will be a bit before I can get back on it due to I have another project I need to finish first. It is a rock crawler I am building for the rubicon. It is almost ready for testing and then Paint and PDR coating. Then the 71 chevy will get finished and after that I have a real clean 71 Ford bronco I am going to build a 2wd street rod out of. Well here are a few pics of my toys. I need to find the box with my build up pics of the truck so I can share more detailed shots of what I listed above. Well thanks for letting me rant on about my sh!t and I hope to meet as meany of you as I can here in the future. Kevin Winters 95694 |
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07-02-2005, 12:12 PM
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Lovin' Arizona Since 1961
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Camp Verde, Arizona
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Welcome from Arizona. Nice Chevy! H.
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07-02-2005, 12:31 PM
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Designated A-hole!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: South Mississippi
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Welcome to the board from South Mississippi! Looks like you have some cool toys.
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"If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal.  We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck" |
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07-02-2005, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
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  Hi from western Michigan==Fun toys nice shop, what more can a guy ask.
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VetteVet metallic green 67 stepside 74 corvette convertible 1965 Harley sportster 1995 Harley wide glide Growing old is hell, but it beats the alternative. |
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07-02-2005, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field
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Welcome
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07-02-2005, 01:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Winters Ca. 95694
Posts: 4,843
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Thanks Guys!
Yeh I am a fabricating nut. It is my drug of choice. I build everything from roll cages to full rolling chassies. Everything from rock crawlers to mall crawlers. I like to do all my own work so when we came accross this shop it had a house and granny unit that came with it. The lot is 10k sq/ft and the shop is 25x45 full concrete construction with an in ground pit ( soon to be filled in once the 4 post lift gets installed). The granny unit is small at 12x20 and 2 story. The house is a 1928 craftsman bungalow 1700 sq/ft and in need of alot of work. I have already put on a new roof, added two dormer on the front of the house to give more room in the attic for a future home theator. I am now re-wiring the whole property. It only has a 60amp service for all three buildings and it is all knob and tube construction. I am installing a 400amp service with a 200amp panel in the basement of the house and a 200amp panel for the shop that will feed a 100amp sub panel to the granny unit. Then the next big job is adding a second floor to the shop for a bar/ pool room that will be 25x30 leaving the other 15' open to the shop for the lift to have room for car stacking. I had a 1300 sq/ft home before w/a small 2 car garage that you could not park in with all my fab tools. Now I can set up my shop and be able to build almost anything I can think up. Once the buggy is done then I will be back on the chevy hard untill it is screeming down the road. I will try and find some pics of the work on the truck. Here is a before and after pic of my latest work on the house. Kevin |
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07-02-2005, 01:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Winters Ca. 95694
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Here is a pic from 5yrs ago befoer tear down. I had put in a 65 vett 327 and added air ride to it. The pic is at peir 23 in San Francisco. The other pis is a week later and one week prior to finding my last house. I have always had great timing
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07-02-2005, 01:58 PM
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Confirmed Truckaholic
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sarver,PA 16055
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Welcome to the board. Nice toys you have there.
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1968 50th STEP SIDE SHORTY, 350/350, a/c, ps, p,b Daily Driver, 1970 Cst short fleet, all black, 350/350, 1970 2wd Blazer, 2wd, 6 cyl. 3 spd, original, now a 454, 350turbo, 3.73 posi, on the road 1971 2wd fleet shorty, 454, 700r4, 3.73 posi, SOLD to 67OLDSTYLE72 "My rig's a little old but that don't mean she's slow" - SAWYER BROWN's Six Days On The Road SEMPER FI "I use to be a lean mean fighting machine, but now I'm a huffin, puffin, over stuffin love muffin" |
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08-26-2005, 08:08 AM
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Born a Chevy Man
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Navarre, Florida
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 Welcome to the board from Kentucky. 
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07-02-2005, 01:12 PM
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68 C/10
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Houma Louisiana
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Nice projects you have there, and welcome from south Louisiana.
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07-02-2005, 02:54 PM
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Born To Lose Club
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North
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Welcome To The Board From The Great White North! Nice Truck(s) Too!
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Brian Smith  - "Born To Lose"1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 22 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada!- 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 3 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 17 Yrs- 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 8 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154. |
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07-02-2005, 02:59 PM
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Thats the Hillbilly way
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Torrance,Ca
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Welcome from SoCal
Nice truck.  Have a good friend who just moved from Winter's to Utah .
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07-02-2005, 03:12 PM
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C10 Junkie
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Fort Hood, Texas
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nice truck!
ROCKS! like the other toys but the is what really tugs on my heart strings. I'm working on my 67 at the moment. Hereis a sample:  check out my links if you wanna see more Keep up the good work on that beauty! She'll be HOT!!!!!
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07-02-2005, 05:02 PM
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Account Suspended
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Virginia Beach, Va. U.S.A.
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Welcome to the board bud, your truck is sweet!! Can you get any lower??
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07-02-2005, 06:36 PM
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State of Confusion!
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Gulfport, MS USA
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You've done a lot of nice work to your truck and love those old Broncos. WElcome to the board.
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07-02-2005, 08:08 PM
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Old School, New Style
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Monroeville, Ohio
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Welcome from Ohio
Aaron
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07-02-2005, 08:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Sacramento CA
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Hi Kevin,
Welcome to the board from Sacramento. Very, very nice truck. Heck it was nice before it got low. Winters is one of my favorite places for breakfast whether it be by car or bicycle. Give me a holler some day and we can go to the Putah Creek Cafe at 2 Main Street. Tim Sacramento Quote:
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Got bored, sold everthing. Got bored, looking for a 1960-66 C-10. Want to build my last truck. Last edited by tomatocity; 07-02-2005 at 08:24 PM. Reason: spelling |
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07-03-2005, 12:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Winters Ca. 95694
Posts: 4,843
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Thanks to all for the welcome. And tomatocity I don't know where 2 main is but the putah is right behind my house!! Give my a shot next time you come this way. And yes by bike is ok only if you are out of gas!!!
Kevin |
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07-03-2005, 02:17 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Boyertown, PA
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Kevin,
Welcome aboard! Look what lives in the corner of my garage as well! Ray 
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07-03-2005, 02:59 AM
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Location: Sacramento CA
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Will do next time I am in Winters. Your house is probably easy to find. I might even bring my rough truck. Sunday going to Lucerne to see two project C10's, 1969 & 1972. Monday going to Pittsburg to get some parts and tell some lies with Green Horn.
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Got bored, sold everthing. Got bored, looking for a 1960-66 C-10. Want to build my last truck. |
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07-03-2005, 08:05 AM
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Java Mechanic
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Martinsburg, WV
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Welcome. ... nice bunch of steel ya got there.
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08-26-2005, 10:44 AM
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fugedaboutit
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Gresham, OR
Posts: 832
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That rock crawler is sick!!
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08-26-2005, 02:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Saskatchewan
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Welcome to the board from Saskatchewan.
I wish I had half your talent and skills. Nice PU's....
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08-26-2005, 03:29 PM
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Post Whore
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA
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I don't know how I missed this post originally. Welcome and those are some sweet trucks!
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08-26-2005, 06:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Winters Ca. 95694
Posts: 4,843
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Thanks guys, I have been here a few months now and last I checked this page was long since lost. Yes I do have alot of toys and most are not chevy but all are hand built (except the 71 bronco it's mostly stock) and still have a ways to go. I just picked up a 64 VW Notchback that is getting a full body off and a porsche 5spd hooked to a 2.5L turbo injected 4 cyl. It should put out about 250plus HP and kick the sh!t out of all the little honda's
I also do alot of side work for all types of auto's. Right now I am rebuilding a 67 extended cab for a guy here on the board. It has turned into a project of takining a flat sheet of steel and hand forming all the parts needed to repair (except the four rocker covers). I am only a week or so into it but it will be a great ride when done. Then some day when my work list slows down I can get back on my truck.Kevin |
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