72' Stepside 2 1/2 Rockwell Pond Truck

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Cab Floor Repair lots of it. i am building one bad 1972. i bought this truck for 400.00. it ran pretty good. 307ci with a th350 tranny, long bed, no air, no power steering, perfect just what i was looking for. i sold the tranny for 150.00, the rearend for 150.00, the bed for 150.00. i gave the 307 to a friend. this is all after my 10 year old had the motor sitting on it's side from jumping it out of the retention pond behind the shop. a friend gave me a short wheel 4x4 frame. i am using a step bed off of a nother parts truck.

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More Cab Repair

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the cab in this project was a little worse than i thought at first. it had never had any paint work done to it so i new there would be no surprises. but there was. after i had spent the money to have it media blasted i felt oblegated to us it.

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i did some finish work on the bottom side. it will be easily seen with the height of the truck. i am going to spray the bottom with bed liner

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one cab corner down and looking good.

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here are a couple of frame pictures.

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some more frame, and mighty rockwells, omaha orange paint

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[royo]

OH SNAP disc brakes on rockwells kool subed

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i used 1984 toyota front rotors and calipers. i had to turn the inside of the calipers and redrill the holes. i made the cariper brackets

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at this point i started assembling the frame. i got excited and took no pictures of the frame being painted.

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i am very excited about the roller. i am waiting on the motor. it is a .040 over 400sbc. suspose to pump out 600 to 650 ponys.

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a little work on the bed fenders.

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i started o n the bed it will have an expanded metal floor, 12 gallon fuel cell with sending unit. a oil and tranny cooler.

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a couple more bed pictures. i glued in some angle. i am building a 1 inch square tube floor.

[msgross]

wowzers dude! that is a serious rig... i wish my cab looked that rough....

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pre paint frame pictures and the next project, 1972 suburban

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Thats is gonna be killer when its done...

[BIG HEAD]

My Plans For The Truck Are To Trailer It To Weekly Mud Boggs Around The Area That I Live In No. Fl. Some Of The Biggest Baddest Trucks Are In Fl. That Is Probably Because Of The Sheer Number Of Events Through Out The Year. I Am Going To Paint The Inside Of The Cab Orange And The Roof Orange. Maybe The The Inner Fenders, Radiator Support, And Hood Hinges. But The Rest Of The Out Side Will Be The Pepper Gray That You See On The Differentials. I Have Chrome Door Panels, Glove Box Door, Insturment Panel, (which Is Stuffed With Autometer Liquid Filled Gauges). A Through The Dash 4 Point Cage, Bucket Seats, Cheetah Scs Shifter, I'll Put Up A Picture Of My Home Made Double Stick Transfer Case Shifters When I Get Them Back From The Chromer. There Bad, A Little Idea I Got From A Friend That Makes Ornimental Gates And Fence. The Column Is From A Stick Shift Truck. I Am Looking For A Billet Steering Wheel That Has Two Crossed Pistols In The Middle. The Only Real Body Mods Are Filled In Gas Filler Hole In Left Cab Corner, Smothed Cowl Panel (to Keep Out Mud), Filled Fresh Air Vents In Kick Panels, I Also Cut Out The Area In The Dash That Was Set In For The Radio, Made That Smooth. I Have Tsl Boggers On It To Roll Around I Also Have A New Set Of 18.4-16.1 American Farmer R1 V Treads. The Funny Thing About Them Is There Made In China. They Are 47 Inches Tall.

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[Big J]

All I can say is WOW! Great work.

[Riveted1]

Geebus! What a monster! Looks like a lot of fun!

[original_balzer]

WOW!!!! I dont know what else to say but WOW

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[IvelDesigns]

4x4's aren't normally my thing, but this isn't a normal 4x4. keep us posted on the progress.

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