Well I guess it's started

First welding today so as i said it's offically started.
1971 GMC "Sprint" From the pix you can guess what's next, the top comes off next week, we hope [S
5" =/- chop, desided to bag it instead of trying a channel and a bed shorting to hopefully keep the perporsion close ?
Daughter / Father thing, i'm teaching as we go along so it might take a little longer [S
Stay tuned[P[P

That's way cool your teaching your dad those things.... LOL I'm sure it's the other way around , sounds like a cool idea. I kind of just pictured that in my head drop the top get rid of half of that bed a big old blower sticking out of the hood sum 18"wide rubber on the back ?? .......

Whoa, careful with that welder.........is her hair on fire?

That's gonna make a cool project, and there's nothing better than building something with your kid! [

Kudos to you guys, keep us updated often.

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kids

l love the daughter being involved, cherish it

keep us updated[P

Later

Looks like fun to me!
Chopping that top ought to be interesting, you have some spare windshields I imagine =)

This is gonna be interesting..... I always though the tail end of those looked a wee bit "stretched." Gonna be following along to see where this goes.

Got your daughter involved? Also

Regards,
Shea

Very cool.....

and putting in the cross braces is a must....ask me...I know the hard way....even on late model stuff you'd think wouldn't move....don't believe it...it does....

That is so neat.

Hope you have a solid plan for all that curved glass. Fit the metal around the glass.

Thanks guys

Drityrat, no but i know what you mean, it took seven on my 56 F100

Sam Fear your crazy good with that photoshop. thanks gives me insentive[cl

Hoping for weekly updates, daughter only gets one day a week off work. [P

That will be a crazy look when it is all done!!! One day I hope to have kids and do a project like this with them!

Cut-Cut-Cut

Oh my, what have we done [S But we had fun doing it [P

That looks like it will be a fun one to line back up!!!!

Very cool project! I forgot that they made a GMC version of these.[P

How much taller you gonna make it?.
I'm always banging my noggin getting in and out of those.
Probably because it doesn't have whiskers on top to warn it of a collision.
People ask me why I work under cars in the summer in a stocking cap
leave it sticking up a little like a smurph hat...no more head bumps

You might like the caps they sell anywhere Ironworkers buy their stuff.
They will save your nice hair miss


I like the whole alfresco under the canopy vibe
I have been thinking of adding a canopy to the garage
Or a deck (cedar) to work under in the shade
I added on to the garage and have a lot of inside space but I don't have alot of room outside and there is a busy street with retail businesses across the street so I have to stay tidy.
I was thinking crazy about fully decking from the house to the garage
But then that changed to a deck from the house to the garage but just on the barn door side...

Then after all the crazy thinking was done I thought it would look nice with canvas awnings across the front.

http://www.ratrodsrule.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=51541&d=1292137862

Good use of protective gear. Take a lot of pictures of the process - I wanna learn something.

Thanks for the comments

Torch: I just wear a helmet until i get used to it. The canopy is because i'm in the back yard. I have a So.Cal. track house with a 3 car garage, one for the wifes car, one for storing all the stuff i just can't get rid of and the one car stall is my shop, the builder must have had me in mind, the one car is a drive through as in a door in the back leading to the patio/car port? Caravan Canopy 10' x 20' on ebay 115 bucks and free shipping.

Sam: Shes one of two daughters but i like to take care of them both. In my case it's please do what i ask not what i do. [
Yes lots of pix and i'm, learning as i go also [S Your pic is my insporation (sp)
Welded in three pieces and have to take at least one back out, tunnel vision, forest for the trees ect-all.
I'll try for more pix tomorrow, stay tuned [P

Hotchkiss lowering springs are very nice

soltz said:

In my case it's please do what i ask not what i do. [

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Sometimes they learn from bad example just as fast. "Gee Dad, that big gash in your hand makes me understand why I should wear gloves when using a cut off wheel."

soltz said:

in three pieces and have to take at least one back out, tunnel vision, forest for the trees ect-all.

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Sometimes a bucket is the best tool for a chop. Sit on it and think things through.

Sam_Fear said:

Sometimes a bucket is the best tool for a chop. Sit on it and think things through.

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Dad's shop has a couple "thinking chairs" in it. I usually have to use a couple of them to get to something that works for more than one direction.