47 Ford truck project

[Sam_Fear]

Have you thought about moving the lower firewall forward for foot room?

 

[Charley Davidson]

Have you thought about moving the lower firewall forward for foot room?

Yes, thinking of making it come straight down on same plane as upper firewall.

I may use some heavy plate for the entire fire wall so I can do some off the wall steering system.[ddd

 

[GJunktionMike]

Yes, thinking of making it come straight down on same plane as upper firewall.

I may use some heavy plate for the entire fire wall so I can do some off the wall steering system.[ddd

If you come down the fire wall, replace the whole fire wall it is less work in the end.

 

[Charley Davidson]

Finally got a Saturday off so I got a little done on my cab. Filled it all in and some more tack welds. Cut off doors and fitted them. Next is making hinges for the suicide doors and cutting out the fire wall.

 

[justsomeguy]

CD,

Keep an eye on my build thread. I'm doing the firewall and entire interior right now. Maybe it will give you some ideas as I'm building pretty much the same cab as you.

 

[Sam_Fear]

Looks good Alvin.

 

[Charley Davidson]

CD,

Keep an eye on my build thread. I'm doing the firewall and entire interior right now. Maybe it will give you some ideas as I'm building pretty much the same cab as you.

I'm gonna do my firewall similar to yours but I think I'll wait until I know my motor/trany combo first so it will be easier to fit it around them. I'll probably use 1/8th inch plate for mine or at least a portion of it for my steering system.

 

[justsomeguy]

Most of my interior is out of 11ga which is pretty much 1/8". The only word of advise I have is: really consider how hard this stuff is to work with. Seriously. This stuff is a b***h to do interior pieces with. It ain't forgiving like 18ga is. Make sure you stock up on grinding wheels, cutoff wheels, and earplugs! Consider buying/borrowing a plasma cutter if you don't already have one.

 

[Snake Farm]

The cab is looking good Charley! Glad to see you're getting to work on it [cl

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[GJunktionMike]

Cab is looking good[cl[P

 

[Charley Davidson]

Been a while since I posted in this thread. I got started on my frame so posting some pics of it and a little explanation. It's 2X4x1/8 30" Z in the rear to accommodate the high arch transverse spring across the rear. 4" Z in front but may need to go higher not sure yet. We had to hurry up and get it welded up for the rumble so we could have something to show as were gonna be building some frames. We plated the inside of the frame but from what I've been seeing from others it may be overkill.

 

[Stacy]

Looks like you've got just enough room in there for it

 

[Dirtyrat]

Looks good to me!

 

[Charley Davidson]

Looks like you've got just enough room in there for it

Just unloaded it all before the rain hit after the Rumble, gotta straighten up tonight

 

[ratrodz]

thats some nice looking beads there charley d

 

[bob w]

Yep, pretty welds.

 

[Charley Davidson]

Thanks guys but I must admit I didn't do that my new partner did. We are now offering custom built frames with pretty welds

 

[Charley Davidson]

Fitting the cab, channeled 4" Looking bad ass

 

[Charley Davidson]

Trucks been on the back burner for a while but I did buy this for my air cleaner. May be a bit big if I put the 3 cylinder Perkins in it.

 

[Neverdone]

I say use it anyway!!! Mine is a cheap motorcycle tank from dabay, little big but it looks cool!