I have heard it called body shop purgatory. No complaints on my end given the quality work and attention to detail I have seen so far.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all y'all. Let's see what some 2018 has to offer!!
Great White: A Chevy K10 Build
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I have heard it called body shop purgatory. No complaints on my end given the quality work and attention to detail I have seen so far.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all y'all. Let's see what some 2018 has to offer!!
There has been much progress on the truck, particularly the body work. I managed to find a company that still makes a comprehensive stainless fastener kit for these trucks (Totally Stainless). All bolts will be replaced with stainless as she is reassembled. The kit includes the hard to find interior bolts/screws as well as a black coating for certain exterior bolts. I also ordered stainless door strikers as well.
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I bought an aftermarket grill to replace the stock one that was beaten to pieces. I began modifying it to work and decided to give up and just make a grill out of stainless. So, here are some bad pictures of how it turned out.
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I'll get some better pictures with more details once it is installed
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It took some work to get the angles right, given that it bows outward. I welded some 5/16 rod next to each turn lamp to trim the edge. It's made of 0.028 walled tube and Tig welded, so it is very rigid and should take quite a beating. The entire grill will be painted.
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I bought an aftermarket grill to replace the stock one that was beaten to pieces. I began modifying it to work and decided to give up and just make a grill out of stainless. So, here are some bad pictures of how it turned out.
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I'll get some better pictures with more details once it is installed
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It took some work to get the angles right, given that it bows outward. I welded some 5/16 rod next to each turn lamp to trim the edge. It's made of 0.028 walled tube and Tig welded, so it is very rigid and should take quite a beating. The entire grill will be painted.
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I'd be proud of that, depending on where they were. Rivets can be a pain in the neck to remove.
bknudtsen
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The company website is as follows. The stainless strikers are really nice.
http://www.totallystainless.com/
http://www.totallystainless.com/
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If you mean the clips with a built-in nut that self locates for things like the inner fenders, the answer is no. I haven't been able to find such a thing in stainless. The closest I have found is nut plates at Pegasus racing and they are not cheap (aircraft parts). If I had more time, I would bend some myself and TIG weld on the nuts.
The kit includes all the bolts you need for the fenders (SS in black oxide) as well as bolts for the bedsides, doors, hood, and interior parts (like the screws that hold on the dash bezel thing, IIRC). The door strikers are sold separately and are the right diameter--no plastic washer thing required. It amounts to a pile of hardware, all neatly packaged into individual bags.
The same company custom makes stainless leaf spring bolts in high strength alloy. I'd like to give them a try on the rear axle. I have used stainless on the brake lines and fuel lines and wherever else I can that makes sense.
Let me know if I didn't answer your question.