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Making the #LX45 lower tailgate panel. Now to figure out where to mount the lights and hinges....

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Rear fenders! I decided to trim the bottom of the flanges off level with the top of the fender to clean up the lines..... Look Ma, no blocks. I was able to get the mounting position decided and the fenders pinned with Clecos to the bed side panels. I went a little OCD on the position of...

This dang aluminum getting in the way of your idea.....

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Just a wee bit tonight. I welded up the seams on one of the fenders and sanded the outside corners down. Then I continued to play 'where to mount the fender', my new favorite game.....still pondering....

The top and grille bezel will be white. The rest of the body will be some kind of 60s non-metallic color....some kind of green, or blue probably.

Today's progress felt good.... Mockup of the rear fenders. I am still playing with the height, but overall I am pretty happy. I will fret over getting the stance and rake right for a few days probably.... These fenders will attach directly to the bed side panel. They are about 8" wide...

Two big panels.... It all starts with chip board.

I was able to finish up the fan shroud and get everything installed in the nose for a test fit. I am really happy with how it turned out. It was worth it to take the extra time to split the shroud in half top to bottom. I am really happy with how the little flanges came out.

Tonight I finished welding up the shroud. Once I pulled it off the radiator I was able to flip it over and trim out the 'extra' parts of the ring to allow airflow from the corners of the core. I think the only thing left to do is add some flanges with weld nuts for where I want to spit the...

This is why I got a complete matched pullout of a 5.3 and 6L80. I also got the matching BCM from the vehicle. It is my understanding that some things go wonky when you try to run the truck 5.3/6L80 without the BCM. It can be done, but is know to have some issues. If you can retain the BCM...

I use these mainly. https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/boschtools-ocs/t-shank-jig-saw-blades-for-metal-t118b-29729-p/

Much TIG welding.... Still a few more evenings of work to go.

Thanks, yeah, I have a huge investment in time. I have big threads on pirate and others too. I'm still looking at options.

Tonight's progress.... Just about ready for lots of TIG welding.

My pay plan is still current for a bit more. The problem is that I host about 9000 images and I am not sure if they will fit in a 'free' account. I am still looking into options.

The cad model was just a conceptual picture I found somewhere. I just hand fit the chip board templates to the ring. I then was able to remove them and transfer them to sheetmetal. All in all pretty easy. Having the ring held in place to the flanges was the key. The photobucket thing is going...

Starting to convert chipboard to sheet metal.... This actually went pretty fast. The template was close. The sheet metal moves pretty quick with a flat wheel or a file to fit the gap. Two more major panels to go and then a few little ones and much trimming of the ring. Then I will add the...

Welp, get ready for round two of Photobucket destroying thousands more build threads. I was informed today that they will not renew any existing paid image hosting plans. I have been on on a paid plan for the better part of of a decade now. They are basically trying to make me upgrade to the...