project cheapshot 33 dodge

got more of the roof welded today. will start on getting the rear doors mocked up next week, hopefully welded in place by next wednesday or thursday.



mocked up the front bucket seats and rear bench seat. also figured out guage placement.

still thinking where l want to place the ingnition,

light and heater switches.

we started welding in the doors so it will be a real two door.

the body work will stsrt when the welding is been completed ant the floor pan is done.

pictures of today in gallery.

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worked on the guages today. the area above the windsheild has enough room for the guages to fit in and puts them right at eye level.
even have a transmission heat guage made by B&M from 1979 still in the oringal package l bought it in.

check out the look of this as a panel. picture in gallery

skull wrote:[i]check out the look of this as a panel. picture in gallery

i like it.....is that what you gonna do or just thinkin.....

funny how a project changes after you actually start building the thing.
I planned this build on paper for about a month before working on it.
the plan was 10 to 12 inches removed and no center post and full length plexi-glass quarter panel windows. was only able to remove 7 inches because of the frame being desiegned for a 1929 ford body, not the dodge body. now the plan has changed to a panel delivery type build. when the picture was sent to me the way it was done with filled in rear windows, l went OOOOOOHHHHHHH YEEAAAAH!!! so in answer to the ???, YES l am doing the panel delivery look.

one plus is the guys who are helping me said that putting in the panels is actually easier than removing the post and using the plexi-glass windows.

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I like it.

That was my plan too. Here's one factory built.

welded the panels in the rear windows tonight.
it's a real sedan delivery now. no turning back or changing my mind.
the panel idea is now a reality.

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today's plan is to remove the vents on the cowl. gonna shave the top of the cowl because l like the smooth look. have one cut out and getting ready to weld in a patch panel and we hope to get both sides done tonight.

will post pics tonght in my gallery

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Rolled the car out today and took some pics in the nice wheather. helps keep us motovated to see it in the sunlight.

January in washington and it got up to 50 degrees or so and no rain in sight for the weekend.

Will be filling in the cowl vent next week and start getting the rust cut out and replaced. when the rust is out the other body work can start so we can get it painted before summer. between the doors the post will be flattend and feathered in smooth so it's a flat panel.

no rear door, just a window.

I Attached Thumbnails in gallery

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cut out the rusty floor pan and am installing new floors this week.

extended the rear frame rails 15'' and built a gas tank holder out of angle iron. pics at hotrodders.com/ruffriders web site of things that are being done this week. also put in the mock up motor & trans to check firewall clearance. have 2 1/2'' between distribtor and firewall so it will work. was worred about clearing everything with all the body mods, but all the stuff clears fine. gonna have to figure out exhaust soon.

more updates as they happen.

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we started working on the floor pan and firewall. the oringal floor was to rusted out and unsafe to use. so 99% of the floor was cut out. to replace the floor pan l am using a method that worked good on my race cars. we are building a cage out of square tubing that runs from side to side and front to back out of 2" in the rear and 1 1/2" in the front so the metal floor sits on top of the floor cage . the floor pan will then be attached to the floor cage by welding. this makes a stronger floor pan than the oringal. the floor cage then will be attached to the chassis by bolts.

the fire wall will then be fabbed to the foor pan and welded together creating a one piece firewall to floorpan with no seams. many holes will have to be filled in and the redrilled in the places to run hoses, steering and other things thru.

post updates on progress soon,

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for all the updates we have done;

rat rods rule.com

has all of them.

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