mrbigtankers 521

[mainer311]

Ray likes his trannies like he likes his men...

[mrbigtanker]

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I thought I posted this but I guess not, old pic like others. Just a side shot. I fuckin love it, metal work at its finest.

[mrbigtanker]

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Just a few more small stuff and back half under the truck is done. They were doing the custom hand brake set up. 

 

 

[mrbigtanker]

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Dont hate me. Bed hooks gone side fuel door gone and rear tail gate latches gone. also if you look good at front pieces now that he has the bed all even he is cutting and re grafting in to line up along the bottom again. Next is send bed out to blasters to be media blasted body worked and inside and out and all around painted. stay tuned. 

[mrbigtanker]

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Little video for your viewing pleasure. 

[mrbigtanker]

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Man times have changed.

[Charlie69]

Nice pitures and video!  Thank you for sharing.

[thisismatt]

Looks good. Glad you decided to keep the bed hooks 😉

[mrbigtanker]

2 hours ago, thisismatt said:

Looks good. Glad you decided to keep the bed hooks 😉

Say good by to hooks. 

[d.p]

Just now, mrbigtanker said:

Say good by to hooks. 

 

 

 

Like it matters 'cause you didn't use them anyway.  lol

[BrothersGarage]

Looks like you extended the front bed lines down the match the cab too. That gas door removal looks awesome too but man do I love the bed hooks on these little trucks.

With the tail gate latches gone, are you welding the bed into once piece or will that still fold down?

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

Everything looks super cool.

 

I'm sure you have this covered, but if that's aluminum fuel line, make sure wherever it touches the frame, wrap it with something so that it doesn't vibrate. Over time, the aluminum tubing can chafe and actually wear through just from vibration. It's so problematic that I refuse to use aluminum hard line. I'd also re-think having that hose running anywhere near the exhaust or driveshaft, but that's just me being overly cautious.

 

Way to think outside the box. It's a nice looking truck with some practical mods.

Edited April 22, 2020 by Stoffregen Motorsports

[mrbigtanker]

57 minutes ago, BrothersGarage said:

Looks like you extended the front bed lines down the match the cab too. That gas door removal looks awesome too but man do I love the bed hooks on these little trucks.

With the tail gate latches gone, are you welding the bed into once piece or will that still fold down?

Oh no tail gate will still function, just a little old school smooth out. And if you look close the dark blue lines is what gets cut out. Now that the bed is sitting correctly on the frame to match the upper body lines he will cut and re graft to make straight. Back side will look factory as well. Gas filler like the Chevys is in the bed floor now. 

21 minutes ago, Stoffregen Motorsports said:

Everything looks super cool.

 

I'm sure you have this covered, but if that's aluminum fuel line, make sure wherever it touches the frame, wrap it with something so that it doesn't vibrate. Over time, the aluminum tubing can chafe and actually wear through just from vibration. It's so problematic that I refuse to use aluminum hard line. I'd also re-think having that hose running anywhere near the exhaust or driveshaft, but that's just me being overly cautious.

 

Way to think outside the box. It's a nice looking truck with some practical mods.

Thanks for the compliments. Most of those lines you see are just dangling. The 2 black lines are the e brake cables that they are running now. And yes no lines by heat as that was the case before. All well thought out and moving forward to complete back half. I want to do the whole truck now, But money money moneyyyyyyyyy. lol

[BrothersGarage]

12 minutes ago, mrbigtanker said:

Oh no tail gate will still function, just a little old school smooth out. And if you look close the dark blue lines is what gets cut out. Now that the bed is sitting correctly on the frame to match the upper body lines he will cut and re graft to make straight. Back side will look factory as well. Gas filler like the Chevys is in the bed floor now. 
 

Thanks for the compliments. Most of those lines you see are just dangling. The 2 black lines are the e brake cables that they are running now. And yes no lines by heat as that was the case before. All well thought out and moving forward to complete back half. I want to do the whole truck now, But money money moneyyyyyyyyy. lol

Ok that makes sense, super smart, can't wait to see it completed. 

[mrbigtanker]

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Nothing big but looks like the head is about finished and then the monster gets assembled. I hope I need nothing else for it. Its been over a year in the making. You can see the custom lash caps Datrod made for me which was hopefully the last piece to the puzzle.

[Charlie69]

12 hours ago, mrbigtanker said:

Say good by to hooks. 

Mr Big Tanker you would have to slam that 521 into the weeds to get the bed hooks low enough to snag on your belt loop and tear it off!!!  LOL

[mrbigtanker]

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The beast is happening.

[mrbigtanker]

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Nothing to see here except more badassness. Almost done.

[mrbigtanker]

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Oh boy beast mode in full affect.

[mrbigtanker]

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Tomorrow it will be done. except oil pan need to swap mine out in truck when that time comes, for now I have a NOS one mounted 4 bolts. 

[mrbigtanker]

Full ARP bolts nuts studs 

JE pistons 89.5 mm 10.1 compression

Carillio Rods

Head has all Kameari race parts/Full drive train.

Ross Performance Balancer you will see tomorrow.

Plazmaman intake with 76 mm throttle body

All AEM electronics

And blah blah blah

[mrbigtanker]

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All metal work done. Hooks are gone.yesssss. Dropped off this morning for media blast and done by lunch. My people are badass. Ready for final bodywork and then paint of entire bed for now. Cab well that's another story.lol

[mrbigtanker]

Also boys take a look at the rear seam that runs down the back, notice it all matches up. Also the back skirts all hand made with a cool arch and rounded around the back as it should from the factory, whole new level.

[gene knight]

how did they remove bed hooks? are they just cut off and then capped off where they used to be ? i agree about the back skirts and bed corners should have been done from the factory

[thisismatt]

Now you just need to take a sledge hammer to both bed corners so it can be a real 521😛