that's a good start Brent as soon as I finish my 1927 dodge i am doing a 1947 International so i will be watching this really close thanks for the video's
Hey Brent. Nice work. The plasma is a lot better than torches are. It jacks up your hydro bill, but you don't have to worry about running out of gas. That truck will look nice when it is cleaned up. The patina is just right. Thanks for sharing.👍👍
Andy's Dog House ... I have a Miller plasma cutter and it's about right for this type of stuff. I doubt you'd notice the difference on your electric bill because it only draws when you pull the trigger. Basically you'd be doing a job for an hour but the actual "buzz time" is measured in 5-10 second bursts, so only a few minutes. Where you do notice is the increase due to light, heat, compressor time. My last project vehicle ran about $125 a month in extra utilities because I did it in the winter and was heating the garage during the evenings, not to mention using a LOT of compressed air.
@@rupe53 I am working on mine during the winter and the extra $$ that it costs me for heat hydro etc is worth the enjoyment that I get from working on my 1954 Fargo 1/2 ton. Drop over and see what is going on in my shop.🍁👍👍
@@AndysDogHouse ... absolutely worth the $$$ to see the results. Just saying the welder and cutter are probably only $5 - $10 out of the increased costs. My last project was a 64 Corvair panel van.
Brent everytime i watch one of your builds brother i laugh at the name ( Halfass Kustoms ) really it should be ( Awesome Kustoms ) your work is always awesome ,,,,,another awesome video thanks ....
I almost went the s10 route with my 45 dodge build,,, decided to go TCI instead,, and glad I did after seeing what you have to go through and space you lose with a v8
On my '54 1500 I pulled the engine, torque tube and rear end out all together...but it was a frame-off restoration at the time. Needed a driver's side door so I traded all that for it. Great vid Brent, thx.
Don't take you long!! I need some halfass kustoms drive! I need to get shit done. On another note. On my patches project im using a 06 ranger front clip. Should check them out. No steering box to deal with. I had that headache of a s10 box in the past. Think I used my last s10 clip. Ranger clips for me.. Check one out.
yeah I've used ranger before but the older stuff, have the done away with the big coils in the front around 06? I also found chevy v8's didn't fit well in them either haha
@@HalfassKustoms total different front end. Double A arm design with a rack and pinion steering. The rails are symmetrical and forward of the cross member it's like 3x3 square stock. You can chop them off flush with the front of the tires. I put a s10 in my 52 fleetline and ending up being a nightmare. This setup would solved all my issues.
That's some pretty cool stuff that you are doing I was wondering how you were going to do it but you made it look easy and that is going to be a cool project. I think everything that you work on ends up being just plain cool but you have got the mad skills to make it happen and can't wait to see more of it
Just started to binge watch the whole of the 38Pontiac vids .being a old sheet metal guy it's Hammer and dolly time lol.ps is there any video when you done the chop .god bless from over the pond from the Victorian workshop
@@HalfassKustoms for most of us your video's are educational video's we should have been watching in high school in Auto or metal shop. That is why most of us are watching now lol great stuff 👍🏽
Hey Brent , It's Greg again . Your a better man than I am using a Metric /Standard combo tape measure . I just try to use only standard . Too easy for me to measure wrong with the combo . Amazing to watch you do your stuff. Having the hoist is a joy.In the future if by chance you need a roof for a 1936-1938 Chevy / GMC pick up I have one I saved from becoming rebar . It's a pretty bare, beat cab with no doors . If needed in the future it's here . .
I'm going to be doing pretty much the same thing. Except for, I plan on just stretching the whole frame. Cutting the front of the frame. And stretching the middle. I don't mind clipping the front. But rather than worrying about squaring the clip. What do you think?
You make it look so easy and that is what I like about your videos. But would agree that old truck is really rough but when finished I bet it will surprise a lot of stop light drags. That what its all about Something different on the street..
Good job on welding I seen you cut the driver's side a little bit to much. It looks good but why didn't you just add some to the S10 frame? It looks to be a nicer one the the one under the truck???🤨
yeah I thought about it but In the end it's less work really, don't have to make running board brackets, box mounts, cab mounts and what not. When you clip you just need to make the rad support mount and done really. I've done both but I find I can do the clip way faster than a complete chassis swap
Hey Brent ,I bought a 1954 gmc complete cab with frame cut just behind the cab.I want to put the cab on a 2006 4x4 frame with a 4.8 Gmc .Is there much of a difference on the width . Im taking a Hymer fiberglass trailer shell and I'm going to notch the front of it a wee bit and make a snail camper. Not sure if im going to open up the back of the caband be able to walk into the cab from the trailer or not. Do you have any advice on anything that come s to mind. Thanks for your experiences . I've been watching you and Karl for some time.
Hello Brad i recentley picked up a 54 chev truck with a bolted in 87 c10 complete control arm and cross member assembly , i wanted to move ithe front wheels ahead to center in the fenders whats the best way to align ? front spindle to rear hub im out 3/16 on pass side . Just equal on both sides since its not a front clip install ? thanks
I don't know if it's the same where you are, but axle assemblies are around $100 USD so if the stock rear end is too narrow, the 4x4 rear is 4" wider overall and the ZR2 (8.625/disc brakes on the later models) is 8" wider than the 2wd. Perch spacing should be the same, AFAIK.
When you did the full piece. Did you just use flux or cut a small piece. I have a about a half inch gap on the bottom of the frame from my boxing. Not sure what to do, half inch wide maybe three inches long
Halfass Kustoms okay bfh lol. If you check out my starting rocket surgery video on the bottom plate I put in by the stabilizer bar. It has a gap, not sure if I should make a piece or use weld. Ps my welding is getting a little better.
Back in the eighties I bought a Toyota 4x4 mini truck. They were low on power so people were putting Weber carbs and headers on them. Didn’t help much. Then some went with the Buick V6 in it. Better but you had to install and automatic which was terrible for the down run when rock crawling. I went with a 289 HO SB Ford and T176 manual. Custom bellhousing, oil pan and trans/transfer adapter, solid pinion spacer rear torque arm and radiator just to mention a few things. Too much work now but was hot back then. I lit them up in front of the dealership a few times. A salesman once told me that if there was a guy looking at a truck when I did that, they sold a truck. He wasn’t going to say their truck couldn’t do that.
Halfass Kustoms Have you ever seen a Fortotoya? LOL! Went to a truck show with it and a guy said “I didn’t know Toyota had them with a V8. I took that as a compliment”. I got the very first Torsen differentials for mini trucks from TRD. They were prototypes and they were cut billet. Subsequent units were powdered metal gears which failed with the power of a four banger. I had them front & rear. Once, I lined up to do a hill climb and everyone was laughing at the little gutless wonder. I had good mufflers and by all accounts it looked stock except for a 3” lift. None of others could get to the top with their over shocked, V8 rigs. When my turn came, I started in second with four roster tails and had to stand on the brakes near the top to not launch it off the hill. No one was laughing...except me.
Ok how many takes to get the power steering hose to fall out when you moved your hand at 1:48. I thought was a snake crawling out of motor had to watch it a few times to make it out gonna be a lot of work looks like to me but you got this
I put a S10 frame under a 1950 Studebaker pick up. Trouble is the S10 is very narrow so I had to lengthen the A arms an inch and use deep rims to get the wheels fitting for looks. Put a LS7 in it.
Anything is easy to do, if somebody else does it...This is WAY past my skill level, and I appreciate those that can do this...... I was going to ask a question, but as Jonathan W. says, wait till the end of the video, you answered it. WAY TO GO! I can't wait to see this project up and running!!!
@@HalfassKustoms how does a guy, attach a front end from a different vehicle onto another, and get the front end straight. You took many measurements, including an X measurement to also verify that it is straight... You showed us, so I didnt ask.... I know, there's also ride height, you also have that taken into account.
The s10 chassis is easily modified to except early chevy and ford pickup trucks. I have done several. If you have no fabrication skills, there are kit's available for both that bolt on. They include the necessary parts to either lengthen, or shorten the s10 frame.
Have you used a dodge Dakota chassis for this build I see a few are using them in order to get the rack and pinion steering but they don't show much detail on the build
@@joepacheco4038 ... I said the same thing, especially when I saw it was an LS motor instead of a Vortec. Of course I noticed it was a V-8, not a V-6 and that's what got me to looking closer.
yeah I thought about it but In the end it's less work really, don't have to make running board brackets, box mounts, cab mounts and what not. When you clip you just need to make the rad support mount and done really. I've done both but I find I can do the clip way faster than a complete chassis swap.
This is awesome wish i would found this back then . I been missing out . Thanks
Excellent job Brent keep up the awesome work cant wait to see the final result take care and stay safe and stay blessed see you in the next one
This is why I watch your stuff keep it coming I want to see every in of footage Yeah man
that's a good start Brent as soon as I finish my 1927 dodge i am doing a 1947 International so i will be watching this really close thanks for the video's
Hey Brent. Nice work. The plasma is a lot better than torches are. It jacks up your hydro bill, but you don't have to worry about running out of gas. That truck will look nice when it is cleaned up. The patina is just right. Thanks for sharing.👍👍
Andy's Dog House
... I have a Miller plasma cutter and it's about right for this type of stuff. I doubt you'd notice the difference on your electric bill because it only draws when you pull the trigger. Basically you'd be doing a job for an hour but the actual "buzz time" is measured in 5-10 second bursts, so only a few minutes. Where you do notice is the increase due to light, heat, compressor time. My last project vehicle ran about $125 a month in extra utilities because I did it in the winter and was heating the garage during the evenings, not to mention using a LOT of compressed air.
@@rupe53 I am working on mine during the winter and the extra $$ that it costs me for heat hydro etc is worth the enjoyment that I get from working on my 1954 Fargo 1/2 ton. Drop over and see what is going on in my shop.🍁👍👍
@@AndysDogHouse ... absolutely worth the $$$ to see the results. Just saying the welder and cutter are probably only $5 - $10 out of the increased costs. My last project was a 64 Corvair panel van.
Canadian ingenuity! Can’t be beat!
One of my favorite body styles! Looking great Brent!
That worked out really good!, I just put my 51 cab on the s-10 frame. It worked out good to! Great video Thanks for sharing
Brent everytime i watch one of your builds brother i laugh at the name ( Halfass Kustoms ) really it should be ( Awesome Kustoms ) your work is always awesome ,,,,,another awesome video thanks ....
Name is perfect as he NEVER, to my knowledge, restores anything but butchers everything to make something else. Guess the name fits.
It's looking good. Great job and video 👍👍🇨🇱
Looks great!! Keep the great work going.
I almost went the s10 route with my 45 dodge build,,, decided to go TCI instead,, and glad I did after seeing what you have to go through and space you lose with a v8
You make it look easy!!!
On my '54 1500 I pulled the engine, torque tube and rear end out all together...but it was a frame-off restoration at the time. Needed a driver's side door so I traded all that for it. Great vid Brent, thx.
This guy geys more done in a day ....then most mechanics ive seen do in a week...props to you 🎉
good stuff brutha!
Thanks Waylon!
Thank you so much, man you make it look easy. I’m using you like a cookbook following along to do my truck. Keep the great content coming 😎
Awesome channel.
In your "pile of unwanted things" is a straight front axel; I know lots of folks that look for just that.
Don't take you long!! I need some halfass kustoms drive! I need to get shit done. On another note. On my patches project im using a 06 ranger front clip. Should check them out. No steering box to deal with. I had that headache of a s10 box in the past. Think I used my last s10 clip. Ranger clips for me.. Check one out.
yeah I've used ranger before but the older stuff, have the done away with the big coils in the front around 06? I also found chevy v8's didn't fit well in them either haha
@@HalfassKustoms total different front end. Double A arm design with a rack and pinion steering. The rails are symmetrical and forward of the cross member it's like 3x3 square stock. You can chop them off flush with the front of the tires. I put a s10 in my 52 fleetline and ending up being a nightmare. This setup would solved all my issues.
Lightning scissors & a metal glue gun. Parts from here & there... another hot rod in the making.
Great job!!
Past Experiences DEFINITELY COME INTO THE GAME On Awesome Custom Builds Like This. I Love it. Thanks For Sharing n Have a Blessed Week Brother.
Love that Grill all beat up..but it looks cute.
That's some pretty cool stuff that you are doing I was wondering how you were going to do it but you made it look easy and that is going to be a cool project. I think everything that you work on ends up being just plain cool but you have got the mad skills to make it happen and can't wait to see more of it
Thanks 👍
These damned UA-cam ads keep interrupting the flow of what you're doing and it's very distracting.
Why didn’t you adapt the entire S10 frame ?
Just started to binge watch the whole of the 38Pontiac vids .being a old sheet metal guy it's Hammer and dolly time lol.ps is there any video when you done the chop .god bless from over the pond from the Victorian workshop
haha thanks, I'm working on a condensed version start to finish starting to look like it may be a long video haha
@@HalfassKustoms for most of us your video's are educational video's we should have been watching in high school in Auto or metal shop.
That is why most of us are watching now lol great stuff 👍🏽
Hey Brent , It's Greg again . Your a better man than I am using a Metric /Standard combo tape measure . I just try to use only standard . Too easy for me to measure wrong with the combo . Amazing to watch you do your stuff. Having the hoist is a joy.In the future if by chance you need a roof for a 1936-1938 Chevy / GMC pick up I have one I saved from becoming rebar . It's a pretty bare, beat cab with no doors . If needed in the future it's here .
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thanks, I have some chunks of a 38 pickup around here also
I'm going to be doing pretty much the same thing. Except for, I plan on just stretching the whole frame. Cutting the front of the frame. And stretching the middle. I don't mind clipping the front. But rather than worrying about squaring the clip. What do you think?
Looks promising
Almost enough left over to make another truck!
was the LS S-10 just a frame donor vehicle? Was it not worth saving? Just curious. Awesome build.
nope it was a total loss had caught on fire.
Witch year s10?
Nice Video. ITS BAD HERE IN PHILLY, PENNSYLVANIA, 🇺🇸. HOW IS IT IN YOUR PROVIDENCE. YOUR PUTTING THE BOBCAT TO USES. 👍 #STAYSAFE
Don't think I've noticed much out here although we are in the rural's out here.
Now I see why you have so much stuff. How much land do you have? Wish that I had more. #STAYSAFE
You make it look so easy and that is what I like about your videos. But would agree that old truck is really rough but when finished I bet it will surprise a lot of stop light drags. That what its all about Something different on the street..
Good job on welding I seen you cut the driver's side a little bit to much. It looks good but why didn't you just add some to the S10 frame? It looks to be a nicer one the the one under the truck???🤨
yeah I thought about it but In the end it's less work really, don't have to make running board brackets, box mounts, cab mounts and what not. When you clip you just need to make the rad support mount and done really. I've done both but I find I can do the clip way faster than a complete chassis swap
@@HalfassKustoms hmm ok I was just wondering about it .
Off to a good start,tuff old truck. You probably drove it into the shop. I can't say that for the S10.
Hey Brent ,I bought a 1954 gmc complete cab with frame cut just behind the cab.I want to put the cab on a 2006 4x4 frame with a 4.8 Gmc .Is there much of a difference on the width . Im taking a Hymer fiberglass trailer shell and I'm going to notch the front of it a wee bit and make a snail camper. Not sure if im going to open up the back of the caband be able to walk into the cab from the trailer or not. Do you have any advice on anything that come s to mind. Thanks for your experiences . I've been watching you and Karl for some time.
Always enjoy your videos. Wished you lived closer to Tennessee. I would bring a project to you
A tape measurer ! I thought you just eyeballed everything, so disappointing.... : )
So, could i set the s10 clip to the lower edge of truck frame for ride height? Or is it a strength issue?
Man you don't mess around you make it look so easy good job👍 saving that old chevy
Tha truck is older than you all things considered thats a clean ass early gm pickup
Wow. An old gas bobcat... it have a Wisconsin engine? I have the same machine
Hello Brad i recentley picked up a 54 chev truck with a bolted in 87 c10 complete control arm and cross member assembly , i wanted to move ithe front wheels ahead to center in the fenders whats the best way to align ? front spindle to rear hub im out 3/16 on pass side . Just equal on both sides since its not a front clip install ? thanks
I don't know if it's the same where you are, but axle assemblies are around $100 USD so if the stock rear end is too narrow, the 4x4 rear is 4" wider overall and the ZR2 (8.625/disc brakes on the later models) is 8" wider than the 2wd. Perch spacing should be the same, AFAIK.
yeah the fellow picked up a 4x4 one that I have setup in there now.
When you did the full piece. Did you just use flux or cut a small piece. I have a about a half inch gap on the bottom of the frame from my boxing. Not sure what to do, half inch wide maybe three inches long
not sure what you mean. I just cut the shape needed and tacked along and used a bfh to knock the plate in place.
Halfass Kustoms okay bfh lol. If you check out my starting rocket surgery video on the bottom plate I put in by the stabilizer bar. It has a gap, not sure if I should make a piece or use weld. Ps my welding is getting a little better.
love your videos keep em coming , regards from Holland !!!!!
Awesome job. Evey stick a 4 link in a c3 corvette?
My older brother had a 1950 Chevrolet truck in high school I think he bought it for $600.00 in 1982 it was a fun truck for all us high school guy's
Same truck probably cost 6K or better now
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Would it not have been easier to use the whole frame and transfer cab and bed to it ? Just Wondering out load.......
How many hours did this part take you?
♥️👍😎👍
Back in the eighties I bought a Toyota 4x4 mini truck. They were low on power so people were putting Weber carbs and headers on them. Didn’t help much. Then some went with the Buick V6 in it. Better but you had to install and automatic which was terrible for the down run when rock crawling. I went with a 289 HO SB Ford and T176 manual. Custom bellhousing, oil pan and trans/transfer adapter, solid pinion spacer rear torque arm and radiator just to mention a few things. Too much work now but was hot back then. I lit them up in front of the dealership a few times. A salesman once told me that if there was a guy looking at a truck when I did that, they sold a truck. He wasn’t going to say their truck couldn’t do that.
lol yeah we have done a few v8 yotas when I was younger, had one that I make into a convertible also with a stepside box.
Halfass Kustoms
Have you ever seen a Fortotoya? LOL!
Went to a truck show with it and a guy said “I didn’t know Toyota had them with a V8. I took that as a compliment”. I got the very first Torsen differentials for mini trucks from TRD. They were prototypes and they were cut billet. Subsequent units were powdered metal gears which failed with the power of a four banger. I had them front & rear. Once, I lined up to do a hill climb and everyone was laughing at the little gutless wonder. I had good mufflers and by all accounts it looked stock except for a 3” lift. None of others could get to the top with their over shocked, V8 rigs. When my turn came, I started in second with four roster tails and had to stand on the brakes near the top to not launch it off the hill. No one was laughing...except me.
More great project shares. Thanks.
Stay Real.
Good to see all the arm chair fabricators have come by to tell you what you did wrong. Thanks for the video.
haha it's all good, it's a part of the game.
Ok how many takes to get the power steering hose to fall out when you moved your hand at 1:48. I thought was a snake crawling out of motor had to watch it a few times to make it out gonna be a lot of work looks like to me but you got this
haha that's a good one I never noticed that
You have to be a millwright or something like that, what is your actual job
What's with the wall socket on the drivers' side firewall?
why didn't you just buy the kit to adapt the entire s10 frame for the truck?
I have made one but the wheelbase war wrong.
Awesome!
Thanks for the education again, great channel
That looks like a 3800 .? I'm looking for a 4100..
Another great project, you have a habit of making these look so easy though when to me they are gigantic, look fwd seeing more
It's not that bad over all just have to keep plugging away and stuff just gets done haha
I put a S10 frame under a 1950 Studebaker pick up. Trouble is the S10 is very narrow so I had to lengthen the A arms an inch and use deep rims to get the wheels fitting for looks. Put a LS7 in it.
P.S. you are better off using a Camaro clip
yeah that's normal, and I find the camaro clip is to wide. theres no winning haha
Threw me a curve because I've always heard the term "front clip" as meaning the fenders and grill, not the frame. Going to be an interesting build.
Me too.
I've heard it both ways. Confusing too
I had trouble understanding at first...then it clicked. You make it look easier than it is.
Thanks John!
Anything is easy to do, if somebody else does it...This is WAY past my skill level, and I appreciate those that can do this......
I was going to ask a question, but as Jonathan W. says, wait till the end of the video, you answered it. WAY TO GO! I can't wait to see this project up and running!!!
haha now I wonder what your question was.
@@HalfassKustoms how does a guy, attach a front end from a different vehicle onto another, and get the front end straight. You took many measurements, including an X measurement to also verify that it is straight...
You showed us, so I didnt ask....
I know, there's also ride height, you also have that taken into account.
You could have extended the s10 chassis.. they are made to do that
Looking good Brent , , wish i had your energy
OK U GOT IT GOING ON !!! MAD SKILLS ! THANKS !
Thanks Richard!
The s10 chassis is easily modified to except early chevy and ford pickup trucks. I have done several. If you have no fabrication skills, there are kit's available for both that bolt on. They include the necessary parts to either lengthen, or shorten the s10 frame.
Great job man you got me thinking !
The steering box are always a pain
You make it so simple. No problems!
I wish I lived next door to you
Have you used a dodge Dakota chassis for this build I see a few are using them in order to get the rack and pinion steering but they don't show much detail on the build
Enjoy your content, keep it coming
Take measurements of every angle on the frame. I just built a 52 -2.5 ton put a one ton frame under it. Looks good.
Great work you make it look so easy.
Can you cut off the other bottom half of the front grill and just leave the middle section
I'm not to sure what this fellow wants to do with the grill but he may just swap it out yet.
@@HalfassKustoms I know right after I made this comment you said the owner can do whatever he wants with it so yeah
You sure make it look easy bro!
A guys gotta Cruise🤙
Dinging it man ! Wicked:)
Need a light to see the frame can,t see
Those lightning scissors are amazing tools.
You bet!
Old iron like that will never go out of style.👍 Thanks for sharing 😀
Just curious why was there a v8 in the s10?
was someone's hotrod before.
@@HalfassKustoms question answered tks. Wasn't sure if S10 s were available with different power plants up north.
@@joepacheco4038 ... I said the same thing, especially when I saw it was an LS motor instead of a Vortec. Of course I noticed it was a V-8, not a V-6 and that's what got me to looking closer.
Couldn't you have moved the diff back on the s10 frame and built new mounts for the cab/bed/front clip? Wheelbase was only off by 9" or so...
yeah I thought about it but In the end it's less work really, don't have to make running board brackets, box mounts, cab mounts and what not. When you clip you just need to make the rad support mount and done really. I've done both but I find I can do the clip way faster than a complete chassis swap.
nice
13 lol
5 star *****
So what's ut day job?
Now I know what a clip is
ERES El MEJOR TE ADMIRO..ÉXITOS..
ZR2 works best 63" at wmp
I find the disk brake stuff gets in the way
A plus video. You sure make it look easy. 👍
These old GMC are my favourite
Is that engine and transmission for sale 500 cash
Where are you located?
depending where you are I'm sure it's for sale haha
@@HalfassKustoms arkansas?
damn that sucker is rough
Yeah but it'll buff out haha