Welcome to the channel ~ our dad put together a lot of great videos over the years and we hope to continue building on his legacy with more content that inspires, encourages, teaches, and helps others to learn and grow within the how-to, DIY, automotive, and fabrication hobby.
We look forward to sharing our growth and development with you all.
@@juanbarturen2726 thank you. The 53 is still in the family and will stay in the family. Eventually we will have the opportunity to finish it and share that process with everyone.
Hi i love watching all your videos. I have the same pedal setup as you do,but my firewall dose not have the ribs like yours,mine is completely flat. So would you say to just measure it out like it says in those directions? Thank you very much.
Your mom has a beautiful truck... How is your dad's truck coming along? I sure miss your dad.. He was an inspiration to us all.. Take care and God Bless...
I've got a DOD K5 Blazer that I really want to put one of these on but the idea of drilling holes in it is nightmare fuel. I love the look but I couldn't bring myself to put holes in a solid, rust-free body.
You should see the ones on our new patrol cars. they are mounted to the fender, no holes in the A pillar. it's controlled by a Joystick on the console. When you turn it off. it parks protecting the LED light.
I’ve always liked the look and functionality of them on older vehicles, it’s a cool chrome accessory that you used to see on cars and trucks from when I grew up and before… many years ago dad helped me put the same set of spotlights on an 85 F150 I had. Naturally I wanted to fancy up mom’s truck with a set.
Wow!!!! Joe, I'm blown away with everything you're doing for me to make my truck not only safe, but also beautiful! I'm at a loss for words and that doesn't happen very often.🥰
I liked your installation... I did the same except my aim was to eliminate through-bolts going through the wood to hold the box to the frame. I used the same square tubing you used instead of the wood blocks but I welded the steel blocks to the cross-sills instead of the frame. Drilled a square hole in the bottom of the square tubing pieces and a bigger round hole in the cross-sill to accept carriage bolts. I too use truck mud flaps for all my rubber cushion needs... One trick I've gleaned from you video is to drill the bottom of the frame to clear a socket and attach the front cross-sill to the upper flange of my boxed frame. That will eliminate the protruding nut and bolt that gets in the way of my hoist's rear pads.
I am sorry to hear about Steve’s passing. I am sending prayers for the family. I just started watching Steve’s videos and in the short time I have learned a lot from Steve. Such a great teacher. I hope Steves truck will be completed. Rest in peace Steve.
What a great guy, and a remarkable craftsman. I miss him and his instruction. Thanks for sharing your memories. I never met him, but I feel like I lost one of my best friends. My life was definitely enriched after I discovered his site
Yes, my boys are going to finish Steves truck, but it's going to take awhile. In the meantime they are keeping Steves channel up and running while working on other family projects, so please continue to follow, comment and encourage them. Thank you so much.
Amazing to hear the truck is going to be completed in the family . Your dad gave me so much information for my own project very similar . So sad to hear about your dad when I checked in in the videos
Steves 53 Chevy truck is still in the family and will stay in the family. That includes Steves 93 Chevy truck and my 87 GMC truck. I gifted them to my three boys. The 53 is currently at my middle son, Joes house, because he is the only one with enough room to work on it. All of the boys will be involved in restoring it along the way. I decided to get my own truck so that I wouldn't have to borrow my boys truck, even though they told me I could.
Great find! My dad had a '76 dual tanks and we have some good memories of going over mountains and having a "oh crap" moments when having to switch tanks and having the sputter while waiting on the fuel pump to get the gas moving.
That looks really clean. I bought a new 73 with the 454 C20. Do your mom a favor and put fuel injection on it. Reliability and ease of starting. I lost my dad 31 years ago. I miss him often as I'm sure you miss your dad. My time following and chatting with Steve were times I enjoyed. I think of him now and then as well.
