putting it together

Is the tank hard mounted now? or do you still need to drill and slap in the bolts?
anyway I'll be over tomorrow to give ya a hand. I guess tomorrow is going to be a nice day, we can roll it out and work on it in the sun

 

Yep, nice project, my buddy Mike up here in Puyallup has a AR pickup that was a Touring made into a truck during the war, he "Lost" the fenders, but ya know.....

..............Roach.

 

Dammit all these RPU's!!! Why am I regretting buying a coupe?! Someone trade me bodies!

Great looking truck man, I have really grown fond of RPUs recently.

 

I got my new rear tires 7.50 X 16 firestone non directional military tires. Richies tires did a great job mounting them. they buffed out the rust put new tube and tires

 

Looks sorta crazy but since its a 4banger and after all was designed as a pickup truck once all the fenders are on it should pan out to be a nice lil grocery getter.

 

yeah it does look a little crazy but getting it down little by little

 

getting dressed up got one side done part of the other side most of the work done by slamcouver

 

Pressure wash it~!

 

i will drive it over to your place to wash it

 

New moon fuel tank in the back check
New electronic fuel pump check
New fuel regulator valve check
Dead battery cant start FML

 

too cool, fenders look great on the truck

 

thanks gary

 

HERE IS THE TRUCK RUNNING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5mzKYUc0ro

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Good on you man.

 

you'll be burn'in rubber in no time,look'in good

 

Very cool.

 

Nice truck...i think you made a mistake with those rear tires.

 

Ok so i have made some good progress on fitting everything back together. Sad to say these are not the right running boards and do not fit. And money is tight I don't have cash now to get the right ones. But In my old pics everything was just sitting on and nothing bolted together but I have spent the last couple weekends putting on taking off and figuring out this 86 yr old puzzle I bought. I have bought a lot if projects before and always ending up se;ling them as basket cases. So it feels good to be putting one back together. But something so old should not fight me so hard. when i want to bring it back to a looking good.

 

So Im torn On what to do about these running boards I can make them fit if grind one edge off. But I don't want to cut up something to make it work. Im trying to get this truck put back together. I have thought about making some temporary wood running boards, putting a nice stain and lacquer. Sadly once it is done I am going to sell it. It has always been one of my favorite trucks But once I bought one I realized I didn't fit comfortably. I save it from being cut up though the guy I bought it from said he wanted to make it a rat rod.

 

Nice...