Projects '37 FORD TRUCK / 348 W MOTOR (FULL BUILD P.1-11)

Xmas come early!!!
Totally stoked for these gauges w/ the custom crescent moon add-on from Classic Instruments.
Be looking at these lots so decided to spend a little on them!

Some shiny parts:

...and wheel bling

 

What are the hubcaps?

Phil

 

They are '42' to '46 - Ford baby moon caps. + beauty rings for 16" wheels

 

More progress. Body is almost done and ready for prep and paint.
Here the truck bed got it's skirt.
I am loving how it flows. I think skunkvictim nailed it.

 

Me likey!!!!

 

Love it

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Tail lights + master cylinder cover

 

Some last details on body
Trunk space and battery box in bed and
'1937 Ford dash getting some tlc.....

 

Original front frame ends welded on to the custom frame.
Head lights mounted, rad + grill mock up...

 

More teasers


Hub caps + rings

Dumps

 

Evil, Wicked , Mean & Nasty

You gotta be real happy with this unfolding
with your hard work and attention to detail...

Ya know just @'37-4D looking at the shot from the front alongside that slick it
would be cool and of course more denairos to have a set of piecrust www
slicks to change it up for a different flavour every once and a while. The Firestones however rock regardless.



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Hahaha.......you nailed it with the four words.....bang on, that's the look we were going for.
Although our vision aligned, the credit for lines, rake, detail and hard work goes to my man skunkvictim of Binbrook speed and custom shop near Hamilton Ontario in Canada. Thinking alike is definitely the winning recipe.
Inspired by a few like Rudy Rodriguez’ ’35 Ford pickup + the Hunter speed Kustom build, Billy Gibbon's truck by Kirby Stafford and Canada custom ford truck by Laurie Peterson. We took our own direction on this one trying to produce our version with a little cartoon feel to it.
I like ww's, not a big fan of slicks. I am a sucker for traditional.
If you look beside my truck, he is building a crazy custom Ford delivery sedan with a 1000HP motor sporting the slicks, if I'm lucky enough it's owner, a friend, will let me have a go!!!

 

Compliments to all involved 37. So if I read you correctly you prefer Blackwalls to WW's so those are borrowed rollers for the build?

Either to me is traditional although BW is quite desired and no doubt the cheaper tire back in the day and cheap fits alot of budgets back then and even today.

 

No, I prefer WWs to BWs. What is on now, is what I'm using. The slicks at the back there belong to another build!
Not my cup of tea for this truck

 

-Last minute finishes to cab + bed
-Hammer + dolly bumps
-Body + frame rails getting picked up for prep + Paint this weekend
-Motor gone to dyno
-Parts to be chromed gone to Chrome guy (-minus headers)
-Seating lumber going to upholsterer next week

"Crossing my fingers that all cording to plan"

 

Motor finally alive!!!!!!
270hp 325 ft-lb

 

Ya I guess that's cool!

 

Some pics

 

'34 grill getting a facelift

 

Haha

 

Body got blasted and is getting its epoxy primer coat.

 

Grill direction

 

Body + bed in black epoxy ready to patch and sand

 

Frame....from patch to final paint and ready to reassemble with motor!!!

and Painted !!!!

 

Frame and grill are really looking good!

 

You sir are on a roll...Love the grill work...nice personal twists.

Keep it up @'37-4D you'll bring on and early spring

 

Some more body shop pics.
Spray putty


while the frame is being re-assembled

 

Level 2 on the cab.
The back was very bad.
Most of the cab bottom had to be redone with new patch panels as well as the doors as it seems it sat in the dirt.
And the brown areas is were the metal was fairly thin and had to be cut out and replaced with sheet metal. So the repair was extensive!

So here is it now. Still more sanding and another layer of primer and probably a little more sanding and a final layer!!