Can a fat-fendered truck be stripped down and transformed into a cool hot rod, and not an out-of-proportion, ratty piece of junk? Stay tuned. $25 cab. Early mock-up. I filled in the corners where the fenders would have been with old beer boxes, I will roll some beads in some sheetmetal, and continue the crease where the firewall meets the cowl. The aftermath of rusty 66 year old floorboard removal. There is a piece of 1" square tubing in there wich will be a brace. I was able to salvage the cab corners after trimming 5" off the bottom of the cab. the leftover bits will be just right for patch panels. I liked the removeable panel on the floorboard, I suppose it was for the battery. I will re-locate it over my floor-mounted master cylinder.
judging buy the pictures, the answer from me is a big "HELL YEAH". I have a soft spot for old Plymouths anyway.
The door jambs were rusted out, so I will shove some 1" in there (that's what she said!) and tie in with the new floor brace.The perimeter of the floor along the back of the cab is pretty much intact, which was a +.
If you just leave the top alone, figure a stylish way to finish off that grille/nose piece, paint it, and have a finished interior, you'll have a great truck that will stand out in the crowd.
I was thinking about doing this with an 40,000 original mile, Scrapyard raped '54 international...one day. Please don't chop it! haha
I like it man.... Its kool when someone takes a less sought after less desire-able project and makes look good. Its makes them more popular around. There are thousands of these trucks stuffed in the trees and still on the road.
Many of those trucks get a bad rap,but your mock up says "HELL YEA!" Ive found this one inspiring(for proportion and stance)
Ugky my ARS! That is sweeet! I love that grille on there, I wanted mine to look like that too. Even though mine runs and drives, now I can concetrate on other stuff like making it look cooler.
If you drank something OTHER than BuschLiteweight I might find my way to Texas City. Nah...name the time. I'm sure we could probably meet at your house instead of Jimmies. We could all bring our own beer and stand around and watch you move parts around so you can mock up a different car with what you have in the garage. Speaking of which....how many of those wheels do you have?
O.K. Dad, you can talk shit about the beer that I so truly love, but the boxes make great patterns...which tomorrow will be transfered into steel, and welded in. And the cans which once resided in said boxes, provide the much need fuel to carry on with this endeavor...
First you put your $11 a case beer box in place, spray a little $.99 a can paint on there to mark the profile... H.A.M.Ber Unclee is in the background helping out by making empty beer boxes... Stay tuned.
i got a 48 f1 for parts for my model a paid $50 for it a buddy of mine is planing on building some thing like this but its getting alot of cutting we just got started tearing the truck apart tonite
I call that shit .. Indian Sex in a canoe beer It's fucking near water ... My neighbor has a pop machine ..every button you push natty light rolls out I will drink it once in awhile ..
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