Okay Steve, Here is the reason I haven't been on the computer very much for the past year!
I bought it "driveable" :roll: last March and wanted it done for Billetproof this year, made the deadline and drove it 4 hours from West Palm to Gainseville and back trouble free (insert heavy sigh of relief here!).
Some of the details...350 Chevy powered (sorry Ford Guys), 69 Camaro frontend, shaved door handles, nosed the hood, filled in the roof line and cowl line, filled in front pan, '57 F-100 grill, removed rear bumper and punched the back panel full of holes, new Coker wide whites, new runnin' boards, Model A Tailights, lots of new not fun stuff too (rearend bearings, radiator, water pump, new rear window, new exhaust, blah blah blah. :lol:
Rustoleum Flat Black, Pinstriping by "The Kid", Rat Rod Mexicano blanket seat cover and a "Rockabilly headliner".
Now it's as done as she's going to get...back to building bicycles!
Made some pedals, got a new steering wheel, of course whats a Rat Rod without a skull shift knob?! And I apologize for not flippin' my cool 50's Barbie key fob around for the pic.
Me and the boys did one of these holes a day, they ran the oil and I ran the drill, that there is some thick steel!!
Got me some fancy new shiny plywood after this shot.
Headliners are 'spensive, so I went real Rat Rod on the headliner, still could use more, wink wink
"The Kid" pulled some neat old school stripes to set it off.
Took this before the hood was striped.
New Bed wood and striping on the bed panel, the front panel was really beat up, so I just made a "bolt in" sheet and had my Buddy stripe it up. I have a tailgate for it, just lookin' for time to get it bolted on.
Midway progress 'Poser Shot" LOL
So thats it...My Rat Rod Truck is done and now I can get back to two wheelers, and playing on the computer again,
oh, wait, I do have to get this out of my system....stay tuned.
I bought it "driveable" :roll: last March and wanted it done for Billetproof this year, made the deadline and drove it 4 hours from West Palm to Gainseville and back trouble free (insert heavy sigh of relief here!).
Some of the details...350 Chevy powered (sorry Ford Guys), 69 Camaro frontend, shaved door handles, nosed the hood, filled in the roof line and cowl line, filled in front pan, '57 F-100 grill, removed rear bumper and punched the back panel full of holes, new Coker wide whites, new runnin' boards, Model A Tailights, lots of new not fun stuff too (rearend bearings, radiator, water pump, new rear window, new exhaust, blah blah blah. :lol:
Rustoleum Flat Black, Pinstriping by "The Kid", Rat Rod Mexicano blanket seat cover and a "Rockabilly headliner".
Now it's as done as she's going to get...back to building bicycles!
Made some pedals, got a new steering wheel, of course whats a Rat Rod without a skull shift knob?! And I apologize for not flippin' my cool 50's Barbie key fob around for the pic.
Me and the boys did one of these holes a day, they ran the oil and I ran the drill, that there is some thick steel!!
Got me some fancy new shiny plywood after this shot.
Headliners are 'spensive, so I went real Rat Rod on the headliner, still could use more, wink wink
"The Kid" pulled some neat old school stripes to set it off.
Took this before the hood was striped.
New Bed wood and striping on the bed panel, the front panel was really beat up, so I just made a "bolt in" sheet and had my Buddy stripe it up. I have a tailgate for it, just lookin' for time to get it bolted on.
Midway progress 'Poser Shot" LOL
So thats it...My Rat Rod Truck is done and now I can get back to two wheelers, and playing on the computer again,
oh, wait, I do have to get this out of my system....stay tuned.
Needed room and some $$ for the next adventure.
