Thread: Lethal Weapon, Project A-Bucket

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Very nice build. Looks great,You should be proud. Thanks for the info on my build.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

I like that alot man and I will have to take back my comment on the door as with panel fit and paint it does look better. I like the firewall also and the red,keep at it sir.

Thanks Whip, I will try. As for the door, not to ignore yours or anyone else's sugestions, but I just didn't think I had the tools or tallent to do anything else. With the exception of a more std height door, without my dom side bar. I decided to cut the gap to about a 1/16", and I may have an additional trick, if I am lucky, with the placement of one of the scallops that might further camafloge the lower gap.

So I haven't heard, or missed it. How are your knees comming along?

Originally Posted by Jim63

Very nice build. Looks great,You should be proud. Thanks for the info on my build.

Thanks Jim, sometimes I do feel pretty good about it. I just went back and looked at your steering. I suppose you want power steering, due to wheel size and such, you need to find something that will allow the pitman arm to point down. The only possible way I see that box working would be mounted below frame rail, and with parallel leaf springs thats out. You could go cross steer if there is room for the box towards the front of the engine on the inside of frame rail. I'll look at a saginaw box I have, power, it might mount in a similar manner and have pitman arm pointed down. I'll let you know what I discover.

Tkanks for takin the time. What do you think of my idea of the gears under the dash? (to reverse direction on shaft to steer box). Do you have any pics of the truck in the back ground of you bucket? That one looks cool also.

Checkers look just right. I second Whip's comments!

Slung a little more paint this week. I don't know what the friggen tanks problem is. First the clear yellowed on the checkers. Then the red did some funky stuff. Only on the tank. Cowl cheeks and scallops turned out good. Well except for the stupid tape lifted a small patch of paint from door. But thats easy to fix. At least it wasn't directly next to the red. The tank and cheeks are all bolted together, cab bolted to frame, and I ain't gonna take it apart again! I will address the tank, or now cowl top in place. Any tape lines will be in body seams so clear will bury them. I added some chrome do dads on the cowl. They look a little crooked in the pics, but they are just sitting in the holes. They came off the rear lower quarters of a 62 ford galaxie. I thought they would look kinda cool. Originally flat, is persuaded a curve in them with a wood block and several light taps with a small rubber mallet. The follow the curve of the cowl nicely. They have to be cleaned up and the black repainted though. I'm kinda like Steve (Roadster32), like my shinny stuff. I just can't whip up the stuff he can. I just re purpose it..............

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The scallops will have a black outline, about 3/8" wide. I haven't decided on weather to outline by hand or mask and spray. I have all the brushes and lettering enamel. I did some large letters and they came out ok...... I'll practice some more and decide. Once the dash is painted I'll post a shot of that. The red flows over the top and follows the curve of the dash and curves onto the door top to the top scallop on the side.

That is looking cool and yes the scallops do do that little magic trick that you wanted. Thanks for asking about my knees,second knee replacement happens on the 29th August so am counting down to that. My rehab on the left leg has gone really well and it is my right leg stopping progress now so I will have that sorted so. I am so looking forward to going back to work again and earning some money to be able to complete the few changes on the bucket so that I can use it again over our summer. I will not have it finished to where I wanted it but I have missed it so much I want to be able to use it again.

Hey that's looking really good, Keep them updates coming please.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

That is looking cool and yes the scallops do do that little magic trick that you wanted. Thanks for asking about my knees,second knee replacement happens on the 29th August so am counting down to that. My rehab on the left leg has gone really well and it is my right leg stopping progress now so I will have that sorted so. I am so looking forward to going back to work again and earning some money to be able to complete the few changes on the bucket so that I can use it again over our summer. I will not have it finished to where I wanted it but I have missed it so much I want to be able to use it again.

Thanks. It was so danged hot yesterday afternoon, but I still managed the heat to sit and stare for awhile. I have the benefit of the pictures to not show all my flaws and failings. But I still am mostly pleased. Remember this is only the second one I have built and am still learning, mostly what I can't do...... Glad to hear you will be back at it soon, even if slowly. When I tore my knee up I couldn't do much. I got determined enough to find stuff I could do sitting on one of those low roll around seats. Gained about 30 lbs that I still have not gotten rid of............

Originally Posted by roadster32

Hey that's looking really good, Keep them updates coming please.

Thanks. I have been keeping track of the Willys, though I have not posted much. This place has got frustrating. And they did somthing over the weekend and now the smileys are overlapping the text window............GRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr........... I should have more pic worthy stuff soon. Not All of us can make that little bracket or fitting look so good that it deserves it's own thread..........

Well Charlie, I thinks you're selling yourself waaayy short. You have as much talent as most on this site, and others too! And you've done a tremendous job building that truck. I've just found your build earlier today, and I've spent several hours reading and viewing. I'm nobody, but my hat's off to you, both for your ingenuity and craftsmanship. You fit right up with the talented for sure. BUT, if you think you are unhappy with it ----- WELL, I'd gladly take it off your hands! WELL DONE young man! perley

You beat me to that comment, Yes Charlie you are selling yourself short, your doing a great job, keep it coming.

Originally Posted by oldrodder43

Well Charlie, I thinks you're selling yourself waaayy short. You have as much talent as most on this site, and others too! And you've done a tremendous job building that truck. I've just found your build earlier today, and I've spent several hours reading and viewing. I'm nobody, but my hat's off to you, both for your ingenuity and craftsmanship. You fit right up with the talented for sure. BUT, if you think you are unhappy with it ----- WELL, I'd gladly take it off your hands! WELL DONE young man! perley

Thanks, no not that unhappy............ I know I have a certain amount of skills. I guess you look at the magazines, and the likes of Roadster32's builds and it tends to make you feel as though you fall short. I'm sure most of us have an idea and feel the frustration of not being able to bring that idea to life. Either because of skill, or proper equipment. That's a lot of my frustration. And now it eyesight, hand coordination, and memory. I purposely do not show the areas that I messed up on. But I'll give you an idea. Those chrome vents I put on the cowl, well I looked at them for a day or so, then it occurred to me that I f'd up. Despite making a pattern and measuring and eyeballing, I forgot to look at drivers side. The steering sector exits the cowl right in the middle of the lower vent. So F Me......... I can't believe as much as I thought about this I forgot to look at the side I can't see most of the time in the shop.

By the way, what is happening with the Essex? I just realized it's been close to a year since an update, or am I missing something?

Originally Posted by roadster32

You beat me to that comment, Yes Charlie you are selling yourself short, your doing a great job, keep it coming.

Especially coming from you, well thanks. I am thinking of a line from some stupid movie that's approiate..... "We are not Worthy......." Now I know I more skill than some. I would like to be able to turn out a few of your bits and pieces. I guess the thing I always wanted the most and never got much of an opportunity was machine work. Something I would love to learn. I played a little with and old lathe in a shop I worked at 30 years ago and made a few little bits, but just never got the chance to do it ever again. I actually was given an old lathe, but no place to put it, no way to move it, power it, etc. It was about 12' long and lord only knows how much it weighed, and I think it was 3 phase. I spent a couple nites dreaming before coming to the reality....... no way. So my hat is off to you Steve, and thanks for the support.

dlotraf,

I feel the same as you. When I see the work the pros (and semi pros) on this board turn out I am embarrassed to post my progress; the Lord only knows why I do. However, the more I work at it the better I get, and seeing the work of others, yes, yours too, encourages me to strive to get even better. Don't give up on the machining part, I got my machine tools after 60 and love using the increased capabilities of my shop. Keep up the good work.

Jack.