Thread: Shop Truck (True Spirit) Project

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Not a bad idea Dave. I'm happy with the work and the parts are flowing in at a good rate for me. While they were out I was able to get the frame drive train etc all done. The body went up the week after Thanksgiving so about 3 1/2 to 4 months which I don;t think is too bad. I'll probably be picking the rest of the stuff op this weel (the other door, front fenders and bed).

Uh.......Mike ol' buddy............you're makin' the rest of us look bad at the rate you're getting that thing done!!!

"......you're makin' the rest of us look bad at the rate you're getting that thing done!!!....."


Yeah it's actually going pretty smooth right now, I’m not doing a lot of modifications on this one compared to what it took to build something like the old Plymouth. It saves a lot of time not having to figure out and build 1 off pieces.

As I’ll be doing the interior myself (OK an aftermarket bolt in seat and floor mat ), the only major thing left that I will be relying on an outside vendors for will be chroming a few pieces and custom reproducing the graphics.

I’m really hoping to be driving it by early summer.

By the way Bob what’s the story on the 62 Bubble Top in your gallery?

Man, you are really doing some serious work to your truck! The frame and all that you have done just look great. I love it.

Don

Originally Posted by Mike P

"...... By the way Bob what’s the story on the 62 Bubble Top in your gallery?

That's one of the cars that passed through my life 10 years ago, your typical 4 speed, dual quad, positraction 409. It was stock except for the wheels, that's an early shot with the rallys, I later put on a set of full polished old American Torq Thrusts.........here's a not very good pic but the only one I have of it in that config.

It was a good day; the rest of my sheetmetal was ready to pick up from the body shop today. Over all I’m very happy, turn around time was right at 4 months and I feel the price was fair. There are a few minor sanding scratches I’ll need to take out and they accidentally filled one of the mirror holes on one door that I’ll have to re-drill but no big deal.

After all the crap I went thru with the body shop on the last project I'm pretty happy.

It’s supposed to be nice tomorrow (mid 70s) so the big plan is to get the rest of the bed liner sprayed on the inner fenders and inside the doors. Sunday’s supposed to turn nasty with even a chance of snow flurries. Go Figure.

Looks like they did some good work for you Mike! Going to be 70 degrees, huh???? We've been in a heat wave too---made it to 40 two days in a row!!!!!! My partner Steve has given me his personal guarantee that this is really spring, I told him there was going to be a public lynching if he was wrong!!!!!

Well Dave the fronts starting to to move thru here now, the wind blew all day and now the temp is dropping.

But at least I got all the bedliner is sprayed. Here’s a few pictures of what got white. The inside of the doors and the bottom of steps.

I really debated on whether to do the inside of the fenders or just paint them. This is going to be driven quite a bit so the bedliner won.

I also got the wood that will be under the aluminum diamond plate cut and fitted. The bottom side got black bedliner to seal it. I’ll post pictures of what got black tomorrow after it dries a bit so I can move it.

Makes me sick because in '73 I bought a new Adventure 100 short wheelbase, 360 V8, Auto, AC, PS, PDB, AM/FM, Cruise Control, Black on Black and drove it until my son went to high school and used it as his transportation. When he graduated I keep it for my daughter but she wasn't interested in driving a truck. I parked it in a shed for a few years with the intent of rebuilding it with lowered suspension, new paint, new upholstery, etc. I drove it occasionally but with my wife fussing about it I donated it to the Salvation Army 3 or 4 years ago. It sure did hurt to see them drive it up on that trailer and haul it away. It sure is nice to see your rebuild. You are doing one heck of a job. Sure wish I still had mine.

I really like that bedliner on the insides of the fenders, quiets them down and saves a lot on the damage from stuff coming off the road and banging into the fenders..... We use them on the 'glass fenderwells of the Mercs that are going to be driver's, makes the whole car a lot quieter going down the road for some reason... Sure do like it though!!!!!

This is the first one I've done the bed liner on and so far I'm very happy with the results Dave.

While I was doing the white, I also did the inside bottom of the bed that hangs below the floor.

The black I sprayed included the inside of the front inner fenders and fuel cell and the inside of the rear fenders.

Here are the bottom of the bed floor and the side of the bed that will be covered by the fenders. Overall I’m very happy with the results.

By buying and applying the materials myself I think I was better off controlling both the application (there were a couple of pretty tight places to get into), and the got the job done quicker than if I had farmed it out. Additionally cost was less than half of what they get for just spraying a bed locally.

Very impressive. In the beginning it looked like mission impossible. Great work!

You're really going to like having it on there Mike.... On a pickup, it really seems to do a good job of getting that clunky, bangy, tinny rattles noises out of the ride!!!!!

(Not real technical terms, but you get the idea anyway, right?)

A step side pickup (especially a Dodge) rattle

NO WAY

Actually it was one of the deciding factors for doing the front fenders and inside the doors.