little truck im throwing together ...

[MR.hp]

yah i charge 6 bucks .. inflation ya know .... :)

:rotfl:

[Toomanycars]

well I had to turn on the A/C in the shop.. dam its humid ...

I laid some cheep blue paint in a few spots to act as a guide coat .. I have a 2 foot and a 4 foot sanding blocks on there way .. the funn part of all this is getting the longer flat panel portions of this truck straight .. gona be alot of skim coating and sanding it back of too get the whole thing looking good and ready for paint..
Here's a few picks of the slow progress

[Toomanycars]

Started working on striping the cab since it cooled down alittle this week .. gota love aircraft remover..

[Toomanycars]

well after a generous portion of aircraft remover I let it sit over night . Today I grabed my grinder with a wire wheel on it and went over the cab.. most of the paint came off with little effort.

[Toomanycars]

So I got some energy today and started the second body modification .. I gathered my sawzall , grinders ,some flap wheels my welder and a few other odd tools and went to the task at hand..

Shaving the drip rails ..
I started with this ..


I took a good long look at it all and went to work ..
I cut out small 6 to 10 inch sections and tacked it and cut some more .. heres a few pics of the progress ..










Heres the passenger side done and ready for alittle filler and primer

[Toomanycars]

Got out to the shop fer a bit tonight and finished up the drip rail removal .. I have a little metal work left to do before i can start with the filler but its coming along ..






I am geting rid of the light above the back window in favor of some L.E.D's not sure on how im gona do it yet but the bulky light and sliding rear window are definitely not staying on the truck. I also have to decide what im going to do for mirrors ..

[Toomanycars]

well I got alittle work done tonight .. now that i have the drip rails shaved off I had to fill the gap left over ..

Before..


After...



After a alittle filling and a few passes with the grinder to smooth it all out i should be ready to move on to the next thing on my list..

[MR.hp]

Truck should look sweet when it's done.

[Toomanycars]

thanks HP...

I got a little further today .. started playing with the bondo... yippy

[Toomanycars]

put the box back on and started spreading some bondo in a few places .. took some pics of the truck out side while I was cleaning up in the shop a bit..

[Toomanycars]

well I got to work on the rear end of this project today .. I once owned a 1969 ford Thunderbird 4 door.. well when i sold it I kept a few pieces .. on of witch was the piece that went under the rear bumper .. well with a few measurements and three cuts this is what i ended up with ..

[fast toys]

cool truck

[Toomanycars]

so i would like everyones opinion .. I have a few sets of ground affects off of 90s explorers ... there close to fiting.. I have some pics of mockup .. I would like to know if ya'll think the time that i will have to put into them to make them fit right will be worth it in the over all look of the truck....

[MR.hp]

Would look good once on I think.

[Toomanycars]

still undecided on the side molding so I started work on the tailgate got the sides welded now I have to fill the holes where the old cover left behind..