Okay I know it's been three mouths since the last post. I promise that we have been working on it in that time frame. Chris and I took off over a little more then a month to take care of some personal project that needed done and took some vacation time. It was nice to step back and take a break and work on some other things other then the truck. Not a lot of exciting things on the truck to post that we have accomplished in the last three months, but we have been able to button up the odd and ends that needed to be done.
Finished up the rear gas cap and filler. This will also be where one of the propane tanks will be placed.
We used a pop-up gas cap that you see used on motorcycle tanks.
A look at the custom filler from the bottom that goes to the tank.
All installed and ready for some gas.
Getting ready to finish up on the body lines on the lower panel.
Making the transition from the two body lines to single a one.
Welded up and ready to be finished.
Getting ready to piece in the new part.
It's in
Well this side is done one more to go.
We wanted the rear lip to look like the front fender lip. Chris used 5/8 rod and shaped it to the opening.
Chris doing his magic.
The return detail that the inter fender will attach to.
The finish product that makes it look more ridged.
Well if you haven't notice the cab has gone missing. We needed to remove it so that we could finish up the rest of the metal work on the box. Have the center and top cap done.
Chris making the final adjustment to the corners to fit up with the rest of the body panels. If your wondering why the body line doesn't go all the way through to the other side it's because the cab was to close to box. I took the measurement at the bottom and didn't count that the cabs widest point is the center where the body line is. Lucky you will never see it because the stacks cover the space between the cab and box.
The front parts fabricated and in place.
The last panel being fitted was the 12' long panel. After we were satisfied on all the panels and how all the body lines lined up we went through and fasten the panels down with screws and washers. We decided to weld and use a auto grade aluminium epoxy glue between the welds. Where the screws were is where we plugged welded to the frame. Most of where the seams come together are on a frame structure and are fused just with the weld and not the epoxy. So now Chris is welding up the box and next up will be to make the cargo doors.
I wasn't real pleased with the Alcoa center caps and decided to look into having some custom center caps made. This is what we came up with for a replacement. It should give the wheels more of the vintage look that I'm looking for.
If your looking for a great casting manufacturing company you should give Jessie a call at Meticulous Detail MFG. in Portland. These still need to be machined and polished but I,m pretty excited about how there turning out so far.
The ones in the front are for the front and the tall one will be for the rear. Hope your enjoying the progress of the project. I will try and not let three months past without a post and thanks for watching.
