"Project Orangepeel" 52 A.D

[mongocanfly]

that really turned out nice Mark...!!!!!

[reaper71]

Thanks Greg!

[joedoh]

holy cow thats amazing work to just pull out of thin air mark. beautiful!

[reaper71]

Thanks Russ,I appreciate That!

[edgeleycanuck]

Both the imagination/creativity, and fabrication skills you have are something that not many possess. Very good work! You're building something you should be very proud of..thanks also for the effort in showing the rest of us all your work.

[reaper71]

Thank you very much that's very nice of you to say!


Mark

[reaper71]

Here are a few pics of the band that ties in the rest of the interior.

And a shot of the front end going together.

Mark

[Tempest67]

Thank you for sharing with us your metal working skills, (all your skills) as they are so inspiring.


Keep up the great work, and Thank you again

[reaper71]

And thank you tempest for checking out my build!
I really appreciate it!!


Mark

[lower50's]

That center console looks killer

[reaper71]

Thanks man!
It looks really big when it's all by itself, but when the seats are in it fits just right.

Mark

[99 to Life]

really like how the door panels tie into the back of cab. nice touch for sure.

[reaper71]

Thanks Henry!
I'm working on the cover for the fuse panel right now.
Will post pics soon

Mark

[joedoh]

the details are really nice, really personal. nice work!

[reaper71]

Thanks Russ!

I was wanting something totally different from the usual I see in these trucks for the interior. (outside the box) so to speak.

Mark

[reaper71]

Here are some shots of my cover for the fuse panel.

Pic 1.I made 2 pieces that can bolt in place and are 3 1/4" tall.

Pic 2. The top plate for the corner.

Pic 3. The shot here is a mockup of the top center plate.

Pic 4. The top plate cut out. The section cut out in the center is for the center console.


Mark

[reaper71]

So after all the work I did getting the cover made I sat back and looked at it and noticed something was wrong.

My seat would not clear the top of the lid, so...I had to remake the front section.

Pic 1. I installed the seat and got the angle figured out and this is one of the new panels.

Pic 2. Mocking up the corner piece.

Pic 3. Corner set in place.

Mark

[mongocanfly]

Seems like it's always something dont it...good catch and fix

[reaper71]

Thanks Greg!
Yes sometimes things go to smooth and these old vehicles like to fight us a bit.

Mark

[joedoh]

looks really classy with the extra bends!

[reaper71]

Thanks Russ!

[reaper71]

pic 1 This a shot of the tie in pieces for the corner.

Pic 2. Here I am figuring out the curved area of top and the tie in for it.

Pic 3. After getting the lid trimmed.

Pic 4. All painted with bed liner.

The entire lid is held in place with magnets.
Now I'll get started on the back panels.

Mark

[reaper71]

Update:

I bolted the front clip together and started to get the headlights figured out.
And found the stock buckets were not going to work.
I picked up some new glass lens headlights and some LED bulbs.
And some new buckets.
They were fairly easy to install and worked out really good.
Here are a few shots.

Mark

[8man]

The lights look good. Nice work.

[reaper71]

Thanks Robert!

The led bulbs are 6000k so should be really bright!


Mark