Arizona to Indiana, The Final Chapter.........

[toomanytoyz]

This will be the 3rd & Final Chapter for the Truck, It started in Az. & was Transported to Indiana Recently for Completion.........

Here are a Couple Pics of it Loaded up & Ready to make the Journey of 1600+ Miles................

Truck has 3/5 Drop with new Coils, Complete New Front Suspension Components, 350/350 Combo & will Ride on 18" Rims when Completed with Torch Red Paint Job................

Rick

[toomanytoyz]

Here are a Few Shot's of the Truck at my friend's Shop.............

[toomanytoyz]

Here we Go with the Disassembly to finish out the Build.................

[toomanytoyz]

Few More for Now............

[toomanytoyz]

Pulled a 5 Lug Axle out of a 72 Parts Truck i Have to Get Matching Pattern all Around................

[72BlckButy]

Looks great, keep us posted!

[Hart_Rod]

Glad to see you got it home. Good luck with the rest of the build.

R/

[Richard8971]

Sweet to see the thread started up again, alot of us were watching the old one! Keep us posted with the progress. Hows she running?

D

[Blue'72]

Glad to see it in progress! I'm just slightly ahead of you with mine and I need to pick up the pace or you'll be catching up real soon.

[toomanytoyz]

Thanks for the Support, It is Truly Appreciated. Teardown of the Truck is about Complete, Most of Cab Body Work has been Completed. Having a Hard Time with the Driver's Door, Replace both Hinges & Still not Lining up Right. After Further Investigation it was found that the Door is Pulling Apart at the Seam where outter skin overlays to the back a A Big Dent at the Bottom of the Door................

Sure hope it can be worked out, To Hard to Find a Decent Door Around Here.



Few Pics

[toomanytoyz]

Pics of the Door Problem, You Can See in the 2nd Pic where it is Pulling Apart...................

[toomanytoyz]

About Ready to Pull off the Bed & haul it to Scrap................

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by toomanytoyz

About Ready to Pull off the Bed & haul it to Scrap................

Scrap huh? Both sides were not worth fixing?

[68 short step]

rock on, glad to see this thang getting finished....

[toomanytoyz]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

Scrap huh? Both sides were not worth fixing?

Unfortunately Not...............

Rick

[Richard8971]

Originally Posted by toomanytoyz

About Ready to Pull off the Bed & haul it to Scrap................

Scrap??? Are you crazy Rick??? You can't save that beautiful bed you got???

If the top rails weren't as hamered as they are you could reskin the insides like I did on mine. Did you ever get an answer on the 60's bed you found, if you can use it or not? If the issue is fender holes, weld the old ones up and drill new ones. Too bad you do not live closer, I wish I could help you figure out some of the issues you have to deal with.

As far as the skin comming apart, take the door off and spot weld the skin back onto the inner shell and see if that fixes it. You might want to put a series of small spot welds all around the door (2 or so inches apart between welds) to help keep it in place and then grind them smooth. Smear a light coat of seam sealer on the edge and noone will ever know it was fixed!

D

[Richard8971]

Hey BTW, you have to promise me that once this is finished we will do a road trip and enter our steps into a show somewhere, ok?

D

PS. Pretty sweet Nomad sitting in the corner...

[70rs/ss]

Originally Posted by Richard8971

Scrap??? Are you crazy Rick??? You can't save that beautiful bed you got??? D

Funny stuff right there. Ha ha.

[bad6772]

Great Progress Rick.....Keep up the good work.......and keep us updated/.

[Richard8971]

Originally Posted by 70rs/ss

Funny stuff right there. Ha ha.

I believe Steve Martin said it best as C.D. Bales in Roxanne-"Oh, ho, ho, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a, a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was getting tired of being stared at."

Try not to read too much into my dry wierd sense of humor Mike. Remember I breathe paint fumes all day long...

D

[70rs/ss]

No sweat, just still touchy. I feel I did the best I could, and some mistakes happened on both ends. A lot of work went into that thing and I did it, so sometimes a comment or two kinda goes deep. Glad to see it getting done, sorry to see it come back apart as it took a pound of my flesh to get it together, but it needs to happen in order to get it done the way Rick wants it. I hope it turns out as he wants, cause it was a pretty decent start and will be nice!

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Glad to see ya got her home and on to the final work..

[Richard8971]

Hey Rick, I thought you could use another fix. I had the dream in a show in Oakland today. I didn't win, but I love car shows. Besides there were alot of other trucks there that were worthy! Check out my build page for more pics.

Hope all is well....

Don

[toomanytoyz]

Don,

Thanks for the Pics, It was a Boost to See Your Truck in That Setting, Give's me Hope. The Good News on My End is that i was able to work a Deal with Board Member Huck for the Bedside's off the Bed He had adverised for sale, He Pulled his Fender's & will Sale them & The Oak Bed Kit at The Swap Meet Coming up IN Indy this Coming Weekend. Going to Meet Him at The Fairground's wednesday To Pick them up Which save me about 300 mile's of driving Time.

As far as Truck is Concerned, Found that someone had actually had to do Quite a Bit of Repair work to the rear of Cab. All Appear's to have just been Dent Repair........

Here are a Few Pics of Latest Progress........

Rick

[toomanytoyz]

Will Buy new Inner Fender's for the Truck, The Passenger Side i Got with it has a Little Rust to Repair & Did'nt get one for the Driver's Side. No Use Even trying to find a Good used one around Here, With that i Need a New Windshield also, Have allready Purchased the Torch Red Paint for the Truck, Also Going to Drop the Rear with 2" Blocks to gain more even Stance............

Thanks Again for All the Support, Really Anxious to Get this Wrapped up so He can Get Back on My Nomad.........

Rick