Truck pics Date(s): July 7, 2010. Album by Adam Ellison. 1 - 24 of 39 Total. 2433 Visits.
1 Original pulley set up and rear driveshaft; front shaft was missing.
2 Truck with body removed. Original engine had been replaced long ago. Front springs were flat and the driver's side had two broken leaves.
3 Governor control lever. It was mounted under dash, right of center.
4 Dodge 360 V8 with Thermoquad carb.
I welded up all the firewall holes(dozens) and sprayed the firewall, bottom of cab and interior(except dash) with Hippo liner. I drilled new holes as required.
5 My upper seat frame was completely rotten. The bottom was salvagable... I went with buckets and center console strictly for comfort.
6 The wood is Ash, I believe, which was very light. The stain was Black, applied and quickly wiped off. I tried different red stains but they did not compliment the color of the truck.
7 Spray on liner on sides only. Sides were pretty rough and pitted, liner saved alot of time and money that it would have cost to make flawless.
8 Another view of bed liner, wood and header panel.
9 Bed / fender mock up.
10 The Maroon paint is a Mercedes Benz color. I dont remember what year. It is a single stage solid color paint, no metallic, no clear coat.
The other Maroon paints I looked at from GM and Toyota are ok, but have a brown hue to them.
11 These trucks are deceptively tall.
Cowl lights were converted to parking lights/turn signals.
12 Totally stock suspension and the hood is higher than the roof of my Challenger.
13 Tail lights not wired up, no tailgate chains, pintle hitch not installed.
Update: tail lights, brake lights and turn signals are now operational.
14 Roberts tail lights with nice glass lenses. The Roberts cups were ok but needed fabrication to mount a light socket inside. The cast iron arms were very very crude, so I fabbed my own.
15 I welded up a round tube to the top of a square tube to mount inside the cowl for the non-fuctional radiator cap.
16 I mounted my aluminum radiator in front of the core support for more room; thus I had to move the rear winch angle forward by 1/2 inch. I made my own frame extensions and moved the front winch angle forward also.
17 Barely clears the garage. Good view of window tint.
18 Original speedo rebuilt; all other gauges rebuilt with modern internals. I swithed to white (obviously)faces, but was disappointed the gauge shop used generic lettering instead of the original style.
19 48 rim date. Blasted & powder coated rims and rings. I used allen screws in the axle flanges. I know the square bolts would be easier to use in the field....
20 Original Data Plate, only 74 h.p. But with 5.83 to 1 differential gearing!
21 One piece door windows. All glass has a light green tint, incl windshield. The glass shop can also make them with smoke or gold tint. Tinted windows are legal in Calif. if the glass itself is tinted.
22 I used a flat glass power window kit from www.ballsrodandkustom.com/ American made, easy to install.
Stock type door handle and window winders. The crank handles control the power/electric windows, just push down for down and up for up.
23 The black wood stain gives a weathered appearance.
24 Fold down armrest with cup holders on top. Seat belts were added at this point... I know seatbelts, cupholders, and armrests are for sissys.
