The truck is slowly coming together!

 

Wow that looks like a Bonus Built Holiday Season - bright shiny things in boxes, red red red, lots of great stuff, and some super progress. It looks great!

 

What I'd like to know is how you keep your shop so clean. Mine looks like a disaster area right now!

-DV

 

Looks great, I am getting close to paint and I also am going to have a red cab. I would be interested in knowing what paint and color you used, looks close to what I want. Aslo the picture doesn't show your interior very well. did you 2 tone the speaker grill and glove box. My shop looks somewhat different as well, looks like Santa was good to you.

Thanks

 

I retired from the Air Force about 9 months ago and the truck has been my introduction back to real life. I will get the paint color for you! The wheels are powercoated by a good friend. I am turning this truck into a efi daily driver because I feel this truck speaks of my character. The door panel are gray inserts made out wood...came with the truck.... Shop is always clean...wife says...so..

 

The truck was a good platform when I bought it for $3500. It had a mustang II conversion with a 8.8 mustang rear end. The power plant was a 3.8 Buick which is in the scrap pile now. I have a mule motor (5.0 302) to get the truck running while I build a 351 stroker or 302 stroker... I need gauge the 302 power in the truck....

 

Thanks, wheels look good. I have been struggling with wheels and powder coating steel wheels looks good with nice hub caps other than the stock wheels are narrow, what did you use. There are lots of different choices of red and once it is painted its too late so I want to be sure. I am also planning on black fenders but that may change. Looks like the perfect retirement project and you are about 6 months ahead of me.

 

Picked up the wheels up on ebay from summit racing... $49.00 for the 15 x 6s in the front and $56.00 for the 15 x8s in the rear... wheel vintiques is the company... very nice smooth wheels...got them gray because I knew I had to choose between black or red... I took the bold step of red... they use the 48-52 hubcap... Hope this helps!

 

From what I can see in the picture this rim won't accept the stock 48-52 hubcap. The rim looks like it has the outside nubs, the '48-52 caps need the rims with the inside nub. Am I seeing it correctly? There were some caps being made that look pretty close the originals that would snap on the outside nub rims, are those the type you're using?

 

You are correct... Those are my old wheels that we used for testing the powder-red... I ordered the 15x8s for the rear and got the smooth version that take the 48-52 hubcap and just bought 15x6s to match the rear.... Good eye and yes you are correct... so if somebody needs (4) 15 x6s I have them up for sale...

 

A clean shop is a happy SAFE shop . Glad to see the dizzy up front on the engine or other wise I would have to say something negative and get hammered by other posters !!!!!! Really like your color scheme . I say you can not beat Red & Chrome . See 1ST-RIDE pics . Later,Denny

 

I like the valve covers and your engine choice. Keep the pictures coming.