here it is when I found it

and now its almost ready for paint

 

Hey Dbran,
Great job!!! Wow - you have done a ton of work. If you repaired the front fenders, bumper & hood - you have some mad body work skills.

Looking good over there in Ohio.

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

if I had known how bad it really was I would have left it in the field I found it in

 

Hey Dbran,
It looks good. What color are you going with?
What engine/trans are you using?

This hobby isn't the most practical - I keep my wife in
a nice ride so there is minimal criticism. It also helps that
my son has the truck up in Waco in his garage - we do most of the work up there now. Much less visible.

I see you went with a new bed. We chose to try to save our's as I was replacing so much of the truck -
I was worried it would be more kit car than 1950 truck. It was a lot of work - would have been easier/cheaper to replace it like you did.

Keep up the momentum - you are getting there. Once you are past the cab work it's all down hill.

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

I have a free pass on this one as the truck is for my wife. The color is called copper penny pearl the frame will be a dark gray metallic going to stroke a 351w out to 408 small cam with some cheap aluminum heads hoping to finish it by early summer I'm ready to move on

 

Hey Dbran,
We went with a 351W as well with a mild Edelbrock top end kit we
bought through Summit (400HP). We put an AOD behind it with some beefed up internals to handle the HP.

Good luck over there.

Ben in Austin
1950 F1

 

Then





Now

 

Drew, you did an incredible job on that truck. The vision, planning and craftmanship are top notch. Easily one of my favorite customs out there.

 

You sound like you have a bit of project fatigue setting in. How long have you been on it? Did you fix all that sheetmetal or pick up some used parts? In any event it looks like the body is getting close and you did a real nice job.

 

Alrighty I'll chime in.

December 2014:




Taking old Ethel home.





Roof practically hanging by a rusty thread.





Driver's fender.





Passenger's fender.





Oy.

And here she is today just a year later:




All new glass in, mirrors on, doors aligned. Fenders loosely attached for hood fitment.





Interior 95% complete. I just have to wire in the heater, add weatherstripping to the battery cover and door compartment covers, fasten the last few bolts on the shift plate pan plus another minor thing here or there...





Custom LED toggle switches. The top is for LED strip lights under the dash. The bottom is for an LED strip back up light I'm attaching.

 

No I'm not burnt out just out of my comfort zone this is my first attempt at building a street rod type car or truck so everything is new other than the taste of bondo