38 Ford truck project The Maineliner

[dsanman]

floors done!

lots of hours

 

[icebox]

Just went through the hole build. Nice work. I built my floor the same way.Except my tunnel and trans cover are flat.

 

[dsanman]

steering box -drag link

still working away! she steers[

 

[dsanman]

shortening the bed

36 ford pickup bed,,craigslist find! took 14'' out of the middle

 

[dsanman]

hanging the hood and nose

I did some experimenting with how much of a lean I wanted to put on the grill, I knew I didn't want it strait up like stock,,my grill had 2 bars broke out when I got it so I shortened the grill 2'' then took the extra bars from the good side and put them on the other side,,the last 2 pics are photoshop chops,, Im hoping to get the real chop underway this coming weekend,,the bottom of the grill is being made from rubber landscape edging so if it scrapes on the ground a little it won't destroy my grill!

 

[earthman]

very interesting.........

 

[dsanman]

hood sides

Well after I got the grill laid back like I wanted I had to re-shape the ends to match the slant![

 

[bob w]

Very nice work, dsanman. I like the overall look of the truck.

 

[dsanman]

Time to chop the top

I decided on a 4" chop in the back with a 1/2 " slant, and instead of adding into the roof I laid the post back,,I haven't done a chop in about 8 years,,I forgot about how much work it is! I figured I would have it done this weekend but with a list of honey-doos I got going the chop will get drawn out into next week and possible next saturday, [dr,I stuck a before pic on the end

 

[bruno]

That's gonna be one sweet looking truck! That's my favorite truck grill.

 

[Flipper_1938]

Yep, that is gonna be a great looking truck! Keep up the good work.

 

[Paul_J]

Looks to me like you got the proportions right on!

 

[dsanman]

This weeks work

Well it dont look like much but there were many hours put in this weekend, finishing up the windshield post, got one door top cut and fit, I got my wife to take a couple pics with me in it on the end

 

[serrata]

Very nice!!
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[Dirtyrat]

Indeed, lots of work! Looks like its coming together nicely!

 

[smallfoot]

Lookin good!

 

[dsanman]

A little update

We had a heck of a winter so I didn't spend a lot of time on the truck but Im back at it, I will add a bunch more pics in the next couple days, I have a lot of vids on the build on my you tube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6XBlFuTXMK17vNhY3QTiA

 

[earthman]

Looks like you could have it on the road this summer.

 

[Skip]

I'm impressed. [cl

Maybe we will finish up about the same time. Other than the original DNA, our rides will be very different. Yours is much closer to my original vision.

 

[dsanman]

first real trip and first car show this weekend

It runs drives and stops,, turns a lot of heads,, rattles quite a bit but it was a fun time on Saturday!