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love your truck stance, just right

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I like the GMC panel in set 3 and of course the last pic ;) Looks good.

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Some really great rides over there! Thanks for sharing and your truck looks great Kees!

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Thanks guys!!

I've got a question for you:
I can get some vintage Slotmags for free, 15 x 7.
There are only two....
Should I mount them on the back of the truck and maybe look for some to match on the front?
Or keep the steelies??

Can't remember seeing slotmags on a Taskforce.... So if you have some pics to show for reverence, please post them here?

Thanks!!

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If the truck were mine I would keep the steelies. Could just me me as I was never a fan of slots, even back in the 1970's when they were all the rage.

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I've thought about the wheels....
I'll stick with the steelies
Maybe a bit wider front and back to have a bit more meat to look at.
Future plans.....

And we're planning a trip to the Hot Rod Hayride in Engeland, July 2017 :metal:
Three and a half days of pre '65 Hot rods and good old Rock n Roll :lol:

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That sounds fun

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Haha, it should be!!!
If you never heard of it you should take a look at youtube, lots of nice videos ;)

I finally have my headliner complete in.
Had the inside roof insulated, made 4 wooden bars to hold the wooden plate, at which I screwed the lisence plates on.
The plate is screwed on the 4 bars, see it as a lockjaw, a free floating headliner.
It's stuck tho ;):lol:
I tried to turn the pics, but that doesn't work?

Pic #1: insulated and 2 of 4 bars installed
Pic #2 cardboard template of the wooden headliner, this took a while to get it right...
Pic #3 Wooden plate painted, ready to go in
pic #4 finished Hot Rod heaven, difficult to take a picture with that backlight...

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Very cool headliner!

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Nice job...Jim

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Nice!

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Thanks guys!!

Tomorrow we go do a photoshoot with some friends, my truck and a Custom made Karmann Ghia.
Hope the wheather stays good!!

Now something completely different...
I was testing a for me, new brand paint for pinstriping, but I need to know what I'm painting here :lol:
Please put in the right direction for the year? I think '48-'53??
It is far from finished so don't look at that ;)

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Thanks Mark!!
That's what I wanted to know, now I can finish it in the next few days.
Maybe I'll let you see the endresult....

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Looks great the way it is.

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My buddy Niels took a good friend with him, he drives a '69 VW Type 34, among other things ;) and went to a very nice place.
Niels took about 380 pictures!!!
It was nice wheather, sun was out, a bit chilly but we had great fun!!

So here are two pictures.....I took them with my phone.
I'll show more when the others are ready ;)

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Those are some cool pictures Kees. Saw some on FB and really liked them.

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Great shots...Jim

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Thanks guys!
These were taken with my phone, Niels took the rest with a real camera :metal:
He goes through them all and the pick the best ones out.

I've got all of them and there are some pretty awesome pics in the lot!!
We'll see when he's finished with them ;)

When I got them, I'll post them here ofcourse!!

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That is so kool love the pics.

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A few more pics from our saturday's session ;)

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More...

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And the saw I painted with the for me a new brand paint.
Doesn't look too bad ;)

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I have some more...

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Last few....

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Cool pics! What's the last photo location?

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Thanks Gary!
These are all made at the same location in Zaandam, Holland.

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Kees, those pictures are really good. What was the building with all the doors?

I love that saw!

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Kee's, great pics and that saw is sweeeeet...Jim

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Thank you guys!!
Doug, that building was for storage of ammunition.
The location was an ammunition factory in its former life. It is now an event location you can hire for different events.
When we were there, we were brainstorming about organizing a Kustom Kulture event there....
Lets keep it by brainstorming :lol::lol:
Beautiful place!!

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Very nice pictures!!! Saw turned out real good.:metal:

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Thanks Lower!!

Today I went on a small roadtrip... Fog and freezing wheather... But it was fun!!

I picked up an aluminium tool box, finally found one :metal:
I have to trim it here and there, but that shouldn't be a problem.
This one has no bottom in it, it is the intention that you use the bed itself as bottom. I don't know if I keep it that way or that I make a bottom myself.
Also don't know if I wil keep it at it"s natural color or if I will paint it black.
I lean towards black. What do you guys think??
In the pics it looks small, but it's 71 inch width ;)

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I agree with you and vote for painting it black.

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Kees, with your truck black is the way to go...Jim

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Doug and Jim, I think you are right on the black....

And for all that read this, a very good end of the year, and a better begin for 2017!!
And remember: have fun and stay save!!

See you next year :metal:

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Back at ya buddy...Jim