Operation: TOW M8R

[LaterMater]

Hello Folks,

Here is Operation: TOW M8R

Its a 1956 GMC 250 that came out of Colorado Springs looking exactly as seen (with the exception of the front rims). The guy I purchased it from had never heard of the CARS movie or Mater. He had done some spot repair in the usual locations (head lights and lower cab corners) and used some crazy primer that is a blue/green/yellow combination which makes it look frightenly like Mater's faded paint scheme from the movie. The rest of the truck is solid. The driver's floor pan is worn bare metal which is pretty cool to see with no rust. I will be continuing the transformation into Mater with additional over-spray and some Mater inspired changes like a 59' Caddy air cleaner that is HUGE to make it look like Mater's air cleaner from the movie. Whoever made this into a tow truck used a Fleet-side bed and overlaid diamond plate on top of the original wood, cut the inner wheel houses and expanded to fit over the dually rearend. He also grafted on a set of fiberglass wheel flares to cover the dual wheels.