Maggie's Custom

[jdoisher]

Took her truck yesterday to get the massive door dents popped out (from having broken door stops) got it back today. The last of her parts showed up today so John and I are going to try and get the doors finished up tonight!! Stay tuned!!
Jason

[Jmorales3181]

Wow truck is looking great!!!nice progress and details you and Maggie are adding. I'm happy to see you guys driving this baby around! How does it ride???
Also I hate to be a pain but could you please take some measurement for me...
Driveshaft, rear shock length, and a couple of pics of your shifter linkage please. Thank you in advance. I've been checking things off my list to reach my goal of being able to drive this thing in the spring..... Might take a couple steps back this winter to do a couple things I'd like to do....jam the doors clean up firewall ect. Thanks for the motivation can't wait to drive my truck too. By the way we need a video of her running!!!

[jdoisher]

I'll get that info for you this weekend!

We worked on the truck until 3:00 this morning, came to work at 7. I'm a little tired. We got the doors 98.9% done. Need some nutserts to intall the door panels as a few of them are missing. John had a used under dash A/C, heat unit. He installed it so she could have heat this winter. It works like a champ!!! When he gets going there is no stopping him.
Jason
I didn't take a single pic of said work.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by jdoisher

I'll get that info for you this weekend!

We worked on the truck until 3:00 this morning, came to work at 7. I'm a little tired. We got the doors 98.9% done. Need some nutserts to intall the door panels as a few of them are missing. John had a used under dash A/C, heat unit. He installed it so she could have heat this winter. It works like a champ!!! When he gets going there is no stopping him.
Jason
I didn't take a single pic of said work.

You need the nutserts and door panel screws, and do you have a source for them?
If not shoot me a PM with how many you need for both doors, and a good snailmail address; I have a spare door I used for parts I can pull them off for you.

[MadRatt]

Love this build. Getting it done with your Partner is priceless.. Nice job guys and gals..

[lil hoodlum]

Subscribed! Love the truck, looks awesome! My favorite color too.

Keith

[coulter]

so cool to see this thing getting some of the final touches put on it!!! such a cool build you guys did great!!! how did the show go? did you end up going to the shootout that day too?

[jdoisher]

Show was awesome!! And yes we went to the track last night!! I took the truck apart today, I'll post pics tmw!! Long weekend!! Getting ready to watch the Saints beat up on the Cowboys!!!
Jason

[C@rnut001]

Wow, you guys are smoking it with the truck! Keep it up! It is looking so great and thanks for updating so much. Good luck with the rest of the build as you start driving it Maggie!

[kpc01]

Come on! They don't have a chance against Romo! Just fired up the big screen here too!

Truck looked great, emailed you what few pictures we took

[coulter]

nice man!!! you guys have had a busy weekend. i guess i should have gave you my number. i ended up driving my truck out there to the track. there was some really good racing. that crusty tt nova was badass!!! hopefully that wagon you are building will pull some wheelies like some of those cars were

[gimmy 64]

nice truck and one of my favorites. the look on her face is worth $100000000 dollars. but it would look really better if she was in the drivers seat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jdoisher]

Originally Posted by coulter

nice man!!! you guys have had a busy weekend. i guess i should have gave you my number. i ended up driving my truck out there to the track. there was some really good racing. that crusty tt nova was badass!!! hopefully that wagon you are building will pull some wheelies like some of those cars were

Ya I should have got your number. We got there at 7:30 and left at 11:30, I stayed on the starting line the entire night!! As far as the crusty Nova I watched the build on Yellowbullet, love the car!!! Thursday night on the truck late!! Friday night drove out to Winstar for the Bellator fights, got home late, worked on the truck, got up early, worked on the truck, did the show all day, drive to the races, work on the truck Sunday, than watch the Saints destory the cowboys!! Could not have been a better weekend!! (I'm from a small town near New Orleans) Pics coming!!
Jason

[jdoisher]

Thanks for the offer McMurphy, but I wanted it fixed before the show, so I installed rivnuts, worked perfect!!


Door panels, and door glass, all new rubber!!


Used A/C, heat underdash unit from John, works like a champ. I'll get the A/C up and running next year!!

More pics comming!

[jdoisher]

So the brake rod was dragging on the brake pedal, fixed it, made the drive to the gas station.

I come out of the store and this is what shes doing!!

Someone asked for Maggie in the driver seat!!

Looks like a pro, waiting in line to get in!!

A few of the cars in the crew we rode in with!

She later said one of the best parts was driving in and driving out of the show!!!
More to come!!

[jdoisher]

The show pics!!


Our line up!

Not much to clean, but she cleaned all that she could!!

This is what I've been doing this for!!

We met a bunch of people from the board!! The truck got a great response!!
Jason

[jdoisher]

So the truck has this killer drive line vibration, John and I changed the tail shaft bushing, didn't work, checked everything we thought it might be, nothing. I got to looking at the pinion angle and it had a bunch of postive angle, I was reaching but I wanted to fix it, when I went to pull the blocks out I noticed the trailing are twisted because of the bag placement, really the first time I had been under the truck with air in the bags. I didn't change the bushing and saw the arms were tounching the cross member, made a nice little shinny spot, I'm pretty sure this is the problem, new bushing on the way, gonna go with polyurethane.


We ahead and pied the block to correct the pinion angle, I'm sure this was not needed, but I wanted it right.



One more pic coming!!

[NEWFISHER]

That's awesome! She looks happy.

[jdoisher]

Met this guy at the show, he was super cool and is a vw guy!! Had a picture of Gauges car as his screen saver on his phone (makes a dad proud) He also has a c-10 he took apart years ago and wants to get back on it, told him I would be glad to help in any way I could!! Heres his new screen saver!!
Jakeb Miller's photo

Thanks for all of the postive comments guys!! It really does help keep on motivated!!! One of the best boards I've ever been apart of!! Like I said before, stay tuned, more to come!!
Jason and Maggie

[Jonboy]

Looks like you guys had a great time at the show! I was planning on going, but my 5 year old had other ideas. We went and rode go karts and pet puppies instead. Anyhow, truck is turning out great. It has kind of given me a little kick in the pants to get mine moving forward (slightly). Keep up the good work!!!!

[Low Elco]

Looks Great! She's diggin' it!

[86dragracer]

Thanks for all of the postive comments guys!! It really does help keep on motivated!!! One of the best boards I've ever been apart of!! Like I said before, stay tuned, more to come!!

Your absolutely right. everybody on here is great. Nothing but positive comments and helpful info. By the way super nice build, glad to see it on the road.

[likaroc13]

Originally Posted by jdoisher

The show pics!!

Not much to clean, but she cleaned all that she could!!

This is what I've been doing this for!!

We met a bunch of people from the board!! The truck got a great response!!
Jason

Cool pics, & glad ya'll had a great time at the show. The truck looks great! The lack of necessity to clean is something I often wish was the case with my rides, lol.

and I agree with Maggie; that feeling when rolling into/out of a show is one of the best parts

[Fishbone]

Love the build. I'm a nut over the 64 to 66 trucks done this way as I have completed 2 of them and sold both. I also think its great that both of you are equally involved in the project. Please keep us updated and good luck !

[jdoisher]

Originally Posted by Fishbone

Love the build. I'm a nut over the 64 to 66 trucks done this way as I have completed 2 of them and sold both. I also think its great that both of you are equally involved in the project. Please keep us updated and good luck !

We spoke about offers before the truck was done. I told her that she would get a few, so put a price tag on it, she said not for sale, she turned down a really fair offer Saturday.