LFD's low buck truck build!

[franky69c10]

^^^^

looks good Kevin

[see ten]

You don't want to do like putter did and just drive the truck to the glass shop while wearing goggles? I drove a car without a windshield about 40 miles for a buddy while wearing a full face motorcycle helmet. I only got stopped by one police officer on the way. He wanted to perform a sobriety check due to it being about 20* outside. Oh and did I mention the reason the car didn't have a windshield was it had been rolled? Anywho, I like the idea of using the lower trim were the old upper 3 piece was. I had always thought that if I relocated my handle that I would do it that way myself. The truck is coming together nicely by the way. (And yeah, I really dig the old Ford!)

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by see ten

You don't want to do like putter did and just drive the truck to the glass shop while wearing goggles?

(And yeah, I really dig the old Ford!)

Now I might be doing this since the truck will be all together by next week I am hoping. When I first set out to get the glass done I did not have time to get the bed done so it was going to be not all together and with the motor, tranny and gears I have in this truck it is not fun to drive with the bed off. Just putting it in gear spins the rear tire's. Yes I know it is fun but not safe and that meens no fun with the bed off and all the rocks hitting the back of the cab and your head!

I think I have spent to many years working around SanFrancisco because now I feel that I am a Bi-Vehicular (ford & chevy) guy

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[Rokcrln]

Ok well the last few days has been very busy. I finished all the metal work on the bed and tail gate including the handle relocation kit. I recesed the lights in the bed as well. I then helped a friend modify his trany crossmenber in his 68 camero for a 700r4, went to another friends house to give pointer on body work for his dads 46 chevy 4dr and did I mention work on my own stuff as well. All the body work is done and two good cotes of fill primmer. I will block it down in the morning and paint by 2 or 3pm.
It is not perfect were the rear top body line is from shortening the bed sides but it will look very nice all the same. The bed will be line-x'd up over the top rail and the side molding still has to get drilled after paint and bed install. Here are a few pics fopr now. It was another 10hr day to get to this point.

Kevin
LFD Inc.
166hrs main build
$6163.00 main build
128 1/2 Paint hrs
$905.00 Paint

[19723DR]

Man I can't wait to see that thing all together. Your paint looks realy good. I know how much work it can be. Keep making blue glass.

[72armyswbtruck]

Man, low buck has really come along.
You will have to do a write up with pics of your redneck paint booth. Gotta love it.

[Rokcrln]

Good news! Looks like I just sold my Slow Build project so that meens more room here for starters and second I will be dropping LowBuck off at the glass shop this Friday for front and back glass install, then from their it will roll down the road to the line-X shop to get the bed done and once that is dry they will push it 4 doors down to the interior shop to ge the seat recovered in a syn. leather two tone and maybe some door panels to match. Then with the left over money I will get my frame table material and the auto spit to get started on my 2wd Blazer once a few shop jobs are out of the way.
So I hope by Saturday to have the shop cleaned out and Project Trazer in the shop for the final go round. Thanks Dan for being under standing while I induldged in my truck!! The wife thanks you as well because now she will have a nice truck to steel from me to cruse to work.

Also the bed is blocked and in the booth just waiting on a spot on the tailgate to dry (small dent I missed) so I can finish up the sanding and should be in paint by 4pm today!

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[franky69c10]

NICE, GL on the sale of your truck...

[Rokcrln]

Yeh it is done!! Well the last of the paint is finished. This turned out the best of all the paint sessions. Guess you can teach an old dog new tricks after all. Next shop order will include an exhaust fan for my REDNECK paint booth Well off to bed so I can be at my real job at 4am in the bay area 5 more hrs to the list!

Kevin
LFD Inc.
166hrs main build
$6163.00 main build
133 1/2 Paint hrs
$905.00 Paint

[Bob 68327]

Wow!!! Looks Great !!! Some of the best jobs I've seen came from redneck paint booths !!!! Nice build !! Nice Truck !!!! Bob

[68 short step]

nice

[SactoJim]

Nice work Kevin.......So honestly, you must only sleep a couple hours a day!!!

You're like the freakin energizer bunny!!!

[Frizzle Fry]

Sweet, but what are the matches for?

[SactoJim]

Probably that propane heater cuz it's been so dang cold here in NorCal!

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

Sweet, but what are the matches for?

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by SactoJim

Nice work Kevin.......So honestly, you must only sleep a couple hours a day!!!

Yeh and your point is

Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

Sweet, but what are the matches for?

I was told by an old timmer that if you smoked while painting the filter in the cig acted like a repirator. Yeh one old heater that does not have the sparker thingy.

Originally Posted by SactoJim

Probably that propane heater cuz it's been so dang cold here in NorCal!

You just could'nt leave the cold Ca. thing our little secrete could you! Now that they know Sunny Ca. really is not all that sunny we wil be getting all them Oregon guys wanting to come back! It was bairly 40* out yesterday in my shop , but in teh booth it was a nice 70* while spraying (heaters off during all 3 cotes) then after about 2hrs of dry time I turned on all three and cookek things at about 90*+ for another hr to make sure the gloss stayed up.

[Chevyman63]

Very nice work.

[ColoradoK5]

Nice job that came out sweet can't wait to see it all togeteher!

[killer71]

rokcrin, what r u gonna do about the inside of the bed?

[tdave00]

Pretty sure he said he was going to line-x it.

[killer71]

sorry...musta missed it

[70short/step]

Even with a heated shop it been freakin freezin here in sunny cali. Too damn cold to do any work.....well you disproved my excusses for not doing anything to my truck!

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by 70short/step

Even with a heated shop it been freakin freezin here in sunny cali. Too damn cold to do any work.....well you disproved my excusses for not doing anything to my truck!

Oh come-on now I live in WINTERS for gosh sake we are used to it

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[mcc-bri]

Great project, i have made printouts of your work on cuting your frame and box and am ready to do the same to my truck but was woundering if cutting my frame will keep me from getting a saftey for my truck once i finish it. Is your truck already safteyed or am i just worying to much about this and it shouldnt be a problem. I dont know what requierments for a vehicle safety here are diffrent from where you are so that might make a diffrence.

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by mcc-bri

Great project, i have made printouts of your work on cuting your frame and box and am ready to do the same to my truck but was woundering if cutting my frame will keep me from getting a saftey for my truck once i finish it. Is your truck already safteyed or am i just worying to much about this and it shouldnt be a problem. I dont know what requierments for a vehicle safety here are diffrent from where you are so that might make a diffrence.

Here in Ca. as long as we feel good about our selfs they are ok with it




We have no safty check that we need to go thru.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[LooseCannon]

Originally Posted by Rokcrln

It is not perfect were the rear top body line is from shortening the bed sides but it will look very nice all the same. The bed will be line-x'd up over the top rail and the side molding still has to get drilled after paint and bed install. Here are a few pics fopr now.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

Your statement on the body line has me concerned, as I am/was planning to cut down my longbed.

From the pics the body line looks awesome, so I don't know what to think of your comment.